
03-23-2017, 05:33 AM
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23 March 1917
Western Front
Germans flood Oise valley and La Fare (French near suburbs on March 24). Nivelle confesses to King Albert that ‘many people are against the offensive’.
French success at Artemps (south of St. Quentin).
New detachments cross Ailette; progress north of Soissons.
Some fighting on British front between Arras and Bapume-Cambrai road.
Eastern Front
Baltic Provinces: Germans mass on Riga-Dvinsk front; seriously menaces Petrograd.
Romania: Russians lose trenches west of Moinesci near river Trotus.
Southern Front
Allied Offensive in Macedonia ends (see 11th).
Bombs on Mudros from German airship.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Emperor Charles and Count Czernin meet Princes Sixtus and Xavier at Laxenburg Castle, drafts letter to Poincare (March 24).
Germany: German proclamation to Russian soldiers blames English for war & Tsar’s abdication.
United Kingdom: Lloyd George cables Russian Prime Minister Prince Lvov Revolution a portent for Prussian military autocracy.
Lord Devenport on food consumption; shortages looming.
United States: 13,000 people rally in Madison Square Garden in New York City to demand war against Germany.
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