Germans occupy deserted Ostend in refugee evacuation
Special cable from London reports Ostend awoke to German approach with 1000 refugees seeking boats that never arrived. A crowd on the quay watched Uhlans and cavalry advance. Journalists fled aboard Grace Darling, narrowly escaping fire as they sought safety to Dunkirk and then England aboard slow craft.
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Daily News
Ostend
France
England
Grace Darling
Blankenburg
Survivors Say Hawke Sunk in 8 Minutes
A former Hawke survivor described eight minutes from impact to sinking as the ship keeled over and all lifeboats failed. He recalled orderly actions, crowded boats, cold weather, and many sailors being married men. A rescued stoker detailed the inferno in the engine room, a fuel oil fire, and swift movement to the main deck under calm orders from the commander.
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London
Aberdeen
Stoker
Crash in City Hall Annex Brings Down Balustrade
Yesterday about ten feet of the front stairway balustrade at the new City Hall annex collapsed from three stories to the ground floor corridor, narrowly missing a passerby. The scare suggested faulty elevators and an inspection found another loose balustrade likely to fall without repairs.
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City Hall
Belgians Fight On in Open Field Front Near Ostend
A Belgian officer describes renewed fierce fighting outside Ostend, noting bold open-plain actions by Belgian troops and their gratitude to France. He doubts Antwerp could have held with earlier Allied arrival and estimates half the city’s population remained behind.
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Ostend
Antwerp
Antwerp Retreat and Dutch Crossing Under Rain and Darkness
An officer describes the withdrawal from Antwerp with heavy rain and dark nights, a wrong turn into Holland, and pursuit by German forces. He estimates 75,000 German deaths in attacks on Belgian forts and villages from Liege to Antwerp, noting widespread belief outside the scene.
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Antwerp
Holland
Liege
Boers Will Aid Britain in War Effort
A Reuters despatch from Pretoria reports a meeting of Free State commandants at Kroonstad unanimously denouncing Colonel Maritz's Cape rebellion as a blot on Free State honor. They pledge full support to the government and urge mobilization to crush the revolt, though defence minister Schmutz says mobilization is unnecessary. The action marks a shift from earlier lukewarm support for the campaign against Germany.
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Reuter
Pretoria
Free State
Bloemfontein
Mkroonstad
Cape Provinces
Maritz
Jan Christian Schmutz
Kroonstad
Orange Free State
Troops Pour Into Salisbury Plains Camps Near London
Canadian forces moved from stations within a ten mile radius into preferred camps on the Salisbury Plains near here. A long transport train led the way with wagons drawn by traction engines, followed by motor trucks and commandeered London buses. Cavalry and artillery advanced, with infantry units arriving gradually.
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Salisbury
Eng
London
Salisbury Plains
Here
Canadian Troops in England Camp Amid Mixed Regiments
Long before dawn villagers hear hoofs and ragtime tunes as Canadian forces arrive. English regiments train and convoy duties unfold while a Montreal newsboy learns bugle calls. Among the troops many naturalized Americans, some veterans of Manila Bay, and social lines blur as camp life begins. General Anderson plans to use the sole saloon as headquarters on Saturday, declared out of bounds.
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Tipperary
Old Town
Montreal
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Anderson
German gunboat captured reported from New Guinea
Mel bourne dispatch says government received advices from New Guinea confirming the capture of a German gunboat. This adds to war news as authorities release details from the Pacific theater.
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New Guinea
London
Central News
Melbourne
Censor to Favor U S Censor to Favor U S
Sir Stanley Buckmaster, head of the Official Press Bureau, told American press men that British censors will not alter despatches. Extracts from already censored London papers may be cabbled. Germany reports may pass unaltered unless they unfairly reflect on the allies.
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London
Stanley Buckmaster
Germany
America
England
Sir Stanley
Urge Truce in War on Christmas Day
A new peace movement in the United States seeks a Christmas Day armistice between England and its allies and Germany and Austria. Led by Cardinal Farley, Bishop Greer, Rabbi Mendes, and supported by President Butler, the plan envisions a broader push for lasting peace and a halt to hostilities, with details still to be determined and potential presentation to Wilson or the State Department.
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England
Germany
Austria
Cardinal Farley
David H. Greer
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H. Peries Mendes
Jewish Synagogue
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
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The
Post
Rabbi Mendes
Greer
Wilson
State Department
Washington
Christ Child
Minister in Boston Tries as Spy During World War I Trial
E Boston minister recalls his wartime ordeal in Belgium where he was arrested as a spy and held at the German army's headquarters jail. Ambassador Brand Whitlock intervened, securing a court hearing and release after he agreed to leave Belgium. He describes ruined towns, relics brought home, and a surprising lack of hatred among soldiers.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ghent
Termonde
Williams
August Ridden
Wisconsin
Paris
Liege
Maastrich
Antwerp
Ostend
Mele
Malines
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