Russians and Germans in Great Battle Near Warsaw Front
The report describes a 200 mile front battle with both sides reinforcing, Russian and German troops massing west of Plock, and a shifting line from Lowicz to Lodz. French and Belgian forces near Nieuwport gain a new coastal line while Ypres area sees allied progress. Belgrade falls to the Serbs as Austrians retreat, with Galicia and Carpathian fronts active and Cracow and Przemysl targets in play.
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Lowicz
Lodz
Petrograd
Vistula
Ilow
Plock
Prussia
Thorn
Warsaw
Prussian
Mlawa
Berlin
Alsace
Paris
Nieuwport
North Sea
Lombaertryde
St. George’s
Ostend
British War Office
Ypres
Hollebeke
Woteschaete
France
Flanders
Belgrade
Servia
Galicia
Poland
Carpathians
Hungary
Cracow
Przemysl
You Have Done Great Things You Have Done Great Things
A poem complains of German defeat in World War I. It notes Notre Dame bomb, halted Paris advance, and Kaiser forces retreat across Belgium. The speaker highlights Belgium’s suffering, Russian pressure, and the naval blockade while praising the enemy’s failures.
East Weymouth Veteran Stephen Price Dies at 78
Stephen Price, Civil War veteran and longtime resident of East Weymouth, died at his Cedar Street home at age 78 after weeks of ill health. The funeral is planned for Friday afternoon. Dolly Dip introduces a new Sunday Post feature combining music story and pictures.
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East Weymouth
Stephen Price
G. L. Whitcomb
Cedar Street
Dolly Dip
New Sunday Post
Fierce Fighting Near Lowicz Moves Front Slightly
Russian dispatch from Petrograd reports continued action in the Mlawa region with fierce clashes along the Vistula and near Lowicz. German reinforcements concentrate on the left bank, while the front from Czestochowa to Cracow shows weakening enemy movements toward the Carpathian passes.
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Petrograd
London
Mlawa
Vistula
Nlow
Lowicz
Bzura
Czenstochowa
Cracow
Carpathians
Galicia
French Belgian Troops Advance From Nieuwport Near Ypres
French and Belgian forces debouched from Nieuwport and occupied positions from Lombaertzyde to St George s farm. South of Ypres an attack toward Klein Zillebeke gained 600 metres while Alsace heights near Steinbach remain held. no other front changes reported.
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Paris
French War Office
Belgium
Nieuwport
Lombaertzyde
St. George’s
Ypres
Klein Zillebeke
Alsace
Steinbach
German Right Wing Reculs Warsaw Drive as French Attacks Fail
Berlin reports a German withdrawal from Soldau toward Mlawa due to Soviet numerics and weather. French assaults southeast of Ypres, near Suippes, northeast of Verdun, and near St Mihiel fail with heavy losses. In Vosges, fighting continues. 300 prisoners taken and Steinbach recaptured near Sennheim.
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Berlin
London
Warsaw
Orth
Army Headquarters
Soldau
Prussia
Mlawa
East Prussia
Ypres
Suippee
Verdun
Ailly
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Flirey
Toul
Vosges
Steinbach
Sennheim
Austrians Abandon Belgrade After Retreat Due to War Strain
Vienna reports Belgrade evacuated without fighting as Austrians say right wing withdrawal changed the southern front. Official notes claim fatigued troops remain spirited and that western Galicia offensive forced the enemy to retreat with 31,000 Russian prisoners taken. enemy fronts wavering along Rajbrot Niepolowice Wolbrom Nowo Radomsko Piotrkow.
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Vienna
London
Belgrade
Galicia
Poland
Jaslo
Rajbrot
Nieplowice
Wolbrom
Nowo Radomsko
Piotrkow
Carpathians
Latorozatal
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North Sea Coast
Eimer & Amend
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