British Seaborne Strike Blocks Ostend Submarine Base
British forces last night blocked Ostend harbor by sinking the cruiser Vindictive at the harbor entrance, linking to the Zeebrugge raid. The action aims to deny the German submarine base access while Allied troops push back German positions near Albert and along the Flanders front.
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London
Ostend
Vindictive
Zeebrugge
Albert
Amiens
St. Pols
Arras Salient
Flanders
Loore
Ypres
Forest of
Nieppe
Meteren
Lye Salient
Neuville Vitasse
German War Office
Clamont
France
Somme
Morlancourt
Saillilsac
Lacryst
Vogremezelle
Haig
Kem
Eutons
Locre
Scherpenberg
Mont Rouge
Shipping Soldiers to the Front in May and June
America ships small armies to France in May and June to meet reserves for the Western front. Shipments will equal the combined fighting strength of Belgian and Portuguese forces, with July and August expected to show a slight decline due to shifting tonnage to supplies. The War Department later announced 500,000 U.S. soldiers in France, and by June 5 about 1,247,000 men would have been called since the first registration.
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Washington
America
France
U.S
Baker
United States
Crowder
Soldiers killed in train wreck near Camp Jackson
Fifteen soldiers died and many were fatally injured when three passenger coaches carrying members of the 321 Infantry and the 317th Machine-gun company plunged from a trestle near Camp Jackson. The disaster occurred amid ongoing fighting in Picardy and other fronts as Allied and German forces exchange bombardments. A casualty list released in Washington counts 21 total, including four killed.
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Columbia
S. C
321 Infantry
317Th
Camp Jackson
Italians Front and Allied War News May 4 1915
Reported heavy fighting along the Italian front from the Adriatic to the Giudicaria valley. A vast North Sea mine field blocks German submarines, covering 121 782 square miles. British losses total 250 000 men since March 21. Lusitania sinking anniversary observed with American participation. American troops continue to pour into France and Entente strength grows. A Rockefeller hospital front, railway locomotives, and artillery fire marked actions in France. British advance north of Baghdad takes Kerluk. German U boat lands a man on the Irish coast. he is to be court martialed in London.
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Meuse
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Washington
Paris
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Amiens
Grivesnes Park
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Giudicaria Valley
North Sea
London
Archibald Hurd
London Telegraph
Naval
Anchin Farm
Lusitania
Queenstown
House of Commons
Balfour
Germany
Eco de Paris
Rockefeller Foundation Corporation
Bagdad
Kerluk
Mosul
Irish
Ireland
Tower of London
Russian Charades Turkish Forces Contain Black Sea Fleet
May reports from Constantinople state German troops occupying Sebastopol recovered much of the Russian Black Sea fleet in the harbor including cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines and merchant ships. A Copenhagen dispatch notes 100000 Russians marching on Finland from Petrograd. London reports foresee Finland becoming a monarchy with Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg Schwerin named king.
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Black Sea
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Petrograd
London
Stockholm
London Times
Adolph Frederick of
Otter Creek mine operator Joseph Riley slain by Montenegrin assailant
In Otter Creek on Sunday morning Joseph E. Riley, a noted mining operator, was fatally shot in his boilerhouse by Mailo Cegura. Three 32 caliber shots caused fatal injuries as Riley worked. Cegura was captured nearby and coroner's jury returned its verdict.
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Joseph E. Riley
Otter-creek
Mailo Cegura
Milo Stegura
H. Behla
Cegura
Riley
Geraghty
Flat City
Kilgore
Otter Creek
Red Cross Mission Reaches London After Escape
The American Red Cross Mission to Romania arrived in London after escaping Odessa 36 hours before German forces seized the city. They were later fired upon by a German battery in Ukraine about 200 miles north of Odessa. A Budapest conference on Central European air law includes delegates from Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria and aims to draft a complete air law code.
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Jassy
American Red Cross
Romania
Odessa
Ukraine
Black Sea
Amsterdam
Budapest
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Ninety Thousand Japanese Ships Hit U S Ports
Citing May 8 dispatch from Japan notes ninety thousand of Japanese shipments will be delivered to the Federal Shipping Board at this port over the next six weeks.
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Federal Shipping Board
Strike on in Austria demands eight hour day
Copenhagen reports a general strike in Austria as 7 workers demand an eight hour day. The movement broadens labor action across the country with calls for shorter shifts and improved conditions.
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Copenhagen
Steamship Governor Strikes Breakwater at Victoria Harbor
The steamship Governor en route from San Francisco to Seattle ran onto the breakwater rocks in Victoria B C harbor and suffered serious damage.
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Zecnule
Governor
San Francisco
Seattle
Victoria, B.C
American Steamer Tyler Torpedoed Off French Coast
The American steamer Tyler was torpedoed off the French coast near New York on May 7, causing 11 fatalities or drownings among the crew and passengers.
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New York
Tyler
Cuba Approves 600000 Relief Fund for Allied Nations
Javana May 9 The Cuban house of representatives approved a resolution to appropriate 600000 dollars for alleviating suffering among the peoples of the Allied nations.
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Javana
House of Representatives
Money for Shipping Board Estimates
Washington May 8 estimates submitted by the Federal Shipping Board call for transportation expenses to be covered by government funding and agency allocations.
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Washington
Federal Shipping Board
Call For
Break-up Incidents From Ice Move Leave Captain Short One Boat
The movement of ice last Thursday cost Captain Elmer J. Smith one boat and an estimated loss of about eight dollars and thirty-five cents. A Rogers fleet boat broke from its moorings but Captain Rogers retrieved the vessel near its deck. Ice damage also struck the Cleveland warehouse on the starboard side, but John Hamilton believes the lumber can be saved.
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Elmer J. Smith
Rogers
Cleveland
John Hamilton
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