Protests Rise as Greece Faces Troop Landing Amid War News
War dispatches outline Allied troop deployments and conscription plans as Italy pledges Balkan intervention. Serbian defense stiffens near Kareljevo and Ivagnitza while Austro-German advances slow. Russian efforts press Dvina corridor. Riga and Dvinsk front lines shift amid winter operations. Italian offensives on Trentino and Isonzo persist with Gorizia a focal point. Western front artillery activity increases in Artois as rain hinders offensive momentum.
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Italy
Balkans
Greece
Roumania
Kareljevo
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Morava
Riga
Dvinsk
Montenegrins Hold Line Against Austrians
Montenegrin forces report heavy fighting on the Sanjak front with 60 prisoners and two machine guns captured. They say Austrians were repulsed near Grahovo and later took more than 100 prisoners. an Austrian aircraft fell into their lines with two crew captured. An artillery duel continues on the Herzegovinian front with no other changes reported.
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Grahovo
Herzegovinian
Three More Belgians Reported Executed
Amsterdam dispatch reports three Belgians executed by a German court martial for sending troop movement news to the allies. A fourth Belgian was sentenced to 12 years in prison, per Echo Belge.
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Amsterdam
London
Echo Belge
Judge Suggests Fells Signs Be Washed and Repainted
Judge Bruce in Malden District Court advised cleaning and washing the Middlesex Fells park signs and adopting a universal color for motorist directions. The motorists’ infractions were placed on file as a batch.
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War News In Brief From Frontline Regions
Heavy bombardment continues in Loos with French artillery silencing German guns in Artois. Mines wreck northern Flirey and Argonne defenses. Germans push back with heavy losses after 11 days near Shlok west of Riga. Ten German assaults in Ixkull district repulsed with heavy losses. Allied Balkans offensive grows, Bulgaria and Turkey protest to Greece over Saloniki landings. Churchill resigns from British cabinet to join the army in France.
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London
Ancona Liner Despatches Reported Censorship
The State Department remained largely uninformed about the Ancona sinking. A single despatch on the Italian liner hit by a submarine reached Washington but was not fully intelligible. many details of the loss of life remain unclear.
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State Department
Mediterranean
Ancona
Silence on Ancona Disaster Confounds Officials
Officials report 86 hours of silence on the Ancona disaster despite orders to report details. Ambassadors in Rome relay scant news while censorship is suspected. The May 18 message notes missing Mrs Greil and Patative and Torrisi family members, with Torrisi’s husband saved, all believed American. No data yet on attack, casualties, or identity of Americans aboard.
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Ancona
Rome
Ambassador Page
Greil
Torrisi
Uncertain US Course After Ancona Torpedoing
Officials say it will be impossible to determine the course of the United States. If the vessel was warned and ordered to stop before she was torpedoed, the US will make no protest. Survivors suggest the Ancona tried to escape, though the captain denies it.
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Ancona
Italians storm trenches on Carso front near San Martino
Italian army headquarters reports new advances on the Carso front. In San Giovanni Pass the enemy attack was repulsed despite heavy artillery support. Across the middle Isonzo and Plava sectors the push yields prisoners and some progress at Gorizia. Fog and rain hindered artillery, but troops stormed trenches southwest of San Martino del Carso taking about 30 prisoners.
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Isonzo
Plava
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Gorizia
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Bombardment Presses Loos Front as French Report Artillery Gains
Paris reports continued bombardment in Loos and Fosse Calonne sectors with both sides active. French artillery silenced German batteries in Bus, Artois, while mines aided counter attacks in Argonne Hill No. 225. A mine near Flirey wrecked enemy galleries and halted their work.
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Loos
War Office
Artois
Fosse Calonne
Bus
Argonne
Flirey
Clan Macalister Crew Land After Sinking
London November 12 The crew of the British steamship Clan Macalister totaling 45 men including 38 Las cars and seven Europeans were landed today. The 4833 ton vessel was sunk on November 10 after a maritime disaster.
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London
Germans Find Dvinsk Impossible to Capture
Berlin reports that German observers describe Dvinsk as a sand fortress with permanent trenches and fox holes that blunt artillery and shield garrisons. Five storm attempts from Sept 15 to Oct 26 failed, the town halved in size but still held, and attackers suffered heavy losses from flanking machine gun fire.
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London
Dvinsk
von Kueschuetzky
Vossische Zeitung
Jland
England Reaffirms 1914 War Pledges by Grey
London reports Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey reaffirmed Premier Asquith’s peace terms for the Entente at a written reply to MP Sir Arthur Markham. He stated Britain’s war aims rest on Japan France and Russia and that peace must meet Asquith’s Nov 9, 1914 conditions including Belgium’s recovery and protection of smaller nationalities.
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Edward Grey
Arthur Markham
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
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France
Russia
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Prussia
Russian War Report From Front Across Multiple Regions
Official communication from Petrograd via London details Army advances west of Raggatz and Kammern Anting captures after 11 days of marsh fighting. German losses described, prisoners and machine guns taken. Reports of stubborn defense near Borsemuende Farm Ixkull and heavy German casualties. Lithuanian troops praised for performance on Riga front. Minor progress near Dvinsk Pristane Illukst. 270 prisoners taken near Kostroukhovka. Caucasus clashes around Tortum with Kurdish bands driven off near Lake Urmia vicinity.
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London
Shlok
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Kostroukhovka
Rafalovka
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Schahtepe
German Army Reports Mixed WWII Fronts Gains and Losses
Berlin reports in the western theatre two English planes shot down and another forced to land. In the east German forces claim prisoners and continued Russian repulse. In the Balkans pursuit of Serbians continues with advances and several forts and positions seized. More than 1700 prisoners and 11 guns captured.
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Swedish embargo tightens as butter joins ban on exports
A Reuters despatch from Stockholm reports Sweden will extend its export ban to butter starting November 15, effectively completing the embargo on food products.
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Reuter
Stockholm
Chancellor Says Germany Cannot Be Starved Out
Berlin dispatch reports Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg answering a Socialist petition on food prices. He declares Germany will not be starved and that Entente hopes to starve the country will be disappointed.
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Churchill Leaves Cabinet to Join Army in France
London announces Winston Spencer Churchill resigns as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and will go to active service in France. He holds the rank of major in the Oxford Yeomanry and previously served as first lord of the admiralty before joining the coalition cabinet last May.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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France
Churchill
Oxford Yeomanry
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Arthur J. Balfour
Churchill Resigns From Admiralty Over War Council
In a letter to Premier Asquith Churchill explains his resignation from the Admiralty citing the need for an active role in wartime policy and insists on a share of guidance and control. Asquith responds with regret and praise for Churchill's wartime services and leadership.
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Admiralty
War Council
Committee of Imperial Defence
Winston Churchill
Feel Young Constipation Remedy Ad Promotes Olive Tablets
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle effective laxative to restore bowel action without harsh medicines. It urges taking one or two tablets to prevent colls with liver or stomach and cites cost and availability from Olive Tablet Company Columbus and druggists. It also promotes Rheumasalts as a carbonated lithia drink to cleanse the stomach and intestines and notes Rheumabath Co Saint Paul as supplier.
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St. Paul
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