France Throws Forces Into Battle On the West Front
German offensives across the Somme and north of Bapaume meet stiff British and French resistance. Haig reports tenacious defense along the Somme lines with repeated German attempts repelled. Heavy fighting persists around Bapaume Peronne and near Noyon as French and British forces hold and counter.
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France
Wester
Somme
Bapaume
Haig
Licourt
Brie
Peronne
Paris
Noyon
Chauny
Berlin
Noyes
Oise
British Stand at St Quentin as German Offense Rages
The report details a large German assault south of St Quentin with heavy divisions and river crossings near the Oise. British redoubts hold, Urvillers and Essigny attacked, and fighting continues along the Oise, Somme, and surrounding sectors as French and American support letters surface in reports from Paris and London.
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St. Quentin
American Artillery Presses Toul Sector In France
American forces continued shelling German trenches and positions near St Boussant and north of Boqueteau as gas shells rain on American lines. Reports note no infantry contact in 24 hours while enemy air activity and mustard gas bombardments occur amid growing Allied optimism.
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France
Toul
St. Boussant
Boqueteanu
Sremy
Uae
Bombardment of Paris Resumes as Guns Threaten City
Paris reports a morning bombardment resuming at 6 30 and pausing after the second shot, with alarms and drums prompting windows to open. The bombardment paused again at 9 10, and civilians returned to normal activity as transport ran. An American marine was wounded by shrapnel, and a church near Paris was struck during Palm Sunday services.
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Paris
Cevers
Verdun
Figaro
Dunkirk
Nikhard Arapu
L’oeuvre
Matin
President Wilson Congratulates Haig on Allied Victory
President Wilson cabled Field Marshal Haig praising the British stand against the German onset and the Allied effort. He expressed warm admiration for the troops and confidence that a secure final victory will be won.
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Washington
Wilson
Field Marshal
Haig
King's Message to Haig on soldier resolve in trial
King George I I sends a message to Field Marshal Haig praising the fortitude courage and self sacrifice of the troops resisting superior forces. He expresses empire wide calm and confidence and prays God blesses and strengthens the soldiers in this time of trial.
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King George
London
Field Marshal
Haig
British Defending With Stubbornness on Retreat
London reports say British forces held every hill and fortification as they retreated along the eastern front, with arterial lines sacrificed to cover the withdrawal. Gunners fired last rounds when German storm troops reached within hundreds of yards and then withdrew.
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London
Amsterdam
Senate Passes War Department Timber Bill
Washington the War Department bill to empower the President to requisition timber and lumber and to conduct logging operations for the Army Navy and Emergency Fleet Corporation was passed by the Senate and sent to the House for action.
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Senate
Washington
War Department
Army, Navy and Emergency Fleet Corporation
House
Heavy Firing Heard Along Kentish Coast
Heavy gunfire from the direction of Flanders was reported along the Kentish coast last night. Concussions shook houses as guns of all calibres appeared in action at various points over a wide area with violent explosions.
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London
Flanders
Kentish
Colonel McArthur Wounded in Rainbow Division
Washington March 25 General Pershing reports thirteen casualties including seven slightly wounded one severely wounded and three by disease One fatal from wounds Colonel Douglas McArthur chief of staff Rainbow Division formerly War Department censor here and recently decorated for bravery
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Washington
Pershing
Douglas McArthur
Rainbow Division
McArthur
War Department
British Counter Attacks Near Nesle and Ham
London reports British counter attacks between Nesle and Ham with heavy German efforts at dawn near Bapaume. German forces rely on numbers and small Uhlan patrols while pressing on the Somme front. British lines endure under severe pressure and destroy materiel as they withdraw. Enemy airmen bomb rail communications through the night but face the Royal Air Force by day.
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London
Nesle
Ham
Reuter
Bapaume
Ays
New Liberty Loan Details To Be Announced
Washington report says the third Liberty loan featured at a conference with Secretary McAdoo Assistant Secretary Leffingwell and treasury advisors. An announcement on the loan site rate and other features was expected late today.
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Washington
Mcartillery
Leffingwell
The
Treasury
McAdoo
Soldier Killed at Post Earns War Cross in France
In France on Thursday an American infantryman receiving the war cross posthumously after dying at his post during a gun and artillery exchange. Corporal Charles H. Burke, severely wounded while patrolling, refused to abandon his platoon commander and stayed to drive off an enemy patrol. Lieutenant H. B. Davis, serving with the British army, is awarded the distinguished service cross.
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France
Charles H. Burke
Infantry
H. B. Davis
United States Army Medical Reserve
Pershing's Casualty List Reports Died and Wounded
Pershing's list shows casualties with deaths from accident and disease including Private Anthony Romanoski and Sergeant Jule Houston. It lists wounded severely Private Jacob Brost and many wounded slightly such as Lt Roy al Tharp and Major M. Shelton, among others.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Anthony Romanoski
Jule Houston
Franklin Cooper
Joseph F. Covert
Ernest L. Stafford
Jacob Brost
Royal Tharp
Arnold Carico
Carter A. Dillingham
William Dunsmuir
Charles L. D. Fuller
Albion O. Gross
James McDanielson
War Industries Board Withholds Transport Priority for New Plants
Washington reports the War Industries Board will deny priority transportation to all new industrial projects not essential to the war effort. The move aims to limit non essential plant development and conserve resources for critical production.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Aerial Activity Over Italian Front Noted
Rome reports remarkable air activity over the Italian front with eight enemy aircraft brought down. Lively artillery battles occur at multiple locations between Lake Garda and the Brenta.
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Italy
Rome
War Department
Lake Garda
Brenta
Missing two months suddenly reappears in Syracuse
Loomis Allen, former director of the American Electric Association, who vanished from Washington January 9, reappeared in Syracuse March 25. He offered no information about his disappearance, though he was then engaged in government work and rumors had swirled around the case. He declined to answer questions with a smile and a shake of the head.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Loomis Allen
American Electric Association
Washington
Allen
Germans hold north of Somme as battles surge
Berlin reports German forces stand to the north of the Somme on the former battlefield. Bapaume fell in night fighting and Nesle was stormed in the evening. British American and French troops were driven back through wooded country toward Vilequier Aumont and La Neuville. Authorities say over 45,000 prisoners and more than 600 guns captured amid heavy combat for Combles and nearby heights.
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London
Bapaume
War Office
Somme
Betwen Liscourt
Bris
Peronne
Lincourt
Brie
Paris
Noyon
Oise
France
Berlin
Nesle
Vilequier-Aumont
la Neuville
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Arvillers
Essigny le Grand
LaFere
Moy
Vendedil
Urvillers
Essigny
Holnon Wood
Homon
Arras
Cojes
Sensee
Bulle Court
Vaulx- Vrancourt
Morchies
Baumetz Lez-Cambrai
Mory
St. Leger
Vaulx-Vrancourt
Henin
Cambrai
Petrograd
Tredwell
State Department
BIG Gun
Tured
Combles
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