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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1914
Page
5
Reports say infantry units engaged with heavy exchanges and casualties on both sides. Each side asserts significant losses inflicted on the other, with details disputed and no independent confirmation available.
Important to all women readers of this paper. Many suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer claims to restore kidney health and alleviate back pain, headaches, and despondency. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York. regular sizes available at drug stores.
British sea force presses strong actions along the Belgian coast while German guns and submarines promise heavy resistance. French eastern activity grows near Belfort as Alsace fortifications stay on guard. Zeppelins rumored yet unseen over England as German high command shifts leadership in Belgium and the Aisne.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a cure for pimples, blackheads, dandruff and other skin problems. It claims thousands cured and offers a free trial bottle by mail, urging readers to buy a 50 cent bottle from druggists or local Atlanta retailers including Frank Edmondson Drug Co Coursey and Munn BE. H. Cone Drug Co Elkin Drug Co Gunter Watkins Drug Co.
War dispatches describe heavy fighting on the eastern front with German offensives around Augustowo Ivangorod and Warsaw, while Paris debates a possible early return of the French government. French aerial defense reports claim five German planes destroyed and improved air service operations amid ongoing Allied resistance.
London dispatch reports German casualties along the Belgian coast as dire. Descriptions include massed dead near Ostend and hundreds of wounded passing Middelkerke. Allies push westward. Ostend and Dixmude battles rage. Bruges evacuation, Ostend piers blown, German officers ordered to western front. Liege and Namur remain German strongpoints. In Argonne, officials report a useful success in the forest.
After fighting on the Marne the Duke of Württemberg’s army withdraws to the western Argonne side while the crown prince’s army advances along the eastern edge. Both forces maneuver to join and push toward Varennes as they extend near the forest.
French forces seize Mélzicourt village in the Argonne, cutting a critical route to the Vau valley of the Aisne. With this key hold, the crown prince is isolated, separated by rough terrain from the main German lines.
Paris October 21. German efforts along the North Sea coast persist with heavy bombardment of Nieuport and ongoing assaults on the Yser front. Despite fierce resistance and mobility in village front lines, German advances remain limited as Allied troops, aided by rapid reliefs and strong positions, hold key areas in Belgium and northern France.
Berlin reports a mid October battle west of the Yser canal near Nieuport Dixmude with British fleet co operation. three ships hit and heavy losses for the English with about 500 prisoners taken. In eastern theaters progress near Augustowo and Svangorod described as favorable but undecided. Von Falkenhayn has succeeded Moltke as chief of the German general staff while Lt Gen von Rinehardt is killed in Belgium. Emperor William awards Pour le Merite to Uboat commander Weddigen and Iron Cross first class to crew members.
A Rotterdam dispatch to The Daily Telegraph cites The Vossische Zeitung Berlin reporting Russians have withdrawn from Lemberg and now fortify there with 80 000 troops. The Austrian official Vienna statement notes a continuous line from the Carpathians toward Przemyśl and the Vistula with Russians reinforced from the Caucasus Siberia and Turkestan. Fighting continues north of the Vistula between Ivangorod and Warsaw as Austrian and German forces push a broad front.
London reports Britain has cornered the sugar supply and will cut wholesale price by 0 cents per hundredweight, setting the maximum retail price at 7 cents a pound for good granulated and 2 pounds per pound for good cubas, reflecting government intervention in the market.
Brussels reports famine threats across Belgium as Brand Whitlock warns of only two weeks of food left in cities. Namur Liege Malines and surrounding areas suffer destruction and displacement. German occupation fills streets with troops as Belgians seek shelter, while authorities warn noncombatants and impose penalties for insults.
Sir Robert L. Borden visited Hot Springs to review Count von Bernstorff’s statement that Germany invading Canada would not breach the Monroe doctrine. He said Canada does not see invasion as imminent and questioned the doctrine’s relevance to such a hypothetical. The piece also includes an advertisement for Laxative Brom Quinine.
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