Germans Pierce British Lines At Ypres Front
German forces shift offensive from Artois to Belgium and smash through British trenches near Ypres. Artillery bombardment followed by infantry attacks secure a breach several hundred yards wide on a front estimated between 600 and 800 yards, with Berlin citing 800 yards and British officials confirming about 600 yards.
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London
Artois
Champagne
France
Belgium
Ypres
Berlin
World War I Front Roundup From Berlin Claims and Battles
Berlin says most trench defenders were killed with one officer and several dozen soldiers captured. In Artois German forces occupy a crater near Lens and Bethune as French guns shell Lille road areas. French bombardments target German positions north of Vieil-Sur-Aisne and northeast of Soissons while Argonne reports a mine explosion and crater occupation. Champagne North Tahure repulsed French infantry. Vosges near Ober-Sept sees similar failure. Russian front activity around Dvinsk and Pripet River areas with no major changes. Italian efforts to retake Monte Rombon as Austrians hold positions reported by Vienna. Sizra sides and Seebach Valley areas remain Austrian-held.
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Artois
Lens
Bethune
Lille
Viec-sur-Aisne
Soissons
Argonne
Monte Rombon
Vienna
Sizra
Seebach
Paris
Handzaeme
Flanders
Champagne
Somme-Py
Ypres
Soine
France
Crater
Tahure
Sisera
Felia
Wiesch
Milan
Italy
Schio
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Chatham
England
London
Erzerum
Petrograd
Dvinsk
Illoukst
Pripet River
Ezetzy
War News In Brief From Front Lines Across Europe
French artillery pummels German works near Soissons and Somme Py trenches are retaken by French forces. German advances threaten Ypres while Paris cites heavy bombardments. Belgian airmen strike Handzaeme. Italian and Austrian actions span Sisera to Milan. Arethusa survivors reach Chatham as Erzerum fort falls to Russians. Cossacks rout Austrians south of the Pripet.
War fronts report Italian bombardment and Turkish counteractions
The Austro Italian front near the Fella Valley and Viesh Mountain sees heavy bombardment as Italians strike. Russians push in the Caucasus taking a fort at Erzerum, while Constantinople says counterattacks halted their progress. In Mesopotamia, Kut el Amara and Felahie remain unchanged with British operations ongoing against Turks.
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Viesh Mountain
Caucasus
Erzerum
Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Kut-el-Amara
Felahie
Erzerum Fort Captured After Artillery Prep
Russian war communiqué reports a successful assault in the Erzerum region, storming a fort and taking more than 20 guns along with prisoners and munitions. The notice also notes air activity over Riga, intense fighting near dillourist crater, and Cossack forces destroying an Austrian unit south of the Pripet.
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Caucasus Front
Erzerum
Russia
Riga
Dvirsk
Dillourist
Medmousk Lakes
Rougeuenisky
Pripet
Ezetzy
Stripa
German Statement Details Allied Setbacks On Various Fronts
Berlin reports on February 15 that on the Western front southeast of Ypres British positions were advanced briefly with heavy losses to defenders. Lens to Bethune border crater was occupied after a mine. French attacks near Somme and Rheims repulsed. Champagne near Tahure held. Meuse region shelled. Obersetz counterattack failed. Eastern front shows no major change with ongoing artillery fighting. A German plane shot down a Russian near Tarnopol. Balkan front quiet.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Ypres
Lens
Bethune
Somme
Rheims
Champagne
Tahure
Meuse
Flabus
Ornes
Obersetz
von Bothmer
Grobla
Sareth
Tarnopol
Balkan
Men�s pants sale at Harrison Co window display
Advertising brief notes $3.50 men�s pants and $1.98 final sale on cassimeres and worsteds. Mentions Harrison Co at 662 672 Washington St near Beach with window displays.
