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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1914
Page
5
Special Correspondent reports French losses kept secret as wounded flood Paris hospitals. Censorship, medals sent to families, and vigilance by secret service define daily life. Night life shrinks to Red Cross shows, trains stop, and hotels close while food stays abundant and spies remain active.
Special correspondent reports German forces advancing on Brussels via Huy and Jodoigne after feinting toward Diest. Troops described as cavalry and artillery with motor quick firers address Belgian and French resistance. News is tightly controlled, with Meuse chaos noted and cautious optimism among Belgian civilians.
A Maastricht dispatch reports German forces near Antwerp with Belgium ready to resist. Peasants shield retreating troops at Dinant and several escapees are shot, while a group of district girls are taken as interpreters. If Brussels falls, government may relocate to the Scheldt.
The French fleet in the Mediterranean swept up the Adriatic to Cattaro and sank an Aspern type Austrian cruiser of 2363 tons that had blockaded Antivari. Paris confirms a French fleet under Admiral de la Peyrere sank the cruiser. Cor respondents face expulsion amid Belgian movement.
The United States rescued bullion totaling 415000 dollars sent to the Bank of England from Falmouth via the Tennessee. Another 300000 dollars is to be used in aiding stranded Americans as Breckenridge and Page plan moves toward Rotterdam and Cherbourg. Major Hedekin oversees relief work aboard in France.
The British army council announces no war correspondents may accompany the expeditionary force for now. Although some passes were issued, they have been revoked as the council explains in a letter. The decision affects press access at the front.
Advertises Sargol as a re generative fat producing prep aration improving digestion and nerve strength. Claims six strength giving elements, proven by physicians and used by prominent people, with a month of use yielding flesh and vigor without harm or high cost. Leading druggists report strong demand for this nerve tonic fat producer.
Brusk Brussels Aug 17 reports detail German advances around Brussels halted by Belgian counteractions near Haelen and Diest. The piece describes widespread destruction, shell and shrapnel damage to houses and churches, burning cottages, and a grim battlefield with dead and ravaged fields. A Belgian visit notes control beyond Diest, prisoners and spies captured, and a German captive shot after extraction at Louvain.
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