German bombing and Polish front shifts reported from Europe
Reports from Geneva say General Gerald Pau is assigned to lead Russian armies in Poland. German aviators bombarded Dunkirk causing limited losses. Two attempted crossings near Soissons were repulsed. A German plane was shot down near Gerbveriller with prisoners. London notes Turkish offensives in the Caucasus and Austro German actions in Galicia and the Carpathians, with a possible critical phase ahead on both eastern and western fronts.
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Geneva
Gerald Pau
Poland
Dunkirk
Paris
Soisgons
Aisme
Venizel
Laon
Lafere
Soissons
Gerberviller
London
Caucasus
Russia
Galicia
Carpathians
Teuton
Germany
Front News From War Europe Keeps Busy
Reports from Vienna and Petrograd detail Russian and German actions on multiple fronts. Battles in Galicia, the Carpathians, and near the Vistula show heavy fighting with prisoners and trenches changing hands, while French lines report quiet days with sporadic artillery and infantry clashes.
German Night Assaults Reported Across Western Front
German general staff issues a new front report detailing night raids on Dunkirk and Nieuport, French trench losses near those positions, and a night counter attack repelled. In Poland and East Prussia German forces claim gains and repelled Russian counter strikes as fighting continues along the central and eastern fronts.
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Bukowina
Italy
Rome
Berlin
Poland
Dunkirk
Nieuport
Russia
Warsaw
la Rasske Cana
Russen
Gumbinnen
Bellmow
Lowicz
Carranza Orders Mexican Changes
Washington reports rapid Mexican political shifts bring Carranza back to Mexico City after Obregon's 10000 man occupation. Garza left the capital January 27 but returned. no current whereabouts. Decrees released include autonomous municipalities ending jefes politicos, labor reform on hours and wages, wheat duty free for two months, tariff cuts, and petroleum duty exemption through January 6, 1815, with more reforms noted.
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Obrenon
Enrique C. ‘Blorénte
Ornales
Juarez
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Mexico City
State Department
Vera ‘Cruz
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Russian gunfire drops airships of Germans
Berlin report from January 29 states Parseval airship over Libau January 25 did not return. Kilberg sinking claims are untrue. most German ships have returned except Bluecher. naval general staff at Petrograd says a German airship dropped bombs on Libau was brought down by gunfire, though described as a Zeppelin. Beatty’s prisoners claim Kolberg was sunk, but British admiralty labels it as reported.
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Hast -Prugsila
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Pilkatenz
Gumbinnen
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Dukia Pass
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Tsekhanie
Dolkhany
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Nieuport
Grande Dune
Ypres
Lens
Arras
Soissons
Craonne
Rheims
Argonne
Fontaine
Meuse
Gulot
Vouges
Berlin
Vie
Libau
Baltic
Kilberg
North Sea
Liban
Beatty
Savings Bank Deposits Rise in Berlin 1914
A Berlin report shows savings bank deposits in the empire rose by 260 million marks in 1914 compared with the prior year. The release, issued today in Berlin, details conditions of the empire's savings banks for the twelve months.
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Berlin
Empire
Fifty Greek Villages Made Ruins by Turks
Reuters dispatch from Tiflis reports in southern Trans-Caucasia Greek villages around Es In were laid in ruins by the Turks. Greek inhabitants faced precipitous fighting with many women and children suffering in the cold. Men were said to be prisoners or killed. Also a drug advertisement claims cure in 6 to 14 days with money-back guarantee for piles.
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Reuter
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
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