German Breakthrough Fails as British Hold Line
Heavy German bombardment and infantry assault across a fifty mile front near Cambrai test British strength. Haig reports stout countermeasures and exceptionally heavy German losses, with tanks rumored but unconfirmed. The attack begins around 5 AM with gas shells and shelling from Lagnicourt to Gouzencourt, while French actions near Reims and Verdun serve as diversions.
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London
Scarpe and
Vendguil
Reuter
Fles‘quieres
Field Marshal Haig
France
Cambrai
Lagnicourt
Gauche Wood
Gouzencourt
Champagne
Reims
Verdun
Lorraine
Toul
Food Saving Direction Led by Miss Martha Van Rensselaer
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer of Ithaca New York has been named head of the division of home conservation for the United States food administration. She will oversee nationwide plans to conserve foodstuffs in homes and is connected with the Cornell University College of Agriculture.
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Martha van Rensselaer
Ithaca
N. Y
United States Food Administration
van Rensselaer
Department of Home Economics
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
British Line Holds as German Onslaught Falters
Telegraphic bulletins report the British line holding firm amid German pressure. Details indicate continued resistance and a stabilized frontline with no breakthrough reported.
British Hold Front as Germans Mowed Down in Mass Attacks
London reports British forces stabilize the line in Northern France with heavy casualties inflicted on German troops attempting large-scale assaults.
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London
Mar
France
German Attack on British Lines Larger Scale in War
London officials said the German offensive on the western front was larger than prior efforts. Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons the attack matched expectations and that British troops were withdrawn from a lightly held outpost. He noted warnings had been given and no surprise occurred.
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Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Mr. Bonar Law
Versailles Council
Milwaukee
Wheeler P. Bloodgood
County Council of Defense
Hoan
Soc
Bloodgood
Mr. Bloodgood
Socialist Platform
America
Congress
Thiat
Americans Break Through Two German Trenches Near Lunéville
Paris reports March 22 that French forces repelled three strong infantry assaults near Hurlas while heavy bombardments hit multiple sectors. American artillery shattered the first and second German trench lines in the Lunéville sector.
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Luneville Sector
Paris
Hurlas
Luneville
British 1917 Shipping Losses and Production Decline
London reports by Sir Eric Campbell Geddes show 6,000,000 tons sunk in the last year, 42,000,000 tons of allied and neutral tonnage, and varied output trends. The navy chief cites shipyard activity, port arrivals and the need for men and material to replace losses amid wartime munitions effort.
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House of Commons
Eric Campbell Geddes
Admiralty
Sir Eric
United States
First Lord
Eric
Lord
Baker Reviews Men in Mad War Front and Arc Birthplace Visit
Secretary of War Baker visited France ranging from Verdun to headquarters and reviewed a First division brigade. He toured the birthplace of Jeanne d Arc and observed troops along a route blocked by a 20 hour rain. A night raid near Luneville involved American and French forces in trench penetrations and hand to hand fighting.
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Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Jeanne of Arc
France
Luneville
Baker
Secretary Baker Visits Verdun Area Amid War Talk
Secretary Baker and party reached a grassy mud field by foot after an accessible road. General Pershing and staff joined the party at the stand, then the group met division and brigade generals. Baker toured several hundred kilometers by car and viewed Fort Douaumont from a Verdun vantage point with artillery and troop movements.
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Pershing
Baker
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Russian Warships Escape After Odessa Occupation
Washington reports that Russian warships at Odessa escaped to Sebastopol when Germans captured the city. American Consul Summers at Moscow cites dispatches and Berlin authorities stating about 15 ships were taken during the occupation.
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Washington
Odessa
Sebastopol
State Department
Summers
Moscow
Berlin
Lenroot Leads Thompson in Wisconsin Senatorial Primary
Milwaukee March 21 Congress man Irvine L Lenroot held a lead of about 3000 votes over James Thompson with La Follette entry in the state senatorial primary. Lenroot appears assured as the Republican candidate for Wisconsin junior senatorship as results show 68538 to 66206 with Berger 26645 Davies 54173 and McCarthy 13026.
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Milwaukee
Irvine L. Lenroot
James Thompson
la Follette
Wisconsin
Lenroot
Thompson
Berger
Davies
McCarthy
Elsner
Joseph FE. Davies
Charles McCarthy
U. S. Plans Siberia Mission on POW Armament Reports
Petrograd reports an American mission will travel to Siberia to investigate claims that prisoners of war are being armed. The inquiry follows tense reports from the region as diplomats seek to verify equipment and support for detainees.
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Petrograd
Siberia
Prisoner Exchange Accord Reached Between France and Germany
Paris reports a definite agreement on prisoner exchange beyond age forty eight. All privates and noncommissioned officers will be repatriated while officers are to be interned in Switzerland.
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Paris
Switzerland
Warner Miller Dies at 79 Former New York Senator
New York March 22 Warner Miller former United States senator from New York from 1881 to 1887 died in a hospital here at age seventy nine.
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United States
New York
East
Warner Miller
Americans Reach Harbin Washington Arrival Reported
Arrival of James G. Bailey, secretary of the American embassy in Petrograd, and thirty three other Americans at Harbin is reported to the State Department by Ambassador Francis.
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Harbin
Washington
James G. Bailey
Petrograd
State Department
Francis
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