French and British Forces Hold Ypres Front In Big Battle
British official report says French troops reinforce on the Wytschaete front as heavy fighting rages along the Lys river south and southwest of Ypres. Germans claim Poelcapelle and Langemarck while British lines are withdrawn in part. British counterattacks retake Meteren and Wytschaete for a time.
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London
Lys River
Ypres
Meteren
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Villlages
Messines
Arras
Goethals Given Charge of Army Supplies and Logistics
A reorganization of the army general staff places Maj Gen George W Goethals in command of merged divisions of purchases supplies storage and traffic He supervises clothing equipment artillery rifle and ammunition supply and transport from camp to port in Europe The German line opposite Boulogne was driven back yesterday afternoon with several prisoners taken and the line restored.
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Army General Staff
George W. Goethals
Debarkation
Europe
Boyelles
British Fighting Second Waterloo in World Battle Strain
Interview with General Maurice reports the British army under severe strain yet united with the Entente. He compares current actions in Armentieres to a Waterloo scale, notes German forces confronting Allied divisions, and highlights the enormous task being carried by Haig and allied troops.
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Wytschaete
Meteren
London
War Office
Bluebed
Bluecher
Armentieres
God and God by Wilbur D. Nesbit poem
A wartime poem questions the divine and human virtue, contrasting compassion with brutality. It condemns Prussian aggression, calling out offenses against women and children and asserting a sacred standard of morality under God. The poem denounces cruelty in the name of religion.
Germans Press Southwest of Ypres With Erratic Gains
London reports southeast of Kemmell Hill German forces briefly pushed back British lines before counterattacks restored control. In Bailluel sector Germany launched three major assaults, all repulsed with heavy losses. A heavy bombardment from Locon to Robec, about fifteen miles southwest of Baileul, meets intensified French 75 mm fire.
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Locon
Robec
Baileul
French halt German attack after heavy bombardment near Corbeny
After intense preliminary bombardment, a major German assault aimed at advancing near Corbeny on the Aisne front was repelled by French artillery. The action occurred northwest of Rheims as forces clashed along the riverbank.
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Paris
Corbeny
Rheims
Aisne
American Troops Report Unoccupied Trenches in Lorraine Sector
April 18. American raiding parties in Lorraine report taking over No man’s land and crossing into the enemy’s third line trenches without opposition. General Maurice discusses British actions near Wytschaete and the Ypres salient, noting line shortening decisions were planned prior to Bailleul and not caused by its fall.
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No Man’s Land
Wytschaete
Ypres
Ypres Salient
Bailleul
How Bolo Met Death At Vincennes Execution
Paris April 18 Paul Bolo Pasha condemned traitor faced a firing squad in the Vincennes forest. He uttered I am delighted when told his hour had come, wore a new suit with white gloves, refused to sign the register, asked for communion, and gave two silk handkerchiefs to his brother and widow before his body was turned over to his family.
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Paul Bolo Pasha
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Sante
Julien
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Bole
Vincennee
Bote
Oil Ships Clash in Atlantic Killing Dozen as War Knight Blows Up
An April Atlantic port report says the American O B Jennings and British War Knight collided off the British coast on March 24. Thirty seven crew members perished, mostly on the War Knight, as destroyers rescued survivors amid blazing fuel. The War Knight later struck a mine and exploded. the Jennings was towed, scuttled, and beached.
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B. Jennings
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Standard OU Company
Civilian Instructor Hurt in Aviation Camp Accident
Houston April 18 Farl R Southsee of Binghamton civilian instructor at Tilington field was seriously injured and an aviation cadet slightly hurt when their airplane fell about 100 feet in a spin at the aviation camp here.
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Farl R. Southsee
Binghamton
Tilington Field
Red Cross Delegation Heads to Florence from Rome
Rome reports the American Red Cross war council chairman Tl. P. Davison and his party departed Rome for Florence after a tour of Italian cities. Ambassador Page and Somagtta, president of the Red Cross, saw them off at the railroad station.
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Red Cross
Florence
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