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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
6
Reports from the eastern front describe German forces driven across the Bzura River near Mistrzivice as Russian troops press toward Cracow. Austrian armies under Dankl and Boehme-Ermolli flee toward the Carpathians while Hindenberg’s center faces isolation near Warsaw.
The upcoming Sunday Post features a graphic pictorial and narrative tribute to General Barlow, highlighting his bold actions and military leadership. The piece aims to honor his courage and strategic impact.
George J. Whelan explains a profit sharing plan that ties coupons to standard quality merchandise. He details two fifth of a cent per coupon, one dollar buys eight cents of coupons, and outlines United Profit-Sharing Coupons used across forty manufacturers to reward steady customers with premium goods.
Paris reports multiple front developments as Allied troops occupy the Belgian village of St Georges and gain ground in the Argonne. German artillery bombards positions from Lys to Somme while counterattacks near Apremont are repulsed and Steinbach is besieged in Alsace.
Berlin reports western war progress near Nieuwport and southeast of Ypres with several French attacks repulsed and 200 prisoners taken. It notes an advance west of Apremont securing a fortified trench and three machine guns, plus continued Polish front progress against Russian forces along the Vistula and Bzura rivers.
Russian general headquarters reports small engagements between the Vistula and Pilica as German trenches on the right bank of the Bzura retreat to the left. They say heavy artillery dominates the Rawka and trenches near Sumino fall to Soviet assault. Across Galicia, troops push forward taking forts, guns, and machines guns, with 50 000 Austrians captured in the first half of December old style calendar.
Captain Oman commanding the armored cruiser North Carolina reported from Beirut Syria that a Russian cruiser, not an American vessel, had threatened to bombard Tripoli. The explanation was made in response to Secretary Daniels.
Captain Oman reports no American merchant vessel has sailed south of Alexandretta since December 9. An Athens dispatch described an American steamer crew attacked at Tripoli as foreign consuls and refugees tried to board, with the North Carolina threatening bombardment. Oman’s Beirut despatch notes December 25 Russian cruiser Askold reconnoitering near Tripoli and Banias, crews jeered, no prisoners or shots, and since December 9 the area remains quiet with British French and Russian patrols and no American ships south of Alexandretta.
Sir Henry Howard presented credentials to Pope Benedict as British Minister to the Vatican in Rome on December 29.
New York cables report two English cruisers sunk by submarines in Havre France. J F New of New Brunswick New Jersey a Cameronia passenger and member of a medical party said the disaster occurred there and they witnessed but heard few details amid the confusion.
Report notes fear of censorship in England and secrecy about the two sunken cruisers. Sailors rescued from the sinking were taken to Southampton, with Dec 10 or 11 as the approximate date. Havre reports claim British and German submarines penetrated mined areas, while no identities of the ships were disclosed.
Brig Gen William Curtis Chapelle M V M retired was honored at a complementary dinner at the Copley Square Hotel by the First Company Coast Artillery Corps M V M. The event marked the 60th anniversary of his enlistment. a bouquet was sent to Mrs Chapelle.
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