Brussels falls as German sweep advances in Belgium
Reports describe German forces advancing through northern Belgium with Brussels and Louvain evacuated. French and Belgian troops contest key towns like Mulhausen and Aerschot while fighting rages from Diest to Basle. Russian movements are hinted but details are sparse and news from Serbia and Montenegro remains limited.
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Paris
Brussels
Mulhausen
Louvain
Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
Moselle
Belgium
Meuse
Antwerp
Turnhout
Herenthals
Holland
French War Office
Diest
Basle
Luxemburg
France
Namur
Charleroi
Tirlemont
Northern Empire
St. Petersburg
Kielce
Rijbniza
Krasnik
Windballen
Lyk
Gumbinnen
Konigsberg
Baltic
Tilsit
Berlin
Stallupohnen
British Officer Describes French Cavalry Gallantry
A London letter dated August 14 reports a reconnaissance in force on Wednesday where French cavalry displayed conspicuous gallantry. The officer notes a week since leaving Southampton and mentions Uhlan officers taken prisoner, with names and places withheld.
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London
Southampton
Germans Protest Wireless Censorship in Indianapolis
Joseph Keller president of the United German Societies of Indianapolis sent a telegram to President Wilson urging the removal of censorship on German American wireless stations in the United States. He argues U S censorship of English allied cables is a farce since despatches arrive via Canada.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Keller
United German Societies of Indianapolis
Wilson
United States
England
Canada
Karina Sails Naples for Boston
The American yacht Karina owned by Theodore P. Burgess of Boston sailed from Naples for Boston yesterday with the owner and his family. The Cunard steamer Altonia with many American refugees aboard will sail from Naples for New York on Friday.
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Rome
Paris
Karina
Theodore P. Burgess
Boston
Naples
Cunard Line
Altonia
New York
Bomb Explodes Aboard Train Injuring Travelers Near Rome
Naples dispatch reports a bomb in the first class compartment of a Rome bound train exploded injuring a number of travelers. Details on injuries and motive remain limited as authorities investigate the attack in Italy.
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Paris
Havas
Naples
Rome
President Wilson finds no ground for foreign objections
President Wilson said there is no ground for foreign governments to object to the United States purchasing vessels to carry American products abroad. He stated the primary aim is to move American goods to markets and lessen the war's impact on U.S. commercial position.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
English Forces Hold Belgian Front as Uhlan Officer Praises Rhodes Scholar
A correspondent relays frontline Hoonr notes from Belgium noting two engagements with German outposts, progress in friendly country, and disorganized German transport. Prisoners report German apathy toward the campaign, while a wounded Uhlan officer praises an English staff member who is a Rhodes scholar from New College Oxford. The officer believed England would remain neutral.
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Belgium
New College
Oxford
England
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