Desperate Thursday fighting on British Front in France
Associated Press reports unusually desperate Thursday combat at Polygon with London troops resisting waves of German assault. Two counterattacks compelled retreat as soldiers fought to the last. A youth officer led 10 men into encirclement and signaled surrender to save others. Elsewhere along the Front, French forces advanced, creating pockets and anticipating surrenders as German counterattacks were repulsed.
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Associated Press
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Polygon
London
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Rimeci
Yarde
French British forces advance with strong artillery support
Reports describe excellent contact between French and British armies with 870+ prisoners to date, far more than French casualties. French artillery, engineers, and a held barrage aided a dawn river crossing amid flooded terrain. French air service supported advances while German aerial forces were repelled.
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Langemarck
Two Versions of a Little Naval Battle
London reports British forces damaged a hostile destroyer and two mine sweepers on Thursday while suffering no losses. A German statement claims light forces engaged off the North Sea barrier, with Germans repelling the attack as they held the advantage.
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London
Admiralty
Germany
Berlin
British Admiralty
North Sea
W Tonsen
War News Roundup From Fronts Across Europe
AP reports Crown Prince Rupprecht's failed counterattacks in Lens region as Canadians hold captured German positions. French push east of Steenbeke river and retake trenches near Caureres wood. British bombardment intensifies on the front. Lange marck village falls to German losses. Aisne and Verdun fronts see renewed combat. Aviators from all sides clash with numerous aircraft shot down or forced to land. On the eastern front Germans claim success against Entente air losses. Archduke Joseph forces take prisoners in Moldavia. Austro German forces report large captures in Galicia Bukowina and Romania with substantial materiel seized.
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Bavaria
Lens
North Sea
Ypres
Steenbeke
Berlin
Langemarck
Aisne
Froidmont Farm
Grozechi
Moldavia
Archduke Joseph of
Austria
Galicia
Bukowina
Rumania
Price of Coal to Come Down
A Northwest coal situation report warns of continued seriousness despite a 28.2 percent rise in coal movement aided by coal men lake vessel owners and railroads. It notes national importance for defense and potential federal remedies to ensure coal reaches the Northwest before navigation ends, to avert winter shortages and impacts on iron ore and food supplies.
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Northwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
United States
British Columbia To Enforce Prohibition October First
Victoria August 1 British Columbia will become prohibition territory on October 1 under a law passed by the provincial legislature and signed by the lieutenant governor. The measure, re enacted from a year earlier, was approved after a referendum in which the wets carried a narrow majority when overseas soldiers ballots were invalidated amid fraud allegations. A government commission found soldiers voting multiple times and dead or missing men cast ballots, prompting the implementation of the prohibition law.
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Victoria
British Columbia
England
France
Former Czar Appears Headed By Direction Of Suner ia
Telegrams From Viltka report two special trains on the northern route to Siberia with lowered blinds passing through Fetrograd. The trains, moving eastward, are believed to contain former Czar Nicholas II and his family.
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Suneria
Fetrograd
Viltka
Siberia
Perer Nicholas
Pope’s peace bid denounced by Rome source
Rome cor respondent says the pope’s terms, demanding restored Islam’s integrity and Germany’s political military and economic subjugation, drew severe condemnation from ecclesiastical circles in refuting peace proposals.
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Paris
Rome
Mattino
Naples
Havas
Germany
Rejected shells repurposed into decorative vases
A jewelry firm acquired rejected cartridge shells and transformed them into flower vases, turning wartime relics into decorative objects. The project repurposes metal and shell fragments, creating novel ornaments amid ongoing debates over military surplus.
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