Lull in Battle Across Center Front in World War I
The report notes a lull along the center from eye to the Meuse with artillery active, while French push near Et Mihel south of Verdun faces stubborn German defense. In Alsace fighting is sparse in official notes, and both sides claim gains and pressure along the Vistula crossings. Eastern fronts show inconsistent reports of gains and retreats, with mobility hampered by road conditions and winter ground.
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Allied Left Is Making Progress Says French War Office
Paris reports the French war office stating progress on the Allied left with British gains at Fromelies southwest of Lille and repulsed German attacks near the prey canal to the sea. Operations in Belgium show limited movement, with no crossings from Ostend to Menin and continued ground gains near Arras and St Mihiel. Heavy rain disrupts battle fields as analysts foresee potential German moves along the Lille-Ypres front.
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Paris
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Ypres
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St Mihiel
East
Prassa
Vistula
Przemysl
Simple home remedy promises dandruff cure
A dated remedy advises dissolving dandruff with four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon applied at night to moisten the scalp. It claims this treatment dissolves and destroys dandruff, stops itching, and leaves hair silky and lustrous, noting arven is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Errors and miscalculations in German and French lines
A military dispatch analyzes recent engagements near Roye Laesvigny and the fortifications of Rheims Brimont and Nogent. It notes German strategy confusion and French missteps including abandonment of forts and misused siege artillery, with claims Germany failed to gain advantage and Belgian units appearing too late.
No Important Events Reported By the German General Staff
London reports an official German HQ statement saying no important events on the French theatre. Russians inactive. several prisoners captured near Schirwindt. battles near and south of Warsaw continue. Berlin says German troops reach the North Sea near Ostend and fighting to Dunkirk. Belgium appears German-leaning. French and British troops cut off near Ypres. German garrison at Antwerp fled. uniforms found. Russian claims of German capture denied. Polish inhabitants face arrests and executions. Germans and Austrians seen as liberators by some locals. German embassy in Washington cites Russian retreat at Livy and Bruges positions. heavy trench attacks repulsed.
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Poland
Germany
England
Russia
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Scheldt
Adriatic
Holland
Black Sea
Sea of
Marmara
Turkey
Constantinople
Goshen
Breslau
Patriarchate
America
Thay
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Suwalid
Schirwindt
Buties
Warsaw
North Sea
Ostend
Dunkirk
Belgium
Ypres
Antwerp
Royal Naval Division
East
Prussia
Washington
Livi
Bruges
Oswald
Berry-Au Bac
North Bay of Rheims
ACTA
Noordam Struck Mine Aboard English Channel
London flags the Holland American liner Noordam struck a mine in the English Channel with seven aboard injured. The ship, 550 feet long and 7975 tons net, steered toward Nieuwe Waterweg Hook of Holland as Lloyds reports capture of crew and passengers earlier in the voyage from New York to Rotterdam.
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Noordam
English Channel
Amsterdam
Reuter
Telegram Company
Nieuwe Waterwes
Hook
Halland
Lloyd
Krol
Netherland Royal Naval Reserve
Jeft
New York
Rotterdam
Belfest
Maer
Queenstown
General Hamilton Killed On Battle Field
London October 17 reports Major General Hubert J W Baralston and ten officers dead and twenty five officers wounded in France as British forces face desperate fighting near Mons. Hamilton commanded the third division and was listed in dispatches by Field Marshal Sir John French to Lord Kitchener. He born 1861 served in Egyptian and South African campaigns and held key secretarial posts under Kitchener in South Africa and India. The body arrived at Folkestone with two hundred Kitchener army recruits saluting as Belgian refugees wept. official casualty list omits method or location of death.
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France
Hubert J W Baralston
Hubert Lan Wetherall Hamilton
Sir John French
Kitchener
Mons
Toe Lord Witchener
South ‘Africa
Lord Kitchener
India
Hamilton
Hubert W. Hamilton
Kitchener 3 Army
Lntast
Ghent Hosts Hostages as German Garrison Rules
Amsterdam dispatch reports General Jung named commander of Ghent garrison now at 4000 soldiers. Private homes not used. soldiers housed in public buildings with strict looting bans and no alcohol. Hostages required though allowed to stay in own homes. post office and town treasury seized. schools reopen. rail traffic to resume. Belgian refugees arriving. many fugitives unsure about returning home. Von Arnim replaces von Kluck on the right wing in France.
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Cvla Lendons
Sluis
Netherlands
Telegraaf
Jung
Ghent
Germany
Brussels
Slug
Belgium
SAILORS SINGING AS DEATH BLOW SANK HAWKE IN FIVE MINUTES
Aberdeen October 17 survivors of the British cruiser Hawke say a submarine was nearby when the torpedo hit. The ship sank in minutes, many men perished or clung to wreckage as boats and rafts failed. Survivors describe cold seas, limited rescue, and the crew on the bridge remaining calm before Hawke disappeared.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Solent
Thay
Germans Arrested by Paris Authorities
Paris authorities arrested sixty four German men aged nineteen to twenty five today. Despite being of military age they had permits allowing them to stay as aliens. Two more groups of Germans, Austrians and Hungarians were sent to the provinces. One group included 850 elderly people and families, the other 130 men aged seventeen to sixty. Heavy fighting was reported between German troops and Allied forces in German West Africa, with Kanb?un in West Africa cited.
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Paris
War effort grows as Britain doubles troops say military
London dispatch cites military correspondent rebutting claims Britain lacks manpower. It asserts Britain has 1.2 million troops now, with more forming in India, Canada, Austria and elsewhere as the war escalates. The piece argues an empire of 400 million can sustain a prolonged conflict and that allied strength will intensify in time.
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London
Tumes
Frankfurter Zeitung
Great Britain
America
India
Canada
Austrsia
France
Russia
Earthquake Strikes Attica Boeotia and Peloponnesus
London dispatch reports continuous seismic shocks in Grecian provinces Attica Boeotia and Peloponnesus with widespread damage In Thebes hundreds of houses toppled and many injured The Greek Interior Minister M Aeponlis left Athens to survey the damage at Chalcis and Thebes while Athena reports cracks in building walls and residents fleeing to fields
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Attica
Boeotia
Peloponnesus
Thebes
M Aeponlis
Chalcis
Athena
JAP STEAMER WARNED OF GERMAN GUNBOAT
The Shinya Maru liner from Nagasaki arrived eighteen hours overdue after bad weather. Reports say the German gunboat Geier warned the ship, causing delay while seeking wireless contact with likely escorts. Officers deny any convoy or escort was present on arrival.
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Geer
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Shinyo
Homes of Women Wrecked by the Invaders
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