British battleship Agamemnon sunk in Dardanelles battles
Reports detail the loss of British battleships in the Dardanelles campaign, noting the Agamemnon as a major vessel sunk after a long voyage from German ports. The piece lists other ships lost or damaged, including Triumph Majestic Audacious and Bouvet, and mentions submarines and mines shaping the naval backstory.
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Dardment
Agamemnon
Il Aten
Lord Nelson
Satsuma
Sea of Japan
Germany
North Sea
Dardanelles
Gibraltar
Triumph
Majestic
Irresistible
Ocean
Srnuxyh
Teeon
Strait of
Otranto
Armo Marine
Iving
Trardanesses
Ireland
Thames
Four hundred tons copper seized for British Government
The steamer Zamora sailing from New York to Stockholm with copper consigned to the Swedish Trading Company was taken by prize court and requisitioned today for the British Government.
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Zamora
New York
Stockholm
Swedish Trading Company
Stockoln
Italians Advance on Nabresina and Trieste Front
Front reports state Italian eastern army pushes from Carnia toward Nabresina on the Gulf of Trieste nine miles from Trieste. Austrian batteries overlook Nabresina but open fire fails. claim Trieste may be evacuated as Italian forces reach Nabresina and Monfalcone area advances.
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Nabresina
the Gulf
Lugano
Switzerland
Lower Isonzo
Monfalcone
Gulf of Trieste
Trieste
Gulf
Cavalry Advance Reaches Town, Rome Dispatch Reports
A Rome dispatch cited by The Progresso Italo-Americano states the advance guard of cavalry has reached the town. The report emphasizes movement and strategic position without detailing casualties or broader operations.
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Rome
The
Progresso Italo-Americano
Italian fleet blocks Austrian Adriatic with selective action
Italian forces maintain a tight Adriatic blockade preventing Austrian ships from leaving ports. Italian bombardments hit Monfalcone and the Dalmatian coast while airships bomb Pola Fiume and Sebenico, demonstrating Italian superiority and morale strain among Austrian crews.
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Dalmatian
Austria
Monfalcone
Pola
Fiume
Sebenico
Penmy
Austrian Submarine Returns to Pola After Claimed Attack
Austrian crew insist their submarine fired two torpedoes at a small British cruiser off the Albanian coast at close range. The vessel was said to list as it returned to Pola and submerged to avoid hostile torpedo boats. The British Press Bureau and Italian War Office deny a sinking.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Buchs
Switzerland
Paris
Pola
Burea
War Office
Austria's Plans Spoiled by Italian Front Forces
The Times Milan correspondent reports Austria abandoned any invasion of Italy and shifted to defense. Austria fortified the Isonzo frontier and gathered troops behind forts and entrenched camps, relying on natural defenses to stop an Italian advance.
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Vienna
War Office
Plava
Isonzo
Ardovac
London
Times
Milan
Austria
Italy
Germans Smash Russian Front in Eastern War Report
Berlin reports a major eastern theatre action with German forces advancing near Shavli and Kovno. Prisoners numbered in the hundreds, while a 70 kilometer front from Cyerniawa to Sieniawa yielded significant gains and sixteen thousand prisoners were captured yesterday.
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Kuzie
Shavli
Baltic
Mariampol
Kovno
von Mackensen
Cyerniawa
Mosciska
Sieniawa
von Linsingen
von der Marwitz
Leach Trunk Key to Lusitania Perjury Case
Federal investigators in New York recovered Neal J. Leach's trunk from a West Side lodging house. The discovery supports perjury charges against German reservist Gustav Stahl who swore four guns were aboard the Lusitania before its final departure.
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William M. Offley
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Neal J. Leach
Leach
Gustav Stahl
Federal Grand Jury
Lusitania
Stahl
Grand Jury
Stuhl
von Jasgow
New York
Warner & Swasey Denies Shrapnel Plans
Special to The New York Tunes from Cleveland reports the Warner and Swasey Company denying claims it will expand its works to produce shrapnel. The firm insists it has never manufactured shrapnel and is not considering such a proposition.
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New York
Cleveland
Warner & Swasey Company
Kolynos
Morgan Contract Again Criticised In London Debate
The Daily Chronicle reports calls in London to revise the British Government munitions contract with J Pierpont Morgan. British officials question reliance on a middleman, noting some American firms refuse to deal through Morgan and urging a fresh arrangement if needed. Lloyd George is trusted to review the contract from a business perspective and pursue changes.
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New York ‘Times
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Messrs. J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
America
United States
Morgan
Lloyd George
Russian shell orders boost steel mill plant expansion
The Jte Brill Company in Philadelphia reportedly received a government order worth billions for steel shells and is investing heavily in metallurgical equipment. Canadian officials allegedly supervise shrapnel production and trucks for war use while the plant adds furnaces to heat steel to high temperatures. The report ties these moves to wartime demand and notes the British auto trade being hurt by jitneys.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Janeth
Jte Brill Company
Brill Company
Britis Car
Three Vessels Held Up by British Authorities
The Wicko detained at Kirkwall after leaving Philadelphia May 27 for Copenhagen. The F. J. Lisman held at London after departing New York May 23 for Rotterdam. The Indianis held at Leith after leaving New York April 28 for Gothenburg with food cargo. The Joseph W. Fordney food cargo was seized and discharged at Portishead prize court, then the vessel resumed to New York.
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London
Wicko
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Kirkwall
Scotland
F. J. Lisman
New York
Rotterdam
Rr. J. Lisman
Netherlandsiversea Trust
Indianic
Gothenburg
Leith
Joseph W. Fordney
Portishernd
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