One Million Men to Be Sent to War by Britain
London reports a rally at the London Opera House backing the prime minister’s call for recruits. Churchill predicts a turning tide in France as Britain plans to dispatch at least one million troops to the continent, with Kitchener's force buildup and naval supremacy cited to sustain the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Wineton Spencer Church
Admiralty
F . Smith
Official
Will Crooks
House of Summons
France
Mr. Churchill
Germany
Kitchener
No French Snipers Denial Hits Paris Embassy
Mishin details German claims of French snipers before the war as demonstrably false. The French embassy rebutted Berlin statements about Maubeuge and the supposed sniper corps while noting the Hotel de Ville in Louvain was not burned, only scaffolding caught fire during repairs.
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Mishin
Berlin
Maubeuge
Nevys
Aeroblanc
Pelther
Germany
France
Histore
Louvain
Hotel de Ville
Krupp Firm Subscribes to German War Loan
The Krupp firm and family are among subscribers to the German war loan, taking 7.8 million marks in bonds. Reichsbank reports indicate larger subscriptions already received as the loan proceeds.
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KRUPP
Berlin
iVia
Copenhagen
London
Furtner
Reichs Bank
Sacrifice of Horses at Battle of Haelen
New war pictures from Belgium show the aftermath of Haelen where Belgians and Germans clashed. One image depicts a man with an ax desecrating horse corpses to position bodies in a ditch while another shows a Belgian barricade amid dead German cavalry. The report notes thousands of horses killed in battle and many more forced to march to exhaustion during campaigns.
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Belgium
Haelen
Piles of German Dead Found by the French
Paris reports on Meaux battlefields where German infantry held a sunken road under artillery fire. Bodies, scattered shells, clothing fragments, and torn poplars mark the scene. An observer directed the fire from a distant elevation, noting ghastly casualties and battlefield destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Meaux
Balkan states band to oppose Turkey
London reports from Rome that Mania Greece and Bulgaria signed a pact to act together to curb Turkish aid to Germany and Austria. if Turkey stays neutral the three will remain neutral. Berlin accepts Italian neutrality but insists Italy stay neutral to the end.
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Balkan States
Turkey
London
Rome
Daily Telegraph
Houmania
Greece
Bulgaria
British Cavalrymen Charged In Face of Murderous Fire
London September 11 The Daily Mail reports a dramatic cavalry charge at Thucin Belgium near Charleroi. Second British cavalry brigade led by Ninth Lancers charged German guns, endured machine-gun hail, and suffered heavy losses. Captain Grenfell saved a gun after being wounded, and is recommended for the Victoria Cross. The brigade then endured a 14 day retreat under continuous artillery and pursuit, fighting daily and recapturing ground only at Lassigny. Missing Britons may return to action. Eleventh Hussars and other regiments suffered heavy losses. stragglers remain a threat to German patrols.
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London
Mall Senda
Thucin
Belgium
Charleroi
Compiegne
Ninth Lancers
Vicomte Vauvineux
Letourey
Devon
Vauvineux
Eighteenth Hussars
Fourth Dragons
Grenfell
Lassigny
Imany Marrow
Trans
Compiegre
Daily Mail
Rouen
John French
Bart
Chantilly
German Baltic Fleet Active in the Baltic Sea
Stockholm report notes multiple German squadrons sighted near Gotland and along the east coast of Sweden. Movement affects Baltic trade with Finnish steamers substituting amid reduced traffic. An old Finnish steamer, Ubilenberg, captured by Germans and taken to Danzig.
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Baltic Sea
London
Stockholm
Daily Telegraph
Gotska Linden
Koppars Tenarne
Gothland
Hautjvudskaer
Hvarkan
Stroma Bjoern
Finland
Baume
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Danzig
Boy Scout Leysen Hero of Belgium
Paris September 11 The hero of Belgium is Boy Scout Leysen decorated by King Albert for valor and devotion He carried dispatches through German lines from Antwerp to Bel gian government representatives in Brussels He uncovered and denounced eleven German spies in Belgium and aided in other services.
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Paris
Belgium
Lessen
Albert
Leysen
Antwerp
Brussels
Germans Withdraw From Upper Alsace
London dispatch from Rome reports Berlin telegrams that German forces are evacuating Upper Alsace, withdrawing toward Strassburg and Metz. The German army in France is said to be extremely fatigued while Allied forces continually receive fresh troops.
