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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
5
The official Paris bulletin brands a day as most noteworthy while noting little change in Belgium and France. German defenses extend from Ostend to the Dutch border, prepared to winter if their lines are breached. Petrograd reports Russian invasion moves in East Prussia.
Reports from the Polish frontier and Galicia describe two massive armies massing for a decisive eastern war clash. German forces are said to concentrate at Thorn Posen and Breslau as civilians flee regions menaced by a second invasion.
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Petrograd warns allies not to expect a rapid German collapse toward Berlin as Russians press toward Cracow. German defenses long prepared could slow any eastern advance while Austrian garrison options at Cracow are discussed. Russian generals reportedly impose fines on captured towns in East Prussia mirroring German levies in Belgium.
French war office dispatches report heavy fighting along the Yser canal from Nieuport to Dixmude with artillery exchanges. A German regiment was destroyed south of Bixschoote and two attacks near Ypres repulsed as French forces went on the offensive. Minor actions continue between Lys and the Gise and in the Argonne region.
Berlin reports German attacks in Flanders advancing slowly while in the Argonne they secured further important successes. Prisoners and artillery were captured on the Vistula and at Wieclawek. Fifty to sixty thousand prisoners and numerous machine guns were claimed as German forces repulsed Russian and Allied troops in East Prussia and Russian Poland amid ongoing fighting.
Paris reports a pause in northern France and Belgium as British actions halt German advances. The fighting shifts along a 406 mile front with Belgian operations blamed for disabling German guns and hindering troop movements. Heavy clashes persist near Ypres and Dixmude as Allies counter German offensives.
Fragmentary front line descriptions speak of brutal engagements between British infantry and Prussian Guards with heavy losses on both sides. Siege actions continue as snow halts artillery movement and a night isolated British detachment reportedly retreated into a wood to join a French counterattack that recaptured prisoners. A French Hussar unit mounted improvised charges using straw stuffed uniforms to divert German fire and seize prisoners.
Rome reports Cracow, capital of Galicia, is burning as inhabitants flee. A Petrograd dispatch notes the Russian advance toward Cracow overcoming obstacles. Cracow is besieged on the northeast after a Przemysl sortie was repulsed by Russian artillery and cavalry, causing Austrian losses.
The British cruiser Glasgow, damaged but with few casualties after engagement with German ships Leipzig and Dresden off Chile, arrived at Rio Faneiro on November 26. It had sighted the Good Hope and the Monmouth earlier, and then sailed with the transport Otranto through the Straits of Magellan into the Atlantic.
Rome November 16 Pope X calls on rulers and people to end the carnage in Europe. He blames the war on four causes: absence of mutual love, contempt of authority, class injustice, and pursuit of material welfare. The encyclical urges peace and a blessing for the pontiff’s new reign.
Jacobs' Pharmacy sells Dr Rudolph Schiffmanns Asthmador and Asthma dor Cigarettes with a money back guarantee if they do not provide instantaneous relief. Claim states relief usually in ten seconds and always within fifteen minutes for all forms of asthma hay fever and related symptoms. Local druggists or Dr Schiffmann in St Paul Minn authorize supply under the guarantee.
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