Americans Aid British Army in Big Battle
London dispatch notes Germans capture Roye while British, French and American troops fight shoulder to shoulder in the Roye area. Paris reports strong French positions on the Oise banks above Noyon and the evacuation of Noyon as battle rages along a front from Noyon to Chaulnes with heavy casualties on all sides.
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London
Roye
Noyon
Paris
St. Quentin
Oise
Noyvon
War Office
Chaulnes
Germans On Front Opposing United States Forces In France
Berlin reports German commander General Von Guallwitz leads Teuton troops facing American forces near the Rove region south of the salient. About 70 divisions or 140000 men have participated, with heavy losses feared. British forces note German reserves shrinking as heavy attacks, including near Ervillers, are repelled by Allied artillery.
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Paris
Versailles Palace
Berlin
Biaches
Barleaux
Etalon
Noyon
Bussy
Bihucourt
Biefvillers
Grevillers
Irles
Miraumont
Albert
London
France
Cambrai
St. Apex
von Hindenburg
Olse River
General von Guallwitz
Serbia
Teuton
Rove
Washington
Ervillers
No New Gains in Big Hin Drive
What the Marne and Verdun combined were to the French is now referenced as a comparison in a brief caption or note about ongoing military actions and stagnation in gains on a battlefield context.
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Big Hin
Marne
Verdun
Handles Enemy Alien Cases of New York Port
Reports describe the British defense during heavy Allied operations as resilient and adaptable, with counterattacks reversing German gains. The German advance is said to have stalled in the Ballaume region as Allied forces tighten control.
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New York Port
Ballaume
William Wallace, Jr
New York City
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Port of
New York
Explosions Destroy Jarvis Warehouse in Jersey City
A sequence of blasts at the Jarvis Warehouse near the Erie terminal in Jersey City damaged the Erie repair shops and caused about 1.1 million dollars in losses. No deaths reported as investigators from federal, state, and city agencies launch a rigid probe.
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New York
Jarvis Warehouse Company, Inc
Erie
Jersey City
Manhattan
Spread of Fake War News Stampedes French Civilians
German agents spread alarmist reports around the northern France battle zone. Civilians are warned of summary treatment if caught. The British correspondent notes strong troop spirit and heavy enemy losses as fighting grows more chaotic, with recruitment accelerating at home to fill gaps and volunteers swelling for frontline service.
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London
France
Reuter
Marne
Daily Mail
Berlin
Copenhagen
German Heavy Assault Shifts Region South of Somme
London dispatch says new heavy German assaults were launched in the region south of the Somme. Most fighting repulsed, as German forces forced a breakthrough at one point but were dislodged by a counterattack. British line remains firm.
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Somme
London
Mar
Germans Fail to Break West Front Line in Night Assaults
Paris March 27 reports that despite terrific German assaults along the western front last night the enemy advance was checked across the entire line.
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Western Front
Paris
Mar
Soviets and Ukrainians Recapture Oddessa After Blood Battle
London reports Soviet and Ukrainian troops retook Oddessa after a bloody clash involving naval forces. Fire devastated the Erle ferryhouse in West street on the New York side of the river while a lighter loaded with cotton burned nearby. Fires were fought by New York and Jersey City fire departments as explosions damaged nearby frame buildings and damaged locomotives at the Erie shops with many workers escaping in time.
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London
Oddessa
Naval
Erle
West Street
New York
Hoboken Ferry
Lackawanna
Jersey City
Jarvis
Slice and
teeMnenh Wudsws
Erie
U. S
N. J. Jarvis
Storage Warehouse Company
ALL DIE ON FOE'S SHIP Frankland Sinks at Voorland
Vinlanders report from Stockholm that the German transport Frankland struck a mine and sank at Voorland. The ship carried soldiers, cannon, and munitions. the entire crew and Admiral van Meyrer were lost. A Stockholm dispatch noted another German transport blown up near the Aland Islands and that Frankland, coming to its aid, was severely damaged.
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London
Vinlanders
Stockholm
Bvenskund
Frankland
Voorland
van Meyrer
Aland Islanes
Government Secrecy On Casualty Lists Cited By War Dept
War Department endorses withholding full casualty details to spare families from harassment by claim agents. General March told the Senate that publishing addresses and other data aided German spies and prompted deceitful solicitations. He noted relatives receive prompt notices before press releases to prevent information aiding the enemy.
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Washington
War Department
Rene Sons
France
Senate
March
Department
Marth
Marek
Four Shot In Mexican Raid Near Van Horn
Colenn Nev ill, eighteen, was shot seven times as two Mexican men and one Mexican woman were killed in a raid by bandits on the Nev ill South ranch, 48 miles south of Van Horn. Reports to district military headquarters say casualties, with United States soldiers reported to be fighting the raiders.
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Muarfax
Tex
Colenn Nevill
Nevill South Ranch
van Horn
United States
Italians Resume War Operations on Front
Italians resume war operations on the Italian front in cooperation with allied defenses in France as activity increases, with marches and offensives reported in transport and supply lines.
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Tome
France
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Nesle
Hattencourt
Onslaudht
Suzanne
Bray-sur-Somme
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Erie Road
New
Kaiser
Germany
Menwat
Red Cross
Pershing
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