Zeppelins for London Driven Back by Dover Forts
German air raid over the Dover straits failed to reach London as five Zeppelins were driven back by Dover forts and searchlights. German submarines were fired upon in the Strait of Dover while the Zeppelins hovered overhead. Across Europe, battles continued along the La Bassee front with British and French troops repelling intense German assaults.
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Dover
la Bassee
Dover Forts
Strait of Dover
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Harwich
Yarmouth
Cromer
Zeebrugge
la Bassee Canal
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Albert
la Grarie
Argonne
Verdun
Bagatelle
Meuse
Moselle
Alsace
St. Mihiel
Pont-a-Mousson
Lorraine
Hartmansweiler Kopf
Cernay
Bryan rejects Germanys claim over hydro aeroplanes
Secretary Bryan informs German ambassador Count von Bernstorff that the United States does not admit hydro aeroplanes to be vessels of war. He notes aircraft are aircraft and not ships, and that treaty and international law do not require neutral interference with deliveries to belligerents. Bryan also cites Hague conventions and German use of contraband classifications.
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England
Washington
Germany
Russia
Bryan
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
United States
Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
America
Herschel Spillman Motor Factory
North Tonawanda
Tonawanda Boat Company
J. Bernstorffr
Reichstag Gesetzblatt
Ww. J. Bryan
Germans claim gains southwest of Mlawa and southern Poland
Berlin reports the German army headquarters says little happened in the western theater. On the East Prussian frontier nothing new occurred. Russians were driven from some positions southwest of Mlawa near the Vistula. German forces gained more ground south of the Vistula in central Poland and renewed attacks south of the Pilica River.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Pilica River
Poland
Austrian War Statement On Russian Poland and Galicia
Vienna reports a terse official update from London noting increased military activity in Russian Poland and West Galicia. It cites local successes, repulsed Russian attacks west of Lupkow Pass, and the capture of five officers, 800 men, two cannons and two machine guns on a wooded ridge. No notable change in Bukowina or the southern theatre.
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Vienna
London
Poland
Galicia
Lupkow Pass
Carpathians
Bukowina
French War Office reports repelled German attack near Bethune and La Bassee
Paris dispatches summarize a violent Jan 31 to Feb 1 assault along the Methune La Bassee front repelled with German deaths. Other actions include a failed Beaumont Hamel probe, mine evacuation at Bagatelle, and artillery activity across Ypres Aisne Champagne Argonne and Vosges fronts with winter snow.
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Paris
War Office
Methune
la Bassee
Beaumont Hamel
Albert
Argonne
Fontaine Madame
la Grarie
Bagatelle
Vosges
Alsace
French War Office
Ypres
Aisne
Oise
Berry-au-Bac
Champagne
Mesail-les-Hurlus
Moors Show Loyalty to France During Prophet Anniversary
A Rabat despatch reports Moors in Morocco display loyalty to France and Sultan Mulai Yusuf during the Prophet anniversary. General Lyautey met tribal chiefs at a reception, the Sultan declined gifts to send tributes to France for wounded relief, and a review of native troops followed near the French camp beside a detention area housing a thousand German prisoners.
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Paris
Rabat
Morocco
France
Lyautey
Mulai Yussef
Russians Take Persian City Tabriz
Petrograd reports the occupation of Tabriz Persia by Russian forces on January 30 after heavy fighting that saw four Turkish field guns, provisions, and munitions lost and many prisoners taken. Fronts beyond Tabriz remained cut off with Turkish forces in retreat.
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Petrograd
Tabriz
Persia
Caucasus
English Women Under War Strain Highlighted by Bradford Letter
A letter from Mrs. Beryl S. Bradford to former Senator Edward B. Callender portrays the toll of wartime on English women. Extracts illustrate daily labor, hardship, and endurance amid ongoing conflict.
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England
Beryl S. Bradford
Edward B. Callender
Wartime Letter From England Describes Frontline Losses And Home Efforts
In a London dispatch dated January 11 1915 the writer details Ernie at the front near Ypres with the Duke of Wellington’s regiment and heavy casualties including 44 officers. He notes his son Jack’s success at Sandhurst and plans to join Flanders, while describing harsh trenches and frost bitten feet. The writer also recounts organizing patrols and a war house to aid soldiers and girls, expressing resolve amid deep public anxiety.
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England
Ernie
Ypres
Duke of Wellington
Lady Bruce
Willie
Honorable Artillery Company
Jack
Hoth
Sandhurst
Flanders
Bournemouth
London
War to raise price of beer in Berlin
In Berlin on February 1 bread sales began under new rules with no enforcement measures yet and no rush to buy. Swine fetch 95 marks per 50 kilograms while beer price is expected to rise to 1 58 marks. the National Brewers Association cites higher labor costs and other ingredients as causes.
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Berlin
National Brewers’ Association
Germany Seeks Romanian Grain Supply
Berlin reports Bucharest intends to ship a large, pre arranged grain quantity to Germany with transportation to be provided by Germany.
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Berlin
Bucharest
Roumania
Germany
Ship Bill Faces Defeat by Democrats in Senate Clash
The Senate erupted in a heated fight over the ship purchase bill as Democrats and Republicans clashed. Key votes shifted with several Democrats joining Republicans on chair rulings and motions to recommit, leaving the fate of the bill precarious amid calls for caucuses and possible revisions.
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Norris
Kenyon
Jan Follette
Poindexter
Clarke
Senate Chamber
Bankhead
Alabama
Camden
Kentucky
Arkansas
Hardwick
Georgia
Bryan
Florida
Hitchcock
Nebraska
O'Gorman
New York
Smith
Vardaman
Mississippi
Stone
Missourian
Senator Stone
la Follette
Clark
Wilson confident on shipping bill passage
President Wilson remains confident the shipping bill will pass. He conferred tonight with Secretary Bryan and Senator Williams. White House sources say there will be no setup in the fight and the administration will not oppose minor alterations to win support while avoiding international complications.
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Fletcher
Reed
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Lea
Tennessee
Penrose
Goff
Williams
Clarke
Kern
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
White House
Germans may raid churches for copper, warns union official
Amsterdam dispatch cites Dr. Schuster, secretary of the Germany Iron Founders' Union, saying Germany could hoard copper from church monuments and copper cupolas to last about 30 years. He warned that any copper needed in conquered Belgium and France would be seized.
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Amsterdam
London
Germany
Schuster
Germany Iron Founders’ Union
Dusseldorf
Tijol
Belgium
France
French Torpedo Boat 219 Reported Sunk Near Nieuwport
Berlin reports from Paris via Overseas News Agency that the French torpedo boat 219 has sunk off Nieuwport Belgium. The same source says German aircraft bombed the French town of Bailleul near Hazebrouck on the Belgian frontier.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Paris
Nieuwport
Belgium
Bailleul
Hazebrouck
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