British Withdraw To New Positions In Flanders Front
German forces attack Baillieul and Neuve Eglise on the Flanders front, forcing British retreat to stronger positions north of Baillieul. Fresh German thrusts target Wytschaete and the Messines ridge while British counterblows and reinforcements bolster Belgium defenses. Artillery duels rage east of Amiens as Foch directs potential grand counteroffensive.
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Neuve Eglise
Picardy
Flanders
Frank Charlton
Baillieul
Wulvérghem
Amiens
Arras
Ypres
Hazebrouck
Armentires
Dunkirk
English Channel
British War Office
Armentieres
Messines
Robecq
London
Teutons
Merris
Morris
Nieppe Forest
Neuve Eglise-Wulverghem
Hindenburg
Theo
Wulverghem
Givenchy
Estaires- Labrasse
Hangard-En-Santerre
Foch
Paris
Wytschaete Wes
Monte de Lille
Neulsberg
Vieux Berquin
Austrian Soldiers on American Front Battle Eyewitness Report
A World War I dispatch from France recounts Austrian troops in the Meuse frontline near St Mihiel. American soldiers repelled a night attack, exposing German deception with gas alarms. prisoners recount bayonet duels, grenades, and congratulating comrades as they seized gear and trophies from the fight.
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Bert Ford
France
Meuse
St. Mihiel
International News Service
Today
Indiana
New York
Helment
Massachusetts
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Italy
Fort Benjamin Harrison
No Man’s Land
Sub Treasury Gains From Banks In New York Monday
The Sub-Treasury in New York reports a $165,000 gain from banks on Monday, reducing the cash net loss since Friday to $134,000. The day’s movement reflects ongoing efforts to stabilize accounts and manage liquidity amid week starting financial pressures.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Weather Report for New Haven and Region
Government Weather Report from New Haven dated April 16 forecasts fair to night and partly cloudy for Wednesday. Connecticut forecast calls for fair tonight, increasing cloudiness, light variable winds, then south. Western disturbance centered over South Dakota driving unsettled weather from Colorado to Ohio and Texas to Minnesota. Temperatures rising, now above freezing along northern border. 8 a.m. reports list varied conditions across major cities including Hartford clear and other locales with mixed skies and temperatures.
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Connecticut
South Dakota
Colorado
Ohio
Texas
Minnesota
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Hartford
Ear
Ville
Troit
Nantucket
Greenwich Civil War Veteran Frank M. Kelley Dies
Greenwich, April 16. Frank M. Kelley of Greenwich and New York, Civil War veteran of the 44th New York volunteers Ellsworths Avengers, died in a New York City hospital aged 75. He fought at Gettysburg Fredericksburg and Antietam, rose to captain and served as aide on General Grant’s staff. Born in Seneca Falls New York he was once associated with William H. Stalin in the Reading wason connected with 43.
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Frank M. Kelley
New York
44Th
New York Volunteers
Ellsworth’s Avengers
New York City
Gettysburg
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Grant
Seneca Falls
N. Y
William H. Stalin
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