Russians Flee Toward Warsaw as Germans Press Drive
German forces under Von Gallwitz press toward Warsaw from the north after breaking Russian lines near Przasnysz. German advances threaten Novo Geor gievsk at the Vistula Bug junction. Austro German actions in Galicia and along the Dniester push Russian defenses, while British forces in France report no front changes.
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Warsaw
Petrograd
Przasnysz
Berlin
von Gallwitz
Marshal von Hindenburg
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Bug
Poland
Mlawa
Dzielen
Lipa
Nova Georgievsk
Ciechanow
Prasnosielo
Plant Juice touted as quick relief for stomach and rheumatic ills
A Boston motorman of 32 years endorses Plant Juice claiming it cured his stomach liver and kidney trouble and rheumatism after trying doctors and other remedies. The ad notes the Plant Juice representative at Ligg ett drug store corner Washington and Avon streets and urges neighbors to seek the remedy.
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Nature
A. A. Robb
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Street
Boston
Liggett Drug Store
Washington and
Avon Streets
Artillery Duel and Re capture Report from Artois and Meuse Heights
Paris dispatches report a violent artillery duel around Souchez in Artois with about 10 large shells into Arras. Meuse heights saw sharp infantry actions with a successful counter attack that recaptured a trench. German assault with burning liquid repulsed. two officers and 200 men captured. A later note says the night was calm with minor actions near St Georges and Fontenelle.
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Souchez
Arras
Meuse Heights
Paris
London
War Office
Artois
Meuse
Sonvaux
Belgium
St. Georges
Fontenelle
British Front Briefing Reports Front-Line Activity
London officials released an evening communique detailing ongoing trench actions on the Western Front. It notes mines detonated by both sides, heavy bombardments, a small enemy attack near Ypres, and Allied counteractions recapturing lost positions including a trench on the Ypres Menin road aided by gas shells.
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London
Ypres
Ypres-Menin Road
German Advances and Russian Retrenchment Reported in War Brief
General von Gallwitz leads a German push piercing three Russian lines near Przasnysz and capturing Dzielin while reaching Lipa. Other German advances seize prisoners and guns across Courland, the Lublin corridor, and along the Vistula, with Russians retreating toward the Narew.
Villa Troops Lose Anavacachi Pass in Battle
Douglas Arizona July 18 after a six hour battle at Anavacachi Pass west of Agua Prieta General Calles Car ranza commander in Sonora was reported to have decisively defeated Villa troops under General Jose Maria Acosta The Calles force was said to number 8000 while Acosta s was reported at half that number.
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Douglas
Ariz
Anavacachi Pass
Agua Prieta
Calles
Carranza
Sonora
Villa
Jose Maria Acosta
Acosta
Italians Near Gorizia As Archduke Eugene Arrives
A Laibach dispatch to the Tribune says Archduke Eugene commander of Austrian forces near Italy reached Gorizia with General Dankl and distributed decorations yesterday.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Archduke Eugene
Gorizia
Dankl
Austro Italian Front Sees Offensive Preparations and Bombardments
Reports indicate Austrian forces plan an Isonzo offensive while Italian troops push toward Tirnova plateau and bombard Gorizia's railway links. Supply trains are destroyed as severe fighting rages on 10 000 foot peaks near Venerocola Garibaldi hut. Wounded are stranded before Red Cross aid arrives. Gorizia faces northern bombardment and aerial bombs on fortifications.
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Isonzo
Tirnova
Gorizia
Venerocola
Garibaldi
Red Cross
German Word War Front Updates From Eastern Theatre
Berlin reports a German offensive under Field Marshal von Hindenburg along the eastern front. Units under von Buelow crossed near Kur Snany and Przasnysz, captured 11 officers and 2450 men, three cannons and five machine guns, then pressed toward Dzielin and Lipa. Russians fell back from Przasnysz toward Ciechanow Krasnielswo.
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Berlin
London
von Hindenberg
von Buelow
Windau
Kur Snany
Ciechanow
Krasnosielo
Zielona
von Scholtz
Kolno
Pissa
Vistula
Narew
Eastern Front Advances and Prisoner Roll in July Front
German forces report advances from the Bug to the Vistula under Field Marshal von Mackensen. The wire notes victories west of the Vieprz near Kransnoslav with 6380 captives and nine machine guns. Other fronts show Russian retreats and several town captures with thousands more taken.
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Sian
Bug
Vistula
von Mackensen
Vieprz
Kransnoslav
Upper
von Woyrich
Austrian Statement on Eastern Front Advances and Italian Attacks
The Austrian war office reports victories between the Vistula and Bug rivers with Austro-Hungarians and Germans storming an enemy position west of Grabovetz and advancing. Southwest of Krasnostav German forces break through, upper Bystroz area and north of Krasnik show gains, and the offensive west of the Vistula continues. In Italy, Italian attacks on the Doberdo Plateau are repulsed during the night of the 16th to 17th, with artillery actions on all fronts.
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Souchez
Meuse
Sonvaux
Verdun
Arras
la Fonelle
Vosges
Corsina
Bozen
Col del Bos
Col Falzarego
Col di Lana
Salesei
Agai
Andraz
von Buelow
Rutz
Kurshany
Pissa
Vistula
von Schultz
von Gallwitz
Poremky
Wykplosk
Mlodzi
Nome
Kaniewo
Pilica
Bug
von Mackensen
Bielaczkowice
Piaski
Krosnoskow
Vienna
London
Austrian War Office
Bug Rivers
Grabovetz
Krasnostav
Bystroz
Krasnik
Doberdo
Austria Loses 1200 Officers in South
La Corrispondenza publishes an estimate of Austrian losses since Italy entered the war. It fixes the number of officers at 12 percent, including three generals, in a report from South Zurich via Paris dated July 18.
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Zurich
Paris
la Corrispondenza
Italy
Russian War Report Claims German Advances Near Riga
The Russian high command reports German forces pressing toward Tekum and Rutz near the Gulf of Riga while Russians retreat south of Mlawa due to large reinforcements. Fierce Orzyc and Bug river fighting continues with several enemy attacks repulsed and prisoners taken. The Nerpa submarine sank a coal steamer in the Black Sea.
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von Gallwitz
Warsaw
Przasnysz
Dzielin
Lipa
Zielona
Vistula
Pissa
Berlin
von Buelow
Courland
Riga
Marshal von Mackensen
Kransnoslav
Lublin
Windau
Baltic
Tekum
Petrograd
Orzyc
Podolsie
Radom
Isekunoff
Mlawa
Poland
Bug
Vieprz
Nerpa
Black Sea
Souchez
Isonzo
Prava
Rome
Gorizia
Monte San Michele
Corso
Tirnova
Geneva
Piaski
Krasnoskow
Sokol
Kolossove
Dniester
Italian Forces Advance Between Falzarego and Val Livinallongo
Italian general staff reports continued offensive actions in the high and difficult terrain between Falzarego and Val Livinallongo. Troops reached a line from Bois Pass to Lana Pass, stormed positions, and strengthened ground amid fierce resistance. In the Isonzo zone, Italians repel several enemy assaults on the Plava bridgehead near Plezzo.
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Rome
London
Ifalzarego
Val Livinallongo
Bois Pass
Falzare
Lana Pass
Salesi
Agai
Andras
Isonzo
Piezzo
Plava
Gorizia
Monte San Michele
Corso
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
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Morksetz
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Isdevno- Krasnostav
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Gosheva
Medelin-Macromenone
Krilov
Falzarego
Alps
RCME
Tirole
Trentino
Carnia
Predil Pass
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O’keeffe Grocery Stores
Manhattan Market
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Manhattan
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