Crisis of Great Battle in Poland Near Warsaw Front
German enveloping move east of Warsaw slowed by Russian resistance. Officials say fighting by Narew and Bug confluence north of Serock signals continued advance toward the Warsaw Petrograd railway. The campaign hinges on isolating Warsaw and the Vilna drive linked to Lublin-Cholm-Ivangorod offensives.
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Poland
Warsaw-Petrograd
Narew-Bug
Stiangle
Warsaw-Petrograd Railway
London
Warsaw
Berlin
Narew
Bug
Serock
Vilna
Russia
Good News for the Deaf Fluid Enserol Remedy Ad
An advertisement claims fluid Enserol available at drug stores cures hearing loss buzzing and ringing. Directions: mix with warm water, apply two drops nightly in ear, gargle throat and sniff nasal passages, repeatedly for weeks to improve hearing and relieve catarrh and head noises.
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Riker Jaynes
Russian Offensives Slow Except Around Warsaw Front
Military observers report no official communiqués from Petrograd yet this afternoon. The Sokal line holds while the Blonie front straightens to within 15 miles of Warsaw forts. A lull appears in the Grojec region and it is unclear if fresh troops have been moved.
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Warsaw
Sokal
Blonie
Grojec
War news briefs pick up pace on multiple fronts
Troops reinforce von Hindenburg on the Narew Bug drive while fresh forces approach Nasielsk south of Pulusk. Gowo rowo falls east of Rozan as Courlang iler toward Riga nears the city. Mackensen’s Lublin Chelm line stalls. Austrians cross the Bug at Sokai. In the Argonne French trenches hold after German assault and Lingekopf blockhouses fall. Italian Carso report highlights heavy artillery gains and Austrian setbacks.
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Vistula
von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Nasielsk
Pultusk
East Prussia
Goworowo
Rozan
Courlang
Riga
von Buelow
von Mackensen
Lublin- Chelm
Sokai
Argonne
Vosges
Lingekopf
French War Office reports front quiet with several engagements
Paris dispatch from July 28 quotes the war office: in Alsace two enemy blockhouses taken east of Lingekopf and Schratzmannele. in Artois Germans attacked three positions north of Souchez, driven from trenches except one saphead. Soissons bombarded. Argonne near Fontaine-aux-Charmes attacked but repelled. Dardanelles: minor progress on the right wing. French aviators bombarded the enemy aviation camp north of Chanam, hitting hangars and a gasoline station, with flames.
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Paris
War Office
Vosges
Alsace
Lingekopf
Schratzmannele
French War Department
Artois
Souchez
Dardanelles
Chanam
German War Office Report From Northwest Souchez Front
The German war office states the Silesian landsturm stormed French trenches northwest of Souchez and captured four machine guns. In the Vosges along the Lingekopf Barrenkopf line there was four hours of severe fighting with ongoing engagements.
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Berlin
London
German War Office
Souchez
Vosges
Lingekopf- Barrenkopf
Germans storm trenches and seize guns in French theater
Berlin official notes describe German advances northwest of Souchez recapturing trenches on Lingekopf in the Vosges and storming Pronu near Blonie. Italian forces gain ground in the Aione valley and on Monte Nero while Paris and Rome dispatch further war reports.
French counter attacks repulsed as trenches retaken on Lingekopf
Eastern front reports say Allied forces recaptured Lingekopf trenches lost two days earlier with minor loss. Between Mitau and Niemen about 1000 Russians captured. Goworowo near Rosan seized. North of Serock and Narew banks Russian counter attack failed with 2500 prisoners and seven machine guns. Piorunow stormed west of Warsaw fort line.
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Berlin
Lingekopf
Vosges
Goworowo
Rosan
Niemen
Pronunow
Blonie
Warsaw Fort
Mitau
Serock
Narew
Nasielsk
Warsaw
Piorunow
Gora-Kalwarya
Italian General Staff reports gains on Carso and Plava fronts
The statement says Italian forces hold Monte Savanesch and Pissona crest heights in the Rione valley and advance on the Carso plateau. They describe repelling enemy assault with machine guns, enlarging the Plava bridgehead, and capturing 8200 prisoners including one lieutenant colonel plus five machine guns and other trophies after a day of intense fighting.
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Paris
Rione
Monte Savanesch
Pissona
Monte Nero
Plava
Carso
San Michele
San Martino
Monte Dei
Italian and Austro forces report mixed results on fronts
General Headquarters reports that near Sokal enemy counterattacks failed while west of Ivangorod their assaults collapsed. Italian attacks on the Doberdo plateau slowed but held. Gorizia district battle ends in enemy failure. Naval action includes railway bombardment from Ancona to Pesaro and air strikes on Ancona. no enemy ships sighted.
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London
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Bug
Sokal
Ivangorod
Doberdo
Gorizia
Enmoy
Monte Sabotino
Ancona
Pesaro
Fano
England Claims Right to Blockade Commerce
The note from Britain’s foreign minister Sir Edward Grey is withheld pending a supplemental communication expected within a week, delaying publication of the message asserting England’s right to blockade commerce.
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England
Edward Grey
British note expands blockade theory to neutral ports
The British government plans to extend its blockade justification to cover goods exported through neutral ports. It cites the Springbok and Alabama cases, claims no damage to American trade, and notes large U.S. export increases and continued German noncontraband imports.
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Belgium
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Park shows defend child labor slides despite protest
The Boston park shows committee votes to continue displaying slides on labor conditions despite protest from Chairman Cole of the Boston Industrial Development Board. The Massachusetts child labor committee says the slides show actual conditions and urges public information. the shows involve a coalition of 10 private health and recreation groups and are not city movies.
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Cole
Boston Industrial Development Board
Park Shows Committee
Massachusetts Child Labor Committee
Grafton D. Cushing
Massachusetts
Russia calls 19 year men to war mobilization in Siberia
Petrograd July 28 report says an imperial ukase calls to the colors men born in 1896. A governmental order is said to be issued for general mobilization throughout Siberia.
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Russia
Petrograd
London
Siberia
Submarines Sink Nine More Ships
London July 28 nine vessels fell to German submarines in a single day. Among the losses were four neutral ships including a Swedish and a British steamer a Swedish bark three Danish schooners and three British fishing craft.
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London
German Submarines Sink 229 British Ships by July 25
Berlin dispatch reports German submarines have sunk 229 British vessels and 30 other hostile ships through July 25, including six neutral ships by mistake and 27 neutrals for contraband. Emma and three Danish vessels Marta Neptunis Lena were sunk. Mangara, Iceni, Salacia, Sagna dalen and Westward Ho crews landed at Blyth Lowestoft Grimsby and Lowestoft.
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Amsterdam
Emma
Marta
Lena
Blyth
Mangara
Glasgow
Bilboa
Hartlepool
Lowestoft
Mangara Steamship Company
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Salacia
North Sea
England
Sagnadalen
Russian Statement From Petrograd on Narew Front
Official statement from Petrograd describes heavy artillery on the Narew left bank near the Prut and six repulsed attacks near Budy Pul tusk. It notes a 1500-prisoner capture north of Maidane and an offensive south of Sokal as the enemy crosses near Porietzk. Fine setter dog pictures are promised in the Pictorial Section of next Sunday's Post.
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London
Narew
Prut
Budy
Pultusk
Maidane
Sokal
Porietzk
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