Italians Break Through on Isonzo Front and Galicia War Updates
Italian advances push past Corizza toward the Adriatic with strong captures near Monte San Michele and San Martino as Austrians retreat. In Galicia Russians push toward Stanislav and Halicz capturing Kryplin amid renewed German and Austro entries. Paris official notes French gains near Hem Wood with heavy air battles. Russians claim Zlota Lipa crossings and Stanislau pressure. a raid on Pravacina and Dorberg reports three tons of explosives dropped. Venice sees a hostile bombing with two dead.
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Monte San Michele
Isonzo
San Martino
Boschini
Rome
Hem Wood
Somme
French War Office
Paris
Kryplin
Stanislau-Nadvorna
Petrograd
Stokhod
Volhynia
Kovel
War Office
Berlin
Zlota Lipa
Galicia
Stanislau
Tonale
Giudicarie
Lagarina
Pasubio
Monte Cimone
Val Travignolo
Meizii
Nieuport
Pravacina
Dorberg
Venice
Regt Men Capture Mexican at Outpost near Columbus
Second Regiment outposts report capturing a Mexican in Columbus New Mexico after he tried to enter camp during pre-dawn hours. Corporal Perley D. Smith and Private Clarence Kennedy aided the capture and returned the prisoner to Captain T. J. Hammond.
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Clarence Kennedy
T. J. Hammond
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Russians Push Westward From Stanislau In Galicia
Russian General Letchitsky drives west along the railway and northwest along the wagon road toward Stanislau Galicia after victory at Tysmienitsa. He nears Korepice river, forms a new line north of the Dniester, and has taken thousands of prisoners, widening the front against Austrian forces under General von Bothmer. The French front remains bombardment limited with local actions near Verdun. Turkish and Russian clashes continue on the Mush Bitlis front, while Austrian air raids hit Venice.
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Doberdo
Montalcone
Galicia
Stanislau
Halicz
Kolomea
Lemberg
Monasterzyska- Mizinoff
Zlota Lipa
Letchitsky
Tysmienitsa
Korepice
Dniester
Count von Bothmer
Tarnopool
Niznnoff
Monasterzyska
von Bothmer
Letchitzky
Stripa
Brussiloff
France
Somme
Thiaumont
Verdun
Martinpuich
London
Mush-Bitlis
Turkish
Armenia
Venice
Petrograd
Monasterzyska-Niznnoff
War Department
Sereth
Neterince
Nosovce
Koropiec
Stricy-Nadvornaskoi
Nadvorna- Stanislau H
Caucasus Front
Giumichkhan
Auto skidding fatality halts Weymouth track work
Foreman David Twomey 40, of 0 Payne street Quincy, died instantly when a skidding auto truck struck a Bay State Street Railway crew repairing North street Weymouth. Joseph Docole, injured, rested in Quincy City Hospital as Antonio Rezio suffered minor injuries. Driver James H Nichols of Charlestown was arrested on manslaughter charges awaiting arraignment.
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Joseph Docole
Springlane
Quincy
Bay State Street Railway Company
North Street
Weymouth
Quincy City Hospital
David Twomey
Payne Street
Antonio Rezio
Elm Street
James H. Nichols
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Quincy District Court
Ferguson Bakery
Roxbury
Italian Front War Office Report on Isonzo Advances
The official statement says Italian troops crossed the Isonzo on a repaired bridge near Gorizia with cavalry and cyclists advancing east of the town under heavy fire. Hostile forces are reported on heights northeast of Gorizia and along the Vertolba line. Italian forces captured prisoners and pierced entrenchments near Monte San Michele and San Martino, with Boscechini occupied and prisoners topping 20 000. The enemy renewed violent attacks on the lower Isonzo to ease pressure.
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Adriatic
Trieste
Fiume
Corizia
Isonzo
Goriza
Monte San Michele
Monte San Martino
Boschini
RCMP
London
War Office
Gorizia
Rosentha
Vertolba
Carso
San Martino
Boscehini
Russian War Report Details Allied Front Advances
Russian official dispatches describe fording the Zlota Lipa River near Stanislau and advancing along the Monasterzyska Niznnoff line. They report destroying bridges, capturing prisoners, and ongoing combats across Galicia and adjacent fronts, plus aerial actions and French bombing efforts.
French Front Reports Calm Day Amid Rain and Fog
Paris dispatch says war office reports a calm day along the front except for a spirited cannonade north of the Somme and near Thiaumont. French lines north of Hem Wood advance and prisoners rise to about 100 with six machine guns captured despite rain and fog.
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Paris
War Office
Somme
Thiaumont
Steenstraete
Vermandovillers
Meuse
British Reports Repulsed German Attacks Near Pozieres
The official British report states fronts were unchanged with German parties repulsed south of Martinpuich by trench mortars and machine guns. Allied bombing targeted billets while three German planes failed to return. Pozieres advances continued with 72 prisoners taken and local objectives consolidated. Sudden shelling of Trones Wood noted. Arras sap raid inflicted casualties.
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London
Martinpuich
Trones Wood
Pozieres
Arras
Hulluch
Loos
German war bulletin reports repulsed Allied assaults on Somme front
Berlin reports British and French attacks along the Somme and Ancre were repulsed with heavy artillery fire. It notes 18 officers and 500 British soldiers captured since Aug 8, plus aerial victories south of Bapaume Lille Lens Saarburg and numerous Russian counterattacks near Dubozcze Stokhod and Zarecze.
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Berlin
London
Somme
Western Front
Ancre
Bazentin-le-Petit
Maurepas
Meuse
Verdun Front
Bapaume
Lille
Lens
Saarburg
Lorraine
Stokhod
Kovel
Zalocze
Archduke Charles Francis
Welesmow
Dneister
Austro Hungarian forces give up Gorizia bridgehead after repulse
Vienna dispatch reports the town abandoned after a fierce I talian assault on the Doberdo plateau. The line was straightened without enemy hindrance and 4100 Italian prisoners were captured in recent days.
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Vienna
London
General Headquarters
Gorizia
Doberdo
Border Troops Describe Mexican Border Skirmishes And Camp Life
The report details a Mexican border incident where a repeating intruder was captured without firing. It notes unaided escapes by others, mentions two Worcester youths selected for guards, payrolls of about 30000, and a lively border camp with vaudeville, circus mule acts, and planned entertainment. Water supply upgrades and new camp plans follow.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Mexico
Walter A. Tisdale
Leonard Russell
H Company
Archie Murray
Pershing
Roger Hayward
Hartford
Conn
Walton
Baker
Danker
Whitehouse
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Literature for Soldiers Group forms News Patriotic League
A Women's City Club group led by Mrs. James J. Stor plans to gather literature and recreation items for American soldiers. The collection, to be sent free by Red Cross car, will support Camp Pershing and Camp Cotton evacuees. Halliday Witherspoon praised soldiers' comfort but noted infantry need for recreation. The cavalry built a model farm as entertainment.
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James J. Storrow
Women’s City Club
News Patriotic League
Red Cross
Halliday Witherspoon
Camp Pershing
Camp Cotton
England Fines on Ireland Questioned by Letter to the Editor
A letter to the editor questions English fines imposed on Ireland and cites past actions since 1912. It recalls Ireland’s 14 Nationalists jailed for Patrick's Day protests, Belfast Orange violence, and Dublin Castle governance, arguing for fairness in comparisons.
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England
Dublin Castle
Germany
Ireland
Michael M’caffarey
K Street
South
Boston
Brussels
Belfast
George Washington
Poland
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