British retake Ayette and halt German assault
British forces recaptured Ayette eight miles southwest of Arras after fierce fighting and repulsed German attempts south of Hebuterne. Paris and Berlin reports confirm heavy artillery actions along the Somme front with French gains near Rollot and Plemont and continued aerial bombardments on Ham Chauny Noyon.
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British Troops Repel German Attack Near Fampoux and Ayette
London reports a sharp night fight as British forces repelled a strong German assault near Fampoux while retaking Ayette southwest of Arras. Official statements note German dead and prisoners left behind, plus Lincolnshire troops raiding northeast of Loos and Poelecappelle with captures. Cavalry Captain Baron von Richt hoffen credited with his seventy fifth aerial victory.
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Ukranian and German Forces Repulsed at Odessa
Petrograd reports Ukrainian and German troops failed to recapture Odessa. The Turco German fleet aiming for Odessa was pushed back by the Russian Black Sea fleet. Thirty German transports with troops reached Hango in southern Finland. Turkish and German forces retreat forty miles from Batum.
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Destroyer Sunk After Collision in British Atlantic Waters
A British torpedo boat destroyer was sunk April 1 after a collision. all crew survived. The Conargo, a British steamer of 4312 tons, was torpedoed in the Irish Sea. The Salaminia, a Greek steamer of 8112 tons, was sunk by gunfire with about fifty missing from both vessels.
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Germans Arrive at Atlanta War Prison Camp
Five hundred seven German prisoners arrived in Atlanta from Fort Douglas and were sent to the internment camp at Fort McPherson for the remainder of the war. The new total at the local camp brings prisoners to 1,878.
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Italy Expects Drive as Austrian Threat Grows
London reports Maj. Gen. F B Maurice, chief director of military operations, says indications of an Austrian attack on Italy prelude to 1918 campaigning. He notes German losses run higher, air efforts continue, and German strategy concentrates on the western front amid air and ground pressures.
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Austria Near Peace Talks Claimed By Czernin In Vienna
Premier Clemenceau said little on hearing Count Czernin report that Austria-Hungary nearly opened peace negotiations. Czernin said Paris was unwilling on Alsace Lorraine basis and asserted Austria seeks peace while defending its interests. He denied imperial aims and urged restraint, while noting France and Italy pursues utopian aims. In New York, tax receipts boosted city estimates for income and excess profits tax to about 900 million dollars, with Wall Street district leading at 600 million.
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Lull In Fighting On Western Front Reported
Paris reports on April 4 that there was little activity on the Western front apart from the routine artillery exchanges, indicating a pause in combat.
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Bloody riots devastate Turkestan killing hundreds
A Moscow dispatch from April 4 reports a violent anti Jewish riot scene in Turkestan with about three hundred deaths. Authorities struggle to contain the unrest as mobs attack Jewish communities and local areas amid escalating sectarian strife.
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Yankees Face Big Gas Attack On French Front
American troops on a sector outside Toul endure a heavy gas attack mixed with high explosive shells. American air service personnel receive praise in an official statement as crucial to British and French forces. Trenches are flooded while American columns press toward the anticipated great battle.
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Armenian and Georgian Forces Rally to Hold Caucasus
Fierce fighting erupts in Batoum Kars and Arduaham as Armenians and Georgians form a large defense against Turkish advance under Brest-Litovsk terms. Georgians seize most Russian warships at Batoum and move them to the Black Sea. Georgia mobilizes its population to resist.
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La Follette Lke Hun Army Speech Denounces German Press
Former Senator Lafe Young of Iowa attacked the German language press in Washington and urged stopping German language papers. He said expelling La Follette would be like driving a German division from the western front and criticized German teaching in schools across western states.
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