Wednesday, May 24, 1916

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The Headlines

FRENCH BEAT OFF FURIOUS GERMAN BLOWS AT VERDUN; And Make Further Gains at Douaumont, Now Holding All but a Corner of the Fort. BIG GUNS POUND WHOLE LINE Crown Prince Hurls Huge Masses of Men in Repeated Assaults, but with Little Effect. THIAUMONT TRENCH WON Paris, Elated by Dramatic Success East of the Meuse, Thinks Foes' Front Is Shaken. FRENCH BEAT OFF GERMANS AT VERDUN

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• Queen Victoria (1819)
• Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
• Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
• William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)

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