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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1916
Page
2
British and German forces clash through a fierce night offensive with Haig resuming the push toward Pozieres Guillemont and Bapaume. Anzacs seize Pozieres while Guillemont sees heavy resistance and counterattacks as Russians push toward Hindenburg line offensive.
Paris dispatch says July 21 air raids targeted Vizneulles station and Thionville, Aranville, Laon, and St Erme facilities. Late July 21 to 22 fires break out at Thionville station. Night of July 22 to 23 Thionville and military establishments again shelled with 115 shells.
General von Linsingen losses 50 000 men across three corps on the Styr and Lipa. French front sees little major action except a Somme cannonade. French aeroplanes bomb enemy positions on the weekend. Germans fail to breach the Russian line on the Stokhod. Caucasus towns and villages captured with advance toward Erzingan. Italian forces press Austrian lines in the Trentino.
Belgian communiqué dated July 22 describes a French air bombing of Mulheim on the Rhine, losses of German planes, and German bombardment near Belfort. It also notes Belgian and French actions along the Somme and Meuse fronts, repulsed German assaults, and continued artillery battles in Verdun and Esparges sectors.
Teutonic troops in Volhynia tried last night to breach the Russian line along the Stokhod near Bereznica but failed and retired. German efforts to recapture a lost post northeast of Smorgon were also futile. In the Riga positions there has been no success noted.
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Deutsche Nachrichten Verkehrs Gesellschaft founded in Berlin to supply propaganda for the German peace committee led by Prince Charles von Wedel. The cadre seeks to influence public opinion toward a moderate peace endorsed by Bethmann Hollweg, with plans for 50 speakers in multiple German towns.
Paris reports a Bavarian officer went berserk during the destruction of a Somme fort. After a brutal bombardment, a collapse left the German commander killing his subordinates before dying in flames and the Bavarian officer perishing after being crushed while fleeing the ruins.
In fierce artillery duels northeast of Smorgon and near Stokhod Axis forces retreated under rifle and artillery fire. Five officers including a battalion commander, 483 men, three cannons and four machine guns were captured in Vorokhty-Tatarov. The Caucasus front saw a significant advance with many prisoners and the town of Kialkit-Chevtlik taken. Mosul area engagements with Turkish forces noted. Prisoners total 27,000 with 40 guns captured. earlier notes add 870 officers and 13,700 men.
London July 23 British forces resumed the battle along the northern French front from Pozieres to Guillemont. The war office reports captured German outer works near Pozieres and pushed fighting into the village as Longueval saw heavy combat with territorial and Australian troops engaged in the assault. The statement issued at 2 25 pm notes the line at an intensified stage of violence.
Allied forces from the southwest and southeast broke German outer works after midnight and engage in violent fighting in the village with heavy machine gun resistance. Langeval and Guillemont exchange hands multiple times as progress is reported near Pozieres and Guillemont with prisoners captured.
Italian forces press Austrian lines in the Trentino and Dolomites advancing on the Posina line and Cette Communi plateau. Bersaglieri seize trenches near Monte Zebio and take 120 prisoners with a machine gun. In the Dolomites 142 prisoners, three officers, two guns, and arms were captured at Monte Cavallazza and Monte Colbriccon. Artillery on both sides shelled Avio Cortina Ampezzo Toblach Lilian Innichen.
Turkish army headquarters reports no major Persian developments near Kermanshah. Russians attacking east of Sunnah suffered heavy losses while Turkish forces claimed success near Bane and Revanduz, the enemy retreating in disorder with equipment left behind. Our troops pursue in touch two kilometres east of Revanduz.
In Columbus New Mexico on July 23 an athletic carnival scheduled for the morning was canceled to allow religious services at the Second Regiment camp. A majority of troops opposed Sabbath contests while over 1000 attended both Protestant and Catholic services, with prayers offered for President Wilson and others. Chaplain Danker led Protestant communion and regimental services, followed by Padre Mandosa’s Catholic mass.
Religious duties and a military inspection halted the Massachusetts National Guard athletic carnival. Lieutenant H S Searles postpones the event, planning to light the grounds with motor trucks for an evening later in the week.
The War Department ordered army commanders on the border to submit weekly reports detailing the physical condition of their commands the treatment by men and the duties performed. The reports will be published uncensored to counter criticisms of mistreatment and hardships faced by militiamen.
Nearly 300 promotions of enlisted men were made or approved in the Second Massachusetts Brigade since arrival in El Paso Texas on July 23. The list details promotions within the Bay State unit as it moves toward larger duties.
The document lists numerous promotions and transfers within companies A through I and other units. Names include John Murphy, Arthur Moran, Gordon Murch, Myron McGuffey, George Hesselhuth, and Myron McGuffey among others, with new ranks such as sergeant corporal mess sergeant drummer major and quartermaster. Several companies show transfers to headquarters and changes in roles like color sergeant and bugler.
Berlin reports Russia failing to break southeast of Riga and to cross the Styr in Volhynia. On the western front Allied actions are described as futile with heavy Russian and French activity, captures of over 100 prisoners, Meuse artillery clashes near Verdun, and German counterbombardment including Belfort after French air raids on Muelheim.
Paris reports that French schoolboys are urged by Paul Painleve the Minister of Public Instruction to aid in harvest efforts this summer. He states the need is more pressing than in 1914 or 1915 and that boyish patriotism is shown by helping in the fields.
Vienna headquarters reports July 22 that Austrian forces repelled Russian attacks in the Carpathians and southern Bukowina. Russian attempts to take Capul Mountain failed and Magura Height near Tatarow was recaptured by Austrian troops.
London July 23 Sir Edward Grey who was made an earl has been granted royal permission to take the title Viscount Grey of Fallodon for personal and family reasons. The change avoids confusion with Earl Grey former Governor General of Canada and mirrors a shift to the lower dignity.
Berlin reports from July 3 say Anglo French attacks on July 19 and 20 along a 25 mile front were stubborn. British mounted cavalry struck Foureaux forest while French forces held a small southern grove. German officers arrived in Berlin praising morale and resolve to fight to the utmost.
The Red Cross issues a statement to belligerents and neutrals urging an end to reprisals against prisoners of war. It condemns inexact information that fuels cruelty and barbarism and calls for cessation of retaliatory methods.
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