British Retreat From Serbia Stuns Allied Forces
The official account details a disastrous withdrawal of the Tenth Division from near Lake Doiran toward the Vardar valley amid heavy enemy assaults. Eight field guns were abandoned, with 150 British casualties, while French troops pull back to the Greek frontier and Bulgarian forces push toward Saloniki.
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Lake Loiran
Vardar
Munster Fusileers
Dublin Fusileers
Connaught Rangers
British Boat Rescued by French After Air Battle
French officials report Allied air forces repelled three German hydro planes off the Belgian coast as a British cargo boat grounded was refloated under fire from a German battery. In Champagne and Masigges sector Allied forces bombarded German trenches and tunnels while in the Vosges intermittent cannonading continued amid a snowstorm. Belgian army actions included counter shelling at Lugham and engagements near Dixmude and Denthou. Bulgarian attacks near Smokcija Lake Doiran were repulsed as forces withdraw.
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Paris
War Office
Belgium
Dunkirk
Champagne
Massiges
Chausson Ridge
Vosges
Lugham
Dixmude
Denthou
Army of the Beast
Smokgica
Lake Doiran
Hill 193
Munitions Explosion Kills 110 at Havre Factory
Paris dispatch reports 110 people killed in yesterday’s explosion at the Belgian munitions factory in Havre. Despatch to Temps states the casualty figure and location.
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Paris
Havre
Plant Juice Herbal Tonic Promoted In Local Ad
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a stomach tonic to cure headaches back aches dizziness and insomnia. It cites a testimonial from Oscar Clark custodian of the G A R Hall about malarial fever and long stomach trouble improved after using Plant Juice and promotes the Liggett Drug Co store as the seller.
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Oscar Clark
Summer Street
G. A. R. Hall
Lignett Drug Cos
Washington and
Avon Streets
German Statement on Neuve Chapelle Repulse and Balkan Wins
Berlin reports a British detachment failed to break German lines near Neuve Chapelle. It cites sporadic Vosges patrol fighting and notes weak Russian advances repulsed near Lake Warsung and Jacobstadt. More than 6500 prisoners were captured by Austro Hungarian columns in the Albanian mountains, with Roij and Ipek sites yielding 40 guns.
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Berlin
London
Neuve Chapelle
Lille
Vosges
Lake Warsung
Jacobstadt
Pinsk
Roij
Ipek
Todoroff
Black Sea
Khopa
Petrograd
Austro-Hunga
France
Miraumont
Hervilly
Austrian Seaplane Raid Bombed Ancona Station
Vienna reports an Austrian seaplane squadron bombed Ancona on the Adriatic coast with very good results. The attack targeted the railway station electric works and military objectives and all aircraft returned unharmed despite heavy fire.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
London
Ancona
Italy
War Office
Czartorvsk
Giudicaria
Chiese
Concei
Dolomites
Sief
Gorizia
Monte San Michele
Italian Adriatic
Bulgarian Push Near Greek Border on Salonika Railway
Sofia statement reports Bulgarian troops advancing toward the Greek border about 15 miles from it along the Salonika railway while engaging the Anglo French expeditionary force in southern Serbia. Heavy British and French losses said to occur during their retreat.
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London
Serbia
Saloniki
Sofia
Berlin
Demir-Kapu
Mirovca
Hubovo
Galicia
Tarnopol
Petrograd
Allied advances push toward Demir Kapu and Mirovca
News reports describe a mounted pursuit through the Demir Kapu pass reaching Mirovea station. French and British positions at Hubovo and nearby hubs are seized with large stockpiles of cartridges wheat butter wine and firearms taken. Enemy losses cited as heavy while civilian exodus accompanies retreat. The eastern half of Dtruga is reported in our hands.
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Vardar
Kosturino
Demir-Kapu
Mirovea Station
Calkali
Tatarei
Rabrevo
Valandovo
Hubovo
Sarrail
Mirovca
Dtruga
Died in His Cellar Home After Fire
Daniel J. Mahoney aged 70 died in a cellar dwelling that remained after his Phelps street house burned in a famous fire. He refused to leave, choosing to board over the cellar, furnish a small room, and continue living there as his family moved to Danvers Heights.
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Salem
Daniel J. Mahoney
Mahoney
Phelps Street
Danvers
British and Allied Retreats and Skirmishes Across Fronts
The report covers British forces retreating from Lake Doiran in southern Serbia attacked by Bulgarians with heavy losses. Other notes include French and British withdrawals in Serbia and attritional combat near Champagne and the Vosges, Belgian coast actions, Austrian raids on Ancona, and German counterattacks and air operations across multiple fronts.
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Lake Doiran
Serbia
Doubt in Berlin on Tanker Attacks Report
Berlin reports no independent confirmation of submarine attacks on American tankers Petrolite and Communicaw. British wireless service says both ships reached port with only slight damage.
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Berlin
Sayville
Petrolite
Communicaw
Germany
Submarine Attack Report Tangles Transit Claims
News agency reports say the submarine commander ignored stop orders violating international law, with no U.S. offense found. Petrolite arrived at Algiers Dec 10 claiming attack by an Austrian-flag submarine. one seaman slightly hurt, provisions seized, no warning noted before fire. Communipaw had not yet touched port since leaving Alexandria for New York Dec 8. initial Dec 7 sinking report may have confused it with another vessel.
