Russians Capture Jablonitza and Southern Army Advances
The report says Russian forces capture Jablonitza and push the Czar’s southern army into Hungary. Teuton forces close on Lemberg as battles rage along the line south of Brody. Italians press on Corso plateau with Rome claiming 1600+ prisoners.
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Jablonitza
Hungary
Lemberg
Brody
Brussiloff
von Bothmer
Corso
Rome
Cadorna
Triest
King George Observe Front Line on Secret Visit
King George and the Prince of Wales made a secret tour of the front amid heavy fighting conditions. Sir Douglas Haig guided the king through scenes of later struggles while troops from Scotland England Ireland and overseas received attention. The royal car narrowly avoided artillery as marching battalions passed.
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Prince of Wales
Douglas Haig
Ikxing
Delville
Devil's” Grood
Russians at Gate of Hungary in Carpathians Capture
Petrograd reports Russians have captured Jablonitza, a key gateway through the Carpathians to Hungary, with nearly 1500 additional prisoners. The war office says German machines were driven off by anti aircraft fire and a counter attack, while Russian air units bombed enemy sheds and engaged in combat.
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Petrograd
London
Jablonitza
Carpathians
War Office
Waltham Board of Trade Outing at Villa Napoli
The Waltham Board of Trade held its annual outing at the Villa Napoli in Nantasket yesterday. Guests included Mayor Williams of Waltham Senator Nathan A. Tufts and eight Republican candidates for the Middlesex county district attorney and the House of Representatives.
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Waltham Board of Trade
Villa Napoli
Nantasket
Williams
Waltham
Nathan A. Tufts
Middlesex County
House of Representatives
Frontline updates from World War I battles across Europe
Reports from official Paris London and Berlin confirm continued fighting on the Western Front with gains and counterattacks. Jablonica pass captured and prisoner counts exceed 1000, Zlota Lip a crossing yields 420 more prisoners and three machine guns, and Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci sinks after fire in Taranto.
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Itza
Carpathians
Hungary
Petrograd
Zlota Lipa
Taranto
Italy
Paris
Somme
Meuse
Verdun
Ste. Fine
Beauie
The
Aisne
Pozieres
London
Ovillere-Bazentin le Petit
Berlin
Shift Ruler of Armenians Abolished in Turkey
A cryptic despatch reports the Patriarchates of Constantinople ending both religious and administrative control over Armenians in Turkey. The old Armenian constitution is revoked and ties with Russian Catholics are cut. A Jerusalem based ecclesiastical head will govern religious matters.
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Washington
Constantinople
Turkey
State Department
Russia
Jerusalem
German Guns Wreck Relic Hospital At Rheims
French Allied report describes the destruction of the civil hospital of Rheims once the Abbey of St Remi. Much of the 12th century cloister and 17th century tapestries were saved from the blaze and moved to Paris museums. Allied forces claim 11 German prisoners taken and local trench raids repulsed with losses to the enemy.
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Paris
Rheims
Museum Beaux Arts
French Statement Says Verdun Gains Mark 300 Yards Captured
Paris reports a quiet front with only lively cannonade south of the Somme and along the Meuse. French artillery shows activity on the Somme with reconnaissance dispersed and a small enemy salient near Beaume driven out. German trench gains near Sainte-Fine are seized by grenadiers across 300 yards.
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Paris
Somme
Meuse
Belloy
Estrees
Lihons
Belioy
Fleury
Vaux-le-Chapitre
Trenches Retaken Northwest Pozieres In Local Fighting
British front report says artillery bombardments continued with no major changes. Local fighting northwest of Pozieres yields retaking nearly all of the remaining trenches over the last two days near Mouquet Farm area.
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Mouquet Farm
Hulluch
Armentieres
Pozieres
London
British Attacks Repulsed On Western Front Fronts
Berlin reports British assaults on Ovillers-Bazentine-Petit line repulsed with heavy losses on the Thiepval Pozieres sector. French efforts between Maurepas and Hem unsuccessful. Eastern Front Russian attacks south of Brody failed. Hindenburg notes constant artillery duels. Balkan front: Bulgarian posts hold after battalion-scale assault.
