Germans Halted in Warsaw Campaign by Russian Forts
Berlin reports that German forces driving on Warsaw are checked by forts at Novo Georgievsk and Ivangorod on the Vistula. Russian reinforcements slow von Mackensen’s southern push toward the Lublin Cholm railway, with Warsaw still defended and Ivangorod not yet invested.
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London
Germany
Warsaw
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Ivangorod
Marshal von Mackensen
Lublin- Cholm
Bug
Narew
von Hindenberg
Berlin
Rozan
von Mackensen
Moscow
Cholm
Lublin
Galicia
Poland
Przemysl
Lemberg
Belgium
German Push Near Warsaw Slowed by Fortified Defenses
The war telegrams report German advances near Warsaw toward the Narew bridgehead and gains around Rozan, with night sorties by Russians repelled near Novo Georgievsk. Austro German forces break Russian attacks along the Vistula and Bug and pursue retreats east of the line.
World War Fronts Report Mixed German Successes
Allied forces face ongoing heavy fighting with German positions. French gains near Le Pretre forest and Bagatelle bolster lines, while Italian forces advance on Goritzia as Austrians suffer 1500 prisoners and four destroyers lost. Dirigibles bomb railways, with limited casualties at Ortona.
Austro Italian Front War Communique Reports Skirmishes
Vienna reports ongoing fighting in South Poland Volhynia and along the upper Bug. German and Austrian forces claim gains near Sokal and Vistula regions while repelling numerous Italian attacks on Goritzia and Monte Sabotino. Artillery exchanges continue on several fronts with no major breakthroughs.
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Vienna
London
Poland
Volhynia
Bug
Kamionka Strumilowa
Krystynopol
Sokal
Ivangorod
Kozicenice
Sandomierz
Goritzia
Monte Sabotino
Landwehr
Doberdo
Peteano
Sdraussina
Palazzo
Selz
Vermegliano
Monte Corsici
Isonzo
Kra
Carnia
Tyrolean
Monte Piano
French War Office Bulletin Reports Quiet Front and Local Gains
Paris dispatch reports a comparatively quiet front with unusual artillery activity in Artois. German counter attacks were repulsed with losses, and French forces regained footing in trenches at Le Pretre. A French flying squadron dropped 28 shells on Conflans-en-Jarisy railway station, forcing two German aircraft to land.
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Warsaw
Narew
Rozan
Novo Georgievsk
Berlin
Vistula
Bug
Courland
Pont-a-Mousson
St. Hilair
Champagne
Gerardmer
Alsace
Muenster
Souchez
Ortona
Adriatic
Pedaso
Tremiti
Rome
San Polai
Nambresina
Bagatelle
Argonne
Paris
Metzeral
le Pretre
Conflans
Monte Nero
Huzkica
Plava-Goritzia
Krupps
Russia
Germany
England
France
Ypres
Lille
Vosges
Rheims
Soissons
London
French War Office
Artois
Conflans-en-Jarisy
Italian Front Battles Extend On Isonzo Front
Rome reports ongoing action along the Isonzo front with Alpine troops advancing on Muzkica ridge in Monte Nero sector and slow gains on Plava Goritzia fronts. Entrenchments are captured and enemy losses inflicted as war material changes hands. An enemy scout ship was noted earlier.
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Rome
London
Isonzo
Monte Nero
Muzkica
Plava
Goritzia
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Outbreak disrupts quiet in Bayonne strike aftermath
In Constable Hook Bayonne New Jersey Sheriff Eugene F Kinkead with 50 deputies faced a crowd of more than 1000 strikers and sympathizers causing a fresh outbreak late today. Police reserves were called as the clash erupted following three days of rioting that left three dead and many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Constable Hook
Bayonne
N. J
Eugene F. Kinkead
Rioting Flares as Bayonne Strike Sparks Clashes
A Bayonne crowd clashes with police amid a strike at Standard Oil Bayonne plant. Shots occur with minor injuries while mediators from the Labor Department and oil officials seek an amicable settlement. Sheriff Kinkead warns of militia if extra police aren’t found.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil
Federal Department of Labor
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Tidewater Company
Hunt for Auto That Killed Boy
Police search for a speeding car after a boy named Hollis is struck on Newton Street near Worcester. Emma, the boy’s sister, recalls a large five passenger car with two bare headed young men and attempts to read a partial license plate two four and six. The location is a main Boston Worcester route and no other witnesses remember a car.
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Worcester
Emma
Hollis
A. M. Upham
Travis
Newton Street
Boston
Governor Cushing Praises State Militia
Lieutenant-Governor Grafton D. Cushing praised the militia organizations he inspected last week in a letter to Adjutant General Cole. The commendation highlights the unit readiness and disciplined conduct observed during the inspection.
