Germans Battle Dinant in Belgium as Armies Mass
Allied troops halted a German cavalry thrust at Dinant near Namur. French Belgians and British observers note heavy horse losses and large-scale artillery clashes. Paris and Brussels dispatches hint German feints against Brussels while concentrating on the Meuse and Alsace fronts.
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London
Dinant
Namur
France
Belgium
Liege
Luxemburg
Paris
Brussels
Germany
Meuse
Givet
Diest
Haelen
Aix-la-Chapelle
Mulhausen Strassburg
Sedand
Montmedy
Jura
Vosges
Alsace
Gardner Aids Tourists In Europe Work Continues
Paris August 16 Ex Congress man Gardner of Massachusetts earns praise for organizing a bureau to assist Americans marooned in Europe. He declined sailing opportunity to stay until a successor is found to continue the relief effort while he returns to Massachusetts to manage political duties.
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Paris
Gardner
Massachusetts
French Official Gathers War Orphans at Belfort Estate
Paris Aug 16 Former French minister of justice Jean Cruppi organizes hundreds of children of poor reservists at the Belfort front to care for them on his estate during the war effort.
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Paris
Belfort
Jean Cruppi
Sale on Blouses From Imported to Domestic
Small lot of blouses in various styles and sizes on sale. Prices ranged from 6 75 to 15 75 dollars and are now reduced to 3 95 dollars.
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Batiste
Diplomat declines talk on Japan's ultimatum
Haniel von Haimhausen the German chargé d affaires refused to discuss the ultimatum Japan sent to Germany. He announced the summer embassy would close August 19 and return to Washington.
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Newport
R. 1
Japan
Germany
Haniel von Haimhausen
von Haimhausen
Washington
Kaiser Out to Get Antwerp
Washington reports from Europe indicate a German third army corps advance into Belgium toward Liege and Brussels. The Belgian forces and arriving French and British troops have not halted the movement, with aims centered on Antwerp port and Dover Strait control.
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France
Germany
Austria
Russia
Washington
Europe
United States
Belgium
Liege-Brussels
Germanys Belgian Move Threatens Antwerp And Brussels
The article argues Germany seeks a strategic advance into Belgium to pressure Allied lines. By threatening Brussels and Antwerp from forward positions, Berlin would force open battle and aim to seize Antwerp to control access to the Channel. The harbor would support torpedo and mining craft and open routes via the Scheldt and Rhine corridors.
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France
Brussels
Antwerp
Germany
Scheldt
Yarmouth
Dover
Calais
Straits of Dover
Frisian Islands
Rhine
Dusseldorf-Venlo
Belgium
Bargain Fashion Sale With Many Dresses and Coats
A local sale lists linen motor coats, cotton and tan coats, silk coats, summer and lingerie dresses, blouses, and bathing suits. Prices range from 2.50 to 9.00 with many items marked down now. Shoppers find dozens of Volie Crepe and Chiffon blouses and mohair bathing suits at reduced values.
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Cretonnes
Jie Gee
Ovsaastras
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