British Allied Lines Hold After Large German Attacks
British and Allied troops repelled heavy German assaults between Meteren and Zillebeke near Ypres with French and Belgian forces also resisting and recapturing ground near Festubert. Prisoners and four machine guns were taken in raid successes, while Berlin reported 7100 German prisoners and substantial gun and machine gun captures.
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French Forces Recapture Locre as British Advance East
London reports the French recaptured Locre in full while British lines push east of Villers-Brentonneaux. The German forces suffer a heavy repulse along the northern front in the war’s bloodiest defeat. Locre lies three miles west of Mt Kemmel near Ypres and Poperinghe.
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Overman bill sails through Senate on wartime power plan
The Senate passed the Overman bill 63 to 13 rejecting amendments aimed at limiting presidential authority during the war. The measure grants the president power to coordinate and reorganize executive agencies, with only one Democrat voting against it. House action planned early.
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Finn Whites Capture Viborg in Bolshevik Defeat
Copenhagen reports the Finn Whites seized Viborg after heavy fighting. About six thousand Bolsheviki soldiers were killed, marking the White Guards greatest success in weeks.
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Copenhagen
Viborg
U.S. Men in the Front Trenches in France
War department weekly review notes American units in action east of Amiens and on the front line to bar Germans from Paris and Amiens. 122 Massachusetts soldiers earned the War Cross for bravery near the Apremont forest and Sols. The One Hundred and Fourth Regiment led a decorated march under rain and shellfire with audacity and sacrifice.
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Sols
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Tyrwhitt Leads British Raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend Bases
Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt commanded British naval forces in the Zeebrugge and Ostend submarine base raid. He earned renown for wartime leadership and previously led the destroyer flotilla of the First Fleet.
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Americans Return From Front After Flag Dedication
Civilians from nearby villages cheered as the American troops in full gear marched past. The ceremony moved many soldiers as the band played the national anthem and the general in command praised the men for earning such an honor, calling it the proudest moment of his life.
Two Casualty Lists Reported By War Departments
General Pershing released two casualty lists totaling 156 Americans. The first list names 74 personnel with 13 killed in action and multiple deaths from wounds disease and accidents. several officers are named among the dead and wounded. The second list covers 82 names with five killed in action and various wounds and a missing in action. A separate Navy Marine list adds 30 names including three killed in action and thirteen slightly wounded.
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War Department
Pershing
Arthur F. Locke
Herbert A. Chase
James J. Flanagan
Robert Hayes
William J. Kievenaar
Wiliam H. Osborn
John P. Ratajczak
Norman F. Hoot
James J. Parsons
Edgar B. Noland
Navy Department
British World War I Casualties Reported for Last Week
London reports British casualties for the prior week totaling 18 460 with 408 officers killed or died of wounds and 2 061 officers wounded or missing plus 18 200 other ranks. Despite heavy fighting, the weekly toll rises about one percent from the week before.
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Americans Saved From Ship Sunk By U-Boat
A group of 57 Y M C A workers under Arthur B Sturgerford survived the torpedoing of the British steamship Orissa in English waters. The vessel sank in 12 minutes after a boiler explosion. Lifeboats were launched and all but three crew members saved as destroyers arrived to assist.
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American Army Young Men's Christian Association
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Sunderland
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Ilinois
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A. Wntogue
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Gallipoli
Australia
England
France
Illness Strikes 36 on Italian Steamer Duca de Abruzzi
At an Atlantic port on April 20 the crew of the Italian steamship Duca de Abruzzi fell ill, with doctors suspecting typhoid fever. The 36 sailors were rushed to a hospital as cargo inspection begins.
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Eareo
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German long range guns head for Paris bombardment
Amsterdam April 20 three new long range German guns built at Delse of for the bombardment of Paris passed through Helium test Friday in the direction of France according to a Maastricht correspondent of Les Nouvelles.
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