Ground Won or Lost in the Ninth Day of Battle
London dispatch reports the sixth day of grinding trench warfare with little ground gained. General Joffre remains in robust health as French and British forces, reinforced and moving along the north railway to Soissons, endure ceaseless artillery fire. Civilians bury the dead as German dead are burned, while Allied lines hold with both sides suffering heavy casualties.
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Joffre
London
Daily Telegraph
Emeville
Alsne
Soissone
Bordeaux
The
Temps Today
von Scluck
Compeigne
Noyon
Lassien
Tergnier
Laon
Brench
Champagne
Argonne
Mesnil-Les-Hurlus
Mesgiges
Huestan
Austria
Gallola
Jaroslau
Przemysl
Dankl
Cracow
Dublecko
Dankt Ia
Poland
Vistula
Baranow
Gelicia
Bukoewina
Suwalki
Russian Poland
Thei
Galicia
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Bay of Bengal
Hias
England
China
Soissons
Berlin
France
William
Crown Princes
Frederick William
Metz
Rhing
Rheims
Louvain
Vienna
Galila
British Isles
Germany
Britons Repel German Attacks Amid Devastating Fire Storm
In a scene of burning villages within twenty five miles the narrator recalls surviving a shelling that killed Captain A and Colonel B as General French reports further counterattacks successfully repulsed. The official bulletin from London notes continued Allied repulsion of German assaults.
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Ardiy
Captain A, Tel
London
Struggle on River Aisne Intensifies Into Siege
London reports a week of near siege conditions on the River Aisne with entrenched forces, heavy bombardment from Brimont, and French and German efforts to outflank. Allies push on Lassigny and Noyon while weather worsens conditions and troops dig in on the plateau at Craonne.
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London
Alane
von Luck
Aisne
Rheims
Brimont
Oise
Lassigny
Noyon
Craonne
General Findlay killed by German shell in France
The Daily Mail reports General Nall Douglas Findlay of the Royal Artillery died when a German shell struck near a valley by Prise as British batteries fired on the enemy. He urged his men to place every gun in action then calmly sent personal possessions to the chaplain.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Nall Douglas Findlay
Royal Artillery
Sotsno
Grewan
Findley
Prise
Norge
Allies Push With Bayonets Across Front in World War I
Transcripts describe fierce fighting on September 21 with bayonet charges and gains along the Olse near Lassigny and Noyon, advances in the Champagne region and Argonne slopes, and heavy German casualties. Reports note French government protests over the Rheims cathedral bombardment and letters from German soldiers detailing extreme hunger and losses.
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Craonne
Rheims
Champagne
Argonne
Louvain
Mesnil-Les-Hurlun
Massilees
Woevre
Enajay
Thiaucourt
Reesenchatel
Lorraine
Vosges
Dolmier
Chateau Salim
Germans Vandals Destroy Rheims Cathedral Sparks Outrage
Rome reports Pope Benedict XV condemns destruction of Rheims Cathedral as barbaric in a civilized century. Bordeaux cites French protest to neutral powers, calling bombardment an act of vandalism. London dispatch describes the cathedral reduced to a charred shell after a day of shelling, with parts used as a hospital for the wounded under Red Cross protection.
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Rheims
Brunswick
Bordeaux
Marne
Rome
Paris
Benedict XV
Europe
Atilla
Ferratta
Annette
French Foreign Office
Cathedral of Rheims
Cathedral of
Bassilia
Republic
Lts
London
The
Daily Mail
Cathedral
Universal Fame
Atlahe
Mrs
Aguns
Red Cross
Cathedral Fire and German Bombardment in Rheims
German artillery hit Rheims Cathedral as shells ripped the ancient structure and surrounding streets. Fire from collapsing scaffolding and oak timber roofs consumed the nave while French doctors saved wounded Germans. Abbe Andriex urged restraint as rioters hissed. Tapestries were saved and hidden though destruction spread.
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Tield Hospital
Germans Attack at Aisne with Bands Playing and Heavy Losses
The Times correspondent reports German counterattacks on the Aisne with drums and bands playing as they charged French and British lines near Vic-Sur-Aisne Soissons and Rheims. Allied troops repulsed repeated assaults with bayonets and heavy artillery fire, leaving Soissons and Soissons cathedral heavily damaged.
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London
Times
LaFere- Milan
Aisne
Soissons
al- Nes
Vic-Sur-Aisne
Rheims
Lowson
Look for Signature of BW GROVE Cures a Cold
One Day 25c claim for genuine cold cure named BROMO QUININE and LASS TIVE BROMO QUININE. Consumers urged to seek BW GROVE signature for authenticity.
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Pure Food
To-Cent Battle Pure Catsup
Blue Label
Gatsup
TOKAY
Kingan
Bbe
Atlanta
Coats
Peck
Rgains
Gash Gro. Co
Tipperary
Tvs
Cuba
David Lloyd-George
Parla
Graome
General Findlay
Paric
Eheim
Olse
Pope Benedict
Lin
Andriex
Rheima
St. Jeane
America
United States
Library Bureau
Hurt
U. S
Armagur
Colorado
Copfee—High
Lorten Arm
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