Germans and Allies clash on multiple fronts amid heavy losses
German efforts to renew attacks between Biaches and La Maisonnette failed as French forces inflicted heavy casualties Monday night. Russian and Italian fronts show mixed gains and losses with Berlin reporting repulsed offensives near Riga and in the Carpathians, and Rome noting Italian victories against Austria. Entente air raids caused damage around Monastir and Gallipoli with no other major developments.
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Biaches
la Maisonnette
Vienna
Lutsk
Carpathian
Zabie
Tatarov
Riga
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Rome
Petrograd
Constantinople
Tohoruk
Teu Oes
Entente
Monastir
Turkish War Office report from Constantinople July 18
The war office states that south of Tehoruk in the central sector Russian attacks have abated after heavy casualties. On July 16 hostile airmen dropped bombs near a hospital in the area.
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Constantinople
London
War Office
Tehoruk
Cannonnade at Saloniki Signals Front Activity in 1915
Dispatches from Paris dated July 18 report cannonading along the entire Saloniki front With allied planes burning part of Bulgarian crops near Monastir the situation suggests possible preparations for a summer offensive The Entente reportedly has about 600000 or more troops available against Bulgarian and allied forces including Turks Germans and Austrians on the other side
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Paris
Saloniki
Monastir
Macedonia
Bulgaria
War News in Brief Cossacks Rout Turks Near Platsouny
Cossacks seize nearly 1000 Turks in a bold charge near Platsouny. Russians push Teutons across the Lipa River and take 13,000 prisoners. Vienna reports Russian advances checked along the front. Sides claim heavy Russian losses south of Tooruk. Italians gain near Pasubio and in the Astico area. Germans fall back at Biaches. Verdun front French repulse Hill 304 assault.
Dutch Steamer Rijndijk Torpedoed by Austrian Craft
The Dutch shipping council reports the Rijndijk was struck by a torpedo built at Fiume the Austro-Hungarian Adriatic base. The ship disabled and towed to harbor flooded holds, cargo damaged while en route from Portland to Rotterdam.
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Amsterdam
Dutch Shipping Council
Rijndijk
Scilly Islands
Fiume
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic Sea
Portland
Rotterdam
Pa Van Loon Heeds Doctor’s Orders in Sunday Post
The comic family continues its antics as Pa Van Loon follows medical guidance. Readers are promised another humorous episode in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Pa van Loon
Sunday Post
King George Praises Army in Franco-Belgian Front
King George sent a message to General Haig praising the continued advance on the Franco-Belgian front and best wishes to all ranks. The Emperor of Russia asked him to convey warm congratulations to the troops on their great success. Haig thanked the king and asked the Emperor’s compliments be conveyed back.
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London
King George
Douglas Haig
Russia
George
R. I
Haig
France
Unarmed British Steamer Wilton Hall Sunk
Lloyds announced the British steamer Wilton Hall has been sunk. The 3387 ton vessel, built in 1901 at Sunderland and owned by Wilton Hall Steamship Company, last appeared at Karachi on May 15.
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London
Lloyds
Wilton Hall
Karachi
India
Wilson Hall
Sunderland
Wilton Hall Steamship Company, Ltd
Bristol
French Steamer Ville de Rouen Sunk by Submarine
Lloyds reports the Ville de Rouen a 4721 ton French steamer owned at Rouen was sunk by a submarine.
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London
Lloyds
Rouen
American Firms on Blacklist under Trading with the Enemy Act
The Official Gazette lists American individuals and firms placed on the blacklist. Names include Philip Bauer Company, Goldschmidt Chemical Company, Knauth Nachod & Kuhne, Zimmerman & Forshay, Brasch & Rothenstein, MacLaren & Gentles, and many others across New York Philadelphia San Francisco Galveston and beyond. The compiled list covers multiple street addresses and person affiliations with firms in commerce and industry.
