01 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
1
A U S Transport Lincoln was sunk by a torpedo while returning home. The report notes no details on casualties, but a small casualty list is expected if confirmed. A vessel remained afloat for about an hour.
The U S steamship President Lincoln was torpedoed at 10 40 this morning and sank an hour later while returning from Europe. Navy officials expect a small casualty list. The former Hamburg American liner of 18 072 tons was seized at the declaration of war. No further details were available.
Washington May 31 An official French telegram says large French reserves will check the German drive. Until now only limited troops have been engaged, explaining why the German rush has extended to the Marne valley.
Report details that numerous New York men were aboard the sunk vessel President Lincoln, with estimates suggesting at least twenty from the city and surrounding towns. Families and police across boroughs and towns seek information while officials confirm the vessel’s loss.
Washington reports German propaganda claiming President Wilson addressed France and that Italy was misnamed. Italian troops in trenches received the deception with ridicule as Austro-German authorities fear potential Italian offensive. Austrian plans seen unlikely now.
London dated report from June 1 cites the Daily Mail Copenhagen correspondent. A Petrograd newspaper claims the Germans have seized and fortified several forts at Kronstadt, the Russian naval base near Petrograd, amid ongoing naval conflict reports.
German bombers attacked a Canadian hospital in France early Thursday, killing an American medical officer and injuring many as a wing collapsed and fire engulfed the ruins. Fire brigades rescued survivors amid a wreckage lit by a flare and moonlight, with several patients and staff buried alive.
German airmen attacked behind American lines in Picardy last night dropping bombs on a major U S hospital area and damaging local houses. American and French wounded were moved to cellars and caves by Red Cross workers. Several civilians, including babies, were killed or hurt as windows were shattered and a new evacuation hospital was reported. Continued on Page 6.
German offensive in Champagne has reached the right bank of the Marne on a ten mile front. They have not taken Chateau Thierry but attack there and northward. The line runs from near Chateau Thierry to Dormans and then toward Soissons and Rheims as British and French resist and reposition.
American forces northwest of Toul carried out a successful raid, crossing a 600 yard front behind artillery and engineers who blew entanglements. Four German counterattacks at Cantigny were repulsed as Americans extended positions. One German officer was captured and a tank assault failed. Casualties were described as insignificant for the Americans.
Berlin dispatches describe French and Allied forces pressing German lines from the Ailette to the Marne with heavy artillery duels and successful advances. Prisoners and guns captured total over 45 000 and 400 guns as French and Allied troops seize Saint Gamme Romigny Champvoisy and other key positions near Rheims and Soissons. The British Haig bulletin notes little notable on the English front with a small action southeast of Arr.
Berlin claims forty five thousand prisoners four hundred guns and vast booty as Ludendorff funnels forty five divisions into the new battle. The Germans widen the Marne front south of Fere en Tardenois and threaten Paris while delaying main reserves. Paris remains confident and Foch withholds the bulk of his forces.
Special Cable dispatch from London May 31 reports Ludendorff’s bold push toward Paris extending the front to the Oise and reaching the Marne between Chateau Thierry and Dormans. The Crown Prince’s forces cut the Marne railway and drive 45 divisions into a decisive effort with lines from Noyon to Thil Vois and toward Rheims.
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