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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
8
French forces in the Vosges capture Lingekopf and two nearby crests after hard uphill fighting, trapping about 100 German troops. The Dardanelles push continues as Italians sweep the Isonzo. Geneva reports Gorizia evacuation by Austria and Podgora nearing surrender to Italy.
The American ambassador, addressing the German foreign office, submitted a note of inquiry about the Orduna attack by a German submarine. The incident involved the British steamer Orduna and occurred amid rising tensions in the Atlantic theater.
The Danish steamship No gill bound from Gothenburg to the Tyne with railway ties was sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. The crew was landed at Wilhelmshaven, near Bremen.
British casualty figures announced by Premier Asquith show total army and navy losses at 330995 through mid July. Naval casualties total 9106 up to July 20 while military losses reach 321889 up to July 18. Official notes from London Petrograd and Berlin relay ongoing wartime updates.
Two German submarines surfaced among the Scottish north coast fishermen, sinking nine trawlers the Rosslyn Celtic Cydonia Gadwell Strathmore Honoria Cassio Hermione and Sutton. The crews escaped unharmed and were rescued after long delays with some drifting in open boats. The attackers reportedly spoke good English and taunted British leaders.
Berlin reports the French submarine Mariotte destroyed July 26 in the narrows of the Dardanelles. Thirty-one crew members were captured. Mariotte, built at Cherbourg in 1911, displaced 615 tons, 215.7 feet long, with six torpedo tubes and speeds of 15 knots surfaced and 10 knots submerged.
A Crusade of the Women of France resolution condemns selling alcoholic beverages in confectioners tobacconists and coal merchants shops and asks prohibition in communities where munitions are produced. The police prefect enforces Gallieni anti alcohol order with beer and non armatized wines under 16 degrees excluded.
Official dispatch from Petrograd notes intensified action along the Narew and Niemen fronts with Russian counter-attacks and a captured Zeppelin. It cites 700 prisoners and several Maxims taken, torpedo boats bombarding Saimsoon and Rize, and continued fighting along the Vistula and Wieprz with varying gains and losses.
Berlin dispatch summarizes Allied and German actions across major theatres. In the west French attacks near Souchez fail while German forces occupy some trenches near the Argonne. Soviet and Polish fronts report Russian setbacks as German units advance toward Novo Georgievsk and Warsaw.
Austrian statement from Vienna dated July 27 describes Russian forces retreating north of Hrubieszow with 2941 captured, while German troops hold positions near Sokal and Grubechow. Italian front reports failure near Doberdò after renewed artillery fire and stubborn ground defense along the plateau. Further northeast activity remains unchanged.
The war office describes intensified cannonade in Artois Souchez and Arras bombardments with one civilian killed. Heavy artillery activity spans from the Somme to the Aisne. In Alsace French forces seized a strongly held position on Lingekopf area, taking officers and over 100 soldiers from five regiments as prisoners.
The Turkish war department reports a small reconnoitering unit captured enemy trenches near Seddul-Bahr on July 25. They destroyed defenses, capturing 400 rifles, ammunition, and bomb-filled bags.
A Laibach dispatch to the Tribune reports Austrians evacuating Gorizia with trains reserved for troops and supplies. Fortifications are being weakened as retreat plans unfold on the Carso plateau and along the Isonzo front with Italian advances gaining momentum.
The text describes Britain reconsidering its reply to U S objections over the blockade and prize courts. It notes Britain may join the issue with the general neutral rights to freedom of the seas and discusses the caveat on prize courts, international law, and potential future notes.
British officials argue American interests can be trusted to the special international tribunal provided for in the arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, a body meant to handle such diplomatic issues.
About a dozen bombs were dropped on Verona by an Austrian aeroplane. There were no fatalities and property damage was minor. An alarm was sounded as the aircraft appeared over Verona early this morning, lights were extinguished, and forts fired at the plane before it escaped.
At dawn Austrian light cruisers and four torpedo boat destroyers bombarded railroad points along the Adriatic between Senigallia and Pesaro. Shells hit Fano and Senigallia villages while two hydroaeroplanes dropped bombs on Ancona. No fatalities or injuries reported. damage described as slight.
In Newport Rhode Island on July 27 the Resolute defeated the Vanitie in the first of three cup defense races. Under Charles Francis Adams 2d of Boston the Resolute completed two 14 mile laps from Brenton's Reef Lightship to Point Judith buoy in 4 hours 18 minutes 28 seconds, 3 minutes 57 seconds ahead on actual time and 5 minutes 4 seconds on corrected time with Cornelius Vanderbilt steering the Vanitie.
The Rev. Florence J. Halloran rector of St. Josephs Wakefield was appointed by Cardinal OConnell as district chaplain for Wakefield Reading and Stoneham in the Federation of Catholic Societies. The cardinal aims to revive interest by dividing the Boston diocese into five districts each led by a county chaplain.
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