German Drive Toward Paris Reaches Verne River Front
Allied defenses struggle as German forces push toward Paris with a driving advance from the Marne toward Rheims and the Verne river. French British troops defend from Seissons to Chateau Thierry while American units fight in Picardy and Toul sectors amid reports of gas attacks in Ukraine.
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Toul
Giant U S transport rams and sinks German submarine
An American returning from England reports a German U-boat was rammed and sunk by a large U S transport off the Irish coast in the second week of May. The transport hit the sub amidships after torpedoing the vessel and dropped depth charges with destroyers nearby. The destruction was described as the submarine being cut in half in full view of troops aboard.
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Atlantic
Tramsporte
England
Germans Fear to Tell People How Sammies Tear
Washington reports a major American raid in the Wourre sector with destroyed enemy positions and German casualties followed by prisoners. General Osbub’s communique notes U S accuracy and warns German efforts to undermine Allied morale.
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Washington
Wourre
Gener Osbug
Cantigny
Cornap
Germany
British Raid Bombards Zeebrugge Show of Daring Action
AMSTERDAM May 31 A long heavy serial bombardment was delivered on Zeebrugge as part of a daring raid by British forces. The attack targeted the port and aims to disable ships and defenses amid ongoing wartime operations.
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Amsterdam
Yoebrugge
Transport Lincoln Is Sub Victim Sinking of President Lincoln
Washington May 11 Admiral Sime reported the torpedo ing and sinking of the transport President Lincoln returning to the United States from Europe. The vessel was sunk at 10 o'clock this morning with no casualty details released. The 15,000 ton ship formerly Hamburg American liner operated between Europe and New York and was taken over by the government at wartime declaration.
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Sime
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Europe
New York
Man Killed On C and S Track Near Altie
County Coroner Clyde Early returned on the 11 15 train from Altie to hold an inquest into the death of J B Kennedy struck by a C S track near the Forty mile post one and a half miles from Altie. Kennedy had no known witnesses or detailed identity beyond a past residence at Casper. The fatal injuries included a base of brain hemorrhage and other internal trauma.
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Forty Mile Post
Midwest
Casper
Wounded Canadian Soldiers Perish in Furnace
May 11. German airmen bombed a large Canadian hospital with red cross markings in Franco. A hospital wing was destroyed and many killed or burned as the wing collapsed and fire spread, with rescuers working amid the ruins. An American medical officer died administering anesthesia to a British officer.
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Franco
Austrians Ready to Strike Italy Warned in Dispatch
Washington May 21. An official dispatch to the Italian embassy notes that Austria plans an offensive against Italy as part of German strategy. The message says the plans include simultaneous action against France and Italy.
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Italy
Washington
Bohemian unrest spreads as mobs attack symbols of rule
A British admiralty wireless dispatch reports growing disorder in Bohemia with crowds burning barracks and a city hall in Vochen, eight police officers killed by fire, flag desecrations at Kolin, Tabor, and Olomouc, and German newspaper offices sacked in Prague.
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Tabor
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Neuesse Nachrichten
FoE Filtered Through Gap in French Line Allied Front News
London May 11 A Heuters correspondent at French headquarters reports signs of relaxations in German pressure. German infantry are pushing out lines north and south of Solasons and along the Alane sector. Center advances continue as detachments filter through woods and valleys seeking weaknesses in the French line.
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Heuters
Solasons
Alane
Jury Hears Motives in Krager Mobbists Trial
Edwardsville May 31 eleven men charged with murder of Robert Kraezer lynched by a mob at Collimaville claim responsibility in their own defense. Joseph Riegel a coal miner and cobbler who confessed at the coroner’s inquest is named as leader of the mob and previous to trial was quoted as issuing a demand.
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Robert Paul Kracer
Collimavillg
Joseph Riegel
Young
Heroism Across Lines as Allies Hold in French Counteroffensive
May 31 dispatch outlines German diversion on the western wing near the Avlei te river as they push five miles against Allied lines. Allied counteractions retake positions near Seison and Epaeny with French divisions displaying fearless resistance and tenacious counterattacks.
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Alvleite
Saient
Varesee
Oise
Blerencourt
Epaeny
Seissona
American Airman Downed Fifth German Plane
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell of San Jose California an aviator with the American expeditionary forces in France has brought down his fifth German aircraft earning the title ace as reported by a cablegram to his father W W Campbell director of the Lick Observatory Campbell downed the enemy in the morning lauding the milestone through a military dispatch from San Francisco May 31
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Kaiser's Picked Troops Cut Bloody Path Through Center
In France May 41, fighting widens along a new sector between the Aisne and Ceruiman fronts. German forces push a fanlike advance, piecing out the allied line as fresh divisions rush forward, with air combat and artillery movements shaping a grim center battle.
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Aisne
British say Marne advance forces anxious but reserves may halt progress
British statement to Associated Press says German offensive at the Marne has reached a ten mile front with rapid German progress data claiming 246 miles advanced in four days. Despite reserves and transports working well the situation remains tense as the Germans prepare further actions and the Allies consider retreat options.
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London
Champagne
France
Hery
Marne
Stair
Terid
Germaine
Berlin reports over forty five thousand prisoners taken
German official communique claims more than 45,000 prisoners seized as German forces advance in the Paris region. The message highlights gains along the Hartevings road and Dos An-Tardenois, with units across the Sarna sector and the Vie le area reported as captured or encircled.
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