Germans Lose in East Africa After British Victory
London reports an important British success in German East Africa. Near Handeni on the Luki gura River on June 24 General Smuts’ forces heavily defeated the Germans, who held a strong position in the brush. A night-march column attacked from the flank and rear, yielding a pom pom, two machine guns, rifles, munitions, and 11 German prisoners. Four British men were killed or wounded. German losses were severe.
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German East Africa
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Lukigura
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German suffragists greet Frenchwomen in letter
The Zeitscript Fuer Frauen uimmrecht, the German suffrage organ, sends a greeting to the women of France. It states that after the catastrophe of the war, women of all nations shall work unitedly to prevent its recurrence.
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the Hague
London
Zeitscript Fuer Frauen@uimmrecht
France
Allies Combine in Move on Foe
London reports a coordinated Allied offensive as Russia advances into the Carpathians and Transylvania threats grow. Italy pursues Austrians through Trentino while France pushes in Alsace and destroys depots near Chapelette. British bombardment continues in Flanders and northern France.
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Russia
Italy
Britain
France
French Statement on Verdun Front and Meuse Artillery Actions
Official war office report says there was no infantry action around Verdun. Bombardment eased on both Meuse banks while a brisk artillery duel continued near Dead Man's Hill. In Vosges two German munitions depots were blown up by French batteries east of Chapelette. Belgian sector saw focused shelling near Nieuwport Dixmude and Steenstraete.
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Meuse
Paris
War Office
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Villa Sur Tourbe
Vosges
Chapelette
Nieuwport
Dixmude
Steen Straete
Steenstra
Italian War Office Statement On Front Advances
Rome reports Italian forces recaptured multiple positions including Castle Gambetto Melette Mount Longara Gallio Asiago Cesuna and Monte Cragio while driving enemy retreats along the Mandrielle road and Seinte Coimmiani plateau. Bombardments and fires observed near multiple fronts with aircraft strikes on Monte Bover and rail depots.
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Melette
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Asiago
Cesuna
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Arsa
Sette Communis
Raossi
Russian War Office reports frontline actions in Bukowina and beyond
Official statement details Russian cavalry occupying a position near Pezoritz in Bukowina and advancing toward Transylvania. It notes repeated artillery exchanges on the Western front around Jacobstadt Dvinsk and Baranovichi, with several German attacks repulsed and Russian counter actions inLoots, Styr, Dneister and Euphrates regions.
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London
Pezoritz
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Russian War Office
War Office
Transylvania
British Steamer Canford Chine Sunk Off Spanish Coast
A Reuter despatch from Barcelona reports the British steamship Canford Chine of Cardiff sunk by a submarine off Calella Spain last night. The captain and 12 crew landed at Barcelona. The Canford Chine measured 2839 tons gross and 304 feet in length, built in Newcastle in 1903.
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Calella
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Reuter
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War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
Since occupying Bukovina Russian forces push south toward Transylvania passes. Austria reports retreat in Tyrol as Italians advance between Brenta and Etsch. Western front quiet around Verdun, Meuse artillery waning. French batteries destroy two German depots near Chapelette Vosges. Italians recapture Castle Gamberto Melotte Mt Longara Gallio Asiago Cesuna Monte Cragio in Trentino. Germans defend west of Sokul Volynia, 61 Russian officers and 11,007 men captured since June 16.
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Austria
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Etsch
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Meuse
Paris
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Vosges
Alsatian
Trentino
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Melette
Mt. Longara
Gallio
Asiago
Cesuna
Monte Cragio
Rome
Sokul
Volhynia
Berlin
Austrian War Dispatch Reports Front Actions and Adjustments
Vienna reports repulsed Russian attacks north of Kuty with heavy enemy losses and calmer conditions along Galicia front. In Volhynia artillery clashes persist, while German forces breach enemy lines 8000 metres west of Sakul and repel counterattacks. Italian sector sees a stealthy shortening of front between Brenta and Etsch with no losses.
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London
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Bukowina
Galicia
Volhynia
Sakul
Brenta
Etsch
Canada Was to Be Invaded as German Plot Details Emerge
In New York on June 26, Horst von der Goltz testified in Hans Tauscher’s trial about conspiracies to invade Canada with armed force and to dynamite the Canadian American border. He described von Papen engineering attacks on grain elevators bridges canals and railways to panic Canada and disrupt Allied troop movements. The witness said Tauscher supplied dynamite and guns and read a signed order for the dynamite. Sums of money ranging from 100 to 2650 were cited.
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Washington
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England
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Baltimore
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German Agent Testimony Ties Lawyer to Payoffs and Desertion
The witness said he was paid by Buffalo lawyer John Ryan. Von der Goltz identified receipts and a $200 check to Ryan dated Sept. 1, 1914. He admitted adopting the name in El Paso at the German government's suggestion and said he deserted the U S army due to pressure from German secret groups in Galveston Texas.
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Galveston
German War Report Details Balkan and Western Front Actions
Berlin reports limited activity on the eastern front with notable progress by General von Linsingen near Sokul and increased prisoner captures. The Bothmer group notes the situation largely unchanged while the Balkan front shows no new developments. Western front fighting remains active near Verdun and Meuse, with French attacks repulsed and German air forces striking the British camp near Pas.
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London
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Sokul
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Meuse
Froi de Terre
Pas
Doullens
Portuguese Defeat Germans in Africa
Lisbon reports a German attack on Undine in Portuguese East Africa on May 28 was repulsed. Portuguese losses total two men while German casualties were eight plus many wounded or missing. German boats carrying arms were sunk.
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Portuguese East Africa
War Office
Undine
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