Military mobilizes as border firing escalates at Naco
President Wilson orders Brig. Gen. Bliss to Naco with three artillery batteries and troops to protect the Arizona border after cross border fire from Mexican territory. Units move to distance camps, with cavalry preparing to shift eastward as Pershing commands batteries to Naco and border guards seek safety amid ongoing clashes.
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Dec
Wilson
Met
Garrison
Naco
Ariz
Tasker HE Bliss
San Antonio
el Pam
Urenco
Pershing
Texas
Sixth Field Artillery
J. Greble
Arizona
Move ON TORREON El Paso Dec 8 Villa troops march on Torreon
Move on Torreon reported from El Paso as Carranga troops advance from Coahuila toward the strategic central Mexico garrison at Torreon reportedly under 1,000 with near equal numbers at Chihuahua and Juarez. Huerta ally Inca Salazar shifts toward the Mexican Northwestern railroad line Juarez to Casas Grandes while Sala gar awaits arms before attacking Villa lines. Official Villa dispatches note a convention committee of two members from Aguas Calientes met yesterday.
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el Paso
Coahuila
Torreon
Mexico
Chihuahua
Esty
Juarez
Inca Salazar
Casas Grandes
Salagar
Villa
Mexico City
Aguas
Assembly adjourns to January. Villa government actions noted
The assembly voted to adjourn until January 1 when the full convention will reconvene. The body is described as the sole executive group of the Villa government allied with Provisional President Gutierrez and Generals Villa and Zapata. Official reports say the national capital remains quiet.
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Otcers
Villa
Gutierrez
Generais Villa
Zapata
Naonal
Victory Reported Mixed Signals From Fronts Across Europe
A summary of war reports through last week shows little change overall with limited in theater gains. German operations appear steady while Allied attacks are repulsed. Posts from headquarters suggest a decisive victory may be expected as plans unfold. Reports cite German successes in the East and possible Warsaw investment impacting Russian rail links.
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Berun
Vec. Coy Wireless
East
Warsaw
Russia
Servia
Carpathians
War dispatches report German advances and Allied setbacks
Berlin reports Emperor William ill with feverish bronchial catarrh delaying his front return. Russian forces in Northern Hungary repulsed with German pursuit possible. Bombs fall on Rheims with no injuries. Lodz fall celebrated but German casualties high. French and British lines show limited gains and heavy fighting along Yser and Ypres fronts.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
London
William
Washington, Vee. S—Relma
Foreign Office
Jay
War Office
Rheims
Austrian War Office reports West Galicia battles and prison surge
Vienna dispatch notes intensified fighting in West Galicia with Austrian troops pushing the enemy from Lobezyce and Wielierka. Over 5,000 prisoners taken, including 27 officers. Polish fronts see renewed Russian attacks southwest of Piotrkow repulsed by German forces. Carpathians report no notable events.
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Vmanmerdan
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Austrian War Office
Galicia
Lobezyce
Wielierka
Poland
Piotrkow
Carpathians
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