German Trap Fails to Capture Russian Prisoners in Warsaw Encirclement
Military despatches report a measured retreat by the Grand Duke and saved guns as Berlin mourns scant Warsaw gains. Novogeorgievsk fortress and Vistula lines become strategic focal points amid German advances and Allied diplomacy.
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Vistula
Berlin
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Petrograd
Novo Georgievek
von Mackensen
Chelm
Brest-Litovsk
Riga
Nicholas
Two American Steamers Seized by Germans
Malmo Sweden Aug 6 report states the American steamers Llama and Wico bound for Stockholm were seized by German forces and taken to Swinemunde. The Llama was captured Aug 4 near Lillegrundt and the Wico Aug 5 near Oeresund after prior British detentions. Both ships had earlier been held by Britain, with the Wico’s captain claiming a near collision with a submarine en route from Stockholm.
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Pola
Adriatic
Rome
Llama
Wico
Sweden
Malmo
London
America
Stockholm
Swinemunde
Lillegrundt
Oeresund
New York
Philadelphia
Kirkwall
Copenhagen
The
Who
North Sea
Massachusetts Republican split may pit senators in different camps
McCall raps Gardner Cushing and Lodge suggesting a cross state split in the Republican ranks. Crane and Lodge align against McCall, Weeks silently favors McCall, and open active campaigning by the senators seems unlikely while quiet support may occur for a mutually displeasing candidate.
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McCall
Crane
Senator Lodge
Weeks
Cushing
Massachusetts
Gardner
Order More Marines from Philadelphia for Haiti Mission
The Navy announced an extra Marine regiment will sail on the USS Tennessee next week to reinforce Admiral Caperton in Haiti. Colonel L. W. Waller will command shore operations with 1900 Marines, 79 machine guns, and four 3 inch navy field pieces. A second force of 850 Marines sails soon from Philadelphia to Haiti under Caperton.
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Hayti
Caperton
Cape Haytien
Port Au Prince
Philadelphia
Tennessee
L. W. Waller
Marine
Haiti
Navy Department
U. S. S. Tennessee
Marine Barracks
Sympathy Expressed by Polish Leader Over Warsaw
A dispatch from Petrograd reports at the Council of the Empire meeting Polish leader Chebeko and Russian members expressing solemn sympathy for Poland. Chebeko says Poles are not crushed but free by national consciousness and will fight to the last breath. Count Pobrynski adds Russia will wage the war to the end and says Russia says au revoir, not goodbye to Warsaw.
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Russia
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Council of the Empire
M. Chebeko
Poland
Count Pobrinsky
Constitutional- Conservative
Russia Hardens Resolve After Warsaw Evacuation
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian newspapers declare strengthened determination to pursue the war to victory after Warsaw falls. The Red Army messages say that as long as the army remains intact, Russia can confidently face the future.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Warsaw
The
Red
Not Good-by but Au Revoir to Warsaw
A Council of the Empire speech in Petrograd declares resolve to wage the war to the end despite the fall of Warsaw. Count Pobrinsky remarks that Russia does not say goodbye to Warsaw but merely au revoir, signaling continued insistence on victory.
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Warsaw
Count Pobrinsky
Council of the Empire
Petrograd
Austrian wartime dispatch reports progress on multiple fronts
The Vienna statement says NW of Ivangorod Allied pursuit continues between the Vistula and Bug rivers. East Galicia sees no change as Italian attacks fail, with Italian infantry repulsed by artillery and infantry losses.
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London
Ivangorod
Viatula
Bug Rivers
Galicia
Sagrado
Podgora
Plava
Kra
Monfatcone
Carnian Alps
Monte Paralva
Coldilana
Buechenstein
Ortler
Tyrol
Four Airships Captured On Western Battle Line Reported
German army headquarters report shows four enemy aircraft landed or shot down in the west. A French hydro aircraft and crew were captured. Eastern theater notes cavalry wins in Courland and gains on the Narew front. Russians evacuted Warsaw and Ivangorod forts faced methodical German and Austrian operations.
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London
Lingekopf
Courland
Popel
Poniewesch
Kowarsk
Kurkle
Wilkomierz
Narew
Lomza
Bug
Nasielsk
Novogeorgievsk
Blendestvo
von Mackensen
Nova Alexandria
Sacin
Chelm
Italian forces advance on Carso Plateau and take prisoners
The Italian general headquarters reports progress on the Carso plateau near Trieste with 160 prisoners captured. Indicated bombardments hit Austrian camps at Lake Dobero and at the railroad station as part of ongoing operations. No other major events reported from the front.
