Olympic Volunteers Aid Audacious Sinking Rescue Drama
The Olympic courses through a gale to reach the Audacious after the latter hit a British mine. Lifeboats launch amid peril as 960 aboard the Audacious await help. A capsized battleship boat costs five sailors, while crews maintain discipline and cohesion under Captain Haddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic
Glasgow
Dow
Leviathan
Liverpool
Haddock
King George’s Navy
Bluejackets
The Last of the Audacious and the Olympic Rescue
Sailors recount the Audacious sinking after a mine, as Olympic tows with a hawser. Rescue ships, lifeboats abandoned, two deaths recorded. Audacious crew aided by Liverpool and New York in Loch Swilly salvage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic
Haddock
Liverpool
Haven
Loch Swilly
French Official War Statement From Paris On Front Actions
Paris reports a day of back and forth on the Yser and Ypres fronts with French gains south of Bixschoote and the capture of a small wood. The afternoon note notes German attacks repulsed with losses and says Dixmude fell amid ongoing artillery activity and minor actions along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixmude
Ypres
Paris
War Office
Yser Canal
Bixschoote
Lys
Oise
Lorraine
Vosges
German General Headquarters War Update November 15
German official statement from Berlin via London reports that on the right wing fighting made only slight progress due to bad weather. In a difficult preliminary engagement, German forces captured several hundred troops and advanced positions yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Russian Official War Statement from Petrograd
The official communication reports progress on the East Prussian front at Stalluponen Angerburg Johannisburg and Soldau Niedenburg with victories against strong resistance. It notes continued Vistula front actions from Plock to the Warta, enemy withdrawals near Kalisz Wielun, and a push toward Cracow with Austrian defence in Galicia and movements toward Carpathian passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Belgium
Brussels
Antwerp
Ostend
Germany
Oder
Cracow
Oppeln
Breslau
Turba
Strait of
Bab-el-Mandeb
Duke of Edinburgh
Sheikh-Said
Strait
Gulf of Aden
Constantinople
Kotur
Azerbaijan
Fao
Basra
Persian Gulf
Koprukelli
Caucasus
Vienna
Servia
Valjevo
Argonne
Coincourt
Department of
Meurthe-et-Moselles
Tarfal
Russian
Poland
Petrograd
Stalluponen
Angerburg
Johannisburg
Soldau
Niedenburg
Vistula
Plock
Warta
Prisoner Detained: Viscount Crichton, King George VAide
Berlin dispatch reports Viscount Crichton, extra equerry to King George V, captured and held prisoner in Amsterdam via London. Time stamped 12:25 p m on November 15. The report cites a Telegraat despatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Amsterdam
London
Telegraat
Berlin
Viscount Crichton
George V
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Prussia
Edward D. Sullivan
Folkestone
Calais
Tipperary
New York
Roberts
Liverpol
Ghent
Bruges
Dundalk
Chandler & Co
Brodie
Tricot
Coutil
Broche
Messaline
Tremont Street
McKenney & Waterbury Co
Eres
Franklin St. Cox
Boston
Mass
Ues
Galicia
Domaierz
Zabno
Tarnow
Wisloka
Jaslo
Carpathians
R. H. Stearns & CO
R. H. Stearns & Coq
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!