Allies Break Turkish Lines At Dardanelles New Landings Reported
Allied forces land at Ari Burnu on the Aegean coast and at Karachali in the Gulf of Saros. Constantino reports troops ashore dispersed but others advance under fleet guns. Entente forces press against Turkish and German positions along the Narrows with new inland movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krithia Line
Aegean Sea
Gulf of Saros
Narrows
Ari Burnu
Aegean
Karachali
Constantinople Adr
Arf Burnu
Enver Pasha
Berlin
Salt Lake
French Salt Claims To Reduce Weight With Baths
An advertisement touts Clark s Thinning Salts as a safe, positive method to reduce fat from hips thighs and abdomen. It warns against internal drugs and extreme dieting and promotes fifteen or more baths with the product dissolved in water. Sold by Riker Jaynes Liggett s and major stores with a booklet on obesity available from Orient Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarks
Riker-Jaynes
Liggett's
Orient Co
New York
French Artillery Battles Reported Across Front
Paris reports a series of battles on the Artois Arras sector and Argonne with intensified bombardment and German attacks. Our counter attacks regained most positions though some first line trenches remained in enemy hands. Prisoners are said to be from the Württemberg corps. Additional cannonading is noted in Le Pretre Forest and Vosges near Linge and Hilsen.
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Argonne Forest
Binarville
Vienne-le-Chateau
Houyette
la Fontaine Aux Charmes
Paris
Artois
Arras
Argonne
Biiarville-Vienne-le-Chateau
Wurtemberger Corps
le Pretre
Vosges
Linge
Hilsen
Austro Hungarian Troops Advance and Hold Plains Fronts
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian forces pushed across the Wieprz River in southeast Poland, dislodging the enemy northwest of Komea and pursuing northeast. Attacks by Russian forces around Ostrow and Uhrusk continue, while Italian front actions near Monfalcone and the Gorizia bridgehead are repulsed with heavy losses.
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Vienna
London
Wieprz River
Poland
Komea
Tismenitza
Bug
Ostrow
Ubhrusk
Doberdo
Monfalcone
Gorizia
Perma
Zagora
Plava
War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
German steamer Meteor destroyed by its commander to avoid capture after sinking Ramsey. Submarines sink Oakwood Morna Francois Baltzer and seven British trawlers while Rosalie is damaged. Crown Prince army seizes French trenches near Argonne. Russians retreat near Lomza. Germans advance toward Bobr Narew. Benjaminow fortress on Vistula occupied. Italians repelled at Doberddo plateau. U 12 sunk by Italian sub. Dardanelles fighting boosts Allied area on Krithia road. Turkish losses heavy.
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Ostrow
Warsaw-Petrograd
Berlin War Office
Berlin
Benjaminov
Novo Georgievsk
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Vienna
Kovno
Courland
von Hindenburg
Baltic
Riga
Meteor
North Sea
Ramsey
London
Oakwood
Morna
Francois
Baltzer
Rosalie
Argonne
Paris
Lomza
Bobr-Narew
Rome
Dardanelles
Krithia Road
Liverpool
Russian General Staff report on fighting fronts East of Riga and Dvina
An official Russian general staff statement details Allied and German actions on the Riga and Dvina fronts. It notes repulsed attacks near Ekau and Schoenburg, German withdrawals from Dvinsk Poniewesch, and German assaults at Kovno and along the Vistula. Troop reinforcements arrive as Russian garrisons inflict losses and press counter moves near Novo Georgievsk and the Dniester confluence.
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Petrograd
London
Riga
Ekau
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Dvina
Schoenburg
Poniewesch
Kovno
Ostrolenka
Rozan
Pultusk
Bug
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Vieprz
Lukow
Viadova
Cnelm
Ukberka
Vladimir-Volynskyj
Dniester
Strypa
Me Meteor Blows Up To Escape Capture In North Sea
After a dramatic North Sea engagement the German armed auxiliary steamer Meteor blew up to avoid capture, sinking the British gunboat Ramsey and sending most of Meteor’s crew to their deaths. The Ramsey’s 43 survivors and five officers lost on the Ramsey are noted, along with reports on other vessels attacked nearby and the fate of several ships bound to the United Kingdom.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
H. M. S. Ramsey
Raby
Fleet Auxiliary
Meteor
Ramsey
Lynx
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Hamburg
Meteor sinks to avoid capture after destroying Ramsey
Berlin reports the Meteor a merchant mine layer blew up after sinking the Ramsey rather than be captured. The German crew and officers allegedly saved 44 prisoners from Ramsey and the Meteor’s own crew were rescued by German port authorities.
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Berlin
Meteor
Ramsey
Germans Shelled Warships on Thames in East Coast Raid
German airships attacked fortified places and harbors on the English east coast August 9-10. British warships on the Thames and London docks near Harwich were bombarded along with Humber constructions. Official admiralty report says results were good and airships returned from the expedition.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
England
Thames
London Docks
Harwich
The
Humber
Admiralty
London Dock
Russians lose fort on Vistula
Berlin reports German war office says fortress Benjaminow east of Novogeorgievsk on the Vistula fell to German forces. The update notes successful repulses of French and Russian actions in the Western and Eastern theaters, with advances toward the Bobr Narew line and control of the Os trow rail junction.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Benjaminow
Novogeorgievsk
Vistula
Warsaw
Military actions push through Eastern Front lines
Bombs fell on Novo Georgievsk and Brest-Litovsk as airships bombard fortresses. Prince Leopold of Bavaria’s corps pursued on the left wing toward Kaluszyn while General von Worysch’s forces stormed rear guards west of Lukow. Over 1000 prisoners taken as Mackensen’s group advances along Bystrca to Ostrow-Uchruck line unchanged on the upper Bug.
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Novo Georgievsk
Brest-Litovsk
Leopold of Bavaria
Kaluszyn
von Worysch
Dianka
Lukow
von Mackensen
Bystrca
Radzyn
Tismenitza
Karczew
Ostrow-Uchruck
Bug
Zlota Lipa
Auto bandits strike Seabrook Beach garage theft
Hampden New Hampshire August 11 auto thieves operating along the north shore stole a touring car from J H Durgin of Haverhill whose Seabrook Beach garage was entered.
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Hampden, N. H
Auto Bandits
North Shore
J. H. Durgin
Haverhill
Seabrook Beach
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Houghton & Dutton Co
Carleton-Clark Co
Canal St
Wm. Read & Sons
Vermilax CO
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Fj. Cane
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Ps Pa
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Yellowstone Park
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Mt. Rainier National Park
St. Joe River
Idaho
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J. H. Skillen
New England
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Teutons
Portland
Ore
United Kingdom
Stavanger
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Shields
Oregon
Amsterdam
Behnke
Misses’ Dress Shop
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Courcy
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Lingekopf
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Niemen
Koyno
Lomiza
Bobr- Narew
Wiznia
Caerwony-Brok
Horlick
Horligck
Filene
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Thos. Snow & Son
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