Italian Fleet Bombards Base and Austrian Town Taken
Italian forces breached Austrian lines at Caporetto and captured Cormons Cervignano and Terzo. They cut east–west railroads, threatening Goritz and Trieste vicinity while destroying bridges and houses. Berlin and Vienna reports give conflicting tallies as Russians suffer setback north of Przemysl and German forces move to Italy.
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Italy
Austria
Caminc Alps
Vienna
Adriatic
Istria
Caporetto
Carnic Alps
Cormons
Cervignano
Terzo
Austrian Statement Russian Defeat in Galicia Reported
Vienna reports allied forces attacked along the front from Sieniawa to the upper Dniester. MacKenzen's army captured Radymno and advanced toward the San River after routing the enemy, who lost 21 000 prisoners and heavy artillery. Elsewhere Italian alpine detachments crossed borders but retreated. In the Adriatic, Helgoland and destroyers engaged Italian units near Barletta with one surrender and naval exchanges.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
London
War Office
Galicia
Sieniawa
Dniester
von Mackenzen
Radymno
San River
Puhaklo
Doehmermoli
Przemysl
Blonin
Helgoland
Barletta
Czepel
W. H. Lincoln School Wins Music Prize
Grade nine students from William H. Lincoln School Brookline won first prize among six competing grammar schools at a Brookline event held at Edward Devotion School.
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William H.lincoln School
Brookline
Brookline Grammar Schools
Edward Devotion
British Gas Attack At Ypres And Dardanelles Update
Field Marshal Sir John French reports parts of the line east of Ypres lost to a gas attack have not yet been recovered and gas use was the heaviest yet over five miles. In the Dardanelles, May 21 French division advances near Turkish trenches, May 22 Turkish left wing drive halted, May 28 Turkish surrender for burials, May 24 French British advances with small losses.
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London
Sir John French
Ypres
Dardanelles
Buso
Adriatic
Venice
Rome
Austria
Friuli
Trieste
Caporetto
Idria
Isonzo
Cormons
Cervignano
Terzo
Hooge
Hill 60
Berlin
Ricardo Bellati
Germany
von Mackensen
Przemysl
la Bassee
Paris
Aix-Noulette
Souchez
Arras
World War Front Reports Large Russian Prisoner Haul
Soviet dispatches claim on the Dubysa and Vistula fronts heavy fighting continues with German and Austro Hungarian forces. They report over 21,000 Russian prisoners taken and multiple fortified positions captured by General von Mackensen’s force along the Przemysl area and surrounding trenches.
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Berlin
Vienna
Przemysl
von Mackensen
Cambrai
Church
France
St. Quentin
Dubysa
Roscyhie
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von Mackenzen
Drohogow
Ostrow
Radymno
Wysocko
Weiltlin
Makowisko
Dobrosska
Cetula
Progress north of Arras in war office communique
The war office reports important progress north of Arras after today’s attacks. Northwest of Angres near Fosse in front of Souchez German forces suffered heavy losses and retreated.
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Great Ger
Paris
War Office
Angres
la Basse
Fosse
German War Office Says Two Farms Captured Near Ypres
Berlin reports Western front success with the Flaminghe and Bellewaarde farms taken by storm near Ypres. About 150 prisoners and two machine guns captured. Hooge vicinity reached. South of Armentieres enemy partial attacks repulsed with heavy losses. Neuville enemy troops mentioned.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Flanders
Ypres
Flaminghe
Bellewaarde
Hooge
Armentieres
Neuve Chapelle
Givenchy
Lorette
Neuville
Italian forces push into Austria seize key valleys and towns
The war office reports Italian troops penetrated Austrian Carniolo and Friuli areas yesterday, occupying Caporetto and the ridges between Idria and Isonzo, as well as towns Cormons Cervignano and Terzo. Artillery exchanges occurred on Carniolo fronts. Italian forces advanced along the Idria and Isonzo rivers and toward Venice.
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Rome
Paris
War Office
Austria
Caporetto
Idria
Isonzo
Cormini
Cervignagno
Terzo
Carniolo
Friuli
Isongzo
Cormons
Cervignano
Buso
Venice
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