British Forces Launch Furious Messines Ridge Breakthrough
British troops led by General Sir Herbert C. Plummer attack Messines Ridge on a ten mile front. Indisputable artillery superiority followed a massive mine barrage and heavy bombardment. Prisoners reported light British casualties while German forces were overwhelmed and scattered.
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Arras
Vimy Ridge
Messines
Messines Ridge
Observatory Ridge
Ypres
Ploegsteert
Armenties
Herbert C. O
Plummer
Somme
Russia
Earthshaking Mines at Messines Let Front Line Tremble
Front reporters describe the Messines explosions as earthshaking and akin to a great quake. Mines blew, hills shook, and smoke rose over Hill 60 Wytschaete wood and nearby positions as the British advance began.
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Somme
Mesaoe Ridge
London
Messines
Wytschaete Wood
What Do You Know About Your Blood Supply
Public health notice promoting a booklet on blood supply purity and health. Claims 88. &. as a leading blood remedy with fifty years of use. Offers free copy from specific department addresses.
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Srey Ynere
Epec Pecific Co
K Abe
Describing a Lethal Battlefield Scene From An Ongoing Battle
War correspondents report intense shelling and earth shaking explosions as hill 60 and surrounding landscapes are altered by combat. They anticipate desperate counter attacks as German forces mass for a large assault, suggesting the battle is just beginning.
French Repel German Attacks Near St. Quentin Front
The war office reports heavy fighting below St. Quentin with German infantry assaults between St. Quentin and La Fere checked by French fire. Violent bombardments preceded infantry attacks and severe encounters occurred at several front points. French forces took prisoners in raids near Souain.
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Paris
St. Quentin
War Office
la Fere
Souain
Austrian Forces Concentrate on Italian Front Reported
A semi official message from Udine says Austria has moved troops from the Russian front creating a heavy concentration on the Italian front. Italians now face an estimated two thirds of Austria's entire army in the region.
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Udine
Italy
Paris
Austria
German forces withdraw to reserve position on Belgian front
Berlin reports German troops pull back from the salient westward to a prepared reserve line between the canal bend north of Hallebeke and the Douwe Basin two kilometers west of Warneton. The move comes as the German statement today confirms the withdrawal from the protruding front.
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Berlin
London
Canal
Hallebeke
Douwe Basin
Warneton
War Work fund drive surpasses San Antonio goal
San Antonio reports $5,395.80 raised for the War Work Council fund at a St. Anthony Hotel luncheon, with expected city total near $6,000. L. A. Coulter praised local business support as Nat M. Washer commended his efforts, part of YM CAs national campaign to fund brigade-type camp buildings for soldiers nationwide.
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War Work Council
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Anthony
San Antonio
L. A. Coulter
Texas
Southwest
Nat M. Washer
Coulter
War Work Council of
The
Texas fund surplus exceeds expected prorated amount
Reports to State Secretary Coulter show Texas will raise about $100,000, surpassing the initial $75,000 target by roughly $25,000. Returns from every community indicate an overall excess over the designated sum as of January 1, 1918.
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Texas
Coulter
Mayor Bell Named Honorary Rotary Member in San Antonio
Mayor Sam C. Bell was elected an honorary member of the Rotary Club at a Friday luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel. Ross C. Boles the county probation officer also became an honorary member with Dr. T. L. Moody and B. R. Webb elected as action members. Porter Loring chaired as president with new officers and directors introduced. Lynn B. Milam of Dallas district governor attended as guest and spoke on Rotary. George A. Bellamy addressed recreational activities for an army division to be trained in San Antonio and urged club cooperation.
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Sam C. Bell
Rotary Club
St. Anthony
Ross C. Boles
Dr. T. L. Moody
B. R. Webb
Action
Porter Loring
Lynn B. Milam
Dallas
Rotary
George A. Bellamy
Army Division
San Antonio
American steamer sunk after torpedoing and flotilla attack
Survivors of the French ship Jeanne Cordonnier report the torpedoing of a large American steamer in the English Channel on May 31. Small boats carrying the crew were shelled and sunk by a submarine as they escaped. Havre was reached in open boats.
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Paris
Jeanne Cordonnier
English Channel
Havre
Five Americans Survive Southland Steamer
London reports five American survivors from the steamer Southland. The brief notice notes the number of survivors and identifies the source as a London dispatch.
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London
Southland
British offensive drives Germans from salient near Messines Ridge
British and Belgian forces launched a Thursday offensive and drove German troops from a key Belgian frontier salient. The capture of Messines Ridge south of Ypres marks a distinct Allied victory as activity increases around Lens and Loos.
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Ain
Messines Ridge
Ypres
Lens
Loos
Bitten by Rattler Sends Young Man To Hospital
Louis Hollenbeck twenty who works as a chauffeur for Alamo Auto Supply was bitten on the right hand by a rattlesnake he captured near Leon Springs. He remained unconscious overnight at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital but doctors expected recovery after swelling subsided.
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Louis Hollenbeck
East Crockett Street
Alamo Auto Supply Company
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Hollenbeck
Leon Springs
San Antonio
Whisenant
Avenue C
Travis Street
Northcliffe successor claim questioned in London Chronicle
The Chronicle argues that Northcliffe papers misrepresent Lord Northcliffe as a U S successor to Balfour and says the editor lacks a diplomatic role. It notes the job is chiefly about coordinating supplies with duties akin to Lord Rhonda in 1915 1916. A separate report covers McAdoo's reception in New Chebanne for Liberty Loan campaign aiding officials and locals.
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London
the Chronicle
Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe
United States
Balfour
Foreign Office
Lord Rhonda
McAdoo
New Chebane
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
State
Mipal
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Oxford
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Ralston
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