Monday, May 17, 1915

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The Headlines

BRITISH BREAK THE GERMAN LINE; First Army Carries Two Miles of Trenches Northwest of La Bassee. PENETRATES THEM A MILE Attacks Were Made at Midnight and Dawn -- Fighting Continued Yesterday. FRENCH MAKE MINOR GAINS Claim a Brilliant Local Victory in Champagne, but the Germans Dispute It. BRITISH BREAK THE GERMAN LINE

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On This Day

• The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Edward Jenner (1749)
• Henri Barbusse (1873)
• Erik Satie (1866)
• Alfonso XIII (1886)
• Odd Hassel (1897)

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Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).

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