Meuse Front Sees Wing Battles and Russian Advance Report
War dispatch notes ongoing fighting along the wings near the Meuse and Argonne with French claims of slight gains east of St Mihiel while Russians sweep Galicia toward Przemysl and Cracow. German efforts aim to sever rail links as forces hold Niemen corridor against Allied and Russian pressure.
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Meuse
Argonne
Woevre
St. Mihiel
Toul
St Mihiel
Verdun
Lorraine
Vosges
Geners
von Kluck
Galicia
Rome
Austrian Empire
Austria
Priemysl
Cracow
Przemysl
Double
Rzeszow
Carpathians
Hungary
Sandec
Luplau
Budapest
Petrograd
Silesia
Niemen
Kovno
Grodno
Germans pound Antwerp forts amid global war news
June from Warsaw rough Vilna and Tredne to Petrograd. Germans pounded Antwerp outer forts Waelhem and Wavre St Catharines for two days while Belgians claim repulsed sorties. Austrians mine Adriatic harass ships, Italy protests to Vienna. Semlin falls to Servians. Belgrade under cannonading threat near Sarajevo.
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Vilna
Tredne
Petrograd
Antwerp
France
Russia
Waelhem
Wavre-St Catharines
Malines
Italy
Adriatic
Vienna
Semlin
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Bosnia
German Wings Recede As Front Lines Shift In World War I News
From the Battle Front the Sept 30 report notes continued heavy fighting along a 150 mile front from the Somme to the Moselle with no finish in sight. Germans seem to be folding back on the center while the allies push, Rethel looms as a backward movement route, and Juniville, vital for revictualling, sits precariously with a single railroad line. A French capture report claims a Bavarian prince may have been taken near Nomeny, with German efforts to free him at Nomeny observed.
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Moselle
Rethel
Junivile
France
London
Times
Nancy
St Mihiel
Meunel
Nouth
Verdun
Prince of
Bavaria
Nomeny
Paris
Powhie
Flanking Movement of Allies Develops Rapidly Near Paria
A lengthy wire service style update reports rapid Allied flanking movements north of the Somme and in the Meuse Lorraine and Woevre regions. It notes German attacks repulsed with heavy losses and Allied advances, plus prisoner counts and sporadic front calm elsewhere.
Right Wing Battle Not Decisive Says the German General Staff
German General Staff says on the right wing in France indecisive battles have occurred near the Gise and the Meuse. Quiet center, renewed French advances around Verdun and Toul. Meuse forts repulsed, Antwerp forts opened fire. Belgian assault ring repulsed. no official western front news since last night.
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France
Verdun
Toul
Reuters Telegram Company
Berlin
Was
Amaterdam
Followis
Gise
Meuse
Antwern
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