Abandonment of Warsaw and Russian retreat analyzed in dispatches
Despatches from Petrograd discuss the planned Russian retreat from the Vistula to fortified lines and the strategic impact of a possible Warsaw loss. Reuter reports Russia’s mobilization limits and a cautious buildup as Duma reconvenes. The Daily Mail notes a potential diverson and assesses that Moscow seeks to preserve armies over territory.
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Daily Mail
Reuter
Petrograd
Warsaw
Vistula
Russia
Duma
London
Paris
Fake Passports Up To Germany Shine Anew
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard urged Germany to explain sworn testimony from alleged German spies held in England. They say forged American passports were supplied by German officials and used by Americans, with a Berlin police custody passport later returned but copied with a different identity.
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Washington
Gerard
England
U S Officials Seek German Explanation of Passport Forgeries
The State Department seeks a formal denial from Germany over alleged German agent involvement in passport forgeries. Officials note no legal remedy exists for deliberate forgery at the time and cite cases including the German-American Kuepferle who died after admitting a bogus passport was supplied by his superiors. Developments follow the Bruckow trial in London.
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Gerard
Kuepferle
State Department
Bruckow
London
Belgium field matters near standstill in official report
A London issued official report notes a Turkish rout in Asiatic Turkey with heavy casualties and loss of war materiel. No new developments in the Italian Austrian front in the last 24 hours.
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London
Turkey
French War Office bulletin reports small gains and repulsed German attack
Paris July 29 The war office issued a calm report noting artillery activity from the sea to the Vosges with marked action near Souchez Arras and Soissons and in the Argonne Maria Therese and Fey-en-Haye. We occupied a new group of houses southwest of Launois in the Ban de Sapt Vosges Shelled St Die Thann Barrenkopf Germans attempted to retake positions but were repulsed. a German battery assisting the attack was destroyed.
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Paris
War Office
Vosges
Souchez
Arras
Soissons
Argonne
Maria Therese
Fey-en-Haye
Ban-de-Sapt
Launois
St. Die
Thann
Barrenkopf
German War Updates Report Progress Across Fronts
Berlin dispatch summarizes army statements on July 29 noting a pontoon destroyed on the Furness canal with a heavy gun, a French attack repulsed near Souchez, mines exploded near Givenchy Argonne and Vaquois, French Champagne mines ineffective, and Russian attacks south of the Narew. It also reports German troops north of the Nieman unchanged and a position gain near Suwalki capturing prisoners and machine guns.
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Berlin
London
Flanders
Furness Canal
Souchez
Givenchy
Argonne
Vaquois
Champagne
Nieman
Suwalki
Olita
Narew
German Subject Arrested Over Forged American Passport
London authorities detain a German national with a forged American passport that closely imitates an authentic document issued to an American citizen. The suspect claims the false passport was provided in Antwerp by Captain Schweizer of the German secret service. The State Department in Washington investigates the matter, with the real passport tracing back to a U.S. businessman who entered Germany on March 24 and left April. The American embassy declined to comment on the case.
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London
State Department
Washington
Antwerp
Schweizer
Germany
England
Russian forces report gains and reverses on various fronts
The report notes heavy enemy losses and captures 128 Russians west of Novo Georgievsk on the Vistula. It mentions a July 27 night Russian advance near Gorakalwarja halted by a counterattack. It also states the southeastern theatre shows little change in German troop positions.
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Sielsk
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Gorakalwarja
Austrian War Communique Reports Frontline Gains and Setbacks
The Vienna issued note says in Bukowina and Bessarabia Croatian landwehr and Hungarian landsturm overran a Russian fortification, with 170 Russians dead and 2 colonels and 600 men captured. Sokal saw heavy attacks repelled. Italian actions included failed coastal assaults near Sdraussina and Vermegnano, with enemy retreat to pre battle lines at Gorizia and skirmishes on the Tyrolean frontier. An Italian company was blown up near Fotana.
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Vienna
London
Bukowina
Bessarabia
Landwehr
Kamionica
Sokal
Sdraussina
Vermegnano
Gorizia
Marcelin
Tofana
War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
German forces halted west and south of Mitau while Russians claim 1500 prisoners in clashes near Vieprez and Bug. British airship downed near Lillebeke. 18000 Canadians with 450 horses reach Plymouth en route to front. French take houses near Laundis and destroy Barrenkopf battery. Lingekopf Barrenkopf site finds include 600 German dead and weapons. British push Turks back 25 miles in Asiatic Turkey. 2500 Turks killed, 564 British lost. German pontoon with heavy gun on Fur Ness Canal destroyed. Northeast of Suwalki Germans seize part of Russian line, 2910 prisoners and two machine guns taken. Washington to Germany over Leelanaw sinking. forged passports questioned. Austria claims storming Bukowina border and Italian repulses on Tyrolean frontier. Turkey rumored to stock only one month ammo. Plus a Women’s Section note on a working girl’s vacation.
