Germans Retry Raid Near Mesnil as British Raid Hebuterne
In Haig’s London report British and allied patrols conduct raids along the front. German raiders near Mesnil repulsed. British troops seize prisoners and a machine gun near Hebuterne. Across front No Man’s Land sees ongoing skirmishing and intensified artillery as German re distribution shifts troops rearward.
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Haig
Mesnil
London
Field Marshal Haig
France
Hebuterne
Noan
Arras
Loecon
Nieppe Forest
Meteren
Flanders
Posses surround alleged draft evader in Nebraska mountains
In Fallon Nebraska on May 22 posses including more than 100 Churchill county ranchers and cowboys encircle Paul Walters an alleged draft evader and Socialist. Walters wounded Sheriff Mark Wildes and has vowed not to be taken alive. Posse members are instructed to shoot to kill and expect to close in on him.
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Fallon
Neb
Paul Walters
Mark Wildes
Walters
Churchill County
Cyclops List Grows with 18 Passengers Missing
Washington May 28 an additional list of 18 men likely lost with the naval collier Cyclops was received by the navy department They were transferred from other ships to the Cyclops as passengers and presumably were aboard when it left on its last voyage.
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Washington
Navy Department
Flood Warnings Issued Across Colorado River Basin
Government forecaster issued flood warnings for the district from Topock to Parker Arizona as heavy snowmelt in tributaries of the Colorado River pushes river level toward 14 feet at Topock by Saturday.
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Denver
Colo
Topock
Parker
Ariz
Colorado River
99 000 U S till SAIL IN 10 DAYS
Washington reports in house records that in early May 90 000 American soldiers were sent abroad and a million more trained for foreign service, with Caldwell predicting 4 to 5 million men before the next fiscal year and potential 20 million fighting age in a seven year war. Baker seeks large ordnance and naval funds. Mooney is resentenced to hang for 1918 preparedness parade bombing.
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Washington
House
Caldwell
New York
United States
France
Bates
America
National Guard
National Army
Reserve Corps
Ccis
Baker
War Department
Congress
Daniels
They Are Our Boys and the Red Cross Canteens
A vivid scene shows relieved soldiers arriving by train and local Red Cross workers in white serving food, baths, reading material, and beds. The piece praises American Red Cross women at railway canteens aiding French and English troops in France.
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France
Red Cross
Hun airmen bomb British hospitals in May 23 raid
With British Army reports, Hun airmen bombed British hospitals on May 23 killing many patients and attendants.
General Crowder issues drastic amendment to selective service
Washington May 23 General Crowder issues a drastic amendment to the selective service regulations. The measure calls every draft age man not in useful occupation to fight, including barbers, players, clerks, actors, bartenders, and workers in many lines of business deemed necessary to prosecute the war.
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Washington
General Crowder
Selective Service
Barcba
German aviators reach Paris with bombs dropped
Paris reports a new German air attack on the city with bombs dropped. A Russian unit fighting with a Moroccan division on the French front is cited for bravery. Captain Loypenoff is made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor as all Russian soldiers receive war crosses. The shipping board announces a world riveting record of 6,629 in nine hours at Oakland Cal by Tom Horn and crew.
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Paris
Loypenoff
Legion of Honor
Tom
Washington
Shipping Board
Oakla Cal
Tom Horn
Feld Army Formed in France As U S Troops Grow
Washington reports America's first field army of about 200000 troops formed in France. Maj Gen Hunter Liggett likely commands one corps with Col A W Bjornstad as chief of staff and Maj Gen Charles T Menoher possibly named commander. Army may total around 750000 by June registrations.
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Washington
America
France
A. W. Bjornstad
Hunter Liggett
First Army
Charles T. Menoher
Untess
United States
Haig
Yankees Cut High-Tension Cable to Disrupt German Wire
From Washington May 23, the war department reports 48 American expeditionary force casualties including 3 killed in action and 38 severely wounded. In France near Toul and Luneville, American patrols engage multiple German parties, capturing two prisoners and inflicting heavy losses. an officer is severely wounded and a New England corporal conducts a lone reconnaissance mission.
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France
Ypres
No Man's Land
Picardy
Flanders
Foch
Washington
War Department
Robert Ti. Long
Houseton
Tex
Richard W. Johnson
Toul
Gerechamp Wood
Worning
Lunevillen
Lorraine
oMecer
Ancervillers
Luneville
Numberig 16
Ines
Apremont-Varneville
Apremont
Rirk
New England
American tanker William Rockefeller Lost at Sea
Official notices report the American tanker William Rockefeller sent to sea and missing. The Navy withheld formal announcement while notifying relatives. cause not yet learned, including whether torpedoed.
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Washington
William Rockefeller
Navy Department
Italians crush for attack near Brenta mountains
Italian troops in the mountains west of the Brenta repelled enemy assaults, especially on the southern slopes of Sasso Resse and Monte Spinaccia west of the Viave. An Austrian position was destroyed and 53 prisoners were captured, according to an official war office statement.
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Rome
Brenta
Sasso Resse
Monte Spinancia
Viave
War Ofice
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Slacker
Nebraska
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Szetozar Boroevic
Archduke Eugene
U. S
Rep. Caldwell
ARMY
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Griffin
American Red Cross
James Montgomery Flagg
Gen. Crowder
Feld Army
Tien
Crowder
Yankees
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