Invasion Drives Russian Army Deep Into East Prussia
Russian forces push north from the Angerberg area toward Koenigsberg driving toward Berlin lines. They destroy Pogegen station near Tilsit and converge on Insterberg while German reserves rush north from Warsaw fronts."}
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East Prussia
Tilsit
Koenigsberg
Baltic Sea
Mazurian
Nicholas
Berlin
Angerberg-Johannisberg
Pogegen
Insterburg
Germany
Insterberg
Bzura
Rawka
Warsaw
Galicia
Inster River
Gumbinnen
Darkehmen
Heavy snow halts fighting in West Galicia and Poland
Vienna reports a heavy snowfall across West Galicia and Poland limiting actions to patrol skirmishes. In the Carpathians west of Uzsok Pass Russian assaults were repulsed with heavy losses, 400 prisoners taken, while calm prevailed in Bukowina.
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West
Galicia
Poland
Uzsok Pass
Carpathians
Ilzsok Pass
Vezerasallas
Voloves
Bukowina
Nautical School Graduate Named Panama Canal Pilot
Arthur T. Luther of Swansea, a Massachusetts Nautical School alum, has been appointed a pilot at the Panama Canal. He becomes the third school graduate to receive a canal pilot post, joining Captain Alvin W. Haynes of Somerville and Captain Osborne E. McKay of Provincetown.
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Arthur T. Luther
Swansea
Massachusetts Nautical School
Panama Canal
Canal
Alvin W. Haynes
Somerville
Osborne E. McKay
Provincetown
Two English Style Streams in Conrad Blackwood and Coleridge Era
A critique contrasts Anglo Saxon and Romance word roots in modern fiction. It praises Conrad for terse, action aligned English in A Set of Six and contrasts Blackwood's ornate, psychological realism with his explorations of the unknown.
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Buffon
Coleridge
John
Tennyson
Milton
de Quincey
Conrad
Doubleday, Page & Co
Blackwood
Cordilleras
Desert
Chesterton's Father Brown Stories Review
A review of The Wisdom of Father Brown by Gilbert K Chesterton notes the detective tales blend Chestertonian whimsy with psychological insight. It highlights Father Brown's calm method, the allure of unconventional crime fiction, and the author’s verbal deftness in twelve stories published by John Lane.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Father Brown
Flying Inn
Mr. Chesterton
New York Times
Chesterton
John Lane
Regle
New York
Youn Lane Company
Tech Man Is Killed in Battle
A letter received at Tech, written by Count Paul Gautier-Vignal a former student and later a lieutenant in the French army, is described as a treasured document. He wrote it from the trenches amid shelling and distress, reflecting the peril of war.
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Brown & Dawson
Stamford
Tech
Count Paul Gautier-Vignal
Army of France
United Cigar
United
W. 18Th St
N. Y
Bromfield St
Young count writes from front amid mud and death
A posthumous letter from Pp. C. Gautier-Vignal, written near Christmas to Walter Humphreys, registrar of Technology, describes dire conditions around Ygams, constant death, mud, and the resolve to endure the war despite near destruction.
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Walter Humphreys
Ygams
Tech
C. Gautier-Vignal
Night Aeroplane Raid Attacks Dunkirk and Nieuwport
Berlin reports a night air raid on Dunkirk provisioning facilities with many bombs. An Allied assault in the dunes northwest of Nieuwport was repulsed, and a trench breakthrough attempt south of the La Bassée canal failed.
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Dunkirk
Dunes
Nieuwport
East Prussia
Berlin
London
la Bassee Canal
Front Actions Detailed in War Daily Report
The dispatch notes several brief artillery successes and repulsed attacks. In the Eastern Theatre Russian efforts near Russen northeast of Gumbinnen failed with heavy losses to the enemy. Northern Poland shows no major change while near Bolimow and Lowicz German forces drove the enemy from outposts into main positions and held captured trenches after a fierce night counterattack.
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Russen
Gumbinnen
East Prussia
Poland
Bolimow
Lowicz
Lungs Poisoned by Breathing Smoke Clifton Boarder Dies
William Fitzgerald aged 45 was found in his South Boston boarding room at 88 Third Street last night. He was diagnosed at City Hospital with poisoning of the lungs caused by smoke inhalation.
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William Fitzgerald
Third Street
South
Boston
City Hospital
Turkish Outposts Reach Tor and Kubri in Sinai Frontier
Turkish outposts expanded toward Tor and Kubri on the Sinai peninsula near the Gulf of Suez. So far the engagements have been limited to small outpost skirmishes. Tor lies about 140 miles south of Suez.
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Gulf OF Suez
Cairo
London
Tor
Kubri
Sinai Peninsula
Suez
Gen Gerald Pau Said Set to Command Russian Army in Poland
Reports from Geneva via Overseas News Agency state General Gerald Pau the noted French army commander has been sent to Russia to take command of one of the Russian armies in Poland.
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Berlin
Sayville
Today
Geneva
Switzerland
Gerald Pau
Russia
Poland
Italy orders out reserves from field artillery and Alpine troops
Rome January 29 royal decree summons to the colors Italian soldiers of the first category born in 1888 in field artillery and Alpine troops and soldiers of the third category born in 1891 to 1894 in Alpine units.
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Italy
Alpine
Battle Continues in East Prussia and Carpathians with Captures
Russian general staff reports Jan. 29 actions in East Prussia and along the Vistula with German trenches shelled by bayonet assaults. They say German attacks were repelled in Borsimow region, 80 officers and 2400 soldiers captured, plus three cannon and 10 mitrailleuses. Dukla and Wyszkow passes saw satisfactory progress despite Austrian resistance.
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Petrograd
East Prussia
Vistula
Pillkalen
Gumbinnen
Fast Prussia
Borsimow
Russian Poland
Dukla
Wyszkow
Carpathians
Beskid
Bukowina
Germans Fail to Cross Aisne East of Soissons and Dunkirk Bombardment
Paris announces two German attempts to cross the Aisne near Soissons were repulsed. Dunkirk suffered air raids with minor losses but some deaths and injuries. British and French forces claim success as two German aircraft were shot down near Gerbeviller and crews were captured.
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Hungary
Dukla Pass
Galicia
Carpathians
Przemysl
Bukowina
Transylvania
Soissons
Craonne
la Bassee
Dunkirk
Paris
Aisne
Taon
le Fere
River Aisne
Venizel
Laon
Lefere
Gerbeviller
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