Fall of Gorizia Opens Path to Trieste Campaigns
The Italian forces captured Gorizia after a year of heavy fighting, signaling a major Allied advance toward Trieste. French and British troops extended gains on the Somme, Russian forces pressed near Stanislau and Tysmienitsa, while both sides reported clashes along the Verdun front and in Galicia.
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Koropice
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Tysmienitsa
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Somme
Paris
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Fleury
Galicia
Vorone
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Corso
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Nizniofi-Tysmienitsa-Ottynia
London
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Verdun Front
Italians Capture Gorizia Amid Widespread Jubilation
Rome reports a major Italian victory at Gorizia with flags in Rome Florence Bologna and Milan. Italian artillery and rapid infantry assaults breached Austrian defenses while underground tunnels delivered reinforcements. Prisoners total 350 with several machine guns taken. Front further reported as Archduke Charles Francis line holds and Teutonic forces retreat.
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Niznioff-Tysmienitza-Ottynia
Russian forces claim advances near Stanislau in Aug push
Russian official report says Gen Letchitsky’s troops crossed the Koropice and advanced toward Stanislau driving the enemy from riverfront positions and capturing 88 officers and 7490 men, along with guns and machine guns. The Caucasus front also reports Turkish setbacks and continued fighting in several regions.
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Senesk
Khermanghan
Khanazan
Ingenuit
Lemberg
Kolomea
British Statement Reports Small Shift and Air Actions Near Pozierea
The British official statement says Austrians advanced 200 yards northwest of Pozierea on a 600 yard frontage, with no overall change in the situation. Allied aircraft and artillery destroyed enemy guns and exploded magazines, a train was set afire, and several enemy machines were damaged by air and infantry fire as hostile aircraft remained active but avoided major combats.
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London
Pozierea
French Front Advances North of the Somme and Meuse
The war office reports north of the Somme a trench reoccupied north of Hem Wood with about 50 prisoners. counterattacks were repulsed and a larger part of lost ground was recaptured. Artillery-active sectors along the Meuse saw no infantry action. A French raid on the Rottwell area is noted. Belgian guns resume destruction of Dixmude works.
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Somme
Hem Wood
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Thiaumont
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Vaux-Chapitre
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Rottwell-on the-Neckar
Baron
Emmenuelli
Dixmude
Italian Troops Enter Gorizia and Capture 10000 Austrians
Italian war office reports troops entered Gorizia this morning after intensive artillery prep. About 10,000 Austrian prisoners taken with large quantities of arms and material. Casale and Pavia brigades crossed the Isonzo to pursue retreating forces. engineers build bridges as counterattacks are repelled on Monte San Michele.
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London
Gorizia
War Office
Casale
Pavia
Isonzo
Bersaglieri
Carso Plateau
Monte San Michele
San Martino
British French Attacks on Somme Reported Checked
Berlin reports British and French assaults north of the Somme checked with heavy losses to the attackers. Russian attacks also reported repulsed in the same dispatch from Berlin via London dated August 9.
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Somme
Berlin
London
British and French forces report prisoner losses on western front
Official war office bulletin details captures on the western front including nearly 400 British prisoners and six machine guns taken, plus enemy losses after British and French attacks near the Somme and Ovillers Bazentine le Petit line. In the Meuse sector French assaults press back the enemy as losses mount on both sides.
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War Office
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Somme
Ovillers-Bazentine-le Petit
Meuse
Verdun
Thiaumont-Fleury
Chapitre
Italians Gain Major Foothold as Gorizia Falls
Rome reports that Gorizia with its bridgehead provides the key to crossing the Isonzo toward Triest. The walled city on three hills, once due to fall, now opens the corridor for Italian forces to cross the river and advance against Austrian defenses on the eastern bank.
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Rome
Gorizia
Isonzo
Triest
Turks Recapture Mush and Bitlis from Russians
Constantinople via London reports Turkish troops recaptured the Armenian towns of Bitlis and Mush from Russian control. The Turkish war department announced the victory today.
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Constantinople
London
Bitlis
Mush
Turkish War Department
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