French Drive Gains in Key Kemmell Hill Battle
French troops counter attacked along the Ypres front retaking ground near Hangard en Santerre and Villers Bretonneux. German assaults were repelled seven times north of Hangard wood as heavy artillery and gas shells marked the continued fierce fighting across the Somme front and at Kemmel hill.
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London
Kemmell Hill
Ypres
Somme
Amiens
Villers-Bretonneaux
Hangarden-Santerre
Hangard Wood
Certuan
French War Office
Mont Kemmel
Kemmel
Pranoutre
Haig
Dranoutre
Ypres-Comines Canal
Lys
Ghituwe- Ghehivelt
Villers-Bretonneux
Bailleul-Hollebeke
Kemmel Hill
Dranmoutre
Vierstraat
Mervile
Givenchy
Villers-Bretonnenaux
Paris
War Office
Hnes
Luce River
Flangard-en-Santerre
Hangard
German deposes Zee Brugge commander after Zeebrugge raid
Reports say Vice Admiral Schroeder will lose command for being surprised by the British raid on Zeebrugge. German papers debate the raid outcome with some praising boldness and others calling it a failure while London notes Captain Carpenter and Admiral Keyes signaling in the operation.
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Amsterdam
Schroeder
Zeebruggee
Zeebrugge
Berlin
Koelnische Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Weser Zeitung
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
England
London
Carpenter
Vindictive
Keyes
St. George
Baseball scores report from National and American Leagues
National League results show Brooklyn 6 New York 11 Boston 0 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 1 Chicago 3 with St Louis 2 and Louis 2. American League games list New York 4 Washington 9 Philadelphia 1 Boston 2 St Louis 2 Chicago 6 and Cleveland Detroit postponed by cold weather.
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Detroit
Chicago
Washington
New York
Louis Teer
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Louis
St. Louis
Cleveland
O'Connor Sees Lord Reading on Irish Conscription
In Washington on April 27, T. P. O Connor met British ambassador Lord Reading to discuss Irish conscription. O Connor pressed that any move to raise Irish armies be decided by an Irish parliament to be created under the home rule act.
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Washington
Lord Reading
T. P. O'Connor
O'Connor
Allies Make Gains Around Hangard and Villers near Amiens
Paris reports April 27 that Allied forces pushed the front near Amiens with gains around Hangard and Villers while French attacks east of Amiens secured distinct advantages. Heavy German attacks near Thenes southeast of Amiens were repulsed and British units repelled a force near Voormezele with many prisoners taken.
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Paris
Thennes
Amiens
Voormezele
Hangard
Villers
French Recapture Positions Near Ypres in Flanders
In Flanders the French forces recaptured all positions from Loore to Laclytte west of Mt. Kemmel, after brilliant attacks, leaving the Germans still holding the area near Mt. Kemmel.
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Paris
Flanders
Loore
Laclytte
Mt. Kemmel
Liberty Loan Surges as Subscriptions Pass Billions
Washington April 27 Liberty day celebrations spark renewed drive as subscriptions reach 2 003 5 000 200 pledged by banks and trust companies up to Friday morning. Officials urge more energy as 75 percent over target remains to be raised with many small subscriptions reported from first time supporters.
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Washington
Treasury
Dutch Crisis With HU Past
Dutch and German diplomacy show signs of settlement while Holland imposes an embargo on Dutch East Indies exports critical to the United States war effort. The embargo, effective April 22, includes tin ore bark quinine and kapok, prompting concern and debate in Washington and among allies.
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London
Hague
Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
Intech Foreign Office
Washington
Dutch East Indies
United States
French Wipe Out Big Gun Near Paris
Paris reports one of three German long range guns bombarding the city has been destroyed. Deputy Charles Leboucq says the sector near Crepy-en-Laonnois shows the enemy was mounting new emplacements. French counter-batteries damaged a gun Tuesday evening, leaving only one in service with its entire crew killed.
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Paris
Charles Leboucg
Department of the Seine
Crepy-en-Laonnois
British Forces Warn of Longer War on Western Front
General Radcliffe cautioned that the Kemmel front shows German gains but not a decisive breakthrough He said a major spring to summer offensive is expected between Arras and Amiens and that Allied reserves under General Foch remain largely unused The village of Villers-Bretonneux is held as a key position with heavy enemy activity on Kemmel hill and good observation over northern ground
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War Office
Paris
Hangard
London
Kemmel
Radcliffe
Western Front
Iia
Arras
Amiens
Foch
Villers-Bretonneus
Villers-Bretonneus de
Ypres
Kemmel Hill
Successful U. S. Raid Near Verdun Reported
In France American troops conducted a successful trench raid near the Meuse heights around Vaux-les-Palameix, with French forces also fighting in Lorraine and near Verdun. Two Americans wounded in the Leicheprey engagement were found alive in a smashed dugout in No Man's Land, while another, Raymond Demunsky of New Haven, buried three days after the attack, was rescued by Red Cross stretcher bearers despite German fire.
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No Man’s Land
France
Meuse
Vaux-les-Palameix
Verdun
St. Michiel
Lorraine
Vosges
St. Mihiel
St. Pizier
Metz
Leicheprey
Leidheprey
Renneres Wood
Beicheprey
No Man's Land
Raymond Demunsky
New Haven
Conn
Suife
Demunsky
Russia
Red Cross
Selichprey
Belgium Receives Additional WWI Credit From U S
Washington reports Belgium was granted a further $3,250,000 credit by the treasury, raising its total American borrows to $107,850,000 and lifting Allied credits to $5,288,850,000.
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Washington
Belgium
Treasury
United States
Clark Declines Missouri Senate Bid
Speaker Champ Clark declines the Missouri senatorship offered by Governor Frederick Gardner. In a letter from Washington dated April 27 he says he can best serve the country by remaining as Speaker of the House, and he thanks Gardner and supporters for their confidence.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
William J. Stone
Clark
Gardner
House of Representatives
Frederick D. Gardner
Jefferson City
Mao
Denar
Commonwealth of Missouri
Union
Stone
Senate
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