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Vipacco
Gorizia
Geneva
Paris
Tolmino
Triest
Thiepval-Pozieres
Somme
London
Balkan Front
Berlin War Office
Lake Dotran
Berlin
Saloniki
War Office
Western Front
Ovillers-Bazentine-Petit Line
Maurepas
Hem
Ancre Brook
Armentieres
Artois
Meuse
Verdun
von Hindenburg
Luh
Graberka
Brody
Archduke Charles Francis
von Bothmer
Zborow-Koninchy
Brzeeny
Poituory
Kozowa
Monasterzyska
Lake Dgiran
Canadians Quit Ypres For Somme Offensive
The militia department announced that Canadian troops in the front have been moved from the Ypres salient to the Somme. Four divisions, long defenders of Ypres, join British Australian and New Zealand forces in the Somme offensive after more than a year of fighting at St Julien St Eloi Zillebeke Hooge and Festubert with about 30 000 casualties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Militia Department
Ypres Salient
Somme
St. Julien
St. Eloi
Zillebeke
Hooge
Festubert
King George V Reports Frontline Visit and War Unity
The despatch from King George V describes his week with the army in France praising the fighting spirit and cohesion of troops and allies. He notes ongoing offensive actions, the demands on courage, and strong support from home and French districts, ending with a pledge to victory. This marks his first front formation in France since October 1915 when he was injured after a horse fall.
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France
George
King George Visits Front Would Return After Week at War
King George, in khaki with field marshal’s baton, toured British lines in France with the Prince of Wales. He walked No Man’s Land, saw shell craters and trenches, met Gen. Rawlinson and Major-General Congreve, and paused at a shell-crater grave as German and British artillery clashed nearby.
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France
London
George
England
Prince of Wales
Grenadier Guards
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Fourth Army
Congreve
Montauban
Mametz
Fricourt
No Man's Land
Spain Plans New War Move Amid Diplomatic Talks
Premier Romanones met with French and Italian ambassadors and the Portuguese minister in San Sebastian. He ordered Spain’s Lisbon envoy to return for a conference while holding lengthy talks with the Austrian ambassador. Dispatches suggest possible censor deletions and unclear aims.
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Paris
Romanones
Spain
Temps
San Sebastian
Lisbon
Hairs Vanish With Delatone Treatment
An old advice item claims plain delatone can remove hair by a thick paste spread on skin for two to eight minutes then rubbed off. It warns to ensure using real delatone to avoid skin damage and notes hair will vanish after washing.
Italian Steamship Teti Sunk in Mediterranean
Lloyds reports the 2500 ton Italian steamship Teti sank in the Mediterranean. Part of the crew was landed at Genda.
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London
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Genda
Frontline Actions Across Multiple Theaters Reported
The report details troop crossings under fire at Zlota Lipa and Bystritza Solotvina with bridge construction hampered. Captured are 7 officers, 413 men, 3 machine guns. enemy evacuates Jablonitza. 32 officers and 1006 men taken prisoner near Pruth. An Albatross shot down near Nesvij. Kruten's crew captures pilot and observer. Arctic and Caucasian fronts note advances and strong Turkish positions seized. Baltic raid by aviation lieutenants Deterichs and Prokofeirv targets enemy aerodrome near Lake Agern.
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Zlota Lipa
Carpathian
Pruth
Jablonitza
Vormkhta
Ardjelius
Nesvij
Kruten
Nesvis
Stripa
Bystritza- Solotvina
Sakkiz
Persia
Baltic Sea
Deterichs
Prokofeirv
Lake Agern
Courland
Berlin broke pledge to U S on submarines
In the House of Lords Baron Sydenham asked if German and Austrian submarines adhered to the May pledge to sink vessels without warning. The Marquis of Crewe said several ships, including four British and three neutrals, were sunk without warning, with over 40 lives lost, signaling clear violations of the German government’s undertakings.
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London
Baron Sydenham
House of Lords
Marquis of Crewe
Marquis
Britain to Supply War Needs of Italy
An official statement from Pallanza Italy reports a final accord between British and Italian ministers. It says Britain will supply coal essential for war and other British goods needed for Italy’s war effort.
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Britain
Italy
London
Pallanza
American Schooner Marguerite Released by Italy
The American schooner Marguerite, held in Naples since mid July for contraband aboard, was released today and immediately sailed from Naples.
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Naples
Paris
Marguerite
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