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Mitau
Petrograd
Vieprez
Bug
Lillebeke
London
Plymouth
Laundis
Vosges
Barrenkopf
Paris
Lingekopf
Asiatic
Turkey
Furness Canal
Berlin
Suwalki
Warsaw
Washington
Gerard
Germany
United States
England
Bukowina
Tyrolean
Vienna
Rome
Capt John Hopkins Laid At Rest In Orleans
Funeral services were held in Orleans for Captain John Hopkins who died Sunday at age 97. A longtime resident and holder of the Boston Post gold headed cane he was among the oldest citizens of Orleans and survived by his wife Hannah who died weeks earlier. the couple were the oldest in the state’s section.
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Orleans
John Hopkins
Captain Hopkins
Cape
Boston Post
Hannah
Italian Army Report on July Advances and Prisoners
The official Italian army statement details progress in the Cordevole valley with the Lana Pass area, repulsed enemy forces in Padola, continued artillery actions in Carniola destroying Fort Hrsel, and a Garso front counter-attack that failed with heavy enemy losses. It notes 1480 prisoners and 27 officers taken in actions on July 2 and 28.
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Rome
Paris
Cordevole
Lana Pass
Pieve de Livinallongo
Padola
Carniola
Hrsel
Garso
Alpine Landeschutzen
Dr Bowers Answers If There Is Any Risk in Camping Out
In the magazine section of next Sunday's Post Dr Bowers answers the question Is There Any Risk in Camping Out from a reader inquiry. He explains potential hazards and safe camping practices for readers planning outdoor overnight trips.
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Dr. Bowers
Next Sunday
Post
Norwegian Club Hears McCall Bid for Governor
The Republican State committee hosted a dinner for Norwegian American businessmen and formed a Norwegian Republican Club at Young’s Hotel. Samuel W. McCall spoke on postwar industrial competition and the GOP’s protectionist stance, urging naturalization and Republican alignment among Norwegians across Massachusetts. Officers were elected: Paul Froiland president, Olaf Pederson vice president, Obert Sletter vice president, Ole M. Dahl treasurer, John A. Johnson secretary. Sletten credited as organizer and mover of the effort.
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Republican State Committee
Young’s Hotel
Thurston
Samuel W. McCall
McCall
America
Europe
United States
Republican Party
Paul Froiland
Springfield
Olaf Pederson
Brighton
Obert Sletter
Cambridge
Ole M. Dahl
Roxbury
John A. Johnson
Hyde Park
Sletten
William F. Garcelon
Committee hears upbeat update on gubernatorial fund drive
The committee reports surprising results from a campaign to raise 25 from 1000 men. Many contributors switched from Democratic support to the cause. Speakers included Harry F. R. Dolan Cambridge Rev. Joseph E. Johnson East Boston Dr. H. Nissen Herman Berg and Rudolph Martens. A Norwegian quartet sang native songs and each speaker shared a humorous anecdote.
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Harry F. R. Dolan
Cambridge
Joseph E. Johnson
Boston
H. Nissen
Herman Berg
Rudolph Martens
Soviet War Update Reports No Material Change On Fronts
The general headquarters says the Niemen Dvina and Narew fronts show no changes while the Vistula Vieprz area remains quiet. Austrian forces attacked near Sokal and Maidane Ostrovsky, but Russian troops repulsed them and drove the enemy back across the Bug, taking 1508 prisoners in 24 hours.
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Narew
Vistula
Gora Kalwarya
Grojec
Vieprz
Bug
Maidane-Ostrovsky
Voislavitze
Airship Raid Over Zeebrugge Reported by Daily Mail
London dispatch says allied airmen raided Zeebrugge and Knocke at dawn causing damage to the Mole and bridge crossings. The Rotterdam correspondent notes considerable disruption to coastal defenses.
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London
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Zebrugge
Knocke
Mole
Curtis Guild Memorial Fund Receipts Reported Total
Contributions to the Curtis Guild memorial fund continue to arrive with the treasurer noting no large sums. The list includes amounts from Columbus Associates Italian section and Gettysburg Command members, with a reported total of 14 234.09.
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Curtis Guild Memorial Fund
Henry
Patna
Columbus Associates
Gettysburg Command
I Union Veterans
Asty Dar Appies Fienes Ia
Soerss
Edmund Rice
British in Asia rout the Turks near Nasiriyeh
An official communication reports General Sir John Nixon says Turkish forces retreated northward more than 25 miles after an action on July 24 near Nasiriyeh in Asiatic Turkey.
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London
John Nixon
Nasiriyeh
Asiatic
Turkey
Battle Report From Xilled Front Reveals Heavy Casualties
Official dispatch notes 2500 enemy casualties including 41 officers and 690 men captured. Allied losses total 564 with British and Indian officers and ranks among the dead wounded and missing. Mines and artillery exchanges described with several minor damages and one enemy machine shot down east of Zillebeke.
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Nasiriveh
French submarine Mariotte reported missing and possibly sunk
Paris reports no direct news from the French squadron in the Dar danelles about the Mariotte which entered the straits on July 26. Turkish telegrams claim the submarine was sunk and its 381 officers and crew captured. Constantinople dispatches say a German submarine destroyed the Mariotte in the Dardanelles narrows on July 26.
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French
Ministry of Marine
Dardanelles
Mariotte
Sea of
Marmara
Constantinople
Mittag Zeitung
Berlin
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