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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
4
As German and Austrian forces press on various fronts, Russian advances near Stolysva and Smolary meet heavy counterattacks. French and British operations around the Somme and Foureaux Wood face limited gains, while Italian and Turkish fronts report mixed results and strategic holds. Command reports emphasize costly engagements and intermittent artillery duels along Verdun and Meuse sectors.
German admiralty statement reports several naval airship squadrons attacked London and eastern England Monday night. Bombs hit coast works anti air batteries and key industrial sites. heavy fire met the attack but all airships returned undamaged.
A page of cartoons in the Sunday Post captures French wit as visuals. The humor presses wartime themes, offering satirical commentary through illustrated scenes.
Paris reports the war office describes a small operation south of the Somme capturing a German trench between Post trees and Belloy en Santerre with about 60 prisoners. On the Meuse right bank German assaults west and south of the Thiaumont work are repulsed by our barrage and machine gun fire. counter attacks recapture positions and a grenade attack later advances our lines south of Thiaumont.
Russian troops forced Austro German forces back at the bend of the Stokhod River near Velichikuchary and repulsed counter attacks in Kovel and Lutsk regions. They crossed the Koropetz River to its west bank near Monasterzyska, took over 1000 prisoners, and pursued Turks toward Mosul on the Caucasian front.
Berlin dispatch reports German army headquarters announcing fierce fighting north of the Somme as British forces were driven out after penetrating German trenches west of Foureaux wood. French advances near Monaco farm repelled. explosives destroy a French position north of Flirey. numerous aerial and artillery actions noted along Verdun Meuse front with several enemy aircraft downed.
Rome reports Austrian assaults on Monte Cimone and near Castellato repulsed. Italian forces advance in Travignolo Valley and occupy Panevaggio. Heavy shelling limits in Degano Valley. no significant actions on Isonzo front.
British war offices report German forces attacked north of Bazentin le Petit near the Somme but were repulsed. The official statement says no general change in the front and heavy artillery on both sides with no further notable incidents elsewhere on the British front.
An official Turkish statement reports recapture of Mount Antuck near Mush after a counter attack. Enemys attacks in Ognotta sector southeast of Basohkeny were repulsed by bayonet counter attacks with over 1000 enemy deaths. Enemys positions eight miles southwest of Guemeach canal were driven back. Egyptian front eyes our detachments advancing westward.
A State Free Employment office report shows a serious shortage of farm hotel and restaurant help for local areas and summer resorts. July calls for these jobs nearly doubled applications, with demand 76 percent higher than July 1915 and positions filled up 34 percent from last year. Average daily demand was 92 and daily fills 656, with a notable lack of able bodied men.
Four manufacturers failed to agree with Chandler Workers' Union Local 99 on a four cent an hour wage rise. Thirty members walked out yesterday morning causing a strike. The proposed increase would amount to about two dollars per week based on an eight hour workweek. The current minimum wage is eighteen dollars weekly with no ceiling.
London officials announced there were no casualties from the Zeppelin airship raid last night as projectiles were dropped but caused no harm. The statement confirmed the safe outcome amid the wartime air raid alerts.
An official account from last night details a raid by hostile airships over eastern and southeastern counties between 10 and midnight. Observers counted at least six ships with one more possibly overflying. about 60 bombs fell, mostly in sparsely populated areas, with limited military impact. A correspondent notes the damage was wanton and indiscriminate, the Zeppelins veering seaward when anti-aircraft fire drew their attention.
Survivors of the Dutch mail steamship Koningin Wilhelmina arrived at Harwich after a mine strike off North Hinder lightship. American consul Frank W. Mahin reported no panic aboard the ship, praising passengers’ conduct and the torpedo boat destroyer that rescued them.
Montreal August report from Captain Charles Hunter says the British steamer Clodmoor battled a German or Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean for about 30 minutes. She fired one defensive shell, damaged the submarine, which then withdrew seemingly sinking. The Clodmoor, en route from Baltimore to Genoa, carried shells that struck her decks and near the engineers quarters.
British troops occupying German East Africa seize Pangani on the east coast. Anglo Belgian forces near Lake Victoria Nyanza push forward with Major General Hoskins clearing south of the Usumbara railway. Minor columns move the enemy southward between the Nguru hills and the coast.
Viscount Grey, newly raised to the peerage by King George, took his seat in the House of Lords this afternoon. Sponsored by Viscount Haldané and Viscount Bryce, the foreign secretary now sits among the Lords as secretary of state for foreign affairs.
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