French Pressed Germans on Kemmel Hill in Fierce Ypres Battle
Paris and London report heavy fighting as Franco British forces counter attack around Kemmel hill and Hangard en Santerre. French troops reclaim western Hangard and portions of Vil lers Bretonneux area amid sustained bombardment and German losses.
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Ypres
Hangard-en-Santerre
Seven Shoes
Hangard
Luce River
Villers Bretonneaux
Somme
Bailleul-Holleheke
Kemmel Hill
Dranmoutre
Kemmel
Vierstraat
War Office
Villers-Bretonneux
Hanger den Santerre
Liberty Day Boosts War Bond Subscriptions Nationwide
Treasury reports total subscriptions about 2.055 billion dollars as of Friday with large small-subscription turnout after Liberty Day parades. District tallies show extensive bond buying in Minneapolis Kansas City Philadelphia Richmond Atlanta and other cities as President Wilson watched in Washington and towns nationwide held demonstrations.
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Treasury
Pet
Minneapolis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Philadelphia
BOCK
Hichmond
Atlanta
Wilson
OOO
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital
White House
Allies Hold Positions as Amiens Gains Ground
Allied forces maintain hard pressed holds while French troops push to advantage near Amiens. The battle lines endure with both sides exchanging pressure as the city and surrounding fronts see shifting gains and stubborn defense.
British Repulse Heavy Attack Near Voormezeele
Paris dispatch reports renewed fighting on the western front with Allied counterattacks in the Hangard area near Amiens. French and British forces repulsed a strong German assault near Voormezeele taking hundreds of prisoners as fronts remained tense along the line.
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Amiens
Loere
la Clytte
Kemmel
Thennes
Voormezeele
Paris gun destroyed as Germany renews emplacements
Paris reports one of three long range German guns destroyed by counter batteries near Crepy on Laonnois. Deputy Leboucq says the enemy is rebuilding emplacements and that two guns were damaged with all crew killed on the second gun. In Adrian Michigan wheat seized from farmer Wyvian Wells for alleged price manipulation.
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Paris
Charles Leboucq
Department of the Seine
Sald
Crepy-on-Laonnois
Champ Clark Declines Missouri Senate Seat Offer
Washington, April 27. Speaker Champ Clark declined the appointment as senator from Missouri to succeed the late Senator Stone. He said he can best serve in the present crisis at the head of the House of Representatives and thus declined the offer in a letter to Governor Gardner.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
William J. Stone
Clark
Gardner
House of Representatives
Frederick D. Gardner
Jefferson City
Commonwealth of Missouri
Union
Stone
Senate
Walter Graves
Missouri Surpreme Court
United States
Senator Stone
Two American Soldiers Rescued From Seicheprey Dugout
In France near Seicheprey two wounded American soldiers were found alive in a heavily damaged dugout in No Man's Land after a German bombardment. Raymond Demunsky of New Haven Conn was buried alive three days before surfacing. Red Cross stretcher bearers recovered him despite fire on the rescue flag.
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Seicheprey
No Man’s Land
France
Meuse
Vaux-les-Palameix
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Lorraine
Vosges
St. Miliel
St. Pizier
Metz
Rennerves Wood
Scicheprey
No Man's Land
Raymond Demunsky
New Maven
Conn
Demunsky
Feussia
Red Cross
American Forces Hold Leth Fight Amid Heavy Fire
Reports describe American troops at Leth in a dense engagement where they faced higher numbers, sometimes eight to one. Casualty figures are now lower than initial estimates as the battle continued.
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Lethprey
Zeebrugge raid and Kaiser inspection reported. Stromboli erupts
British air forces bomb Zeebrugge as Kaiser inspects wreckage from the raid. German papers say the Kaiser remained on the mole during the report. Mount Stromboli erupts violently at Riome with lava and fire threatening vineyards and possible loss of life.
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Copenhagen
Zeebrugge
Kaiser
Zeebrugge Raid Behind German Lines Stir Controversy
Reports from Amsterdam and London say Vice Admiral Schroeder at Zeebrugge may lose command after a British raid that German papers cast as mixed in success. German outlets quarrel over the impact, with some praising boldness while others call the operation a failure or only partly blocking access to the harbor.
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Amsterdam
Schroeder
Zeebbruggee
Zeebrugge
Berlin
Koelnische Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Weser Zeitung
Tony Bonmst
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
Eng- Teme
Victory by Reserves Said to Decide Kemmel Hill Action
London reports General Radcliffe says German gains on Kemmel front are tactical and cannot break the British French line. Allies shift troops to northern front and hope to push Germans from Ypres sector. Villers Bretonneux held and prisoners taken. The expected major offensive to come between Arras and Amiens is still anticipated through summer.
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London
Kenmaed Hill
Ypres
Somme
Amiens
Villers Bretonneaux
Linngarden Santerre
Kemmel
Radcliffe
Western Front
Arras
Foch
Villers Bretonneux
Villers-Bretonneux
Kemmel Hil
Kemmel Hill
Dutch Crisis With HU Past
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports the German minister at The Hague saying Holland and Germany are nearly settled in their differences, but the Dutch foreign office cannot confirm. Washington notes Holland embargoes tin ore bark quinine kapok from the Dutch East Indies effective April 22, alarming U.S. wartime supply lines.
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London
Hague
Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
Washington
Dutch East Indies
United States
Petrograd begs for grain amid Finnish crisis
President Zinoviet of the Petrograd soviet reportedly sent a wireless appeal to grain growing provinces asking for food as Finland events disrupt supplies. Rations are reduced with only one day of food left in Petrograd.
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Zinovieft
Petrograd Soviet
Finland
Petrograd
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