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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
7
An Associated Press correspondent visits French trenches in Flanders to find 100000 men visible yet quietly held in place. The report notes hidden German guns, barbed wire, and cavalry readiness, with aeronauts limited by enemy fire and transports delivering ammunition and food to frontline troops.
London dispatch says the government will withdraw or shift light ships buoys and signal lights after Dec 10 in a defined Channel area. Merchants are warned navigation there will be exceedingly dangerous without pilots stationed at specified ports.
London reports that post cards featuring Emperor William and the German Crown Prince are barred from the fighting line by English and French authorities. The move follows claims that German military law would subject cardholders who are captured to summary treatment.
London report quotes Chairman Hoover of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium describing a country of 7,000,000 beset by famine. He details relief distribution, central planning, and the brutal transport and communications blockades, with 15,000 sacks of flour in Brussels and a looming shortage across Liege, Namur, and other cities.
A front line letter describes not cowering under shell fire but continuing duties. The writer recalls a leg wound after an argument about Queen's Park Rangers, notes a comrade wounded while lighting a cigarette, and urges readers to keep eyes open for a coming surprise.
A British prisoner of war, Lonsdale, held at Doeberitz camp, was sentenced by a German court-martial to ten years for attacking camp custodians after a work disruption. The incident involved scuffling and rifles, with a sergeant major striking Lonsdale and witnesses urged to tell the truth without bias.
Paris reports that 200 of France’s 897 parliament members are serving in the army. The cabinet weighs how to arrange temporary leaves so they may attend the upcoming extraordinary sessions of Parliament.
Vienna reports the Austrian government has confiscated all oil production in Austria Hungary and barred refiners from supplying the trade. Dealers’ stocks are said to run dry in about 19 days.
France orders 300000 youths aged 18 to present themselves for examination starting December 20 1915. Training likely begins next March with possible deployment to the front as early as July if needed.
The poem portrays Caterham Camp as autumn light fades while Guards from Scotland Ireland and England drill. It celebrates the Guards Coldstream Grenadiers and Volunteers training to defend freedom, with lads from varied origins united as rank and file.
London receives word of the Audacious sinking off the northern Irish coast on October 28 after collision with what may be a German mine. British censor criticism follows the delayed disclosure of the disaster by American press copies.
The North German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, 9840 tons, drifted ashore today in a gale at Bergen while awaiting German ports. The vessel, once sailing Bremen to New York, has been unable to reach a German port since the war began and has been moored at Bergen and Odde.
Advertisement lists Misses evening dresses in chiffon with rosebud trimmings and laces, Crepe de Chine gowns in contrasting colors, fancy nets and chiffon with rosebud spangle trim, and girls dresses in white dimity and voile with embroidery. Prices range from 3.50 to 21.00, noting regulars up to 70.00 and special values around 25.00.
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