Bulgarian mobilization and German influence amid Sofia crisis
Reports from Sofia describe German Colonel Von Tarlow named commandant at the Konak with German Austrian aides. Bulgarian premier under surveillance by German agents as ministers rely on German Austrian officers. Bulgaria denies threatening neighbors while mobilization reaches about 350,000 troops with artillery to the Serbian frontier. The Times correspondent notes Turkish exultation over Bulgarian aid and renewed Turco Bulgarian entente efforts.
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Sofia
von Tarlow
Konak
Radoslaveff
Bulgarian War Ministry
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
London
Buulgaria
Reuters
Bulsania
Rumania
Turkey
Athens
Exchange Telegraph
Dulgariaa
Koula
Belogradchik
The
Times
Saloniki
Bulganas
Fiver Pasha
Constantinople
Vulsarias
Balkan headlines swirl as entente fate hangs in balance
Dispatches report Turkish chamber leaders warning the Dardanelles could sink entente hopes while Sofia's Macedonist network prompts Bulgarian arrests. An Austro German attack on Serbia may begin October 6, with Bulgaria weighing quadruple entente terms. Allied landings at Saloniki loom as Italy mobilizes in the Balkans.
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Baltic
Persian Gulf
Chamber of Deputies
Halil Bey
Dardanelles
Sofia
Macedonia
Serbia
London
Athens
Reuter’s
Vienna
Bulgar
Zurich
Switzerland
Wia
C-ha
Munich
Neueste
Greece
Bulgaria
Macedona
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Italy
Brin
Disi
French Hold Ground Amid German Offensives In War Office Report
Paris reports four German attempts to retake trenches between Souchez and Givenchy were repulsed. Germans bombarded the Suippes valley with asphyxiating shells while French artillery silenced several enemy batteries. Progress noted in Artois with a blockhouse capture south of Givenchy and engagements along Somme and Champagne fronts.
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Jamia
Paris
Souchez
Livenchy
Mesall
War Office
Suippes
Givenchy
Champagne
Mesnil
French War Office
Luxemburg
Somme
Beaufort
Bowchotr
Ar~gonne
Saharazee
Vonges
la Vieja
Col de Salinto Murle
Col du Bon
Constantinopie
Amsterdam
London
Turkish War Office
Jauk
Nefer Seddul Bahr
Petrograd
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Dvinsk
Iloukst Waa
Demmen
Drisitiata
Boginskole
Grezenthal
Drisitista
Artilry
Tylia
Drisiteata
Pelikany
Koripichia
Lake Obole
Borsouks
Lake Boginsole
Deviatinki
Koziany
Stakuvzy
Lake Naroche
Stakovzy
Baltaguzy
Lake Vichnerskoi
Wiridovitch
Smorgon
Niemen
Lubetch
Novo Grodek
Styr
Novo Selki
Kutikoviehl
Kolki
Ciartorisk
Annotated World War Front Dispatches From Western Front
Multiple wartime items report British attempts near Loos repulsed with heavy losses and French advances east of Neuville resisted by German forces. Alsace airship involved, Luxemburg bombed, and Russian and Italian fronts see mixed gains and retreats with numerous cavalry actions and artillery exchanges.
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Bern
Octover
Tvim
London
Loos
Toga War Office
Neuville
Rethal
Luxemburg
West Ende
Mght
Thera
Laos
Souchez
Champagne
Artilley
Leinesnil
Vil- Lyrsur-risne
Laon
Vouziers Ac
Reinet
Alsace
von Hindenburg
Kosleng
Mijadgjolka
Prince Leopold I of
Bavaria
von Mackensen
von Linsingen
Surny
Kormin
Joffre
Pnca
France
Panama Canal Blocked Indefinitely By Landslide
Washington reports no clear prospect to reopen the Panama Canal before November 1 as a slide north of Gold Hill since September 20 keeps the waterway closed for at least forty days. Hundreds of vessels are delayed and traffic through the canal, opened in August 1914, faces its first major disruption. Requests for definite reopening dates were not answered by War Department officials.
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Washington
War Department
Panama Canal
Gold Hill
Hesperian sinking linked to mine or torpedo claims
Naval officers studying metal fragments from the Allan liner Hesperian, sunk near Ireland on September 4, deem a mine wrecked the ship. British suspicion of torpedo attack by a German submarine is noted, with German denial via Ambassador Gerard. Findings will be sent to Secretary Daniels.
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Berlin
Washington
Daniels
London
Ambassador Page
State Department
Gerard
Une
State
Navy
Keeping of treaties makes nation proud
New Haven Yale President Arthur T Wadley states maintaining treaties and promises elevates a nation's standing among others during his annual matriculation sermon at Yale. He argues lasting empire comes from faithfulness, and this principle applies to individuals as well as nations.
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New Haven
Conn
Arthur T Wadley
Yale
British forces praised for gallant work in France
Field Marshal Sir John French issues special orders praising British troops in France for their conduct since the start of the combined attack. Messages from King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm are cited, with thanks to Haig, the corps and divisional leaders, and acknowledgment of heavy fighting near Vimy ridge and Loos. The report notes captures of prisoners and materiel and naval cooperation.
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Sir John French
France
London
John French
Qarshel
Incust
George Randl
J DP &Rench
Field Marshel
Carl Katuhener
Witchener
Vimy Ridge
Grenay
Hohenzollern
Loos
la Bassee Canal
Douglas Haig
Brest
Commando
Sisters of Mercy Die in Bombardment
London October 8 Reuters reports a Russian Red Cross list of 46 Sisters of Mercy killed in a hospital bombardment during clashes with German and Austrian forces. The dispatch also notes German authorities building large railway workshops at Wirhallun and employing prisoners of war, with about 9000 prisoners reported at Kiev.
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London
Petrograd
Reuters
Thac
Iesrussian Red Cross
Sisters of Mercy
Germany
Wirhallun
Kicy
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