British Losses Heavy in Egypt Says Berlin
Berlin reports from official circles claim British casualties were heavy at Flerish near a fortified Egyptian port on the Mediterranean. Rome dispatches note Italian trade downturn, while Maxell asserts England fights Turkey due to allied treaties. Other items include Russian losses at 40,000 to 56,000, Austrian captures, and Turkish troop reinforcements.
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Berlin
Rome
Flerish
Mediterranean
Egypt
John Maxwell
Egvpt
England
Turkey
Asia
Africa
London Times
von Hindenburg
Popolg Romane
Trans-Caucasia
Lond Newyton
Iispatches
Alexandria
Calif
Durban
South Africa
Germany Not Afraid Russia Numbers Says von Hindenburg
Berlin reports quote General von Hindenburg saying Russia has numerical superiority but is not decisive. He notes German victory at Tandenburg despite three to one Russian odds and argues Russian discipline is blind obedience. He predicts winter hardships for Russia and emphasizes nerve as key to victory.
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Bloemfontein
Compiegne
Monroey
Rome
Tribuna
Albert Hallin
Hamburg-American ‘Steamship Company
London Times
England
Berlin
Hague
London
Tandenburg
von Hindenburg
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Russia
Austria
Germany
Rescue of German Soldiers From Belgian Culvert
Reuters photograph from Belgium near Dixmude shows German soldiers pulling a wounded comrade from a culvert. The man, wounded five days earlier, hid without food or drink for five days to avoid capture as Belgians advanced. He received the Iron Cross after rescue.
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Reuters
Belgium
Dixmude
Ecape
Tory
British Drownings Reported Amid War News From Europe
Berlin dispatch cites Dutch intelligence claiming 1 500 British drowned in the Yser canal during fighting near Dixmude and Heuxshoote. Officials note heavy Russian forces in Poland and victories for Teutonic allies in Galicia. A new West Virginia town names Tango, though residents know the dance poorly.
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Berlin
Sayville
Holland
Hixschoote
Dixmude
Yser
Poland
Schirwindt
von Hindenburg
Vienna
Galieia
Tarnow
Wieliczka
Constantinople
Azov
Selmas
Zavadar
Fort Said
Suez
Ismailia
Zagazig
Cairo
Suez Canal
Free Railway Transit for Belgian Relief Supplies
New York reports railroads of the Tromk Lines association will move Belgian relief supplies free east of the Mississippi and north of Norfolk Virginia. The relief commission seeks a similar agreement west of the Mississippi as ships load in Philadelphia and New York for shipments from Pennsylvania and western states. Herbert C Hoover will sail to join the London commission and aid in relief work. Take the edge off the cold with a gas room heater advertised by the gas company.
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New York
Tromk Lines Association
Mississippi
Norfolk
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Mississipp
Commission
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Herbert C. Hoover
London Commission
American Woman's Relief Committee
London
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