Fresh Troops Pour Into British Lines In Major Battle
March 26 dispatch reports sixth day of heavy fighting as British and German forces clash along the Somme Oise corridor. Germans press from Nesle toward Albert and Noyon while Allied resistance tightens. air forces claim hundreds of enemy aircraft downed in four days of combat.
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Noyon
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Ancre
Kindling Wood
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Peronne
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Oise
Wancourt
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Simms
Albert Bapaume
Ligny-Thillery
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Ham
French Fall Back 20 Miles May Trap Germans
London dispatches say Allied reserves near ready to intervene as Hindenburg risks a decisive move. Paris reports Noyon evacuated in orderly retreat with French forces on the Oise left bank. The German assault on the Noyon Chaulnes front is halted as French artillery supports counterattacks aiming to draw Germans into a pocket.
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Eft
Petain
United Press
Hindenburg
London
Paris
Noyon
French War Office
Oise
LaFere
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Ible Ee Poss
Explosions Startle New York Across Hudson River
A series of blasts near the Erie ferry terminal in New Jersey disrupted lines and halted transit as smoke drifted into Manhattan. Reports placed explosions in Hoboken and Jersey City with trains and ferries delayed. Police investigated and city officials prepared for air raid contingency plans with medical personnel ready. In Chicago, 29 men were jailed for pro German utterances tied to the western front drive.
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New Jersey
Erie Ferry Terminal
Jersey Shore
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Erie
Jersey City
Jersey
Grove
A. Wells Ingram
London
Chicago
Germany’s Ground Lost and Regained in Somme Front
War expert J. W. T. Mason reports that Germany has recaptured 60 to 70 percent of territory evacuated last March but cannot yet fully compensate for wartime losses. He notes strained German manpower, exhausted frontline troops, and urgency for the Kaiser's forces to break the Somme front under Crown Prince control.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hindenburg
Somme
Hohenzollern
Verdun
Hohenzolern
Hun Losses Not as Great as to Be Expected
Berlin war report says German losses, though heavy, are smaller than expected. It notes use of Sturmwagen tanks in large numbers and places the Kaiser in St Quentin working hard. Berlin flags, church bells, and a Catholic day of prayer are reported while six British tanks are claimed captured. The Kaiser and Hindenburg were last sighted near Peronne.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Ensign Delehanty Killed in Pensacola Biplane Fall
Ensign Michael Joseph Delehanty of Boston was killed in a bi plane accident at Pensacola Florida. The Navy Department announced the death noting he was born in Boston in 1896.
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Washington
Michael Joseph Delehanty
Boston
Mass
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Department
Delehanty
Pro Germans Warned to Keep Mouths Shut
New York March 26 William Wallace Jr head of the New York port alien enemy bureau issued a warning to Germans here not to display enthusiasm for the German drive. The administration will act with vigor to suppress offensive demonstrations and to punish hostile utterance.
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New York
Wm. Wallace, Jr
New York Port
Estimate of Battle Losses for the Greatest War
The article provides a rounded casualty estimate from the past six days for the largest battle, detailing German and British forces. It lists Germans with 1,250,000 engaged and 400,000 casualties, and the British with 600,000 engaged and 150,000 casualties, including 45,000 prisoners.
Fighting on Italian Front Expands in Allied Context
Rome march 26 activity on the Italian front grows with allied defense in France. The cable suggests Italian demonstrations aim to deter Austrian withdrawals to the west front or force Hindenburg to move reserves to Italy.
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France
West Front
Hindenburg
Italy
National Army Officers Reserve Corps Numbers Expanded
Washington March 26 The war department named 500 men to the officers reserve corps of the national army including two lieutenant colonels 12 majors and 40 captains.
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Washington
War Department
National Army
German Tanks Enter Battle Near St Quentin
German tanks reportedly entered action near St Quentin amid bold claims from a Berlin source. The report praises their speed and mobility and says they helped break British machine gun nests, marking the first German battle use of armored units amid expectations of a new icebound tank clash.
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Amsterdam
St. Quentin
Defeat but No Disaster says English Paper
London data shows Britain urged steady, blaming no one, with Manchester Guardian insisting the defeat is severe but not decisive. It argues Haig can still achieve victory and that lost ground does not erase Britain’s overall forward progress and aim to hold France.
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United Press
London
Althe
Great
France
Scout Patrol Boat Sinks After Rock Strike
A small scout patrol boat sank in an Atlantic harbor after striking a rock early today. The crew was rescued by coast guards.
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