Australians Win Domination on the Somme Height
The report describes Australian gains on the Somme heights amid German forces massing from Arras. It cites 15,000 German gas shells against American positions and cites President Wilson ordering an official inquiry into aircraft production graft involving sculptor Gutzon Borglum. It notes Major General Squier seeking a military court of inquiry and Borglum’s responses.
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Somme
Arras
New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Gregory
Gutzon Borglum
George O. Squier
Army
Borglum
Howard Coffin
Aircraft Board
South
White House
Coffin
Senator Thomas
Military Affairs Committee
Department of Justice
Borgium
Baker
Senair Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
Department
Thomas
Darien
Georgia
Slavs in Anti German Riots Spur Mutiny in Austria
London dispatch reports growing unrest in Slovenian districts of Austria with rapid mutiny. A clash at Wischgritz railway station left wounded, while a St Jean gathering urged secession from Austria and an independent Jugoslav state. Germans cheered for the Habsburgs as violence erupted.
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London
Austria
Reuter’s
Wi Ischgritz
St. Jean
Jugoslav Club
Jugosia
Investigation into Colt heavy Browning guns delay
The War Department opened a probe into Colt Arms failure to deliver about 3,000 heavy Browning machine guns by June 1. Brig. Gen. Dickson testified no guns had been delivered and blamed draft related disorganization while light automatics move ahead. The House Military Affairs Committee kept the hearing closed as it awaits further reports.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
Colt’s Arms Company
House Military Affairs Committee
Tracy ©. Dickson
Army Ordnance Department
Peyton
March
Army General Staff
Ordnance Department
Dickson
Colt's Arms Company
Julius Kahn
Kahn
General Dickson
House Appropriations Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
ENEMY DIVISIONS PREPARE FOR FRESH ATTACK SAYS STAFF OFFICER
A French staff officer asserts mastery of the situation and praises Petain's men amid reports of renewed enemy pressure. He claims the enemy is desperate, fearing America and domestic troubles that push toward renewed assault. The dispatch describes American support and French resolve with candid confidence.
German readiness for new assault fears in Flanders and Somme
The Times notes heavy fighting likely in Flanders as German forces mass for another big drive, while French morale strengthens. It cites about seventy German divisions ready to begin a new attempt, with pressure rising in the Arras and Amiens sectors.
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Arras
Amiens
Compiégne
Flanders
Ypres
America
Sneezing powder shells terrorize gas defenses in WWI
In France the German army reportedly developed sneezing powder war shells to force Allied troops to remove gas masks. The powder disperses through respirators and induces sneezing, exposing soldiers to lethal phosgene and diphosgene. Critics note Allied countermeasures and evolving gas warfare tactics.
Lieut Rosenwald, Ex Minnesota Guard, Killed in France
Lieutenant John Rosenwald of the Medical Corps, formerly a star football player for the University of Minnesota, was killed by shellfire in the Luneville sector. A Minneapolis native, he was noted for a brilliant college career and a strong battlefield record during bombardments.
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France
Associated Press
John Rosenwald
Medical
Luneville
Rosenwald
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Peterson
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Claims Purity
Advertisement promotes Great Bear Spring Water famed for purity. Wording highlights its quality and popularity as a branded drinking water product.
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Great Bear
White Sulphur Strings Advertisement Note
Fragmentary classified item from a West Virginia page advertises piano tuning and related services with brief references to office and plaza locations.
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Plasa
Heavy Gas Attack in Picardy as Pershing's Men Brace for New German Assault
German forces shell the Picardy front with mustard gas and heavy artillery. American troops respond with harassing fire and patrols as they prepare to counter any renewed assault. General Pershing reports high morale and readiness, with a French captain praising the American troops as finest material for quick victory.
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Ypres
Dr. Davis
Wilhelm
Picardy
Pershing
Associated Press
General Pershing
Fritz
Ex Prisoner Says French Foils German Peace Plot
An American prisoner of war describes harsh conditions in German salt mines at Hameln and Hart mines. He is among the first Americans in the trenches who suffered weight loss and brutal treatment. The report follows a Paris dispatch on Allied unity under Foch and German hopes to sow discord.
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France
Associated Press
Germany
Hameln
Hanover
New York
Hart Mines
Gunfire Checks Foe Movements In Flanders Front
London reports British guns in Flanders for three days have halted enemy activity on the British lines while French forces repelled an attack planned against their front. Experts caution on the foe learning the fact that the Allies may be surprised. Also a film advertisement for Hearts of the World at 44th Street Theatre.
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London
Ottawa
France
Flanders
Australians Break German Lines in Ferocious Trench Fight
Antipodeans swarmed the isolated German positions using bayonets and bombs. About 150 enemies were killed while 200 prisoners were captured. Aussie assault units supported by machine guns and a trench mortar inflicted heavy losses and secured their objective.
British Official Bulletin Reports Successful Operation Near Morlancourt
British bulletin says a successful minor operation between the Somme and Ancre rivers west-southwest of Morlancourt advanced our line on a broad front with heavy enemy losses. Over 1 flower? and two machine guns and a trench mortar captured. our casualties were slight. Local fighting near Locon and Lawe River improved positions. Haig reports over 200 prisoners taken in the Morlancourt area. Raids south of Lacre repulsed. artillery activity continued on both fronts.
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New York Times Company
NEW York Times
Somme
Viliers-Bretonneux
Hangard
Leintrey
Lorraine
Hainles
Luce
Avre
Berlin
Ukraine
Hindenburg
London
Bertween
Ancre
Morlancourt
Locon
Lawe
Haig
Lacre
Lys
Australians Overrun German Pits in Wide 2500 Yard Front
War desk reports a bold Australian assault across a 2,500 yard front near the Somme. Troops charged without preliminary bombardment, then machine guns and artillery kept German routes under fire as Australians neutralized batteries and pressed into rifle pits and trenches. Casualties reported among German defenders.
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Flanders
Somme
199Th
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Court of Inquiry
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Washington, D. C
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Maher
von Hutier
Galicia
Riga
Entente
Lieut. Rosenwald
New Yorker
Kaiser
Foch
Charles H. Grasty
Paris
Europe
Mont Kemmel
D. W. Griffith
Philip Gibbs
New Yor Times
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