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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1915
Page
7
London reports the strategic Narew and Bug confluence as the decisive battleground for Warsaw with two weeks believed to decide the campaign. German gains across the Narew push toward Przetycz or Rzanik and threaten the Warsaw Petrograd railway, while Allied dispatches note calm on the western front and Turkish Bulgaria talks.
A Havas dispatch from Athens reports three days of bombardment of Turkish positions in the Dardanelles aimed at destroying Asiatic shore defenses. Negotiations with Britain over Greek ship search are said to have reached a satisfactory conclusion with recognition of Greece rights in exchange for strict contraband controls.
German advances push Russians back near Wojslawice and Chelm on the Bug. Britain refuses cotton contraband to neutrals. Leelanaw Grangewood and Femreite sunk by U boats. crews saved. Nasiriyeh taken after Euphrates shelling. Turks retreat. French gain in Champagne Perthes-Beausejour and Vauquois. Le Pretre forest bombardment. Pont a Mousson shelled. Vosges attacks fail to regain ground. Vistula bridge air raid harms civilians. Italian seaplanes drop 18 bombs on Riva and Austrian Tyrol stations. Italians repulse attacks at Bologna Somologna Pass and Monte Nero. Carso favorable. Niemen offensives near Poswal Poniewitz. Austro-German push toward Novogeorgievsk Warsaw group. Austrians gain south of Sokal by the Bug. Ostrolenka area broad fronts. Verona bombed by Austrian aviator. Dardanelles bombardment by Brits and French for three days.
Vienna reports that south of Sokal on the Bug a strategic bridgehead point was captured with 1100 prisoners and two machine guns. Italian attacks on the Doberdo plateau yielded only temporary local gains before Russian air operations and broader fronts showed no major changes.
Berlin reports a war office telegram noting no major western changes while detailing eastern gains. Von Buelow’s forces reach Poswol Poniewitz and push toward the Bug River with 1000+ prisoners, plus advances on the Narew and at Novogeorgievsk and Warsaw.
An official Italian general staff statement describes seaplanes dropping 18 bombs on Riva near Lake Garda with excellent results while repulsing enemy attacks at Somdogna Pass and Luzinica. It notes progress on the Isonzo front with trench advances and 1600 prisoners, including 30 officers, captured after fighting with asphyxiating bombs and masks.
The Koelnissche Zeitung and other Berlin papers argue Germany will not disavow or compensate for the Lusitania sinking and will persist with submarine warfare. Editors warn Wilson’s note cannot deter German policy as public opinion stresses neutrality and lawful rights.
Paris reports a quiet Artois with reduced cannonading and shelling toward Arras. Minor operations in Perthes-Beausejour and Vaucois preserve the French advantage while Le Pretre forest and Pont-a-Mousson endure violent bombardment.
July 26 Paris dispatch reports the National Association of Liquor Dealers Restaurateurs and Hotelkeepers of France plans a July 29 convention to oppose government anti alcohol measures and defend the liquor trade. General Gallieni extends his order barring alcohol sales to army-connected buyers across Seine-et-Oise except for wine and beer.
A Petrograd correspondent reports a recent calm in Russia due to government disclosure of ammunition plans. The mood shifts from anxiety to cheer as Russian troops resist and industry mobilizes to increase shell and army supply, delaying any counter offensive.
The government backs a clean sweep in the war office with dismissals of the minister of war and assistants over ammunition miscalculations. The move aims to answer who was to blame and restore trust while Russia focuses on rapid repairs and no delays. General Russky, returning to command at Petrograd, bans strikes seen as treason in wartime. The German plan hinges on attacking eastern and western fronts sequentially to break the war.
The article explains German strategic goals to hold a fortified line along the Baltic to Lemberg, bulging at Warsaw to require large forces. It says Russians aim to delay Germans to let Allies’ supplies grow, and notes the Warsaw battle’s significance to British, French, and Belgians as well as Russia.
The British government will be represented by counsel at the August hearing in San Francisco for those indicted under neutrality laws for helping British subjects return to Europe for military service. The embassy argues such passage provision is not forbidden compensation. The Russian embassy monitors the Seattle Montenegrin trial and may seek counsel at hearings.
Montreal July 26 An order from the militia department takes effect admitting men five feet tall to Canadian troops. Previously volunteers under five feet three inches were rejected. The chest measurement requirement of 33 12 inches was reduced by half an inch for those eighty years old or younger.
An official statement from Rome via Paris says Pelagosa Island has been occupied by Italian forces, noting its strategic importance. The dispatch is dated July 26 at midnight.
London July 2 Baron Michelham offers five thousand dollars for each of the first ten dirigible balloons destroyed by British airmen. The prize aims to spur anti Zepppelin action as air warfare intensifies.
From Rome via Paris, a Serbian HQ note to Messaggero says Serbia will not start offensive operations for now despite full equipment and 280 000 infantry. Front is patrolled by French aircraft, with Belgrade ringed by mixed artillery, as Austrians prepare three defensive lines along the front.
Lord Robert Cecil stated in the House of Commons that Britain will not declare cotton contraband despite press agitation. He said Great Britain does not want to deal unfairly with neutrals and that contraband status would not affect cotton reaching Germany.
John Carlson a 45 year old resident of West Bridgewater was run over by a trolley express while asleep on car tracks before the Howard School. He lost his left foot and sustained serious injuries and was taken to Brockton hospital. doctors fear he will die.
Antwerp was fined 250000 francs for popular demonstrations on Belgian fete day. The Morning Post reports the city faced penalties after celebrations in the Belgian city.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign office in Washington denies cholera cases outside Galicia and says a reported mutiny within a Roumanian regiment is unfounded.
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