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Adut
New Taxes Expected Asquith Signals War Finance
London notes the opening of Parliament with Asquith urging national economy and hinting at broad new taxes. Kitchener in the Lords reviews war efforts, warns against exemptions, and backs troops from Greece to Saloniki. A large credit vote looms as import restrictions expand.
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Mr. Asquith
House of Commons
Earl Kitchener
House of Lords
Asquith
Lords
Serbia
Saloniki
Greece
Gallipoli
Lord Kitchener
Parliament to discuss England air defence on throne address
Harold T. Cawley of the Liberal party argues for no gain from government beyond a stronger wartime effort. Debate in Parliament tomorrow centers on air defence, via William Joynson Hicks' throne speech amendment urging firmer air services nationwide.
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Harold T. Cawley
England
William Joynson- Hicks
French War Office Reports Tome of Actions on Front Lines
Paris reports a calm day with French trench guns shelling German positions near Lille and Soissons, mines exploded at La Fille Morte, and a recaptured trench area east of Tahure Sommepy. Belgian note cites airstrike on Handzaeme aerodrome. Patrol encounters noted in Reillon. night quiet otherwise.
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War Office
Artois
Lille
Oise
Epagny
Vic-sur-Aisne
Soissons
Argonne
la Fille Morte
Alsace
Seppois
Handzaeme
Champagne
Tahure
Sommepy
Lorraine
Reillon
Caucasus and Irak Front Actions Reported in New Frontline
Turkish statement from Constantinople dated February 15 reports intensified Caucasus front action with two Russian aeroplanes damaged and forced down. In Irak front, Feb. 7 attacks on British near Bothia caused retreat and heavy British losses in battles between Kurna Nasriyeh. An English political agent wounded and retreating enemy forces suffered dead casualties.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
Caucasus Front
Bothia
Kurna
Suk-Esh-Sheyuk
Nasriyeh
British reports heavy bombardment and trench breaches near Ypres
The British official communication says after a heavy night bombardment along the Ypres salient the enemy launched several infantry attacks. They broke into our front trench between the Ypres Comines Canal and the Ypres Comines railway on a 600 yard front, while other attacks failed and bombardment continued on both sides.
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London
Ypres
Hooge
Ypres-Comines
Austro Hungarian War Report and Economic Views Cited
Wireless dispatch from Berlin reports Italian artillery strikes near Sisera and Seebach, plus aerial bombing of Milan and factory targets. Separate notes critique retail price bills, praise New Haven line ownership, and feature economists predicting gradual postwar business adjustments including labor shortages and currency inflation.
New England Dry Goods Association denounces Stevens and Ayers bills
Resolutions condemn passage of the Stevens bill and the Ayres bill now before Congress as harmful and unnecessary. They claim the measures favor large manufacturers and create a monopoly, adopted at a Copley Plaza meeting last night.
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Providence
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New London
Boston
New England
Jordan Marsh Company
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Wilson
0. M. W. Sprague
Finance Department
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
United States
Stevens
Ayerer
Congress
New England Dry Goods Association
Copley Plaza
Price maintenance and wartime industry shifts debated
Prof. Paul T. Cherrington of Harvard argues that exports may not fall postwar and that wartime retooling in Germany for military uniforms shows how production must reorganize. He presents both sides of price maintenance and how brand quality affects retailer decisions.
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Germany
Paul T. Cherrington
Harvard
Dinner Honors Overseers Chief Mr Fowler at Thorndike
At the Hotel Thorndike last night a dinner honored the anniversary of Mr Fowler's appointment as chairman of the Overseers of the Poor. Seventy five attendees and many speakers lauded his integrity and executive ability as leader of the department.
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Fowler
Cordage Plant Strike Ended After 5 Percent Pay Rise
Italian workers in Plymouth vote to accept Plymouth Cordage Company offer of a 5 percent wage increase ending a four week strike that left 2065 employees idle. Two mills operated today as many strikers returned. third to open tomorrow. Strike began January 17 with demands rising from nine to twelve dollars weekly.
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Plymouth Cordage Company
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