Entente Forces Move in Greece as Russia Attacks on Front
French land forces in Greece to aid Serbia and Bulgaria ignore Russia’s ultimatum while plan to strike Marmora Sea aims. Entente lands at Salonika to protect Serbia Greece railway and aid Balkan allies. Russia launches offensive Riga to Vilna front. Britain’s fleet bombards Belgian coast as trenches shift along Artois and Champagne fronts.
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Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Russia
Turkey
Sea of Marmora
Salonika
Balkan
Riga
Vilna
Berlin
Artois
Champagne
Belgium
70000 French Land Under Greek Protest
The item notes 70000 French troops land at Saloniki to guard the Guer gheli Uskup line and move toward Serbia. Greece protests through Venizelos over foreign troop passage, while allied officers prepared the landing and notified Greece of the troop arrival.
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Paris
France
Greece
Saloniki
Serbia
Venizelos
Premier Radoslavoff vows war to regain lost lands
A Sofia dispatch reports Premier Radoslavoff telling government representatives that Bulgaria will confront war to defend national interests. He says Bulgaria must wrest from enemies everything taken two years ago and seek satisfaction for each insult.
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Berlin
London
Sofia
Zeitung Am Mittag
Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
War News in Brief From Front Lines and Diplomatic Shifts
Reports from Paris Athens Berlin London and others note Venizelos resigning under royal pressure and Greece planning 180000 troops. French forces land 70000 at Saloniki to guard a Serbia railway while heavy shelling continues around La Scarpe Arras and the Argonne. Allied air losses and a German trench recapture are also recorded along with siege actions near Verdun Givenchy and Biache St Vaast.
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Venizelos
Greece
Paris
Saloniki
Guergheli-Uskup
Serbia
Athens
la Scarpe
Arras
Argonne
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Souain
Navarin
Orbey
Alsace
Verdun
Ornes
Greek
Chamber of Deputies
Haydn
Sailor Prince
North Sea
Mediterranean
London
British Noblem en killed in battle in London list
London, Oct 6. The casualty list includes Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart Lieutenant-Colonel J B MacQueen nephew of Viscount Haldane and Captain The Hon Gerald Legge second son of the Earl of Dartmouth all killed in action. Crichton-Stuart is the fifth MP killed in the war representing Cardiff. His father was the third Marquis of Bute who died in 1900.
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London
Ninian Crichton-Stuart
J. B. MacQueen
Viscount Haldane
Gerald Legge
Earl of Dartmouth
Lord Cricheton-Stuart
Cardiff
Marquis of
Bute
French Fire Was Terrific
A letter found on a German officer's body describes 72 hours of continuous bombardment in Champagne. The diary entry notes the relentless noise and strain as dawn approaches after a long siege.
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Paris
Champagne
Observer's hellish trench advance under bombardment
An observer describes advancing through destroyed reserves trenches amid mines and machine gun fire. He recounts crawling on all fours, rescuing a telephone operator, and watching barbed wire and shelters burn as French artillery roars. He reflects on fear fading and admiration for French gunners.
Exonerated Swoboda to be Sent to Camp in France
Paris October 5 Raymond Swoboda who was arrested last March on charges of setting fire to the French liner La Touraine on a New York to Havre voyage and later accused of being a German spy will be sent to a concentration camp.
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Paris
Raymond Swoboda
la Touraine
New York
Havre
German protest on Boston to England shipmen of boats
The German embassy filed a protest with the State Department against six 40 foot motor boats shipped from Boston to England claiming the vessels are war ships aiding the British anti submarine effort. The neutrality board found no reason to block the shipment noting the boats carry no guns or emplacements.
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Washington
Boston
England
State Department
Neutrality Board
Allied War Dispatches Describe Intense Front Bombardments
Paris reports a violent bombardment across the northern La Scarpe to Arras sector with trench fighting near Lihons Andechy and in Champagne. French and Belgian offices note continued artillery exchanges, repulsed enemy attempts near Orbey and a train destroyed by French artillery near Verdun.
