British and French Press War Reports March 17 18
War office bulletin notes French raids near Verdun and other fronts with 139 prisoners taken and several guns. German raids on the Montains and Italian sector see artillery activity. Entente planes claimed 22 German losses. London reports raids near Achiévelle with prisoners. Allied artillery and air actions dominate the day with extensive front moves and counterattacks noted in multiple sectors.
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War Office
Gheppy Rood
Verdun
Arden- 7
Malancourt
Cheney Road
St. Mihied
Italy
Romm
Atnte
Explosions Wreck Factory South of Paris Cause Severe Damage
Two violent blasts shook a factory south of Paris on Friday March 30 injuring many, with windows and roofs demolished for miles. Ambulances rushed to the scene from American hospital at Neuilly while Red Cross aides helped move the injured. An official probe into the cause is planned after survivors blamed a dropped box of percussion fuses igniting grenades.
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Paris
Priday
Americar
Cross
Army
Stena
Neuilly
Lyon
Paria
Giria
Aubervillers
American Red Cross
Salsa
Su‘aicipal
Burget Urar
Germany to seize enemy property mirrors U S actions
Berlin directs Spanish and Swiss ambassadors to inform the United States that Germany will respond to U S measures by seizing equivalent German property. The Berlin advices say the action aims to prevent enemy property from leaving Germany during the war and benefiting the enemy.
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London
Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
United States
Reuters Amsterdam
Filthertoft
Holland Bitter Over Allied Act
The Nieuwe Courant quotes Holland expressing bitter opposition to the entente's proposals on Dutch ships. It calls for a balanced approach and criticizes outdated maritime law as inapplicable to their situation.
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Holland
the Hague
Boston Aviator Dies of Injuries in Bay Accident
Francis Elliott Langdon of Boston, student observer at a sergeant station, died at City Hospital from injuries after his step fell into Biscayne Bay. back broken. Report from Petrograd mentions Belgian leaders seeking peace terms but preparing for possible German invasion.
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Miami
Francis Eliott Langdon
Boston
City Hospital
Bia Seppe
Biscatna Bay
Tang
Petrograd
Belahavik
Rassia
Dutch denounce Allied methods in March shipping dispute
Dutch editors clash over wartime policy as Handelsblad accuses Holland of inaction toward German submarine tactics while Telegraaf urges acceptance of Entente offers. Dissent centers on whether to resist or appease Germany to safeguard Holland’s liberty and colonial status.
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TyHi
Handelsblad
Holland
Telegraaf
Fmtente
Kteke
Germany
Itadt
Junkers
Farmers to Stay in Their Fields Amid Draft Orders
Springfield March 18 Exemption boards will allow farmers engaged in planting or cultivating to continue work until finished even as draft numbers are reported. The orders come from the war department and were transmitted to Adjutant General Tickson.
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Springfield
Tickson
War Department
Spies Arrested in New York
Two men and two women of foreign birth living in fashionable quarters were arrested in New York by department of justice agents. They allegedly acted as code correspondents for foreign governments and were turned over to immigration officials for deportation.
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Fererce
He Department of
Junalice
Authocition
German Forces Make Gains and Evacuations Reported
London dispatch says German troops occupied Baokhinaleh and Konntop but retired from Bryansk to defend the main base. Austro German units are moving on Voroshba and Kharkov, about 400 miles south of Moscow. Orders were flown to evacuate Kharkay.
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London
Baokhinaleh
Konntop
Toherni- Boy
Aval
Moscow
Bryansk
Orel
Voroshba
Kharkov
Kharkay
English Signs in French Stations Elect American Readers
Paris report notes English signs installed in subway stations due to rising American and British use. Subway staff, mostly women, now assist travelers and English posters from a major American Express company explain new regulations and tariffs.
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Paris
Pars
Han
Expresa
Sinister Pact Ruining Russia Amid Brest Crisis
The Russian ambassador in Washington says a sinister pact of submission closes Russia to aggression. He warns conditions demand surrender of independence, threatens liberty, and calls for Allied cooperation to unite a politically and economically independent Russian democracy.
