Ypres as a Position in the Allied Line
The text argues Ypres is a crucial position for the British and French lines, likening Ypres to Verdun in moral value. It notes Haig’s task to defend successive positions along the Belgium to Switzerland front, delaying German advances until a counteroffensive becomes possible.
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Mans
Ypres
Verdun
Calais
Sir John French
Channel
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Haig
Milner Enters War Cabinet Appointment Made
Paris April 18 Viscount Milner has been named secretary of state for war in the British cabinet. The move places Milner at the center of Britain’s war governance during a critical phase of the conflict.
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Paris
Plain Coconut Oil Shampoo Better Than Soap
An advertisement warns standard soaps and alkali in shampoos dry the scalp and make hair brittle. It promotes plain refined coconut oil as a pure, cheap alternative that cleanses well, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, bright, fluffy, and easy to manage. It claims coconut oil removes dust, dirt, and dandruff.
Derby to Paris as ambassador amid cabinet shifts
According to Le Matin, The Earl of Derby, war minister, will come to Paris as ambassador in place of Lord Bartle who retires. Clemenceau held a long conference with Lord Milner. Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner, has been a member of the British war cabinet without portfolio since December 10, 1916. The Earl of Derby has led the War Office since Lloyd George’s cabinet took office in December 1916. Lord Berle was said to be leaving his post in Paris, where he has served since 1905. Derby is 74. Milner has had a prominent career, including high commissioner for South Africa, governor of the Transvaal and the Orange River colonies. He was born in 1854.
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Hazebrouck
Sorree
Amiens
Avre
Ancre
Bailleul
Méssines
Neuve
Messines
Ypres
Passchendaele
Pilken
Y Pres
Haig
Hazebroucke
Bailleus
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Hoeschepe
Mt. Noir
Scharpenberg
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Poperinghe
Yser
Kemmel
Wytschaete
Svall
Channel
Armentieres
Ypres Salient
Somme
Fifth Army
Arras
Flanders
Plummar
Bing
Arlas
Plummer
Lord Berle
Paris
Viscount Milner
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
Ifo
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Nujol Laboratories
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Nujol
Days Davis Dry Goods Co
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