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Carso
Dir
Lake Doberdo
R. R. Station
Trieste
Rome
Paris
Russian statement on retreat between Vistula and Bug rivers
The war office reports no overall change in the front after Warsaw was evacuated to avoid bombardment. German efforts to extend occupation continue near Matzievizzer, with stubborn artillery fire and a northern retreat. fights persist along the middle Vistula and Rozan Ostrolenka Ostrog roads.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Dvina
Niemen
Narew
Rozan-Ostrolenka-Ostrog
Vistula
Warsaw
Matzievitzer
Bug
Ith
Travniki
Viadova
Zlota Lipa
Dniester River
Bombardment Reported in Argonne and Meuse Regions
Paris notes heavy German bombardment in the Argonne Forest of Apremont and the Meuse heights with artillery actions along Artois between the Somme and Oise and along the Aisne valley. French artillery answered. Vosges quiet for the day.
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Argonne
Apremont
Paris
Artois
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Vosges
Midland Queen Sunk Off Galway After 72 Hours in Boats
The British steamship Midland Queen, 1933 tons, built 1901, sailed July 21 from Sydney C B to Glasgow and was sunk on Tuesday. Her 22 crew plus the chief officer's wife and child were rescued after 72 hours in open boats near Queenstown. The vessel was 249 feet long, 42 feet beam, and 20 feet deep, owned by Midland Navigation Co. Ltd., of Midland Ontario.
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Midland Queen
Sydney
C. B
Glasgow
Dundee
Midland Navigation Company, Ltd
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Americans Seize Haytian Capital
Commanders ordered a Tennessee contingent to Haiti. Commander John C. VKlemann at Portsmouth yard notified Captain Hyland of the North Carolina, and the force left for Boston. The company arrived in Boston, then marched to South station under Chief Machinist's Mate Dudley. Montana may follow the North Carolina to Hayti.
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Tennessee
John C. V Klemann
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Hyland
North Carolina
Portsmouth
Boston
North Station
Dudley
South Station
Montana
Hayti
Allies Urge Serbia to Aid Balkan Agreement
In NISH Serbia on August 6 Russian British French and Italian ministers pressed Premier Nikola Pachitch to back a Balkan agreement that would bring Bulgaria Romania and Greece onto the entente side as part of a broader effort to muster support from the Balkan states.
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Nish
Serbia
Athens
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Novogeorgievsk
Vistula
Narew
Wkra
Warsaw
London
Roumania
Greece
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Nikola Pachitch
Austrians Capture Crew of Italian Dirigible
An Italian government statement reports a dirigible flew over Pola causing bomb drops before crashing into the sea. The crew of six, three officers and three men, were taken prisoner after the airship fell.
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Rome
Paris
Pola
Carmen Strike Hits Holyoke Trolley Workers
At midnight the Holyoke street railroad workers and the Amherst line walked out. More than 250 men struck after company heads refused to arbitrate the conductors and motor men demands. John H. Reardon leads the strike to seek higher wages and shorter hours.
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Holyoke
Here
Amherst
John H. Reardon
Trolley Men’s Union of America
Boston Marines Ordered to Hayti From Charlestown Yard
Major Hall of the Charlestown navy yard marines and Lt Martin were ordered to Philadelphia to join the marine brigade aboard the U S S Tennessee for Hayti. No private marines will be sent from the yard.
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Hall
Charlestown Navy Yard
Martin
Philadelphia
Hayti
U. S. S. Tennessee
Navy Yard
Aged Woman Drops Dead While Shopping
Miss Catherine J. Fearer aged 81 of 347 Columbia road collapsed and died yesterday at 786 Dudley street during shopping. Death attributed to heart failure.
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Catherine J. Fearer
Columbia Road
Dudley Street
McNamara Wins Philadelphia Open Golf Championship
Boston pro Thomas McNamara won the Philadelphia Open with 296 strokes for 72 holes at Philadelphia Country Club. He shot 73 and 75 for the two rounds today to complete back to back 148 halves. Second place went to James Barnes and C H Hoffner at 303. E W Loos and James Thomson tied for fourth at 304.
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Thomas McNamara
Boston
McNamara
James Barnes
Whitemarsh
C. H. Hoffner
Philadelphia Country Club
E. W. Loos
Pocono Manor
James Thomson
D. C
Fred McLeod
Washington
J. J. McDermott
Warsaw Fortresses Fall to Germans After Long Siege
Berlin reports Warsaw forts virtually undamaged in German hands, while Ivanogorod was razed by Russians. Garrison evacutions left stores and munitions, disappointing Germans but boosting defensive and offensive options for Berlin as German forces close on the Narew from the north.
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Berlin
London
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Poland
Novogeorgievsk
von Gallwitz
Narew River
Boston Man Held as Royalston Robber
James E H Murphy of Charlestown Boston arrested in Manchester New Hampshire. Police say Murphy admitted several robberies in Royalston Massachusetts.
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Royalston
Manchester
N. H
James EH. Murphy
Charlestown
Mass
Murphy
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