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Grafton D. Cushing
Cole
Massachusetts Militia Praised for Practical Training and Duty
A July 23 1915 letter from Lt Governor Grafton D Cushing compliments Massachusetts militia officers and men. He notes superior discipline camps and increased field training under War Department guidelines, urging public support to boost enlistments and defense readiness.
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Charles H. Cole
Adjutant-General
State House
Boston
Mass
Commonwealth
War Department
Massachusetts
Grafton D. Cushing
Russian statement from Petrograd on July 23 front updates
The war office reports in the Sokal sector near Po tourjitza that part of the village was captured by the enemy but retaken after street fighting. Prisoners include remnants of the Tenth Austrian Jaeger battalion. Strong enemy reserves suffered losses and could not cross the Bug Valley. The enemy also captured part of Dobrodwor but was dislodged the same day, leaving prisoners. No changes elsewhere on the front.
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Goritzia
Cadorna
Montenegro
Tolmino
Isonzo
Pla
Isonzo Goritzia
Carso
Trieste
Petrograd
London
War Office
Potourjitza
Sokal
Zavichnia
Bug Valley
Dobrodwor
Games of Chance on Revere Beach Declared End
Police report on Revere Beach boulevard sees chief West announce a crackdown as games of chance are to stop, ending a period of public disorder and complaints to authorities.
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Revere Beach
Herbert W. West
Metropolitan Park Police
Boston & Maine Crew Set Strike Vote Across System
Over 3000 Boston and Maine employees will vote today in a system wide strike decision after a council meeting of the AF Railway Workers and railroad officials. A further possible sympathetic vote by over 3000 machinists and boiler makers is also mentioned.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine System Council
American Federation of Railway Workers
Road
Railroad workers threaten strike over Saturday half holiday pay
Leaders of railroad employees announce a strike vote after Saturday half holiday pay was cut and wages trimmed across the system. J H Condon of the AF of Railway Workers says the vote result will be released next Tuesday, with issues including piecework pay and promotions.
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J. H. Condon
Council of the American Federation of Railway Workers
German War Office Report From Front Lines
The Berlin war office describes nighttime grenadiers repulsed north and northwest of Souchez and mines blown in Champagne. French attacks fail at Le Pretre and Reich Ackerkopf. Bavarians and Mecklenburg drivers hold positions. German troops advance toward Narew, Miluny, and Izygi with prisoners taken.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Souchez
Champagne
le Pretre
Vosges
Lingekopf- Barrenkopf
Muenster
Mecklenburg
Reich- Ackerkopf
Metzeral
Thiaucourt
Meuse
Moselle
Pont-a-Mousson
St. Hilair
Gerardmer
Conflans
Courland
Narew
Rozan
Miluny
Izygi
Novo-Georgievsk
Vistula
Janowiec
Kazmierz
Granica
Kozienca
Bug
Lingekopf
Barrenkopf
Ivangrod
Demand to be Made on Winchester Next
Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven will face the next campaign move for an eight hour day across New England. J J Johnston vice president of the structural iron workers said the push targets the Winchester plant which is enlarging its facilities and also producing munitions for Britain and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
J. J. Johnston
The
Structural Iron Workers
New England
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
Great Britain
Winchester Company
Note Found From Student Who Committed Suicide
Carl L. Smith died by poison in his room at 157 Warren Avenue after leaving a note to a local hospital nurse. The letter expressed gratitude for care, claimed he burned bridges behind him, and said no one to blame but himself as the poison took effect.
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Carl L. Smith
Warren Avenue
Carmen 10 Vote on Strike in Massachusetts Rail System
A July 23 meeting of Boston area tramway workers from Haverhill to Hampton beaches will decide on a general strike for higher wages and better conditions. Carmen’s union leaders report on talks with railway officials as workers protest arbitration award. The threat to halt the system covers many towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Massachusetts Northeastern Railway
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
Hampton Beaches
New Hampshire
Carmen
Arbitration Board
Bay State Street Railway
Fatal head on crash at Dead Man's Curve near Haverhill
A head on collision between an electric car and a motor car at Dead Man's Curve between Amesbury and Haverhill killed Fred H. Jones of Haverhill and left an unidentified man probably fatally injured. The impact hurled the two occupants into the air as the heavy auto wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Amesbury
Fred H. Jones
Jones
Escapes Auto Hurt by Train in Hampton Beach
Peter Mathews a Hampton Beach merchant said the saying Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire fits his day after narrowly escaping a car collision on the way to a train then getting hurt while attempting to board.
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Hampton, N. H
Peter Mathews
Hampton Beach
Met Park Commission refuses beach baseball ban lift
In a letter to Representative McGlue of Lynn the Metropolitan Park Commission insists it will not remove its ban on ball playing on the beaches including Nahant Beach despite a request to allow baseball there.
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McGlue
Lynn
Metropolitan Park Commission
Nahant Beach
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Ginter Co
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National Biscuit Company
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