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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1914
Page
6
Austrians report Russian victories and a German retreat as British, French, and marines push to hold the Yser line. Prussian Guard shattered at Ypres after fierce clashes. hundreds of German dead and a dynastic elite overrun by Allied counter charges.
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Rumors of a Japanese squadron off Chili coast proved false as German cruisers Leipzig and Dresden near Valparaiso replenished supplies amid protests by English officials. Chilean searches for wrecks of Monmouth and Good Hope continue as Chile negotiates neutrality with the admiralty.
Russian official statement from Petrograd reports continued fighting in eastern Prussia near Stalluponen and Soldau, a repulsed German offensive toward Thorn, and German troop movements from Lyck. It notes Austrian rear losses at Donafetz, Russian advances in Galicia including Krosno, and retreat by Austrians near Sanok and Turka. Turkish torpedo boats seen near Soulina in the Black Sea.
A short poem by A. W. B. lampoons rumor in wartime, recounting how hearsay claims rapid Russian moves, German setbacks, and Kluck’s fate, all as Behring Strait to Timbuctoo travels through Cork and Waterloo. The verse notes rumor alternately comforts and torments the public, ending with a toast to Rumor.
Reports indicate a possible major French assault on the German centre along the Aisne between Soissons and Verdun as Allied gains accumulate. British and Japanese naval movements are noted in the Pacific and South American coasts, while Russians push an enveloping drive in East Prussia and Austro-Hungarian forces retreat in Galicia with Russian occupations noted at Tarnow Jaslo and Krosno.
Despatches from Berlin report the Kaiser in Breslau calling the German armies in Silesia to rely on three fronts to oppose Russian forces until Belgium and northern France secure Calais and Boulogne. Interior garrisons shift to Breslau as new recruits fill towns. About half a million volunteers mobilized amid equipment shortages. total mobilized reaches around 8 million.
The Official Press Bureau reports a severe attack on the First Army Corps line before Ypres on the 11th by a Prussian Guard Corps. British forces endured heavy bombardment and a forceful assault, repulsing the attempt to reach Ypres while inflicting heavy German losses, including 700 dead behind our trenches.
German military headquarters announced heavy losses inflicted on the enemy at Nieuwpoort and 700 prisoners taken, 1100 more captured near Ypres, with continued attacks at Soissons repulsed. Fresh battles reported on the East Prussian frontier, while Vienna reports vast enemy retreat and troop movements along the Save toward Kosminek.
London dispatch reports official word refuting Frankfurter Zeitung claim that 46 German prisoners died in England from pneumonia and typhoid fever. Only five prisoner deaths recorded. one accidental, four due to natural causes. No typhoid fever or pneumonia reported.
Paris dispatch cites German action weaker along the Lys front with Allied counter offensives. It notes progress south of Bixschoote, a village retaken east of Ypres, repulsion of a Prussian Guard offensive south of Ypres, and mentions cannonades elsewhere.
Paris reports a lull in fighting from the Lys to the sea with German attempts to cross the Yser Canal thwarted at Dixmude and other points. Allied positions north, west, and south of Ypres held, with attacks repulsed along the line toward Armentieres and Olse.
In Omaha a German naval officer Carl Hans Lody, awaiting execution in the Tower of London, writes a letter to friends foreseeing his fate and praising Sherman's view of war. He asks friends to judge him fairly and notes spiritual consolation despite his looming demise as a spy.
Paris reports a dramatic aerial clash near Ypres involving eight aeroplanes four German two French and two British. After circling and exchanging fire the four German airships were destroyed by artillery and all eight German officers aboard were killed. The French and British planes fled to their trenches as German craft crashed to earth in the perilous feint.
In recent foggy days troops advanced slowly, holding ground 300 to 500 metres from enemy wire. North of the Aisne Tracy le Val is held, with minor gains east of Tracy le Mont and near Nouvron. Vailly counter attacks were repulsed, and German efforts near Berry au Bac failed. In the Argonne heavy artillery duels continue with minor progress near St Mihiel and Pont a Mousson. A surprise capture near Chevigny Vall and Chatillon occurred. Mt Ste Marie heights repelled a German assault, while snow begins to fall on Vosges heights. In Greenland Sydproven remains the largest settlement, Skansen the smallest.
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