TO-DAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.
MAY loth. Admiral Mtmden took St. Helena from the Dutch .. .. .. 1673 Edmund Kean, tragedian,' died .. 1833 Daniel O'Connell, the "Liberator," died 1817 Warship Alabama, built for Confederate service, launched _ .. 1863 The Canadian rebel Louis Riol surrendered .. _ •• •• 1885 Tariff Reform movement initiated by Sir Chamberlain .. .. 1903 Japanese battleship Hatsuse suck off Port Arthur .. 190f British make successful attack south of La Bassee, occupying trenches on a two-mile front .. .. .. 1915 Great battle on the San begins .. 1915 Fighting at Opatav, between Austrians and Russians .. .. 1915 Russian 6uceess on the Dniester .. 1915 Austrians retreat to the Pruth .. 1915 Germans toke .lareola v .. 1915 Slot* fighting- on tho British front: Vimy Ridge and elsewhere .. 1916 Russians take Revanduz (Asia Minor) 1916 Austrian adv&zice in the Trentiiio ~ 191G
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16212, 15 May 1918, Page 10
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125TO-DAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16212, 15 May 1918, Page 10
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