War report from the front amid ongoing attacks and battles
The dispatches describe March actions along the British line near Verdun and Toul, with limited Allied success. Reports mention Austrian forces, Teuton offensives looming in the Caucasus, and British policing at Vladivostok. Haig notes no major developments aside from trench activity and continued enemy pressure on the Ailette and Oise fronts. Gas shell bombardments and artillery actions persist across the battlefield fronts in France and surrounding theaters.
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Stephen Bichon
Micardy
Parching
Verdun
Luncville
Toul
Monnering
Caucasus
Brestrovsk
Vladivostok
U S Women Doctors Caught in German Drive
U S women medical volunteers are trapped while tending wounded near the Somme as German offensives surge southwest of Hangard Wood. Dr Shelly and twelve helpers, part of the Women's Overseas Hospitals, are isolated after preparing a new hospital in the Aisne district and coming under heavy bombardment.
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U.S
New York
Shelly
Paris
Alice Gregory
Faris
Associated Press
Charles J. Wittany
Gregory
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Women Pioneers
Madison Square Garden
Guiscard
Aisne
French War Department
Czech Leaders Incensed at Count Czernin Policy
An official despatch from Switzerland to Prague reports Czech circles reacting angrily to Count Czernin and Austro Hungarian leadership. Czech leaders insist independence will not come from Vienna or allies and pledge to pursue Wilsonian principles. Press notes labor unrest in Vienna and calls for patriotic duty while Czernin delays a Bucharest trip due to internal politics.
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Wiachington
Switzerland
Austro-Hisgary
Prague
Austro- Hungary
Wilson
Aunstrig
Vienna
Arbeiter Zeitung
Berlin
Czernin
Bucharest
German Junkers Seek to Allay Dismay at Check
Washington April 8 A dispatch from France summarizes German opinion on Picardy. The general staff instructs military correspondents to reassure the public and overstate explanations, betraying public dismay at a possible check of the great offensive on the west front. The report cites anxiety over losses and transport difficulties amid bad weather, noting demoralization in enemy ranks and reserves exhaustion.
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France
Wlson
Hindenburg
Foch
Haig Tol
Guna
Germany
Arras-Vimy Ridge
Amiens
Washington
Picardy
Wolff Bureau
Chen
West Front
Intense Cavalry Action at Noyon Versus German Infantry
The British cavalry in the Noyon sector delivers a bold repeated assault against German infantry during the March to April battles. Reports describe dismounted and mounted charges shaping the front, steady advances through woods near Moreuil, and heavy machine gun and artillery barrages met with determined cavalry counterattacks. The action culminates in April 1 with a ferocious frontal assault that clears German positions as troopers press the attack.
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France
Associated Press
Iwice
Albert
Bucausy
Warmn
Albert-Amiens
Germany
Ratire
Attemsted
Sere
Hebuterne
Hangard Wood
Bucquoy
Serre
Uveir
Bucauoy
Colincamps
Auchonvilers
Hamel
No Man's Land
Somme
Shelttern
Ollery-Hain
Jussy
Noyvon
Ise
Porquericourt
Nayon
Moreuil
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Reliance
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Brest-Litovsk
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Pkaterinoslav
Odessa
Charkoff
America
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