Asquith's Wife Named on German List of British Victims
A German list claimed to include 47 000 British individuals said to be addicted to vice and held in bondage to Germany through fear of exposure. The notes were described as prepared by German secret agents and connected to wartime intelligence efforts.
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Germany
Camarilla
Asquith
Mayo
England
Ees
Spencer
Flying Corps
Secret Service
America
Maude Allan
Salome
Oscar Wilde
Independent Theatre
J. T. Grein
German book lists 47000 English names tied to espionage scandal
Witnesses described a "Cabinet Noir" file compiled by German agents listing prominent Britons including Mrs Asquith and Viscount Haldane. Captain Spencer testified of threats and political pressure while linking the libel case against MP Noel Pemberton Billing to a broader plot to influence wartime leadership and the Independent Theatre controversy surrounding Maude Allan.
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Stewart
Pemberton-Billing
Asquith
Viscount Haldane
Pen Gad
Justice Darling
Che Emss
Harold Spencer
Prince William of
Wied
Albania
Mr. Asquith
Mrs. Asquith
Spencer
Noel Pemberton- Billing
Maude Allan
J. T. Grein
Independent Theatre
Bow Street
Scotland Yard
Secret Service
England
German Drive Nearing the Marne Amid Stubborn Allied Defense
German forces push toward the Marne as Allied lines hold with stubborn resistance. French and British positions resist the invasion, with some Rheims forts reportedly fallen and German wedges driving along the front. Foch reserves move into ground chosen for battle as the Italian front remains quiet.
Americans Repel Repeated German Attacks at Cantigny
Allied dispatches report sustained American resistance near Cantigny with multiple German counterattacks repulsed. Prisoners captured rose to 242, while Germans suffered heavy losses and some units penetrated American trenches were driven back.
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No Man’s Land
Cantigny
Forts fall at Rheims as German offensive advances
Berlin reports from London that Rheims forts on the northwestern front have fallen. Crecy-au-Mont Juvigny and Cuffies near Soissons captured, Brandenburg troops seize Soissons, 35 000 plus prisoners taken, heavy artillery and war material seized, and several depots and air assets captured.
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Berlin
London
Rheims
Crecy-au-Mont
Juvigny
Cuffies
Soissons
War Office
Yser
Oise
Aisne
Brandenburg
Vesle
Villemontoire
Fere-en-Tardenois
Coulonges
Brouillet
Branscourt
la Nouvillette
Betheny
Braisne
Fismes
von Gallowitz
Duke Albrecht
Ypres
Allies Hold At Rheims And West Of Soissons
Paris reports French forces halted German advances on the western front near Soissons and Rheims. The Germans pressed toward Ville-en-Tardenois while France held the Crise River left bank and recaptured air superiority with 19 German planes destroyed.
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Rheims
Soissons
Paris
Crise
Ville-en-Tardenois
Fere-en-Tardenois
Vezilly
Ailette
Aisne
Bayonet Attack Ends With Nine German Casualties
At dawn one trench held nine dead Germans after a bayonet assault by American troops. To the east, American gunners moved along with their machine guns, leaving the ground studded with gray uniforms.
Clemenceau Narrowly Escapes Capture at Front
Paris May 30 Premier Clemenceau had a near miss from German forces yesterday the Petit Journal reports he left a frontline point just minutes before a patrol of 40 Uhlans arrived. Germans entered the town cornering remaining French including a general who was inspecting positions with a field glass the general was killed.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Petit Journal
Fighting Towards the Marne Says Berlin Report
Berlin says in an official report from headquarters that south of Fere-en-Tardenois they are fighting their way toward the Marne. The dispatch comes via London and is dated May 30.
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Berlin
London
Fere-en-Tardenois
the Marne
Removing Paris Children From Shelling Threat
Paris dispatch reports 1000 Montmartre children moved by special train to a vacation colony in Allier. The relocation begins a plan to spare pupils from shelling after a church was struck on Good Friday.
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Paris
Montmartre
Department of
Allier
France
Americans Set to Help Halt German Onrush in France
American soldiers weigh the role they may play near Soissons and Rheims as the Allied battle intensifies. No troop movements are discussed. action awaits engagement and French command determines where Americans are needed. Aerial fighting continues with overall quiet on other fronts.
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France
Associated Press
Soissons
Rheims
Allies Slow German Advance On Aisne Front
London dispatch reports the Allied line holding at Soissons and Rheims as German progress slows on the Aisne front. The German plan appears to push toward the Marne to sever Paris rail links, with 35 000 prisoners claimed and heavy booty. Critics question air power use amid large German concentrations.
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London
The
Aisne
Soissons
Rheims
Marne
Fere-en-Tardenois
Paris
Amiens
German Attack Near Festubert Repulsed
London reports a German assault on Route-a-Keep near Festubert was completely repulsed. Allied forces conducted a minor operation near Morris, improving the line and seizing prisoners and a machine gun. Troops raided trenches near Locon, taking additional prisoners as enemy artillery remained active east of Villers Bretonneux and in Hinges and Robecq.
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London
Flanders
Festubert
Route-a- Keep
Morris
Locon
Villers-Bretonneux
Hinges
Robecq
German Centre Aims at Marne Front in May 1918
London May 30 A Reuters despatch from French HQ says German forces strike south from Soissons and Rheims with the Marne as their target. They seek to establish footholds on the Marne to swing westward, with the fiercest fighting on the southern front. Reserve units are now aiding divisions that have borne the onslaught since Monday.
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Ypres
London
Reuter
Soissons
Rheims
Marne
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