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London
Official Gazette Today
Philip Bauer Company
Broadstreet
New York
Beer, Sonheimer & Co
Simon R. Blumenthal
Zimmerman & Forshay
Herman Botzow
O. Co
Kanzow & Co
Brasch & Rothenstein
Broadway
Mauricio Bunge
MacLaren & Gentles
Alf Burin
Goldschmidt Chemical Company
Wall Street
Goldschmi
Hasenclever & Co
State Street
Bernhardt
Hasenclever & Soehne
Maryan H. Hauser
Zimmerman & Yorshay
Alfredo Hirsch
MacLaren & Gentiles
Franz H. Hirschland
Goldschmidt Thermit Company
Robert W. Howe
William E. Hamburg
Beaver Street
International Hide & Skin Company
Frankfort Street
International Import & Export Company
South Fourth Street
Philadelphia
J. Isaacs
John Simon & Brothers
Max Jaffe
William Street
J. A. Kahl
Otto C. Kanzow
H. Kempner
Cotton Exchange
Galveston
Tex
Knauth
Nachod & Kuhne
Mary I. Knauth
Wilhelm Knauth
Herman C. Kupper
Murray Street
West 1Lth Street
Produce Exchange
George W. McNear
Battery Place
G. F. Schloeterberg
Globe Building
Seattle
Paul Schmidt
Rubber & Guayule Agency
Schuchardt & Schutte
West Street
Schutte, Bunemann & Company
John S. Cully
Siemssen Company
John Simon Bros
L. Sonneborn Sons
Pearl Street
Southern Products Trading Company
Haward Stegemann, Jr
Superior Export Company
Texas Export and Import Company
Ernest Ulrich
Edward Weber
Otto Wehrenberg
Philip Baur & Co
Arend H. Weingardt
Carlowitz & Company
Charles Cully
Ocala
Fila
Armin Czech
International Import and Export Company
Eugene Dietzgen Company
West
Monroe Street
Chicago
East Twenty-third Street
Electro
Buffalo Avenue
Union Street
Niagara Falls
Madison Avenue
Rolin C. Newton
Norfolk Refining & Smelting Company
Virginia
Orenstein & Koppel
Pennsylvania
Edmund Ravenstedt
Muller, Schall & Co
Leopold Pelatz
Petroleum Products Company
San Francisco
Cal
Louis J. Rees
Reuter Broeckelman & Co
Germans Driven From Biaches and La Maisonette Front
War office dispatch reports South of the Somme a calm day with Germans driven from houses in Biaches and repulsed at La Maisonette. Attacks on Hill 804 near Verdun repulsed. shelling near La Laupee and Chenois. Belgian raid north of Dixmude succeeds. light artillery activity overall.
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Paris
War Office
Somme
la Maisonette
Biaches
Meuse
Verdun
Saine Fine
Fleury
la Laufee
Chenois
Dixmude
Russian victory drives Teutons across Lipa River
A Russian war office report says VOLHYnia forces defeated Teutons and crossed the Lipa, taking 13 000 prisoners and 30 guns on July 16. The Caucasus front reports Cossacks dislodging foes and advancing toward Baiburt region with machine guns and prisoners seized.
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Petrograd
London
Volhynia
Lipa
War Office
Riga
Sakaroff
Lower
Krassoff
Caucasus Front
Medjidag
Taurus
Baiburt
Italians Advance Amid Opposition In Stelvio Area
Rome reports continued Italian advances despite strong opposition. The war office says artillery engagements occurred in the Stelvio region and in the Area valley where Italian forces defeated attacks.
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Rome
London
War Office
Stelvio
Tanals
German Front Reports Repulsed Attacks on Multiple Lines
Berlin reports a day of artillery and patrol actions on the western front with German forces repelling enemy patrols near Vermelles Pozieres Biaches La Maisonette Barleux Soyevourt and counterattacks driving Russian gains to hold on the eastern front nearby Lutsk Bukowina and Moldava regions.
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Berlin
London
Vermelles
Somme
Pozieres
Biaches
la Maisonette
Barleux
Soyevourt
Meuse
Marshal von Hindenburg
Riga
Prince Leopold
General von Linsingen
Lutsk
Count von Bothmer
Bukowina
Moldava
Russian and Allied Forces Clash Across Galicia Front
Reconnoitering detachments and scouting parties clashed north of the Prislop ridge as Russian advances near Zable and Tatarov were repulsed. Sentries near Burkanow thwarted a trench assault while southwest of Lutsk Russians attacked with superior numbers. The front near Szalin withdrew east of Gorodoff after a German counterattack. A night Russian raid west of Torchyn was repulsed.
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Prislop
Zable
Tatarov
Burkanow
Stripa
Galicia
Lutsk
Szalin
Gorodoff
Austrian Lines Hold After Russian Push In Carpathians
Vienna reports Russian forces pressed Austrian posts near Zabie and Tatarov south of Kolomea but main Austrian positions remained firmly held. In Volhynia southwest of Lutsk Russian attacks failed with heavy losses. north of Radziviloff and near the Galician border repulsed assaults.
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Vienna
London
Zabie
Tatarov
Kolomea
Carpathian
War Office
Volhynia
Lutsk
Zable
Radziviloff
Brody
British advances north of Ovillers in Somme sector
The war office reported substantial progress on a 1000 yard front north of Ovillers despite thick mist and rain. British forces drove enemy troops from several fortified positions, took prisoners, and captured six machine guns. A raid near Wytschaete succeeded, while an enemy trench attempt opposite Cuinchy was repulsed.
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London
Ovillers
War Office
Somme
Wytschaete
Belgium
Cuinchy
France
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