French and British push Germans near St Quentin
Paris dispatch reports French and British forces with Turcos and Moors driving back the German western wing near St Quentin at the Meuse front. Fresh British troops land in France to relieve exhausted soldiers as Verdun siege guns move toward the fortress.
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Paris
St. Quentin
Belgium
Tergnier
Noyon
Nancy
Toul
Woevre
le Rupt-de-Mad
Meuse
St. Mihiel
France
von Kluck
Verdun
Berlin
London
Metz
the Aisne
von Boehn
Mons
Cambrai
Bouchain
Denain
St. Amand
Reims
Amiens
Allies Make Advance in World War I Battle
London reports the great battle between the allies and the Germans continues with no decisive advantage. Paris says the allies advanced on the western wing and repulsed eastern wing attacks while Berlin dispatches claim the offensive spirit wanes and Verdun is bombarded.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Verdun
Occupation of Cracow Reported by London Dispatch
London reports that Cracow has been occupied by German troops and placed under a German military commandant. The Austrian civil administration is said to have been displaced, marking a shift in control amid broader wartime moves.
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Petrograd
Morning Post
Polish Secret Committee
Cracow
Germany
Berlin
Danzig
Elbing
London
Baltic route speculated for German move on Russia
Experts analyze a potential German descent into Russian territory via the Baltic region as reported from Stettin. The note discusses strategic implications and possible routes, citing geopolitical observers.
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Stettin
Baltic
Aviators Close to England in New French Coast Bombardment
German aircraft within sight of England attacked Boulogne and nearby targets, causing limited damage and no injuries. A German casualty list of about one thousand includes 23 officers. The British seized the liner Amsterdijk at Queenstown. Russian forces sunk a German cruiser and two torpedo boats in the Baltic. A lone Highlander at Soissons killed many attackers after rescuing his crew. Belgium rejected German peace terms as Belgian troops near Antwerp and Brussels captured 800 prisoners and three guns.
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England
London
Boulogne
Channel
Amsterdam
Reuter Telegram Company
Amsterdijk
Queenstown
Paris
Rayan
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Baltic
Marconi Company of
Berlin
Reims
London Daily Mail
France
Soissons
Belgium
Germany
Albert
Antwerp
Brussels
Horrors of the War Seen on Belgian Battlefield by Bell
Edward Price Bell reports from London on F. A. McKenzie’s accounts of German atrocities in Belgium. He passages detail burning of towns such as Belle and Termonde, looting, mass destruction, and the murder of civilians, with grim scenes of ruined homes, graves before kitchens, and women and children harmed.
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Edward Price Bell
Chicago News
London
Belgium
F. A. McKenzie
London Weekly Times
McKenzie
France
Mr. McKenzie
Germany
Holland
Termonde
The
Benedictine Fathers
German Schoolboys at Front Report Claims Boys Under Sixteen
A Bordeaux dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says German youths under sixteen are in combat. The writer cites a wounded fifteen year old in a Bordeaux hospital who says all pupils over fifteen were mobilized and assigned to various regiments.
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Front
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bordeaux
Death threat for selling newspapers in occupied Brussels
London reports via the Exchange Telegraph Ostend correspondent that the German military governor of Brussels vows to shoot all sellers or others in possession of Belgian or English newspapers. German and pro German Dutch papers are the only ones allowed.
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London
Brussels
Exchange Telegraph
Ostend
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Verdun-Toul
General von Kluck
Belle
Ghent
Canaille
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