Battle Front North of Armentieres Rages As Gas Clouds Hover
German forces push near Armentieres and cross the Lys and Lawe canals while British counterattacks reclaim Mes sines ridge Wytschaete and surrounding positions. The British withdraw from Armentieres, gas-filled town, as heavy fighting continues along the La Bassee to Ypres Comines front.
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Croix du Bac
Armentieres
Steenwerck
Reuter
Lestrem
Lawe
War Office
la Bassee Canal
Ypres-Comines Canal
France
Belgium
Messines Ridge
Wytschaete
la Creche
Nieppe
Hollebeke
Ploegsteert
Ploegsteert Wood
Flanders
Estauires
Somme
London
la Basse Canal
Ypres Comines Canal
Ypres-Comines
Lys
Messines
Marines Aid Japs as Bolsheviks Retaken Theme in Harbin
American Marines and British and Japanese forces land at Vladivostok and take control of docks while Japanese guard railway and ammunition depots. In Harbin disorder follows Bolshevik disarmament attempts with Cossacks and Red guards fighting. Koshevnikoff loses 100 men and up to 800 noncombatants are reported killed as refugees flee with 8 million rubles of Imperial funds.
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Harbin
Vladivostok
Blagovieshtchensk
Koshevnikoff
Red Guards
Soldiers for Farm Work
Orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder authorize furloughs for soldiers to work on farms during feeding and harvest times without pay. Relatives apply through local boards and county agents, then to the division commander for final approval, with longer leaves possible for specially qualified experts.
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Washington
Crowder
Secretary of War
Merville Relinquished After Costly German Attacks
British forces report heavy fighting near Merville and Neuf Berquin with German capture of Merville announced by the war office. In the Plogsteert area British defense holds, while near Neuve Eglise and Festubert British counterattacks gain some ground as German advances are repulsed between Lois-Ne and the Lawe.
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London
War Office
Merville
Neaf Berquin
Plogsteert
Neuve Eglise
Festubert
Lois-Ne
Lawe River
Heavy Artillery Fights Near Montdidier Reported
Reports from Paris dated April 12 say very heavy artillery fighting is in progress on the front north of Montdidier. The clash involves sustained bombardment and exchange of fire as forces position for advances in the region.
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Berlin
Armentieres
Estaites
Paris
Champagne
Montdidier
Noyon
Americans Beat Off Heaviest German Attack Yet
American forces in France repulsed a German assault northwest of Toul as 800 attackers were turned back by decisive American artillery and machine gun fire. German casualties were heavy, with several bodies seen on barbed wire after withdrawal. Gas shells and mask use featured in the three day bombardment preceding the fight.
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France
Toul
Petition seeks Hirsch resignation over pro Germanist ties
In Chicago on April 12 a petition circulates among Sinai Temple members asking Dr Emil G Hirsch to resign as pastor citing alleged pro German sentiment before the war and lukewarm government support since. Hirsch replies he endorsed Wilson’s policy and defends his loyalty.
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Chicago
Emil G. Hirsch
Sinai Temple
Holland
Germany
Hirsch
Wilson
Sinn Feiners Armed Captain Redmond Tells Commons
Captain William A Redmond in the Commons denounces the manpower bill and Irish conscription as Irish distrust of Britain grows He says Ireland once backed the Allies in 1914 but now fears government actions will turn Ireland hostile to the war and that future recruitment would require in Ireland if trust is breached.
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London
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Irish Volunteers
Ireland
William A. Redmond
John B. Resimond
House of Commons
Redmond
House
Senators Reject War Materials Labor Clause
The Senate rejected the conference report on a bill to punish destruction of essential war materials and to allow strikes for wage and conditions. The vote split along party lines, with 25 for adoption and 34 against, signaling House reconsideration will follow. Gompers urged against prohibiting strikes, calling such a law unpatriotic and harmful to labor unity. Morrison attacked conscription of labor for nonmilitary aims.
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Washington
Senate
Culberson
Fletcher
Gerry
Henderson
Tollis
James
Jones
New Mexico
McKellar
Martin
Overman
Pittman
Ransdell
Shafroth
Sheppard
Shields
Simmons
Swanson
Gallinger
Hale
Harding
Kellogg
Knox
Lodge
McCumber
New
Page
Penrose
Poindexter
Sherman
Townsend
Wadsworth
Warren
Weeks
House
North Carolina
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Conference of American
Congress
American Labor Movement
Frank Morrison
Allies 10 Withdraw as Anarchy Suppressed in Vladivostok
London reports on April 12 that Vladivostok officials told the local zemstvo president the Allied marines landed to curb anarchy and will depart once order is restored. Tokyo notes the move as a protective measure. a Japanese auto shop was looted and three workers were killed or wounded, prompting the marine landing from the harbor to shield Japanese nationals.
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London
Vladivostok
Zemstvo
Viadivostok
Petrograd
Reuter
Tokyo
Viadisvostok
U. S. Flyer Captured by Germans on Western Front
A semiofficial Berlin dispatch reports the first capture of an American aviator. The engineer by trade had served with French forces since September. He was reportedly shot down on the western front last Sunday and is now in custody, narrowly escaping lynching in Detroit and connected to Gustav Knopf’s detention.
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Dispatch
Berlin
Armterdam
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John Tyler
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Wood
Leonard Wood
Lincoln Patriotic Army
America
Sinn Feiners
Captain Redmond
Senators
Conmpers
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U. S
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Mich
Qustav Knopf
Castody
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