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London
Rome
Berlin
Upper
Alsace
Strassburg
Metz
France
A German Captain Describes Shooting a Belgian Boy
From a Berlin fundraiser dispatch a German reserve captain recounts a mission to seize arms in Belgian villages. A youth with a loaded Belgian rifle is executed after a house raid, while an old man, a woman, and a thirteen year old girl plead for mercy and the newsroom notes the stark moral crisis.
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London
Lokal Anzinger
Paul Hoecker
Berlin
Jungbusch
Berim
War Revenue Measure Ready for Congress
Washington reports Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee finished the war revenue bill with no vital changes and will introduce it under Chairman Underwood. The measure imposes a freight tax, with proposals to exempt form products to market rejected. Debate expected Tuesday with expedited passage likely.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Underwood
House
Europe
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Ta Fx
Rucker
Missouri
Commerce Committee of the
Senate
British Take Upolu Without Firing a Shot
Honolulu report details the August 29 occupation of Upolu by 1500 New Zealand troopers without gunfire. Apia fell. Upolu Governor Schultz and 100 officials were captured and moved to Pago Pago. Funds moved to safety. wireless station dismantled after war declaration. New Zealanders shipbound via convoy including Camperdown, Australia, and Champion. A Japanese cruiser hovered near Pago Pago searching for the Nurnberg. Opolu population 19,842 with 310 whites.
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Honolulu
Oceanic Steamship Company
Ventura
South Sea
Upolu
New Zealand
Apia
German Samoa
Shhultz
Figinlands
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Frederick Heintz
New
Kaiser's agents ordered to leave Egypt
Cairo September 11 via London reports that by invitation of the British military authorities the German chargé d affaires and the Austrian diplomatic agent departed from Egypt today.
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Kaiser
Egypt
Cairo
London
Sutho
Servians take Semlin after bloody battle across the Danube
Nish Serbia Sept 10 The Servians occupy Semlin across the river from Belgrade after a bloody engagement. Semlin lies at the Danube and Save junction opposite Belgrade and was a key Austro Hungarian stronghold. They crossed by pontoon and connected with operations aimed at Belgrade. The capture boosts Servian morale and signals a turning point after seven weeks of fighting.
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Nish
Seria
London
Semlin
Belgrade
Semolin
Austria-Hungary
Slavonia
Servia
Semin
Rome
Parr
Serlin
Diaatele
Tonghider
Resnick
Alount Avala
Semiin
Save
Danube
Turkish Crown Prince shoots War Minister in duel
Telegram reports a heated exchange between the Turkish crown prince and War Minister Enver Pasha over policy. The prince fired twice wounding Pasha in the leg, and Pasha allegedly died from the wounds in a later account.
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Paris
Sulspaice
Havyan
Rome
Athens
Viti
Crown Rince
Turkey
Enver Pasha
Biicish
Rover Pasha
Enver
New Members Elected by Atlanta Ad Men
The Ad Men's club of Atlanta elected new members at the last meeting. Names include W T Waters of the Atlanta Journal, J L Janson of Armour & Co, C E Littleton of Multigraph Service, Charles G Day of Hotel Ansley, M Dodson of Georgia American, B W Ramspeck of Lowry National Bank, Massengate Advertising Agency, and George W Simms of Massengate Advertising Agency among others.
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Ad Men's Club of
Atlanta
W T Waters
Atlanta Journal
L. Janson
Armour & Co
C E Littleton
Multigraph Service Company
Charles G Day
Hotel Ansley
M. Dodson
Georgia-American
Ramspeck Lowry National Bank
Massengate
Bult H Saul
Southern Golf Magazine
George W Simms
Massengate Advertising Agency
Gordonaie
Massen
Bunetin System
Eee
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Winston Spencer Churchill
National Liberal and Constitutional Clubs
London Opera House
Hams Swift
Limit
Robi B. Lee Kea
Reo
Daniel Bros. Co
BOY Scout Leysen Hero OF
Reuters Telegram Company
Meiningen
Amsterdam
William
Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Ernest
Saxe-Meininen
Maubeuse
Prince Frederick of
Nafour
Prince Arnest
Kipling
Congress
Bosnia
Henters
Nish Servia
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Mishdeled
Wotcha
Visezra
Sarajevo
Fatima
Lapite
Noyrwaep
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