May Censure U. S. Officers
War Department officials will seek prompt explanation from Captain Le Vert Coleman United States Army about newspaper statements on German movements and alleged atrocities returned from Europe. Officials view the remarks as a possible violation of the presidents order barring partisan discussion of the European war while in progress.
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Washington
le Vert Coleman
United States Army
War Department
Coleman
Europe
American Relief Commission
Army
Navy
Garrison
Department
Catholic Clergy At Front Surpasses Sixty Thousand
Reports from the Vatican indicate more than 63,000 ecclesiastics are serving with Allied armies, mainly in hospitals. The group includes seven bishops and 19 other prelates across Belgian, French, and Austrian units.
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Rome
Paris
Vatican
Dartmouth Club Hosts Nation-Wide Night in Boston
The Dartmouth Club of Boston held its Nation-Wide Dartmouth Night at Hotel Bellevue. Melvin O. Adams oversaw the program with Dean Laycock attending to share college news. Musicians Harry McDevitt Les Wiggin and Spud Pishon performed as about 300 Dartmouth men gathered. A portrait of Judge David Cross, longtime Dartmouth graduate, hung on the wall. A telegram from President Ernest Fox Nichols was read.
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Dartmouth Club
Boston
Dartmouth
Hotel
Bellevue
Melvin O. Adams
Dean Laycock
Harry McDevitt
Les’ Wiggin
Spud” Pishon
DR PIERCE GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY PROMISES QUICK BLOOD CLEANSE
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable remedy that cleanses blood and impurities through the liver bowels kidneys and skin within 24 hours. It claims clearing of sallowness indigestion constipation and skin conditions and notes ingredients are published on the wrapper.
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Dr. Pierce
Germans Beaten At Belgian Line By Lille Ring Breaks
Northeast France October 8 11 p m The German ring around Lille is broken as French forces push back the northeast advance from Lens toward Armentieres Merville and Armentieres. Hazebrouck remains out of reach though enemy retreat continues. Lille remains unhurt between two retreating lines.
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Lens
Loisson
Armentieres
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Arras
Vieux, Berquin
Hazebrouck
Merville
Bethune
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Fighting on Lille streets as German advance is repulsed
Desperate Sunday and Monday fighting on the eastern outskirts of Lille repulsed German forces. Panic spread Monday as residents fled toward Calais and Boulogne after hearing tales of advancing German armies.
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Lille
Calais
Boulogne
Why Germans Made Attack on Antwerp
London reports from Antwerp describe a German pressure campaign starting after Alost and after failed Belgian proposals. German heavy guns bombarded open areas to drive refugees, weaken morale, and disrupt the city’s defenses. Forts Wavre St Catherine and Waelhem were damaged, a Zeppelin raid failed, yet Lierre Duffel and Termonde saw successful German actions. By Friday fear of occupation rose as refugee streams grew to 50,000.
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Wavre-St. Catherines
Lierre
Russian Official Statement From Petrograd on Oct 8 Eastern Prussia Battles
The general staff reports continued pressure on two enemy groups along the East Prussian border on October 8. Vladislavoff and Wirballen saw the first group dislodged and surrounded, while a second strong force near Ratchka Lake and Bakalarzewo was met with a vigorous counterattack and loss of positions, with Lyck falling to our troops as the offensive proceeds along the front.
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Wirballen
Ratchka Lake
Bakalarzewo
East Prussia
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Lierre under German bombardment through a tense week
The narrative follows Belgian defense during a week of German pressure on Lierre. Sight advances by Belgians occur as the German attack slackens briefly, then intensifies again with furious artillery strikes. The city council urges continued defense despite property concerns while fighting persists and a small river crossing is repelled.
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Lierre
Russians in retreat as Austrian report claims gains
New York dispatch cites Dr. Alexander de Nuber summarizing Austrian military operations. He says German forces link with Galician troops, Russian offensive toward the San is halted and retreat underway, with Servia’s army bound and Montenegro offensives progressing toward Sarajevo.
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Alexander de Nuber
Galicia
San
Hungary
Carpathian Mountains
Przemysl
Servia
Sarajevo
Sandschak
Sanjak
Novipazar
Mostar
American Envoys Missing in Europe
London reports the American Embassy seeks Consul-General Henry W. Diederich and Vice-Consul Harry C. Sherman from Antwerp. Ambassador Page and Secretary Hugh Gibson press for word as Brussels and Ostend contacts yield nothing. Friedman dispatches to Rotterdam seek clues on their whereabouts.
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London
Henry W. Diederich
Harry C. Sherman
Antwerp
Walter H. Page
Hugh
Gibson
Brussels
Harold Fowler
Ostend
Ghent
Rotterdam
Canadian Leader Die In London
Colonel Jeffry Hale Burland in London dies suddenly while overseeing Red Cross work for Canadian troops. Born in Montreal in 1861, Burland was a noted manufacturer.
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London
Jeffry Hale Burland
Red Cross
Burland
Montreal
Tells Tactics of Germans in Battle
London reports an eyewit ness account from the official press bureau detailing German infantry tactics in France. It covers trenching, open ground assaults, and the use of lines with close supports, plus examples of exchanges with British forces and observed prisoner behavior.
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London
France
Laone
Talion
British Frontline Tactics and a Cavalry Subaltern Jest
In trench warfare the British adapt with initiative against sharpshooters, using detachments to flush threats and larger night attacks that have largely faded. An anecdote recalls a British subaltern knocking a German patrol aside with a playful kick, underscoring the lighter moments amid combat.
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Euvres
Saan
Bosch
Subaltern
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