Servians Invasion of Hungary and Ibar River Victory
The report from Nish and Paris details Servian forces crossing the Save into Hungary and winning a decisive action on the Ibar River in southwestern Servia. It notes Austrian forces suffering heavy losses, with thousands killed and many captured, and mentions 150 guns captured and a near annihilation of a corps while signaling Austro-Hungarian disintegration fears.
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Nish
London
Hungary
Austria
Semlin
Servia
Bervia
Ino
Sava
Drina
Lijubova
Shabat
Bridgea Jt
Tser
Battlefeld
Maise
Ibar River
Faris
Havas
Wish
Sérvia
Transimvasion
Powet
Save
Valieva
Belgrade
Shabars
Leosnitze
German Kaiser Pictured From Childhood Through the Years
A historical feature traces the life of the German Kaiser from childhood to the present day. It outlines his rise to power, perceived strength, and the decisive role he plays in steering Germany toward a costly war affecting two great empires and his dynasty.
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Kaiser
Kaiser ‘Wilhelm
Russian Avalanche Drives Austrians and Germans Back
Russian forces under Generals Ruzsky and Brussiloff counterattacked in Galicia and Lublin regions, breaking Austrian centers at Suhodot and Krasnik. The campaign expanded to Krasnik Tomaszow and Lwow, with 30,000 plus prisoners reported and a sweeping Russian victory described by Petrograd sources and reports from London.
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London
British War Information Bureau
Poland
Opole
Krasnostny
Zamosc
Lemberg
Tomaszow
Tomaszew
Reuter
Paris
Petrograd
von Auffenberg
Pans
New York
Wieolai_ Golejeswki
Krasnik
Tomoscow
River San
Lamberg
Rawa Rusaka
Dniester
Golesewsky
Imperial Russian General Staff
Galicia
Fetrograd
Lublin
Zavihost
Lublin-Holm
Lwow
Radom
Erest Prussia
Prussia
Opole- Byhava
Xragnostny
Zamostie
Grubeshoft
Jusitow
Viela
Vistula
Russky
Holm
Laschova
Hroussiloff
Suhodot
Turobin
Zamostle
Zamost
Tomassow
Onole
Lnow
Hahn
Imperial General ” Staff
Mother Hearsay of War Tragedy in Vilna Trenches
Mrs Anna Gibbs of Berkeley California returned from Europe with her 3 year old Martha after a perilous summer journey via Hagland and Stockholm An Aug 2 walk toward Vilna placed her and her children amid Russian soldiers in battle They seized the three children and sent them into trenches The mother spent a night among shells The dying Curtis had a fever that day and she carried his body to an undertaker’s shop later burying him in a grave dug in a field The remaining children begged for food as she faced grave hardship and loss
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New York
Anna Gibbs
Berkeley
Cal
Europe
Martha
Campia
Russia
Hagland
Stockholm
Gibbs
Vilna
Curtis
Wirballen
Amna
Fresh Mounds of Earth Show Graves of Soldiers
Desolate fields along the Marne after week of fighting reveal fresh graves and scattered battlefield debris. Soldiers from French British and German armies are buried or treated in nearby villages. German ammo shortages and retreat pressures are reported as Allied forces press forward with heavy artillery and weather delaying movement. Five correspondents were arrested for venturing near firing lines.
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Paris
Marne
Vile Lagea
Germany
France authorizes National Defense bonds at five percent
Bordeaux reports President Poincare signed a decree authorizing short term treasury bonds named National Defense bonds with a five percent rate. The action expands wartime finance and sets bonds for quick public sale.
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France
Bordeaux
Aptember
Poincere
Treasury
National Defense
Germans Driven by Russians Near Muishents
A Petrograd dispatch says German forces in East Prussia retreated with heavy losses near Muishents while bringing up reinforcements. Russians will move on Vienna after operations around Praemysi and Cracow. Vienna claims victory as Austrian lines hold near Grodek and Rewa Russa. Russians threaten Dankl and Grodek, with Austrians falling back to stronger ground.
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London
Petrograd
East Prussia
Muishents
Mauersee Lakes
Vienna
Rome
Via
Lonnon
Praemysi
Cracow
Galleia
Rotterdam
Londons
Welft Bureau
Berlin
Grodek
Lemberg
Rewa Russa
Dankl
Banks Will Accept Money for Europe
Washington announces that money can no longer be deposited for Americans abroad through the treasury. Secretary McAdoo told a Wright delegation that banks will accept funds and transmit them to Europe through regular banking channels.
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Europe
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
No Peace Treaties for Him Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
The Kansas City Journal reports Colonel Theodora Roosevelt did not endorse the armed conflict in Europe and states he would not trade concessions for peace treaties. The remark frames Roosevelt as skeptical of negotiated peace terms amid the war.
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Theodora Roosevelt
Europe
Kansas City Journal
Stream of wounded from the Marne and Ourcq to Paris hospitals
London reports a steady stream of wounded moving toward Paris rear hospitals as Paris braces for renewed attack. British and American hospitals at Neuilly are praised for excellent equipment and ample capacity with only moderate occupancy. A British cavalryman recounts a night engagement with a German trooper near Compiegne, while air raids disrupt retreat lines. Turcos receive high praise for fortitude amid pain, and all wounded note the hospital staff’s efficiency and care, with cigarettes and newspapers provided.
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London
Marne
Ourcq
Paris
Paria
Reuter
Neuilly
Sixth Dragoons
Compiegne
Monsenever
The Only War at Home in the Baltimore American
In a Baltimore American opinion note the paper questions wartime focus abroad versus domestic concerns. It contrasts U S restraint with anti Christian violence and rhetorically asks what Turks would think of such conflicts while Christians fight Christians on battle lines.
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Agiuis
United States
Baltimore
Turkey
Britons and Germans Figh ting in Africa
Reuters dispatch from Nairobi reports German East Africa forces crossing into British territory at Mohoru, occupying Karanga and advancing on Kish. British troops from Wisampu and Port Florence respond. details scarce. Two German officers captured, another surrendered. wounded treated in Nairobi. Twenty-seventh Punjab regiment suffered in a failed bayonet charge during machine gun defense. Waterman Ideat fountain pen ad appears locally.
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London
Reuters
Nairobi
British East Africa
Twenty-seventh Punjab Regiment
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