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Waliengton
Russia
Arma
Brest
Russian Commonwealth
Washington
Austria Releases Oldest Landstrum in Demobilization
A Vienna dispatch to the Vossiache Zaitong of Berlin reports the demobilization of three of the oldest landsturms serving with Austrian forces. The men born in 1867 1868 and 1863 will begin immediately and be completed by May October and December respectively.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Vossiache Zaitong
Berlin
Tandarium
Bolshevik Leader Foresees Disaster in Peasant Appeal
Petrograd dispatch reports Bolshevik leader Marion Spirodomova warning peasants that a German victory will bring disaster. The appeal promises liberation for peasants and frames the conflict as a struggle for freedom amid ongoing violence and upheaval in Russia.
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Petrograd
Marion Spirodomova
Rabea Ton
Flying Torpedo New Invention Sparks Debate on Reprisals
Report from Washington and Paris outlines a Philadelphia inventor Lester P. Barlow claiming a long distance flying torpedo could devastate German cities. The piece notes Allied and French parliamentary debate on reprisals for aerial attacks, with Clemenceau cautious about civilian harm and shifts in policy under consideration in the chamber of deputies.
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Washington
Mars
Lester P. Barlow
Philadelphia
Germany
Algnal Corps
Barlow
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Parte
Cesge
France
Premafer Clemenceau
Dap
Uly Magaren
Abel Ferry
Nancy
Dunkirk
Rhelma
Alliea
Supreme Court Upholds Idaho Law on Driving Nheappon Run Cattle
Washington dispatch notes the Idaho Supreme Court ruling that a law prohibiting the driving of cattle on run ranges is constitutional. The same wire mentions expedited Alaska Fisheries Court case, with a hearing set October 16. It also reports John Fair New’s San Francisco fraud conviction being upheld and not reviewed by the court.
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Washington
Idaho
Nheappon Run
Supreme Court
Annette
Alaska
John Fair
John Fair New
San Francisco
German Soldiers Busy in Siberia
German prisoners released are aiding Bolshevik forces in Siberia in the campaign against General Semenoff. About 100 Germans are reported to have joined the Bolsheviks, with one wounded Semenoff officer asserting the Germans were urged into hand to hand fighting.
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Harem
Manchuria
Siberia
Genersl Semenoff
Semenefls
Semenoffa Troopa
Russian Ambassador Reaffirms Alliance With Allies
In Washington on March 18 Russian Ambassador Borin Bakhmeter repudiated the Balchevik government and rejected German peace terms. He warned that Germany's conditions threaten Russia's independence while pledging continued cooperation with the Allies in the war against Germany.
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Washington
Borin Bakhmeter
Balchevik
Germany
Trotsky Heads a Petrograd Commune In Russia
Washington report confirms that Leon Trotsky former Russian foreign minister has taken leadership of a commune in Petrograd. He is referred to by a new Bolshevik title signaling his prominent role in local governance and the revolutionary movement.
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Washington
Francis Tod
Presse
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Petrograd
Trotsky
American Patrols Report Actions Near Meuse Front
American intelligence officers signaled potential spy activity northwest of Tool as a sentry fired on a window and found no one. Patrols penetrated enemy trenches, exchanged fire, and secured valuable information amid heavy bombardment and frequent gas shells along the Luneville-Mecklenberg sector.
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Mauna
Vericn
Sataogueux
Bola de Cauvreg
Hezonvaux
Potata
Menas
Malancourt
Rheims
Cham- Bano
Vandeaincourt
Mes-Arcas Hine
Cambrai
Lanette
Aurela
Odessa
Niko
France
Associated Press
Tool
Intellitance Department
la Hayville
St. Lacasant
A. S. Trooge
Luneville Nester
Patrslsst
Mecklenburg
Luneville
Central European Air Law Conference Draws Delegates
At Budapest a Central European Conference of Air Law has begun, gathering delegates from Germany Austria Hungary and Turkey. The meeting aims to draft a complete air law framework for Central powers to be approved by each nation later.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Sreen
Gormanyi
Austria
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