Pallada Sunk With All Crew After Baltic Torpedo Attack
The Russian armored cruiser Pallada was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Baltic Sea on Oct 11 and sank with 568 crew aboard. Pallada, 443 feet, 7,775 tons, speed 22 knots, armed with 8 inch, 6 inch, 12 pounders and torpedoes, was part of the Bayan class with Admiral Makarov and Bayan.
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Makarov
Netherlands
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Baltic
Marakov
German Loss at Antwerp Surrender After Fierce Bombardment
Special cable reports Antwerp capitulated after a two day siege as German divisions broke the Anglo-Belgian defense. Burgomaster Devos sought General von Beseler as bombardment raged and troops entered the city by the Marines gate. Private property was spared despite 4000 bombs and destruction concentrated in the southeast. Thousands fled panic struck crowds at quays and stations.
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Antwerp
Devos
von Beseler
Liege
Fall of Antwerp Blamed on Spies and German Forces
Descriptions of the German siege in early October detail Belgian and British troops retreating toward Ostend after Antwerp's forts were breached. Reports note heavy losses, evacuations, and widespread disruption as gas tanks, embassies, and newspapers ceased operation. Spies allegedly fed enemy positions, aiding the German assault.
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Scheldt
Ostend
Personal and Unusual Incidents in War News
In Europe speculation grows that personal pique influenced Luxemburg’s invasion by the suitors’ father, opposed by Duchess Adelaide’s scruples. The Kaiser allegedly sought her hand, marking political tension amid a battlefield encounter where a French chasseur bleeds and a Bavarian aids a comrade.
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Luxemburg
Adelaide
Prussia
Germany
Wounded British Soldier Details Allied Medical Aid Bond
Berlin paper prints wartime letter describing three hours among the dead and wounded before Red Cross ambulances arrive. English and German doctors then work together as an English physician amputates a leg and a German doctor administers narcotics to the injured.
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Vossische Zeitung
Red Cross
Woman on firing line at Galicia battles
Anna Pelegrini of Bozen aided wounded soldiers on five Galicia battles. She travelled with her husband from Innsbruck and carried a nurse's pass. She refused to leave the battlefield despite danger and later learned her husband had been wounded and treated in a field hospital.
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Wiener Fextrablatt
Pelegrini
Innsbruck
Can't Kill This Englishman Lieutenant A C Johnston
Lieutenant A C Johnston of Hants county, famed local cricketer, returns home wounded after multiple near misses at the front. He recalls shell noses exploding inches away, bullets grazing him, and a spent round saved as a souvenir. One blast shattered a doorway near him while he stood on a house steps, yet he remained unharmed.
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Hants County
German Captain Reveals Vosges Tactics and Heroic Chasseurs
Wounded German Captain Wilhelm Muller told of fierce Vosges fighting aided by French chasseurs who hid in treetops and tied to branches to stay aloft when hit. He described regaining consciousness in a Munich hospital, amid blood and wounded comrade in a ditch with a Bavarian soldier.
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Death Lottery Rules Fort St Marie Command
Four officers drew lots to decide who should remain in command of Fort St Marie near Antwerp. The chosen officer was sworn to fight to the death and a married man with a family won the lot. Another officer volunteered to take his place and was accepted. The remaining three officers retired to Antwerp after bidding a heartfelt farewell to their comrades.
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Antwerp
Baggage Is Coming Back
New York reports many pieces of baggage left in Europe by Americans fleeing war are unclaimed in the New York Custom House appraisers stores. Much baggage belongs to tourists marooned and forced to sail on different steamers than planned, with trunks and bags from European stations also possibly in New York. By coordinating with steamship lines and detailing missing property, refugees may recover baggage they thought lost.
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New York
Europe
Stops Falling Hair With Simple Home Mix
An advertisement promotes a Bay BRM es compound mixed with water and other common ingredients. Applied daily for two weeks then biweekly, the remedy aims to rid dandruff, stop hair loss, reduce itching, and darken streaked gray hair within days. It claims to promote hair growth and give hair a soft glossy finish.
U. S. Envoys in Battles
American consular officers in Belgium risked their lives to protect citizens and allied interests as German forces advanced. Consul-general Henry W. Diederick fled Antwerp after bombardment began, vice-consul Harry Tuck Sherman faced peril and privation fleeing with his family, while Hugh Gibson repeatedly crossed military lines as a messenger between Antwerp Brussels and London, departing Antwerp for Brussels again yesterday.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
State Department
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Harry Tuck Sherman
Hugh Gibson
Legation
Brand Whitlock
London
Sweden Seeks Defined Neutrality Rights in War
Washington October 12 Swedish minister W A F Eckengren discussed with the State Department the contraband and rights of neutral shipping in the current war Sweden seeks to clarify its status as a neutral nation. He notes that neutral routes like Holland risk interference as they pass to belligerents and calls for an understanding after talks with a major neutral power.
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W. A. F. Eckengren
State Department
Sweden
Holland
United States
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