Greece faces Allied demand to demobilize army amid neutrality tensions
Allied pressure rises for Greece to demobilize and avoid hostile moves if she remains neutral. British officials warn only decisive action can secure terms as King Constantine and advisers resist, fearing Greek ruin and end of the dynasty. Serbia and Montenegro battles intensify as Austro-German and Bulgarian forces advance. French and British troops struggle to aid, with mounting casualties and uncertain relief routes.
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Tion
Constantine
Greece
Sophia
Serbia
Montenegro
Albania
Italian Offensive Advances on Fronts in World War I
Italian artillery renewed heavy bombardment in the Gorizia zone and on the Carso plateau. Italian infantry gained solid footing on Monte San Michele and Monte Colombine while repelling counterattacks. In the Isonzo Zagora and Carnia sectors activity continued with multiple prisoner captures and aerial raids, including bombs dropped on Assevizza.
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Zagora
Fondo
Gorizia
Oslava
Carso
Monte San Michele
Milegna
Arsiero
Assevizza
War News In Brief From Allied Fronts And Balkan Theatre
Allied Greece faces a demand for benevolent neutrality through demobilization. Intense bombardment and terrain gains mark Gorizia and Carso. Gorizia fortifications suffer heavy damage from artillery. Monastir remains under British control per reports. French bombardments target German positions across several points. Bulgarian attacks on French lines in the Balkans falter as Saloniki landings continue. Serbian troops retreat into Montenegro face heavy Montenegrin resistance along the Lim River. Italians pierce the Austrian line at Oslavia but lose ground except on one summit still contested by Austrians.
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Embros
Earl Kitchener
Skouloudis
Lord Kitchener
Athens
War
Marine
Kitchener
Monastir
Kossovo
Montenegro
Albania
Gorizia
Star River
Czartorysk
Petrograd
Courland
Greece
Rome
Carso
Geneva
Paris
Balkans
Saloniki
Lim River
Oslavia
Vienna
War Office Report From Front Lines Unchanged On Western Front
The Russian statement released via London says no change on the western front. It notes artillery and rifle firing in the Caucasus near Tortum and the coast with skirmishing between advanced guards, and engagements with Kurdish bands north of Lake Van and south of Lake Urmia.
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Caucasus
Tortum
Lake van
Lake Urumiah
Allies Blockade Greece Reported by Havas News
Paris dispatch confirms Entente powers declare a commercial blockade on Greece. A note from the British legation in Athens explains measures suspending Greece's access to allied economic facilities due to the Greek government's stance on security and disembarkment terms. The note says neutrality may be preserved if misunderstandings are cleared and normal trade resumes.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Greece
Venizelos Followers to Ignore Greek Election
Leaders of Eleutherios Venizelos party meet in Athens and urge abstention from the forthcoming general election since wartime service will prevent polling participation and doubt remains on executing policy after another victory. Venizelos followers issue a manifesto calling supporters to refrain from voting.
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Venizelos
London
Eleutherios Venizelos
Constantine
Serbia
Athens
Reuter
Exchange Telegraph Company
M. Venizelos
Germans Menace to Ireland Warns Irish Politician in Tipp
Dublin dispatch reports Hon T. P. Gill of the Irish Parliamentary party warned in a Tipp speech that German influence in Ireland would threaten land tenure and contracts. He cited maps of arable land in Berlin archives and warned Belgium-like encroachments could erase Ashbourne Wyndham Birrell acts if Britain weakens.
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Dublin
T. P. Gill
Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Agricultural Board
Tipperary
Ireland
Golden Vale
Berlin
Germany
Fashion items and fabrics on sale
Golflex coats fur trimmed and silk lined in Rose green white and heather at 35 and 45 dollars. Cloth skating suits fur trimmed 25 to 105 dollars. New leather coats soft pliable 65 to 85 dollars. Corduroy skirts white navy brown green 5 75 dollars. Cloth sport skirts 5 75 to 10 dollars.
Negligees and Wraps Sale Listing Highlights
Vintage lingerie sale features corduroy house coats silk lined from $7.50 to $12.50. New maternity negligee with albatross skirt priced at $15.50. Fragrant wrapped albatross and French styles reduced from $25–$33 to $16.50. French flannel wrappers and kimonos offered in assorted models. albatross negligees, empire waist, plaited skirts priced around $5. Details include colors navy rose Copenhagen orchid and gray.
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Copenhagen
DOW
Austrian War Office Dispatch From Front Lines
Vienna reports in Volhynia and the Star cannonading and gas use by Russians. Italian sector sees renewed attacks on Gorizia bridgehead with severalItalian assaults repulsed. Monte Sabotino and Oslavia battles continue with gains and losses. Col di Lana and San Michele see heavy fighting while Montenegrins resist in the Drina region. Novi Pazar falls to Austro-Hungarian troops. an Austro-Hungarian column repulses in the Ibar valley with over two thousand prisoners.
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Vienna
London
Volhynia
Gorizia
Monte Sabotino
San Martino
Col di Lana
Zagora
Drina
Cajnike
Novipazar
Ibar
German War Office Report On Balkan Lab Valley Victory
Berlin reports the Balkan front showing German forces under von Koevess occupying Novipazar and Gallwitz with Boyadjieff contesting the Lab valley north of Pristina. It notes Serbian captures of 3800 on Nov 19 and over 4400 the previous day. Western theater mentions mines near Ypres Zonnebeke and Souchez, plus aviators bombing Poperinghe and Furnes. Eastern theater status unchanged.
