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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
7
Petrograd reports the general staff says Russians may abandon Lodz as German efforts on the Lodz Lowicz line failed. Defence of the large city is difficult, creating a strained front and communications to the rear. A lull on the Vistula may lead to reforming lines near Lodz.
The report covers two weeks of combat on the left bank of the Vistula during late November and early December. Russian forces, advancing southwest, reached a line from the Warta to the Nidzitsa as Austrian and German units retreated, aided by a strengthened right wing, while Russian rear guards hindered the offensive and the enemy exploited the railroad to gain ground.
A catalog entry lists Caecane women’s suits in broadcloth diagonal cheviot and poplin. One style features a belted blouse coat with plain tailored and yoke skirts. Another style offers a coat with long tailored lines and side pocket effects paired with a yoke skirt.
A detailed report describes German attempts to break the Polish front between Thorn and Slouptsy, with Austrian and Galician support shifting highways and rear lines. Russian reserves countered, yielding gains for our forces along the Vistula corridor and near Lodz as German assaults waned by December.
Private Whitaker describes a brutal front line clash with large attacking forces near a Crystal Palace crowd. He details bayonet charges, hot rifles, and fallen comrades, including his captain urging, Give them socks, my lads. The field is described as covered with the fallen.
Washington December 8 Brigdier General Crozier chief of ordnance and Rear Admiral Badger told the House military and naval committees that the United States would not need guns like the German great howitzers and that American field guns are as good as any in the world.
The commander argued that no fleet head would risk ships by engaging a fortified position or a battle with mines before facing another fleet. He noted the British fleet influence would deter such risky preliminary actions.
A wartime ode urges British sires to watch their sons in battle with courage and resolve. It frames the clash as heroic, with ancestral flags lifting high and sons facing steel instead of arrows.
The record notes the blockade’s success in hindering German trade, safeguarding Allied shipping and neutral commerce. Rear Admiral Fletcher, succeeding Badger, will testify, with Secretary Daniels and Brigadier General Scott slated as witnesses at upcoming committee hearings.
In St Louis on December 8, Lester Moody aged 16 and Thomas Clapp aged 20, both from Tamms Illinois, confessed to the police that they killed two brothers.
Police report two brothers, David and Adam Brown, were murdered and found dead in their residence near Tamms last Sunday, prompting a homicide investigation and requests for tips from the public.
Justice Newburger in the New York Supreme Court ruled that the Public Service Commission can void subway contractor agreements or compel contractors to hire only American citizens, enforcing contract citizenship clauses amid injunction proceedings.
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