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United States
Washington
Algiers
Alexandria
Egypt
New York
Lloyds
War Office Bulletin Reports Static Western Front and Local Galician actions
Russian war report from Petrograd via London notes no change on the western front. In Galicia near Tarnopol small enemy detachments attacked villages but were repelled with casualties and captures. Caucasus near Khopa reports Turkish advances checked with heavy losses. Russian troops pursue retreating forces toward Sultan Bulac Pass near Hamadan.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Galicia
Stripa
Marianka
Youzefovka
Beniata
Tarnopol
Black Sea
Khopa
Hamadan
Sultan Bulac Pass
Greeks to retire before Bulgars frontier clash feared
A French source reports Colonel Phallis of the Greek commission told French generals that if the Bulgarian army needed to cross the frontier to pursue allied troops the Greek army would retire before Bulgarian forces to avoid dangerous contact, according to a Reuters dispatch from Saloniki dated December 11.
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London
Phallis
Saloniki
Pass of Balmaha Declared Enemy Vessel by Prize Court
The prize court ruled the American ship Pass of Balmaha an enemy vessel after evidence showed it flew the British flag until 1914 and was sold to an American firm after the war began. Captured en route to Archangel with cotton, the cargo sold for 2 500 000 marks. Proceedings on proceeds set for December 18. Consul General Henry H. Morgan attended. The court also rejected indemnity bids from several Danish and Norwegian ships sunk carrying timber to England.
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Hamburg
London
Henry H. Morgan
England
British Air and Artillery Actions Reported from France
British communique says on Wednesday 16 our planes bombed a Miraumont stores depot and Hervilly aerodrome with all planes returning. Artillery bombarded Wez Marquart La Bouteillierie while a fire burned Cite Saint Elie. Neuve Chapelle bombing party entered German trenches, destroyed one machine gun, caused enemy casualties. one officer and four soldiers wounded. Weather stormy and wet since last report.
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London
France
Miraumont
Somme
Hervilly
Wez Marquart
la Bouteilierie
Cite Saint Elie
Armentieres
Neuve Chapelle
Heavy cannonading heard from Ypres
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports, via the Telegraaf, that for 24 hours an uninterrupted bombardment has been audible from the Ypres front. The cannonade between noon and 2 pm was so heavy that the fire could be distinctly observed on the horizon.
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London
A_ Reuter
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Ypres
British Troops Land in Saloniki Amid Fog
Despatch from Saloniki reports contingents of British troops landed today. Fog, unusually thick, blankets Saloniki and surrounding areas as brief dispatches note the new arrivals.
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London
Reuter
Saloniki
Concert for Pension Fund by the Boston Symphony
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr Karl Muck presented the first of two pension fund concerts at Symphony Hall. The program featured Tschaikowsky fifth symphony in a dramatic reading, with Strauss Blue Danube Namoria and Rossini William Tell overture in the second half. The audience was large and enthusiastic.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Symphony Hall
Boston
Lalo
Namoria
Rossini
Strauss
Mack
Boston Symphony
Kaiser Snubs His Friend Rintelen in New U S Row
Count von Bernstorff announced Germany disavowed Captain Franz von Rintelen and has no instructions for acts violating U S law. Rintelen, a German agent, was alleged to try inciting strikes and fund counter revolutions with links to Labor's National Peace Council. He was seized by British authorities and held in the Tower of London.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Franz von Rintelen
United States
State Department
America
Rintelen
Tower of London
Mexico
Labor's National Peace Council
William
Walmouth
Germany
Bulgarians Take 10 British Guns in Vardar Valley Fight
A Sofia headquarters report dated December 8 details Bulgarian gains in the Vardar region. British prisoners number 400 and 10 artillery pieces seized. French forces suffer heavy losses as Bulgarians press along the Doloroda to Gradec and Rabrovo areas.
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Berlin
Sarville
Strumitsa
Vardar
Sofia
Petrova
Mirovea
Klisura
Davidova
Doloroda
Gradec
Udomo
Valandovo
Rabrovo- Kiri
Platovo
Zourves
Explosion mystery and ammunition found near plant blast
The investigation notes an un determined explosion cause while revealing boxes from the United States containing an apparatus to start deflagration. Workmen’s careful handling is cited though imprudence is possible. Nearby camp for German prisoners and a separate plant fire nine months ago are mentioned.
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United States
Bea
Desmarais Oil Company
Italian Red Cross Concert Shines At Symphony Hall
A Dante Alighieri Society charity concert in Symphony Hall drew a large audience for the Italian Red Cross fund. Soloists Miss Marie Almagia Luisa Villani Ruth Lavers George Baklanoff Giovanni Zenatello Carmine Mabrizio and Mme Mimi Agugna performed under Roberto Moranzoni Enrico Tehoffe and Carlo Buonamici with vigorous conducting. Encores followed and the program included Martucci pieces and the William Tell overture.
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Symphony Hall
Dante Alighieri Society
Italian Red Cross Fund
Marie Almagia
Luisa Villani
Ruth Lavers
George Baklanoff
Giovanni Zenatello
Carmine Mabrizio
Mme
Mimi Agugna
d’'Annunzio
Roberto Moranzoni
Enrico Tehoffe
Carlo Buonamici
Martucci
Rossini
Messrs. Leboffe
Maranzoni
Mme. Villani
Bulgars Attack Allies as Front Remains Hot
A Saloniki despatch reports intensified Bulgarian assaults on the entente front with allies retreating in an orderly fashion. British lines north of Doiran improve as reinforcements arrive from Saloniki and fresh troops land daily.
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Paris
Havas
Saloniki
Doiran
Montenegrins Take Thirty Prisoners
Paris dispatch reports Montenegrin advance guards fighting along the front on the 19th. The Montenegrin consulate confirms capture of 30 prisoners in the engagement.
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Paris
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