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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
1
News wires report Teutons menacing a retreat line toward Priemyss while Italians near Trieste push forward. Muscovites defeated on the law as enemies clash at another point. French and British fronts claim westward advances, Berlin denies gains. Italy’s armies cross the Isonzo and claim important progress.
Amid heavy land sea and air actions from the Dardanelles to the British Isles the Austro German forces wage a major assault on Russian lines near Przemyśl and Lemberg. They claim to have severed communications and pushed Russians back across the San River while reporting encirclement near Przemyśl with renewed shelling and heavy losses.
Oyster Bay May 27 The Washington Post reports Col Theodore Roosevelt is nursing a fractured rib at Sagamore Hill after a saddle mishap. Doctors say he is resting, while friends note he is more concerned about how the injury occurred than the damage itself.
Geneva May 27 Italians press front line operations on Tyrol and Istria taking several key positions before Monfalcone and near Gorizia while constructing rail lines. Italian aviation and airships move along front while Bavarian troops cross Brenner Pass toward Bozen. Swiss patrols mark eastern Swiss frontiers.
A massive explosion on the British steamer Princess Irene at Sheerness harbor kills 327 aboard and 78 dock workers, with only one survivor reported. The vessel, in government service for repairs, exploded early today at the naval base on the Thames. Several nearby men were injured by flying debris.
A Telegraaf dispatch reports fifty German soldiers aboard a streetcar killed by an allied air drop in Ostend. The blast damaged the railroad station harbor shipping and several residences as raids continued across Ostend and Amsterdam.
Liverpool dispatch reports the American steamer Nebraskan was disabled by a explosion off Ireland. Captain Green declares it a torpedo hit sighting the ship’s name in large letters. Diplomats await full reports before deciding on action as naval officers probe mine or torpedo cause.
A major policy crackdown led by Lieut Costigan and the Society for the Prevention of Crime ends with about a dozen backers, runners, and associates seized. Seizures at 219 West Elev enth Street uncovered fifteen operation books and crooked drawings made locally, with numbers altered after payouts to mislead players. Promoters from three backer groups met daily, and the raid aimed to curb the era of policy gambling in the Eleventh street area.
London May 28 The Times Petrograd correspondent reports German casualties in west Galicia total 106000. An army organ in Petrograd says Prince Joachim son of Emperor William and the Prince of Lippe narrowly escaped capture on the northern front as Russians stormed the Kurzany position with bayonets. The princes allegedly fled to a rear position as the assault unfolded.
A dramatic wartime item reports an X ray revealing a ship plotting activity and the Majestic sinking by submarine. The fusion of naval peril and Allied responses underscores the day's tense maritime theater with broader war context.
Special Cable to The Washington Post from Athens dated May 27 says seven German submarines expected in the Aegean. Two have already arrived and are based at Smyrna.
National Democratic leaders plan a 1916 campaign posture by surveying county chairmen nationwide. Assistant chairman Thomas J Pence mails twelve questions to gauge sentiment on Wilson policies, party strength, and independent or rival activity. The effort aims to shape the Democratic battle line ahead of the next presidency.
The British battleship Majestic, oldest on the active list, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Gallipoli. Most officers and crew were saved. The loss marks the sixth capital ship for the Allies since operations began at the Dardanelles, with Turkish defenses described as strong and the Allied advance as slow and costly.
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