Allies retreat after four day battle in southern Serbia
British and French forces withdraw from southern Serbia after a four day fight with Bulgarian and German troops. Greece considers aiding the retreat with a political crisis looming as Saloniki remains a potential base. Montenegrins and Serbians conduct rear guard actions delaying Austrians near Ipek while Italians reinforce Valona to aid Serbians near Ochrida Lake. News from Mesopotamia and Gallipoli shows varied activity with Isonzo gains toward Gorizia.
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Ipek
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Valona
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War Office announces no change on western front and gains in Persia
The official communique says no change on the western front near Khumskeit and Kremenets. In Persia, Turkish and German rebels are defeated between Tehran and Hamadan, with prisoners taken in the Seebach valley. Artillery activity continues in the San Bellegrino and Avisio valleys and enemy attempts at Oslavia are repelled.
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Caucasus
Persia
Teheran
Hamadan
Seebach
San Bellegrino
Avisio
Oslavia
Gorizia
Dogna
Italian War Office Reports Minor Actions North of Leppe
The Italian war office reports minor actions between small detachments north of Lepis in the Cameras valley at Adige and in the Calamento valley at Masobrenta Torrenet in the Upper Chiazzo. The communique notes small engagements without detailing casualties or outcomes.
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Calamento
Masobrenta Torrenet
Chiazzo
War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
French retreat in southern Serbia completed as a new front is formed with Britain toward the River Bojsmia. German batteries silenced at Bois-en-Hache. Italian losses in Tripoli total around six thousand as Senussi and Tripolitanians push. Allied and Axis submarine actions sink several vessels with few survivors. Russian forces defeat a Turco-German detachment near Persia with heavy losses. Austrian plane crashes inside Russian lines near the Galician border. Teuton Bulgarian forces in Serbia seize 1200 prisoners and ten British guns. French repelled a hill attack near Souain with grenades.
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Ingstad
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Persia
Teheran
Hamadan
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Khumskeit
Kremenets
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Souain
Champagne
Withdrawal and new front in Balkan and Western theater
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces withdrawing from southern Serbia toward Kirvolak after failed Serbian junction efforts. The Army of the Orient notes a methodical retreat, heavy Bulgarian attacks repulsed, front extending toward the Bojfimie river amid ongoing Champagne grenade fighting. Western front artillery silenced German batteries at Artois and targets near Quennevieres and La Fontaine aux Charmes. Belgian batteries fired on enemy points and toward Spermalie Nessen Woumen.
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Spermalie
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Army of the Orient
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Champagne
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Teutons and Bulgars Take 1200 Prisoners and 10 Guns
German war office reports General von Koevess army captured about 1200 prisoners in two days and Bulgarian troops seized 10 British guns south of Strumitza. A French attack on Hill No 193 near Souain was repulsed with no other notable front events.
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U.S. Tanker Petrolite Attacked by Austrian Submarine
The American tank steamer Petrolite, attacked Sunday in the eastern Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine, arrived safely at Algiers with reports that the submarine forcibly took her provisions.
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Algiers
Arrival of tanker reported from Algeria consular despatch
A consular despatch from Algeria reports the tanker arrived after a shelling 19 hours from Alexandria by a submarine flying the Austrian flag. The captain said provisions were seized and one seaman was lightly injured. It remains unclear if the ship was warned before fire. Protests over provisions seizure likely.
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Four more vessels sunk in wartime losses
London reports the sinking of four ships the Italian Dante Alighieri, the Danish Minsk, and Norwegian Nereus and Ingstad. Crews from all but one Ingstad crew member were saved. Details list two Dantes, Nereus built in Rotterdam in 1898, Minsk of 1229 tons in Copenhagen, and Ingstad built 1910.
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Copenhagen
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England
Italians Lose Six Thousand In Tripoli Invasion
Reports from Constantinople via wireless to Sayville state well organized Senussi tribesmen and Tripolitanians captured the entire vilayet of Tripoli. Italian forces are said to have lost 6000 men killed and abandoned arms and ammunition as Senussi headquarters are reported at Suk-el-Dshuma near Tripoli.
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Lodge Defends Neutral Rights in Submarine Attacks Debate
Senate debates over Wilsons address and investigations into submarine attacks on Lusitania Falaba Hesperian Arctic Gulflight and Ancona. Lodge argues to widen inquiry to protect American lives and neutrality, with support from Works Walsh and Smith.
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California
Hoke Smith
Great Britain
Kaiser Sent for Boy-Ed and von Papen
The Emperor asked the United States to use its good offices to secure safe conducts for the departing Boy-Ed and von Papen attaches and their successors, who will be named later.
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United States
German recalls Papen and Boy Ed as U S requests action
Secretary Lansing announces from Berlin that Captain von Papen and Captain Boy Ed will be recalled in response to Washington's wishes. The German ambassador conveyed the Emperor's order, with possible further diplomatic talks on the attaches' withdrawal and safe conducts for their return to Germany.
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New York
United States
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von Papen
Germany
London
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France
Boy-Ed
Europe
Italian Reservists Cheer in France Arrival at Bordeaux
The French line steamer La Touraine arrived at Bordeaux from New York with three hundred Italian reservists aboard. They were welcomed by a French government representative and greeted by a crowded pier crowd in a display of enthusiasm.
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Bordeaux
France
la Touraine
New York
Dernburg Begins Secret Balkan Mission
Amsterdam dispatch says Dr. Bernhard Dernburg formerly German colonial secretary has arrived in Vienna on a political mission. He is said to plan visits to Roumania Greece Turkey and Bulgaria as part of Germany efforts in the region.
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