Frontier clashes intensify in ongoing battles
Reports indicate renewed attacks along the frontier with both sides launching successive counterattacks. Military positions remain contested as forces maneuver to gain advantage amid ongoing fighting.
19 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
1
Reports indicate renewed attacks along the frontier with both sides launching successive counterattacks. Military positions remain contested as forces maneuver to gain advantage amid ongoing fighting.
Reports from Paris dated Sept 18 describe relentless night and day battles along the Aisne front from Noyon toward the frontier. German assaults were repelled despite tenacious hand to hand fighting and extensive bayonet use while Allied aviators located German big guns hidden under earth and branches. Casualties and missing soldiers mounted as forces pressed their positions amid shifting line pressures.
A historical photo shows a Belgian fort at Liege resisting a large German siege. The turret, cement and steel, with massive 66-inch guns, endured for days before artillery could breach. Strong fortifications remained unyielding as bombardment continued.
A British dispatch from Boston notes Britain has not received any peace proposals or direct replies from Germany or Austria and will await a definite expression before making overtures. The report references comments attributed to Sir Edward Grey and President Wilson’s cautious stance amid shifting war-time diplomacy.
Report from London indicates five days of fighting along the Oise to Meuse front with no decisive shifts. Allies claim slight left wing gains while Germans entrench. observers expect a possible German counterstrike and broader moves toward Verdun and communications lines.
London dispatch cites an authentic source that a German army corps has left for the Russian frontier with occupation forces. Separately a Telegraph item notes a German airplane dropped another bomb in Antwerp.
From the front comes a list of twelve officers killed thirty four wounded and seven in.
A West Jersey and Seashore train wrecked near Alloway New Jersey results in one death and several injuries. The engine and several cars derailed with emergency crews responding to the scene.
In Chicago Peoria Springfield and Champaign political groups convene to ratify primary results and draft platforms under the new election law. Republican delegates meet in Peoria the Democrats in Springfield and the Progressives in Champaign as conventions proceed.
Washington December report from Assistant Provost Silliman notes the national railway stakeholders plan to turn over operation to the company after a meeting on October 7. The government action is described as an emergency measure to avert trouble.
Citizens and merchants in Childress rally around a buy base movement to relieve crop distress. Prices discussed include 10 cents per pound and 66 cents per hundred for picking, with board, until the first Saturday in October, as a warehouse committee plans storage and means to aid the cotton crop.
New York Sept 23 Mrs Frank Leslie Baroness de Bastist died tonight. She was the widow of Frank Leslie, the publisher who died in 1880, and herself prominent in the publishing world.
The United States sent a note to Great Britain inquiring about an interview attributed to Sir Lionel Carden the British minister to Mexico. The protest criticized President Wilson for withdrawing American troops from Vera Cruz and sought authentic details.
The county reports the earliest bale of cotton ginned in connection with a cotton mat and spun into cloth. Local mills and farmers pursue new methods, with Pontes managing director noting a landmark achievement in modern cotton processing. The Post City bale marks the season start and farmers survey future plans.
Milawaukler Wisconsin September 15 Ad Wolgast and Joe Mandot fought ten hot rounds here tonight. Mandot pressed the action but Wolgast’s defense earned a draw.
Weather brief notes a cautious forecast from Washington D C. Sunday may bring fair conditions with light winds and a slight risk of showers in coastal regions. Temperatures expected in the mid sixties to low seventies with no major storms forecast.
Special to the News from Angeles Sept 18 reports the first land opening under the reclamation extension act. The 206000 acre Trucken Carson project near Salton is opened to settlement with about 46000 acres of prime farm land released. The opening occurs as the act comes into effect and signals a major development in arid land reclamation.
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