Germans Lose Four Battles Around Ypres and Alsace
German attacks along the Ypres salient were repulsed by Allied forces, while in Alsace German efforts to seize Aspach railway station failed. French and British counteroffensives from the lost provinces move toward Mulhausen and Altkirch, with the Meuse front near Verdun seeing French advances between St Mihiel and Pont a Mousson.
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Metz
Meuse
Paris
French War Office reports German attacks repulsed
Paris official communication says two German attacks at extremes of front failed near Ypres and Aspach. It notes French progress in La Pretre forest and repulses of violent assaults southeast of Ypres, plus actions in the Vosges and Serb front. Russian front advances cited in Galicia with towns Neu Sandec Grybow Zmigrad.
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Zillebeke
Zandvoorde
Germany
Poland
War Office
Ypres
Aspach
Alsace
la Pretre
France
Belgium
Vosges
la Mere Henri
Senones
Servia
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Baine Basta
German claims 11000 Russians captured in Poland drive
Berlin reports morning German headquarters say several Russian positions in northern Poland were stormed and 11000 prisoners taken along with 43 machine guns. It says French assault over a wide front in France at Flirey was repulsed with 600 prisoners lost and many killed or wounded. Rest of day quiet on western front.
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London
Poland
France
Apremont
Flirey
Cirey
East Prussia
Allied Forces Drive Back Russian Army Fronts
Vienna dispatch reports that Allied units have defeated the southern wing of the Russian army and repulsed all attacks along their entire battle front. The report comes via London dated December 13.
Servian Statement on Pursuit of Austrians and Prisoner Capture
Paris dispatch reports Servian forces chased fleeing Austrians and King Peter’s troops captured 4770 prisoners in the battle held last Friday. The Nish correspondent of Havas Agency provides the update from the front.
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Servian gains on fronts claim several towns and captives
On December 10 Servian forces pursued retreating enemies and occupied Basna Basta Regatchitza and Kamenitza with advances toward Milanovatz and Belgrade. Danube front unchanged. December 11 seven officers and 4770 soldiers were taken prisoner along with three machine guns eight field guns mountain mortars ammo and other war materiel.
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Regatchitza
Kamenitza
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Belgrade
Danube
German Boat Brings Sunken Collier's Crew
CALLOA Peru December 13 The German steamer Rhakotis of the Cosmos line arrived today but did not communicate with shore. It bears the crew of the British coal ship South Wales sunk off Chile after an encounter with the German cruiser Dresden. A dispatch on November 18 reported Rhakotis also carried the crew of Crown of Galicia, sunk by her own men or by German warships.
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Bride’s Ostrich Egg Cake Stuns Blencowe Nuptials
In Bloomsburg Iowa Miss Olivia P. Tescott married Frederick Blencowe at her home with a wedding cake made entirely of ostrich eggs. Employees of the African Ostrich Farm and Feather Company supplied the eggs and hired a baker for the unusual confection.
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Olivia P. Tescott
America
Frederick Blencowe
African Ostrich Farm and Feather Company
Dresden Sailor News From Punta Arenas Straits
Argentina reports German cruiser Dresden reached Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan with a sighting near Puerto Gallegos of a vessel resembling the Nurnberg. British forces were said to have sunk the Nurnberg. later reports said the Dresden vanished and fate remained uncertain.
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Nurnberg
Sturdee
Debated Fate of German Cruiser Squadron in South Atlantic
Reports from Buenos Aires and Valparaiso on December 8 place the German cruisers under Count von Spee in jeopardy after the Battle of the Falklands. Dispatches claim the Dresden was stranded at Puerto Gallegos or hiding in a Patagonian inlet, creating uncertainty about their fate.
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Frederick
Sturdee
Valkland Islands
Beunos Ayres
Dresden
Puerto Gallegos
Valparaiso
Chili
London
Patagonia
Death House Destroyed at Lily Pond House Fire
In Worcester the Lily Pond House on the Shrewsbury side of Lake Quinsigamond burned to the ground today in a fire suspected to be set by tramps. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. The 1907 Burnap murder drew national attention and led to a trial of a man and a woman, but no conviction yet.
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Lily Pond
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Charles L. Burnap
Two German Positions Captured and Cavalry Charge Inflicts Heavy Losses
The Russian general staff reports that on December 12 in the Miawa region they captured a German position near Przasnysz and Tsekhanoff and forced the retreat toward the front. A cavalry charge inflicted heavy losses, and another position north of the Bzura River was taken in the Lowicz Ilow area as Germans resisted near Cracow. The rest of the front saw no major changes, with ongoing battle south of Cracow. Carpathian maneuvers by Russian and Austrian forces continue.
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Petrograd
Przasnysz
Tsekhanoff
Dimitrieff
Germany
Hungary
Carpathians
Berlin
Servia
Peter
Frontier
Bzura
Vistula
Cracow
Poincare Visits Rheims Amid Ongoing Shelling
Paris reports President Poincare visited Rheims as bombardment by German forces continued daily. The city remained under shelling as authorities described the situation and the visit occurred during the crisis.
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Rheims
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