Germans Fail to Cross River After Dixmude Breakthrough
German attempts to reach the Belgian coast fail as Dixmude falls but British and French lines hold. Niger torpedoed off Deal with all crew saved. submarine threat boosts London fears. Russian prisoners exceed 20,000 after East Prussia fighting. Allied gains near Ostend and Aisne. Vienna reports continued夜 fighting in several theatres.
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Deal
North Sea
London
Thames
Isle of Dogs
Downs
Straits of Dover
Ramsgate
Dover
Admiralty
Yarmouth
Halcyon
England
Belgium
Dixmude
Yser
Liege
Amsterdam
Belgian
Lombaertzyde
Ostend
Lombaertryde
Soissons
Vailly
Aisne
Coincourt
Petrov
Lorraine
Petrograd
East Prussia
Poland
von Hindenberg
French Official Statements On WWI Front Actions Nov Eleven
Paris reports two official statements detailing renewed heavy fighting along the Yser and Lys fronts. The first notes German attacks repulsed around Lombaertzyde and Dixmude with no new overall gains. The afternoon statement describes gains north of Nieuwpoort with temporary occupancies around Lombaertzyde and Dixmude, British forces halting German advances, and minor engagements elsewhere with some local success.
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London
Berlin
Marconi Wireless Company
Yser
Dixmude
Langmar
Ypres
St. Eloi
Armentieres
Lille
Vienne-le-Chateau
Argonne
Verdun
Vienna
Shabats
Lesnitza
Kupanje
Galicia
Bessarabia
Russia
Constantinople
Paris
Lombaertzyde
Nieuwport
The
Lys
Soissons
Vailly
Aisne
Coincourt
Parroy
Asquith Hints at Short War in Commons Speech
In a House of Commons address Premier Asquith suggested the war might not last as long as some predicted though it would endure. He argued the empire would grow stronger to fill gaps and replace losses, and that enduring sacrifice would prove Britain a champion of a just cause.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Asquith Praises Unity and Wartime Resolve
The British premier commends cross party support for an unprecedented wartime effort. He notes troops have held difficult positions, joined with France and Belgium to thwart German plans, and mentions Winston Churchill and Earl Kitchener in connection with the Antwerp expedition. He cites 1,136,000 regular army men authorized this year, with most already serving.
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Asquith
England
France
Belgium
Antwerp
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Earl Kitchener
Regular
Territorials
Crown
War measures debated as Asquith to unveil finance plan
In Parliament on Monday Prime Minister Asquith will present government financial proposals including a loan issue and a large credit for the war. King George in the throne speech frames the conflict as a duty of paramount importance with Ottoman involvement expanding the theater of war. Bonar Law pledges opposition support, while Viscount Bryce touts Allied moral resolve and warns against peace negotiations as a hollow truce.
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Mr. Asquith
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
House
King George
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Mussulman
A. Bonar Law
Viscount Bryce
House of Lords
United States
Europe
Earl of Crawford
Rosyth
Fife
Germany
Darmand Addresses Play of the Harvard Cercle Francais
E F H Darmand a member of the National Conservatory of France spoke at Gray's Hall on Two Years Theatrical Experience in Madagascar. He formerly worked with the Paris and Nice grand venues and is a coach for the annual Play of the Cercle Francais.
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E. FH. Darmand
Harvard Cercle Francais
Madagascar
Club Tooms
Gray's Hall
Mr. Darmand
National Conservatory of France
Paris
Nice
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