German Forces Grip Fleury as Verdun Battle Rages On
Paris dispatch reports German assault west of Fort de Vaux continues with six divisions and about 120,000 men taking a foothold in Fleury amid fierce French resistance. French counterattacks regain trenches near Hill 320 and 321 and push Germans back toward Thiaumont. Berlin confirms Thiaumont fortress and Fleury village captured with 2,000 prisoners.
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London
Fort de Vaux
Fleury
Paris
Meuse
Hillis
Thiaumont
Fumin
Chenda
French War Office
Rmans
Rus
Verdun
Vaux Ravine
Tavannes
Caillette Woods
Chapitre Wood
Hill 320
Souville
Three Woods
Chenois
Vaux Fort
Ile of
Hgtag
Vyocourt Wood
Thiaumont Works
Chenoia
Berlin
Sayville
War Office
Froid de Terre
Fieury
Haumont
Bilamont
Wintgens
Lokalanzeiger
Night bombardment across Meuse front met by strong battery fire
Night actions on June 21 22 saw heavy bombardment along the Meuse front answered by our batteries. German offensive moves on the right bank involved six divisions near Spargee where three mines exploded but caused no damage.
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Meuse
Gay
Oide Terre
Chapitre
Enois
Fleury
Chenois Wood
Meune
Spargee
British Artillery Busy On Front Lines
British official statement reports increased artillery activity along the front. Allied aircraft attacked two horse transports during a six-aircraft recon patrol, while our plane caused a cattle stampede near trenches. Prisoners were taken by patrols northeast of Arras as hostilities included gas shell bombardments southwest of Messines.
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London
Twe Reey
Meesines
Arras
Authuile Wood
Ransart
Teem
Hohenzollern
Messines
Italy Loses Another Ship Gabriele d Alle Sunk
Lloyd's dispatch from Genoa reports the Italian bar Gabriele d Alle sunk. The ship of 2201 tons last arrived Genoa March 25 from Baltimore.
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Italy
London
Lloyd’s
Genoa
Gabriele d'Alle
Baltimore
Turks Defeat Russians Near Chorokh River
Turkish forces report a June 22 bayonet assault captured the Russian position north of the Chorokh River in Turkish Armenia, with about 500 enemy soldiers killed or captured and numerous tents and food seized. A wider exchange notes Turkish advances at Paitak Pass and Serail, while Russian summaries claim heavy losses and selective repulsals in the Caucasus region.
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Constantinople
London
Chorokh
Armenia
Persia
Paitak Pass
Serail
Cherokh
Petrograd
Trebizond
Madourtiret Tepe
Mamakhatum
Liebknecht Trial Set for Berlin Court Martial
Berlin court martial will hear Pr Karl Liebknecht the Socialist leader arrested May 1 over the May Day demonstration. He faces a charge of attempted treason in time of war carrying up to fifteen years in penal servitude. The prior indictment sought high treason with a death sentence possible.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Blinded Soldiers Find New Hope in Work For Diplomats
A report describes blind veterans pursuing new roles in diplomacy oriented careers. It highlights training programs for the blind in architecture and fence construction, aiming to restore independence and professional paths for former soldiers.
Lighthouse of France aids blinded veterans through craft
In Paris at the Phare de France a group of eighteen blind veterans learn new trades using Braille and touch. The narrator describes individual pensioners including a former diplomat, a south officer, a clarion bugler, an architect, and a violist, all finding purpose through fencing, typing, and modelling while American aid funds facilities and supplies.
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Phare de France
Faubourg
France
Louis Quinzefauteau
Washington
Gardienne du Phare
Hthouse
Ensk
Monsieur
Lighthouse
Pensionnaire
Paris
Monsieur X
Clarion
Champagne
Phare
Marquise
Miss Holt
America
Belgum
Belgium
Germany
United States
Food Commission
Nem
Amirable
Hank
Osman Lagarde
126Th Regiment of Infantry
William Forbes Organ, Jr
East Thirtyeighth Street
Near compact on China and potential Japan Russia accord
Toklo June 24 It is learned that Japan and Russia progress toward an agreement to protect mutual interests in China. The plan envisions a conservative peaceful adjoint to the Japan Great Britain alliance, effectively a defensive pact for Eastern Asia. No Foreign Office statement yet.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
China
Great Britain
Asia
Foreign Office
Four Hundred Die As Russian Steamer Mercury Sinks
The Russian passenger steamer Mercury sunk in the Black Sea after striking a mine. About 550 aboard. 400 lost and many rescued by Odessa tugs. Survivors describe a sudden, violent plunge and chaos as lifebelts and bodies floated amid the wreck.
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Petrograd
London
Mercury
Black Sea
Grigorievka
Om Odessa
Arrest of Canadian Officer in Seattle Recruiting Case
Lieutenant Ernest Austin of the Canadian Army is jailed in Seattle on neutrality law charges for recruiting men. Bail set at 5000, with evidence of a recruiting campaign and a signed recruitment ad by Carl Bloomberg. Detectives found enlistment papers and a newspaper notice seeking bandsmen for Victoria, B C.
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Seattle
Ernest Austin
United States
Austin
Russell Anderson
Department of Justice
Victoria
B. C
Lieutenant Austin
Carl Bloomberg
Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg Endorses Breslau Speech
Amsterdam dispatch reports the German Chancellor endorsed a Breslau address through the North German Gazette. Socialist Reichstag member Scheidemann accused him of opposing annexation of Belgium and Pan-German expansion plans. Scheidemann cited Vandervelde and noted protests by Socialists over conquest proposals.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
von Bethmann Hollweg
Breslau
Philip Semeidemann
Reichstag
Scheidemann
Belgium
Herr Scheidemann
Vandervelde
von Hollweg
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Adjutant Legarde
Dest & Co
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Thirty-fifth Street
Greeley
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Madras
Jersey Coast
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