9th May 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: French success north-west of Thiaumont Farm.
Southern Front
General Milne succeeds General Mahon at Salonika.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turks defeat Russians near Bashkeui (Armenia).
General Mahon to command western force, Egypt.
Political, etc.
Winston Churchill returns to London and politics after his battalion at the front was absorbed by another unit.
All married British men living abroad, but who ordinarily are residents of Britain, must return and report for military duty.
Appeal of Irish Nationalists to Ireland to support the constitutional movement.
Duma members received by King George.
Berlin’s supply of meat is nearly gone, causing butcher shops to close. A pound of meat is $1.60 a pound (about $35 today).
President Wilson orders 9000 more troops to strengthen the U.S.-Mexican border, mobilizing militias in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
Ship Losses:
Roanoke (United States) The cargo ship owned by the North Pacific Steamship Company had left San Francisco bound for Valparaíso, Chile with a cargo of explosives, wheat, oil and gasoline. It foundered in heavy seas in the Pacific Ocean off Point Buchon, California at about 3 p.m. 47 people died and three crew members were rescued from a lifeboat that beached near San Luis Obispo, California.
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