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Paris
War Office
la Scarpe
Arras
Lihons
Andechy
Champagne
Navarin
Souain
Argonne
Houyette
Les Eparges
Apremont
Lorraine
Moncel
Arracourt
Ancerviller
Orbey
Vosges
French War Office
Artois
Quennevieres
Vic-sur- Aisne
Nouvron
Epine de Vedegranges
Putte de Jouain
Courtes Chaussees
la Fille Morte
Verdun
Ornes
Biaches
Peronne
British Hand Grenade Attacks Repulsed At Loos Fortifications
German war office reports say British assaults north of Loos were repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers. It notes prisoners taken and two mine throwers captured, plus four machine guns, and lists other actions including recapture of a trench near Givenchy and mine operations at Vauquois. It also mentions a bombing incident near Arras with one civilian killed and Russian attacks repelled after Oct. 3.
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Berlins
Givenchy
Berlin
London
War Office
Champagne
Souain
Vauquois
Enemmy
Biache St. Vaast
Arras
von Hindenburg
Official Riga front engagements reported by general headquarters
An official Russian communiqué from Petrograd describes several engagements on the Riga front. North of Rirshallen troops held portions of German trenches while fighting continued along Lakes Demmen Dreschaty Medziel and Vichnev. Skirmishes occurred near Smorgon upper Niemen and Deliatitchi with the enemy pushing east unsuccessfully. South of the Pripet middle Styr zone Kovel Sarny railway villages Volk Kollouzka Optovo Voltchitzk Medvyishka were occupied as the enemy retired.
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London
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Medziel
Vichnev
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Niemen
Deliatitchi
Pripet
Middle Styr
Kovel-Sarny
Voulk
Kollouzskais
Optovo
Voltchitzk
Medvieshka
Reports From Front No Change On Russian Italian Southeast
Vienna dispatches state no new developments on the Russian front and no change on the Italian front as the enemy did not renew attacks on Vilgereuth and Lafraun. Southeast front notes Drina border raids by our troops with some prisoners captured and no other major events.
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Vienna
Vilgereuth
Lafraun
Drina
Greece Backs Up Landing Of Allies In Saloniki
Crown Prince George and Prince Nicholas with the Greek general staff rush to depart for Saloniki. German aviators and officers have arrived in Sofia. In Athens the Chamber of Deputies backed Venizelos with a 142 to 102 vote, 13 not voting, amid protests over war involvement.
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Greece
Athens
Paris
George
Prince Nicholas
Saloniki
Sofia
London
Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
Venizelos Defies Opposition Amid Greek Foreign Policy Row
Premier Venizelos accused the opposition press of selling its honor to German propagandists. Opposition journalists in the press gallery tried to leave but were blocked by a crowd, enduring hisses and catcalls. Venizelos asserted Greece's treaty with Serbia and urged full discussion of foreign policy amid disorder in the chamber.
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Venizelos
Greece
Salonika
Serbia
Servia
Greek minister notes formalities over Salonika landings
London Oct 5 The Greek minister M Gennadius said Greece protested allied troop landings at Salonika and that some formality must be observed The minister declined to say whether further action would be taken or what formality would follow
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London
M. Gennadius
Athens
Salonika
Greece mobilizes 180000 troops with limited funds
Greece can field 180000 fully equipped soldiers though mobilization may reach 500000. Funds exist for only one month of war footing, forcing Premier Venizelos to seek money from the Triple Entente as mobilization nears completion. Rumors of a cabinet resignation unsettle crowds outside the foreign office.
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Athens
Rome
Paris
Greece
Venizelos
Bulgaria Says Russia Provoked Balkans Tension
Bulgarian legation in London said Russia precipitated Balkans trouble by pushing for the expulsion of German officers in civilian clothes from Bulgaria. It denied Bulgaria as aggressor and announced no legation closure unless Britain demands it.
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London
Russia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Legation
Associated Press
Germany and United States Reach Settlement Over Arabic Case
Count von Bernstorff submitted a revised letter on the Arabic incident and the United States approved the text after insisting on liability and indemnity terms. Secretary Lansing announced the settlement, praising direct talks that eased submarine tensions. The German embassy called it a diplomatic victory for the United States.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Count von Bernstorff
New York
Lansing
Washington
State Department
White House
Count von Gernstorff
Chancery
Paris Lifts Delay on American Mails
Paris announces cancellation of two day hold on American mails after wartime ministry and foreign office suggestion. The move ends the pause previously causing delivery delays for Americans abroad.
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Paris
Ministry of War
Foreign Office
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