Refugee accounts claim massive Russian force in Britain and near Paris
Refugees aboard the Kroonland report a large Russian expeditionary force landed in Edinburgh and moved toward Belgium and the coast. They say English troops in French uniforms are abroad, and foresee a surrounding of German forces marching on Paris. Witnesses include Dr Emma Wheeler and Miss Belle Wheeler from New Bedford, with further Boston refugees named.
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Germany
Paris
Kroonland
Ped Star Line
Liverpool
Russia
Archangel
Leith
Scotland
Edinburgh
London
Belgium
Massachusetts
England
Emma Wheeler
New Bedford
Mass
Belle B. Wheeler
Wheeler
George H. Finn
Boston
New England Gas & Coke Company
Harold S. Bradford
Buckminster
Fost
Havre
Bay State
Austrian
Tyrol
Innsbruck
Dr. Wheeler
Amiens
Bradford
Switzerland
Bainbridge Crist
Finn
Europe
David Horton
Brookline
Thomas Eliot
Eliot
Harvard
Edward FE. Bennett
New England
Caroline Norris
Kensington
Boylston Street
Anna M. Bend
New Canaan
Conn
Janetta G. MacGregor
Athol
H. Cadourian
New Haven
Frances Duerkey
Beacon Street
L. Mason
C. Keyes
Newbury
Catherine Barton
Framingham
Grace Ryder
East Boston
E. Grant
Bangor
E. G. Jones
Wellesley
C. H. Smith
Springfield
A.L. Bailey
L. M. Elder
Lynnfield
E. Shaw
Amherst
Ethel W. Brown
Peabody
George L. Damon
Carnegie Steel Company
Rotterdam
Rochambeau
Minnetonka
Bergensfjord
Bergen
Saxonia
Proclamation Urges Return to Louvain Amid German Promises
A Dutch and French proclamation in Louvain calls residents to return as German forces pledge no more looting if people surrender arms and stay indoors after 7 pm. A Belgian refugee teacher cites recent sackings caused by soldiers firing from a home, mistaking a trainload for English troops.
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Rotterdam
Louvain
Dieuwe Rotterdamsche Brida
Joffre Breaks German Lines. French Covert Move Around Left
A Boulogne telegram to the Times reports General Joffre turning the German lines and Sir John French maneuvering around the German left. German troops at Lille reportedly withdrew in haste yesterday.
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London
Times
Boulogne
Joffre
John French
Lille
Allies Win Battle on Paris East
An official communication says Allied lines defending Paris contacted the German right wing in a strong southeast movement. A short engagement favored the Allies, reporting a successful outcome on the eastern approach to Paris.
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Paris
Surprise Three Spies Nabbed In Paris Gathering Signals
Police arrested three men exchanging illuminated signals along the Seine to Bellevue. In a vacant Bellevue room they found a former Paris hotel interpreter with a German safe conduct order. The other two spies fled.
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Seine
Bellevue
Paris
Belgium
Havas
Petrograd
Expect Incident on Antwerp Shortly Rotterdam
London dispatch reports activity in the German theater is underway as Allied forces monitor movements toward Antwerp and Rotterdam with officials signaling rapid developments after Sept. 6.
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Antwerp
Rotterdam
London
Aerial Service Signals Impending Attack on Antwerp
Reports say aerial activity near Antwerp is taken as sign of a general assault within days. Residents flee by barge to Dutch territory while Ghent's wealthy evacuate to England.
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Antwerp
Ghent
England
Japanese Sea-Plane Bombing Mission Against Tsing-Tau
Japanese naval commander reports two sea-planes reconnoitred Tsing-Tau in German Kiao-Chow and dropped bombs on the wireless barracks. One plane took 15 hits but both returned safely.
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Tokio
Tsing-Tau
Kiao- Chow
Nine Neutral Ships Destroyed by German Mines
Washington reports nine neutral merchant ships destroyed by German mines. British Foreign Office advices list five Danish, two Dutch, one Norwegian, and one Swedish vessel lost, with crew fatalities in most cases.
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Washington
British Foreign Office
Admiralty
British Destroyer Sinks German Boats Paris
A Havas dispatch from Petrograd reports a British destroyer sank German boats near Paris on September 6, according to the agency.
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Paris
Havas Agency
Petrograd
British destroyer Welland sinks German torpedo boats
Novice Vreyma reports from Tokio that the British destroyer Welland has sunk several German torpedo boats, signaling a notable naval action.
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Novwce Vreyma
Tokio
Welland
Germans Evacuate North France Cities from Lille to Douai
The Tellegramme reports German forces, who held Lille Valenciennes Armentieres Douai and Belfort departed quickly from these cities Saturday afternoon, signaling a tactical withdrawal via London.
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France
Boulogne
London
Tellegramme
Lille
Valenciennes
Armentieres
Douai
Ballfuil
Woman Celebrates 104th Birthday Beloved by 13 Grandchildren
In Los Angeles on September 6 1939 a Whittier California woman Lydia A Sharpless marked her 104th birthday. The party gathered at a grandchild's home Leonard Sharpless with over 200 relatives in attendance, noting her life spanning the Napoleon era.
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Los Angeles
Whittier
Cal
Lydia A. Sharpless
Napoleon
Leonard Sharpless
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