German Submarine Raids Reported In Irish Sea
The article details U 21’s raids off the Irish coast sinking the Ben Cruachan and others, with ships like the Graphic and Leinster escaping after bold maneuvers. It also notes renewed Austro German pressure in Galicia and ongoing fighting around the Argonne and Verdun fronts.
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Irish Sea
Isle of Man
Liverpool
Irish
Graphic
U21
Atreus
Ava
Kathleen
Endymion
Leinster
Holyhead
Kingston
Dublin
Dublin Bay
Pathfinder
Battles Continue in East Prussia and Carpathians
Russian general staff reports ongoing battles north of Pillkallen and Gumbinnen with bayonet counterattacks at Lebegalen. On the Vistula approaches to Borsimov Germans are repulsed after losses. Carpathian clashes widen as Austrians push through San valley. Russian forces claim 35 officers and 2,500 prisoners. Black Sea actions include torpedo boats sinking Turkish ships and raids on Trebizond Rizah and nearby batteries.
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Petrograd
Vienna
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Galicia
Germany
Dukla Pass
Bergow Pass
San River
Przemysl
Bukowina
Lemberg
East Prussia
Pilkallen
Ninth Army
Inster
Insterberg
Tilsit
Bzura
Rawka
Warsaw
Borsimov
Pillkallen
Gumbinnen
Lebegalen
Vistula
Jidomitze
Carpathian
Dukla
Wyszkow
San
Sambor
Stry
Carpathians
Nijnia Polianka
Dukia
Jasliska
Baligrad
Loudoviski
Black Sea
Samsoon
Madjidish
Breslay
Trebizond
Rizah
la Grarie
Argonne
Paris
Vyszkow
Artillery Fighting Across Fronts As British Regain La Bassee
Paris reports state the day of the 30th saw artillery duels along many fronts. The British retook all trenches near La Bassee. Germans shelled Fonques Villers. French batteries damaged enemy guns, repulsed attacks in the Argonne near Fontaine Madame, and held Badonviller amid disputed claims of Angemont occupation.
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Paris
French War Office
la Bassee
Fonquesvillers
Arras
Roye
Soisegons
Rheims
Perthes
Argonne
la Grarie
Fontaine Madame
Vosges
Badonviller
Ofemont
Battle near Givenchy North of La Bassee Canal Report
British and French forces repelled German assaults along the La Bassee canal and at Givenchy on January 25. Eyewitness accounts describe close fighting, heavy German losses, and a successful Allied counterattack that reestablished a fresh line behind their original position. 53 prisoners were taken, while German casualties exceeded 1000.
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London
la Bassee Canal
Givenchy
Ypres
Zonnebeke
Austrian Statement on Artillery Duels in Galicia and Poland
Vienna reports vigorous artillery duels on both sides of the Dunajeo and Nida rivers with success in forcing the enemy to evacuate trenches. Other fronts saw engagements on the Polish front, while the Carpathians were quiet.
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Dumajec and
Nida
Galicia
Vienna
London
Dunajeo
Carpathians
German Statement on Allied Actions in France and Poland
Berlin reports a military statement listing French trench gains at Guinchy and near Carency with artillery duels in Flanders and a Russian attack repulsed east of Lodz. The dispatch is dated January 31 and released by army headquarters via wireless telegram.
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Berlin
Sayville
Army
Artillery Duels and Repatriation Front Remarks
Reports from Flanders describe artillery duels with no major events. In Guinchy near the La Bassée Bethune road, Germans seized French trenches at Carency northwest of Arras. East Prussian frontier saw no notable actions. In Poland near Borsimov east of Łódź a Russian assault was repulsed.
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Guinchy
la Bassee
Bethune
Carency
Arras
Berlin
Flanders
Poland
Borsimov
Lodz
Home Rule for Kaiser Noted in Trenches as War Ends
A British Tommy in France voices a bold forecast that Germany should receive home rule after the war, comparing it to the treatment of the Boers. He argues Britain is too soft-hearted and that harsh postwar justice is misguided.
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France
Tommy
First Order
Offensives and Horses Near the Front Lines
A Royal Horse Guards officer notes the war's strain and daily cross country rides. He mentions a top-hole jumper horse and many dykes and ditches with a troublesome wire.
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Royal Orse Guards
Russia Offered Peace Proposal Hidden in 1914 Telegram
The Official Messenger prints German broadcasts of emperor to emperor telegrams from before World War I. A July 29 1914 despatch from Tsar Nicholas II proposes submitting the Austro Serbian conflict to The Hague Tribunal.
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Petrograd
Russia
William
Hague Tribunal
Diplomatic Telegrams Reflect German Silence Ahead of War
The text notes Germany’s desire to pass over the alleged attempt to avert a collision made by Russia three days before the war. It quotes a foreign minister’s authorization to publish a telegram praising conciliatory tone, while requesting clarification of a divergent official message. It mentions routing the Austro-Serbian issue to The Hague conference and expresses trust in the recipient.
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Germany
British Peers Serving in Army Total 178
London Jan 24 By mail There are 178 peers serving in the British army including eight dukes ten marquesses 61 earls 22 viscounts and 77 barons The Earl of Annesley Viscount Hawarden and Lord Congleton have been killed in battle The Duke of Roxburghe the Marquesses of Northampton and Tweeddale the Earl of Leven and Lords Gerard and Somers have been wounded The Earls of Wrne and Stair have been taken prisoners by the Germans
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London
Earl of Annesley
Viscount Hawarden
Lord Congleton
Duke of Roxburghe
Northampton
Tweeddale
Earl of Leven
Gerard
Somers
Wrne
Stair
Germans Rush More Troops to Flanders Front
Amsterdam dispatch says large numbers of German troops destined for the Ypres front have been concentrated. French troops with war materials are assembling on the Ysér front and activity on the Ostend railway suggests another major effort to break through Allied lines in Flanders. Telegraaf reports 2000 mutinous German troops moved from Roulers to the eastern front.
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Amsterdam
London
Ypres
Telegraaf
Ysér-frort
Ostend
Flanders
Roulers
Cambridge Curate Transferred to Brockton Parish
The Rev. Irving Gifford D D of St. Pauls Cambridge moves to St. Patricks Brockton as junior curate replacing Rev James F Lynch who goes to Lowell.
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Cambridge
Brockton
Irving Gifford
D. D
St. Paul’s Church
St. Patrick's Church
James F. Lynch
Lowell
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