War Front Morale and Losses Reported by Allied Powers
Reports from Serbians, French and British fronts claim victories due to leadership and veteran troop morale. German and French lines in Argonne Flanders show progress with trench recapture. Falkland Islands naval engagement yields seven killed, four wounded. Churchill notes Allied-Japanese cooperation and German expulsion from the east. Russian general staff cites German activity near Mlava on December 10.
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Japan
Pacific
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Front War Updates Across Poland and Ypres Front
The day's offensives saw strong German activity with French and Allied counter moves. Troop offensives repulsed repeated German assaults near Lowicz and Cra cow while capturing guns and prisoners. Paris reports a fierce German attack near Ypres repulsed and some trenches retaken as the front shows little broader change.
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Lowicz
Cracow
Mitraillauses
French Report of Front Advances and Artillery Fire
The official report notes artillery engagements in Arras Vosges and near Varennes and the Meuse heights. In Argonne French trenches advanced while repelling two German attacks. British and French actions include progress south of Thenn and at Aspach station with continued activity along the Vosges front. German dispatch claims progress in Argonne and Wanders and repulsed French attacks in Woevre and Le Pretre areas.
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Yprea
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Thenn
Aspach
Erlin
London
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Woevre
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France
Four Austrian Corps Shattered by Servians in Serbia
London dispatch reports from Kraguyevatz that four Austrian corps were shattered as Servians drive a wedge into the center. Prisoners and captured material flood in. pursuits continue along the left and center with over 22,000 prisoners counted and vast war loot taken. Reuter adds details of victory in northwest Servia covering December 2 to 7.
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Ushitza
Valjevo
Servia
Reuter
Nish
Britain names Howard minister to Vatican
London December 11 Official announcement made of the appointment of Sir Henry Howard as British minister to the Vatican. He is Great Britain's first permanent diplomatic agent there and is well known in the United States. He married Miss Deana Riggs of Washington in 1867. she died in 1907. Sir Henry was an attache of the British legation at Washington when he met Miss Riggs.
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Sir Henry Howard
Vatican
Great Britain
United States
Deana Riggs
George W. Riggs
Washington
Sir Henry
Miss Riggs
Emperor William Shows Marked Improvement in Condition
A Hague dispatch reports Emperor William’s health improving with normal temperature. Physicians allowed him to sit up for several hours as he recovers, according to private sources quoted by The Evening News.
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London
Evening News
Hague
William
Seven Britons Slain in Naval Battle Off Falkland Islands
London dispatch reports seven British sailors killed and four wounded in the clash off the Falkland Islands where German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig were sunk. No officers among the casualties.
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London
Admiralty
Sturdee
Falkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Not Guilty in Poison Pen Letter Case
In Detroit on December 11 Mrs. Margaret McCready of Ypsilanti was found not guilty of sending obscene letters through the mail. The trial involved many unsigned poison pen notes sent to prominent residents, with reports that several families were disrupted by the letters.
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Detroit
Mich
Margaret McCready
Ypsilanti
Dant
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