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Berlin
War Office
Balkan
von Koevess
Novipazar
von Gallwitz
Boyadjieff
Lab Valley
Pristina
Ypres-Zonnebeke
Souchez
Combres
Poperinghe
Furnes
Allied fleets search Greek flag steamers in Egean
A Times Athens despatch reports allied fleets have begun inspecting all steamers flying the Greek flag in the Egean and the Mediterranean. The move signals intensified naval scrutiny by Allied powers amid ongoing regional tensions.
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London
Athens
The
Times
Egean
Mediterranean
Von Mach Charges Prejudice
Harvard physicist Dr. Edmund von Mach attacked U S policy in a Park Avenue church forum, charging the State Department suppresses pro Germany reports and that American ideals are inferior to Austrian Hungarian principles.
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New York
State Department
Germany
Edmund von Mach
Harvard
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Austria-Hungary
England's Pride and Prejudice Wave Hits the Shore
Dr. Von Mach argues that Britain curbed truth in press reporting to shape public opinion. He cites the Bryce report and Ambassador Page claiming no German cruelty in Belgium, while USA policies he calls restrictive and biased. He contends Austro-Hungarian freedom outpaces American liberalism as German war aims are debated.
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England
State Department
Ambassador Page
Belgium
Austro-Hungary
United States
Austria-Hungary
von Mach
Germany
Germany Demands Greek Internment of Allied Forces
Berlin reports the German foreign minister told the Greek counterpart that the German general staff insists Greece disarm Serbs and allies if neutrality is to be respected. Germany and Bulgaria would otherwise pursue enemies into Greek territory.
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Berlin
London
Serbia
Greece
Germany
Serbs Rout Bulgarians in Nish District Victory
The Serbian legation reports an important victory at Leskovats in the Nish district after several days of battle. Bulgarian losses are described as enormous and the outcome is hailed as a significant Serbian success.
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Nish
Rome
London
Leskovats
Gorizia fortifications reportedly destroyed by Italian artillery
An unofficial despatch from Laibach via Paris reports that Italian artillery has nearly destroyed the fortifications of Gorizia. The dispatch originates from the Austrian front and was posted in Geneva at 2:20 p m on November 21.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Austria
Gorizia
Greek Officials Absent From Kitchener Luncheon
Paris report says King Constantine of Greece met Earl Kitchener for an hour then attended a luncheon at the British legation. Invited Greek officials including Premier Skouloudis and ministers of war and marine sent regrets citing indisposition while General Dousmanis attended. Kitchener then met the premier again amid cheering crowds.
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Athens
Skouloudis
Lord Kitchener
Dousmanis
Metaxas
Embros
Greece
Paris
Constantine
Earl Kitchener
Havas
Legation
Yanakitsas
Countouriotis
War and
Marine
Redmond Inspects Irish Regiments Near Front
London reports John Redmond, Irish nationalist leader, inspecting Royal Munster Fusiliers near trenches as a German aircraft appears. British guns fire toward the plane and shell fragments fall near Redmond and his party, ending the inspection abruptly amid cheers from troops.
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London
John Redmond
United Kingdom
Redmond
Royal Munster Fusiliers
France
French War Office Reports Artillery Actions Across Fronts
The war office describes spirited artillery operations in Artois around Loos Hulluch and along the Somme Aisne regions. Mines exploded at Boland Meuse region saw no damage to our lines while Belgian posts near Dixmude faced bombardment and counter-shelled enemy positions. Saloniki landings continue without incident and Bulgarian counter-attacks on Kovarino were repulsed with enemy losses.
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Paris
War Office
Artois
Loos
Hulluch
Somme
Aisne
Armancourt
Dancourt
Tilleley
Soissons
Argonne
Boland
Vauquois
Meuse
Bois Des Chevalliers
Kovarino
Saloniki
Dixmude
Furnes
Nessen
Russians Drive Germans From Czartorysk
Reuter reports Czartorysk on the Styr River was recaptured by Russian forces just 24 hours after Austro German capture. Russians withdrew to the right bank to maximize artillery use on high ground and drove the Teutons from Czartorysk. They also attacked from the Czartorysk railway station on the Kovel Sarny line and recaptured Kozlinichy west of the river.
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London
Czartorysk
Styr
Reuter
Petrograd
Kovel- Sarny
Kozlinitchy
Bas ton Gaelic School Society urges Irish to avoid fighting
Mrs. Carroll told Bas ton Gaelic School Society at their 1151 Washington St hall that no Irishman should fight or die for England. The group commemorated the execution anniversary of Allen Larkin and O'Brien and noted their 43d formation anniversary will be celebrated December 29 at Paine Memorial Hall.
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England
Carroll
Baston Gaelic School Society
Washington Street
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
Germany
Thomas G. Collins
T. J. MelKeon
M. E. Curley
Anna Kerwan
Paine Memorial Hall
British Forces Said to Be Holding Monastir
Press despatches from Bucharest report British forces have arrived in Monastir and are being reinforced. A Constantinople telegram via Bucharest says the first contingent of German troops has reached the city and Field Marshal Von Mackensen is expected there next week.
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Geneva
Paris
Bucharest
Monastir
Constantinople
von Mackensen
English Vet Arrested for Graft Using Red Cross
Walter Tate, an English veterinarian, was arrested at Provins on charges of using the American Red Cross as a lure to obtain money and clothing from donors in the United States and Great Britain. He advertised in journals that gifts were for Americans in the French foreign region.
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Paris
Walter Tate
Provins
Red Cross
United States
Great Britain
Tate
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Oxford
U. S
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Paine Furniture Company
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