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War News and Home Front Bites from 1917 Dispatches
War reports detail American marines headed to France, Italian forces advancing toward Trieste, and British submarine torpedoings near the English coast. Reports mention 9,000+ prisoners taken, the Transylvania sinking, and varied European fronts. Domestically, strikes, fires, grain harvests, and Liberty bond allotments accompany broader war actions and political shifts abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rhelma
National Guard
Trieste
Italy
Vermelles
War Office
London
Tela
Belgian Relief Commission
Forte
Castagnarizza
Gulf of Trieste
Transylvania
Mediterranean
Mil
Teuton
Kovelka
Rumania
Bullecourt
Roeux
Paris
Sontay
Marseille
Salonika
Mages
United States
John J. Pershing
Kaiser
Russia
Germany
Ranavalona
Seascar
Ab Klers
Saragossa
Ireland
Morongil Mere
Champagne
Marshal Joffre
Vivian
Pari
Mexico
Hragian Congress
de Lange
Ercadrille
Ham
Somme
Joseph H. Cho
New York
St Margaret Church
Westminster
China
Shanghai
Tokio
Harry J. Gilchrist
England
King George
Buckingham Palace
Lisbon
Kishiney
Bessarabia
Trd
Pope Benedict
United States Army Engineers
Parsons
Great Britain
Stockholm
Vesterland
Viken
Aspen
Copenhagen
Rockefeller Foundation
Maine
Colonian
Standard Oil Company of
Philipp
Wisconsin
Archie Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Piattsboro
Middle Wet
Fabens
Tex
Atlanta
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