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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
8
London dispatch reports from the Servian legation that at least 150,000 Servian troops are in Hungary, conducting an offensive push against Austro-Hungarian forces.
Nine tenths of stomach troubles stem from excess acid. Avoid pepsin and plain tablets. Use bisurated magnesia after meals, in water, ask your druggist for bisurated magnesia for effective neutralization of stomach acid.
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The official press bureau says the enemy remains north of the Aisne with fighting along the front. The crown prince’s army is pushed back to Varennes Consenvoye and Ornes. Allied troops occupy Rheims. Six hundred prisoners and 12 guns were captured on the British right. Rain slows German retreat and worsens road conditions.
Paris dispatches summarize two French communiques on Sept 15. Allied armies stay in close contact with Germans from Aisne to Argonne while the centre advances between Argonne and the Meuse. Verdun is not besieged and only Troyon fortress has been bombarded.
Berlin reports to Reuters that the two day battle on the right wing of the western army extends toward Verdun as the general struggle continues. Hindemberg’s forces re-form after pursuit and rumors of Upper Silesia threat are denied.
Russian official statement via Havas says troops extricated from a difficult position and now await movements. German wings were driven off and preliminary engagements cost the Germans dearly. General staff reports progress along the San River with the enemy retreating.
In a village near German cavalry, a lone French soldier hid, killed an officer and riderless horse, then rescued a woman, riding to safety with bullets whistling around him. A second hero, a captain of engineers, blew a bridge mine with his own hand to cover retreat, knowing death. Four volunteers answered the call. one did not return, one lost a leg, another survived to tell the tale.
A wounded Russian soldier narrates his escape during a bayonet assisted dig amid a rain of bullets after a white flag lured troops into the open. He describes multiple hits, finishing a half-finished pit and collapsing as he crawled into safety, then waking in hospital.
Two of them had their heads torn away by Shell fire as they were firing. The grim line preserves a brutal image from the combat scene, reflecting the intensity and danger faced by troops.
Details reach Delcasse on how Lieutenant Jacques Delcasse led his company with sword and revolver against German forces. A bullet felled him twice but he rose again and charged once more before succumbing. Delcasse’s wife arrived in Bordeaux as the foreign minister praised his son’s duty and valor.
Paris report notes Isadora Duncan sheltering refugees at Neuilly after German advances drove them from war zones. Each night she provides food and lodging for growing numbers, with her front door periodically left open by mistake and refugees sleeping in the parlor.
The Petrograd correspondent reports 40 men from a Russian regiment of scouts swam the Vistula and blew up and set fire to extensive retreating Austro German stores including river steamers pontoons barges and bridge timber. The enemy suffered from destroyed stores and subsequent starvation.
A correspondent reports the second attempt on Oured met the same fate as the first as German guns pounded along the river all night into Tuesday. Allied resistance held firm with every man braced to obey, and a crucial message had to be carried from a point under severe fire.
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