British Retake Villers-Bretonneux and Capture 600 Prisoners
Australian and English forces reclaim Villers-Bretonneux and seize more than 600 German prisoners. American units suffer 128 wounded as fighting rages from Bailleul to Wytschaete and near Hangard amid heavy Allied counterattacks and repeated German assaults.
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London
Viliers-Bretonneux
Haig
Bailleul
Wytschaete
Reuter
Bailleul-Meteren-Wytschaete
Mont Kemmel
Hangard
U. S
Paris
Picardy
War Office
Dranoutre
Kemmel
Vierstraat
Somme
Villers- Bretonneaux
Villers-Bretonneaux
Villers-Bretonneaux- St. Quentin
Bucquoy
French Holdouts and Allied Gains Near Hangard
Reported advances into Hangard outskirts with heavy losses for the opposing side. French raids succeed west of Lassigny and south of Coucy le Chateau with several prisoners taken as artillery duels rage along the Avre.
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Hangard
Lassigny
Coucy le Chateau
Lorraine
Young Men for Army Class Placement Cleared by House
The House adopted the Senate resolution for registering men who turned 21 since June 1 last to join the military service. An amendment by Representative Hull set them at the bottom of their assigned classes. The measure moves to conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hull
Iowa
French Hold Kemmel Hill Amid Encirclement
With the British Army, April 26, reports say French troops defending Mt. Kemmel near Ypres are entirely surrounded by German forces but still hold the position. The outcome remains uncertain.
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Mt. Kemmel
Ypres
Germans Gain Foothold on Mount Kemmel Near Ypres
London reports the Germans have established a footing on Mount Kemmel two miles northwest of Messines in the Ypres area. Fighting continues with French aid as British forces clear enemy positions southeast of Villers-Bretonneux.
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MT. Kemmel
City OF
Ypres
London
Villers-Brettoneaux
Kemmel
Artillery Battles Reported South of the Somme
War office reports heavy artillery fighting south of the Somme. American troops conduct a successful raid with the French Army near the Meuse heights in the Verdun sector.
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The
Somme
Paris
War Office
Meuse
Verdun
Emperors Warned on Bourbon Parme Abroad Activities
Berlin reports that Austrian imperial family members met at the archduke’s palace to warn the emperor of possible harm from Bourbon Parme family members living abroad. The note cites Prince Sixtus, Belgian army officer and brother of the empress, connected to Charles I’s March 1917 peace letter. The affair helped trigger Austrian statements and Count Czernin’s resignation.
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Berlin
Zita of Bourbon de Parma
Prince Sixtus
Charles
France
England
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Count Czernin
Nations reach $1.700 billion Liberty loan total and city quotas
Telegrams report $43 million in new subscriptions, lifting the national total to $1,700,004,850. Cities and states like Colorado and Arizona exceed quotas while St Louis and Minneapolis district rankings remain unsettled. Leading locales show strong quota percentages from Toledo to Richmond with varied results. In Europe, a Budapest demonstration for electoral reforms attracts 200000 participants as Galicia is promised restoration to Poland.
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National Liberty Loan Headquarters
Colorado
Arizona
National
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Minneapole
Toledo
Sioux City
Detroit
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Evansville
Ind
Louisville, Ky
Milwaukee
Kansans City
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Wash
Springfield, Manas
Richmond
Birmingham, Ale
Oust Michigan City Mayor Released by Officials
Frederick O. Miller, mayor of Michigan City, detained as an alien enemy when he arrived Tuesday to discuss pursuing naturalization, was released and accompanied out of the District of Columbia by justice department officials. Officials said he had technically violated the law by entering as an alien but did not intend wrongdoing.
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Washington
Frederick O. Miller
Michigan City
Ted
Miller
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Netherlands face German demand over sand and gravel transit
In The Hague April 26 the Dutch foreign minister warned he could not reveal full details as Germany pressed for free transport of sand and gravel through Dutch waters to Belgium, a move seen as violating neutrality. Washington notes Germany’s pressure risks war, with Holland’s fate tied to Allied aid and neutral rights.
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Netherlands
Germany
Flanders
United States
Holland
Belgium
Landstrum
Westphalia
Rhine Valley
Washington
West Front
Teutonic
Wood petition asks Supreme Court to block Cox case
Attache Major General Wood in Washington on April 26 faced a Supreme Court petition to declare him in contempt for sending Robert Cox to France while Cox sought relief to stop his own sending. Proceedings to prevent Cox’s shipment were then pending.
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Wood
Washington
Leonard Wood
Supreme Court
Robert Cox
France
Cox
German Plot Hinted Before War March 1914
Washington reports publish papers from Captain von Papen showing German interest in using propaganda. Letters from 1914 discuss how to blow railway trains in war and reveal prewar German views on Mexican explosions and American strategy.
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Washington
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Germany
von Papen
R. von Wild
German War Ministry
Berlin
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Tam
Potsdam
Disconto-Gesellschaft
P. S
Mimel
U S Men Nab Iowa Sleuth In Sedition Probe
Charles Schulte a Detective Service Association operative and former Cedar Rapids city detective was arrested by federal authorities charged with seditious utterances. He had spent days in Johnson county probing alleged flour hoarding by farmers.
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U. S
Iowa
Cedar Srapids
Charles Schulte
Detective Service Association
Schulte
Johnson County
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