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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
7
London dispatch says Austrian losses since Lemberg total 250000 killed or wounded and 100000 prisoners with 400 guns captured. Germans failed to save the army, losing heavy artillery and siege pieces in the retreat.
Paris reports tonight that headquarters has no new details on the Aisne action while stating German forces defended a long front after days of battle. Earlier, German rear guards were overtaken and pursued, with many prisoners taken as battles extended toward the Meuse and Verdun region.
The Olympic sailed to New York with about 80 first cabin passengers led by Senator Lodge who reports full health recovery. Clarence H. Mackay, sailing with three children, predicts a long war but sees strong American business opportunities and an epoch for growth as opportunity knocks.
Louise Beachley Hartlove, a wealthy widow from Hagertown Md, wed Percy Fairbank Wolfe yesterday at 607 High Street West Medford. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr and Mrs James J Connell, close friends of the bride. Wolfe, employed in the Stone Webster engineering department, joins her in Medford.
The Austro-Hungarian Embassy in Manchester released Count Von Berchtold’s wireless message noting 41000 Russian and 8000 Serb prisoners, 300 guns captured, with Servian forces repulsed and Semlin district freed. It states fighting in Galicia has not resumed and prisoners are brought into monarchy.
London reports the general position along the Aisne remains favorable with German counter attacks repulsed. The enemy has given way, and British and French forces on both flanks are pushing forward. The statement notes very heavy German losses and 200 prisoners taken.
President Wilson declares the United States cannot judge or intervene in European wartime controversies now and will await the war’s end. He affirmed the stance in a Belgium commission address and in cables to Germany and France over alleged atrocities and dum dum bullets.
In Bordeaux the Temps reports both sides in contact along the Aisne and centre with the French pressing from Argonne to the Meuse. A French rightward push toward Montmedy could trap the German left and centre, forcing a retreat toward the Sambre and Antwerp amid Belgian army activity.
The Austrian war office details a sequence of operations from Sept 4 to Sept 11 against Russian forces in East Galicia. Austrians pushed from Grodek lake area to Lemberg, formed new groupings to counter Russian flanks, and captured numerous prisoners as the five days of fighting caused heavy losses on both sides.
London Sept 16 The admiralty reports submarine E 9 commanded by Horton returned safely after torpedoing a German cruiser six miles south of Helgoland It is believed the target was the Hela which Berlin claimed sank yesterday by a submarine task force
The body of Fred Butterfield a 21 year old man of 779 East Fourth Street South Boston was identified last night. He was drowned September 6 when a motor boat capsized near the site where his body was recovered by the fishing schooner Waltham yesterday.
Boston Post and Chicago Tribune correspondent reports Germans call the East Prussia clash the Sedan in the East. Von Hindenburg defeats a second Russian army at Allenstein after cautious initial defense, taking 70,000 prisoners and capturing or destroying artillery. The battle lasts three days with heavy losses and a Kaiser award.
The article explains East Prussia junctions Allenstein and Ortelsburg on strategic railways not built for profit. It notes their distance from the Russo German frontier and describes Germany’s war plan to strike Belgium and Paris while delaying Russia with a small eastern force of about 150,000 men. It suggests the move was partly a bluff to restrain Russian advance.
A promotional piece touts Sargol tablets as a solution for thin people who digest poorly. It claims a tablet with every meal can help increase weight by three to five pounds per week, with a money back guarantee.
Fragmentary wartime dispatch notes the first Russian army withdrawing from Prussian soil amid larger campaigns. Reports suggest advancing German pressure and shifting fronts as casualties and strategies unfold across the northern theatre.
Demonstrations against Italy's neutrality continued in large towns. Authorities used troops as police were insufficient to control crowds, ensure order, and guard foreign embassies and consulates.
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