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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
4
Question invites readers to choose between living with nature or staying in town as June ends. It promotes outdoor living with tents canoes and a camp kit awaiting at the Outdoor Headquarters, contrasting hill men and park life.
A vivid camp scene describes early morning routines and gear. Story highlights Abercrombie & Fitch tents time tested cooking kits and pussy-foot sleeping bags. It notes hunters and campers using axes carryalls shotguns and revolvers for fishing and hunting.
British and French forces report intense fighting along the Verdun Meuse sector with heavy bombardments on both banks. Paris and Berlin claim repulsed German attacks near Avre Oise Li lons and along the Somme, while air battles yield several enemy aircraft losses.
Rome reports heavy Austrian assaults between Mana Boschi and Boscon in the Trentino repelled. Italian gains northeast of Asiago and near Franzela Valley. Intensive bombardment continued on Sette Comuni plateau with counterattacks defeated. Mount Isidore taken on the right wing with 100 prisoners and two machine guns. Berlin says Italian offensives checked. several attacks repulsed with prisoners and guns captured.
Dispatches received by Lloyds Shipping Agency report that Italian steamers Rondine Tavolara and sailing vessels Francesco Padre Eva Antonia V Annetta and Adelia have been sunk. In Toulon on June 19 the Italian steamer Le Provedita was sunk in the Mediterranean by two Austrian submarines. the crew were rescued.
An international dispatch reports acute German food shortages due to the blockade. Berlin meat rations fall from 12.5 to 8 ounces, potato supplies drop, onions vanish, and many butcher shops close. Disturbances erupt in Aix-la-Chapelle as masses protest shortages amid rising prices and scarce milk, fish remaining the most available item.
Paris confirms Bulgarian troops have begun advancing in Florina and Monastir. Allied Macedonian offensive expected by late June or early July. total forces around Saloniki include 680000 Allied troops with 300000 Serbians and 200000 Egyptians potential reserves. Germans and Austrians pull back. Turks hampered at home. defense against a southern Allied attack outlined.
The Times reports the British front is optimistic about a 1916 victory. Reasons include growing forces and munitions on the front, Russian army advances, Austrian offensive halted in Trentino, German Navy silenced at Jutland, exhausted German reserves, and use of prisoners in munitions factories. The correspondent notes the task remains hard but favorable conditions exist for success through strong leadership and fighting.
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