Allies Win at All Points Declares French War Report
October 6 report says Allied forces on left wing repelled German attacks against British troops and La Bassee canal fronts with no success for the enemy. Meuse and Rheims regions show renewed activity as Belgian and French artillery pressed operations along the Aisne and near Verdun.
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Belgium
Xeuport
Dixmada
la Bassee Canal
Regim
Rhems
Meuse
Fresnen
Waevre
Yger
Hiwer Fser
Trench Artiller
Ypres
LaBassee
Agia
Trent
41Ris
Albert
Aisne
Soisons
Medise
Verdun
Short Shift for Enemy Under False Colors
London October 30 French T Jana a naval authority and journalist with intimate naval contacts writes in The Evening Standard that under the Tishern naval administration a rapid curtailment of neutral rights at sea may come. He recalls Lord Fisher's war maxims and warns of hang first questions later for any German using a flag not his own. He questions humane interference by the British cabinet.
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London
T Jana
Marers
Evening Standard
Tisher Navel
Neutrila
Weiter
Lord Fishers
Jane
Twenty four British officers among new casualty list
London reports a casualty list naming twenty four officers killed and fifty wounded. Notables include Captain The Tron Christian Melise slore Ruthven of the Blain Watch, Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Pickford Hickinson, and Captain Sir Frederick Villiers Lind Robinson. The list also records 60 NCOs killed 129 wounded and 808 missing or wounded, with 309 from the Sun felk regiment.
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London
Christian Melise Slore- Ruthven
Blain Watch Regiment
Hind
Baron Ruthven
Cecil Pickford Hickinson
Shropshire Light Infantry
Frederick Villiers Lind Robinson
Northhaptonshire
Sun Felk Regiment
Prince of Battenberg Killed Leading Attack
London dispatch reports Prince Maurice of Battenberg killed while leading a front attack. Princess Henry of Dallenberg was informed of the death as Maurice was struck by two shell bullets and buried near the opposing front line.
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Prince OF Battenberg
London
Henry of
Dallenberg
Turkish Frontier Bombardment Reported by Times
London reports are based on Petrograd dispatches about Turkish bombardment of coastal towns. The article notes Ottoman neutrality pressure from reformist factions, massed troops along the Russian frontier, and expected Turkish actions near Rafa and Aqabo. It predicts Turkey’s shift toward war and Europe’s broader stakes in the conflict.
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Palestine
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England
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Europe
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Arabia
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Asia Minor
Dunkirk siege looming says Berlin dispatch
A Berlin dispatch reports Dunkirk preparing for a siege in case of a German advance. The text notes heavy bombing by Germans, fears across the town, and widespread security measures as observers track the escalating crisis.
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Berlin
Marcon
South Africa
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London
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Cairo
Egypt
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Vienna
Gallela
Servia
Deaths of Adline Lawrence and Thomas Abercrombie
Adline Lawrence seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wol Lawrence died yesterday morning at 11 30 at their Brown Mill Road home. Funeral 11 o’clock Sunday at Hillcrest Cemetery East Point. Thomas Abercrombie 80 years old died suddenly at home on Northern Avenue Thursday evening survived by his son Gibbs Abercrombie. Body at Donehoos cane pending funeral arrangements.
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Wol Lawrence
Brown Mill Road
Hillcrest Cemetery
East Point
Thomas Abercrombie
Northern Avenue
Gibbs Abercrombie
Annie Hayes
Annie
Hayes
Wheeler Street
Donehoo' S Chapel
Annie Laura Lyon
Minute Lo WeGee
East Palr Street
Harold Orr
Claude Lyon
Dalton
Margaret Schick
Margaret
Mro
WD Schick
Oelock
Piedmont Road
Baron Fisher Succeeds Prince Louis As First Sea Lord
London October 80 The appointment of Baron Fisher admiral of the fleet to succeed Prince Louis of Battenberg as first sea lord of the admiralty was announced by the press bureau yesterday. Immediately after resignation, Prince Louis was appointed a member of the privy council. Fisher of Kilverstone has led the British fleet since 1905 and, amid a 1907 channel fleet reorganization, clashed with Lord Beresford over its composition. Also notices announce Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company seeks authority to discontinue passenger trains between Atlanta and West Point, with a hearing set for November 12, 1911, at 10:00 am.
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London
Baron Fisher
Prince Louis of Dattenberg
The
Admiralty
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Lews
Privy Council
Tard Fisher
Kilverstone
Admiral Fisher
Charles Beresford
Atlanta
River Steamer Sinks Near Demopolis
The river steamer John Quill struck two rocks and sank in the Tombigbee River shortly after midnight. Passengers and crew were saved, with freight loss estimated over 50,000 dollars. The accident occurred about fifty miles south of Demopolis during an up river trip.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Quill
Tombigbea River
Demopolis
America Protests Detention of Kroonland At Gibraltar
Washington reports the state department will protest Britain’s detention of the American steamship Kroonland held at Gibraltar en route to New York with 2510 passengers and a cargo of copper bound for Italian port facilities, seeking release and safe passage.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Kroonland
Gibraltar
New York
American envoy presents credentials in Petrograd to Nicholas
Georgi T Marve, the new American ambassador to Russia, arrived in Petrograd and formally assumed charge by presenting his credentials to Emperor Nicholas. The ceremony marks the start of his official duties at the embassy in the capital.
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London
Georgi T Marve
San Francisco
Russia
Nicholas
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