French Official War Bulletin Highlights Staunch Defense
Paris reports German forces mounted continuous attacks from Sept 25 to 27 but failed to break through. French troops seized a flag, cannons, and prisoners amid strong morale and orderly counterattacks from Oise to Rheims and Meuse regions.
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Paris
24Th Regiment of
Colonial Infantry
Oise
Somme
Rheims
Souain
Berry-au-Bac
Rheim
Soissons
Nogent l’Abbesse
St. Mihiel
Pont-a- Mousson
Lorraine
Vosges
Alsace
Russian Official Statement on Eastern Front Actions
Petrograd official report says German attempts to cross the Niemen near Drusenski were foiled, German artillery unable to stop Russian offensive near Sopotzkin, German retreat toward Suwalki general. Ossowetz fortress resists heavy siege. Galicia fighting intense with Hungarians dislodged from three positions, one battery seized and several hundred prisoners taken. Communications with Przemysl cut, fortress defense passive, deserters claim garrison troubles. Vistok fords occupied by Russians. Austrian rear guards fall back toward Dounaietz.
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Petrograd
Niemen
Drusenski
Russian Poland
Sopotzkin
Suwalki
Ossowetz
Galicia
Przemysl
Vistok
Dounaietz
German General Staff Update From Northern France
Berlin reports via wireless that French rail attacks threaten the German right flank. An advancing French division at Bapaume was repulsed by a smaller German force. The center shows slight German gains while Verdun forts pause bombardment and Meuse actions continue. Elsewhere, the situation is unchanged.
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Berlin
Sayville
France
Bapaume
Pas-de-Calais
Arras
Verdun
Meuse
British report says counter-attacks repelled with heavy enemy losses
London officials released a statement in the evening declaring the northern France front situation satisfactory. It notes that counter-attacks against the British line were beaten back with heavy losses to the enemy.
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London
France
Bargains on Gowns Skirts and Accessories in Nainsook
A large assortment of ladies undergarments and gowns with intricate trims. Prices range from 50c to 4.00 per piece, with regular prices listed as 75c to 4.00, now offered at reduced rates. Includes slips corset covers camisoles drawers combinations and chemises in fine nainsook lace embroidery and net. Many other bargains advertised.
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Stonelake
S. G.ahele
Spectacular Linen Sale Offers Damask Towels and Sheets
A promotional notice touts vast linen discounts on damask napkins, towels, cloths, pillow cases, sheets, and blankets. It promises standard makes with guaranteed quality and explains substantial early purchase savings for staple and fine linens from Irish Latin Damask to Wamsutta sheets.
Zeppelin Bombs Kill Man in Ghent and Hit Ghent Hospital
An Ostend despatch reports a Zeppelin bombed Ghent causing one death and hospital damage while nearby Thielt’s gas factory suffered damage with no reported deaths. Eight towns were reportedly visited as the airship moved toward France.
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Ostend
Belgium
Ghent
Thielt
France
Italian Army Receives 400 New Field Guns
Rome announces renewal of artillery with 75 millimetre guns. Eighty seven batteries of six guns remain incomplete due to delivery delays. Four hundred guns delivered. remainder to be ready within the year and by the first quarter of 1915.
Kaiser Reported in East Prussia
A Petrograd dispatch to the Times states the German Emperor has arrived in East Prussia, a finding reported as beyond doubt. The dispatch notes the location as East Prussia and places the report in the context of ongoing war news from the front.
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Kaiser
East Prussia
London
Petrograd
The
Times
Servians abandon siege of Serajevo in Bosnia
Rome Sept. 27 The bulk of the Servians have withdrawn beyond the Danube after failed Austrian attempts to cross. Serajevo, heavily fortified, cannot be stormed and the Servians with the Montenegrins now plan to surround the city and sever its communications.
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Rome
Danube
Bosnia
Serajevo
Germans Ordered To Quit Russian Fortified Regions
A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says all Austrians and Germans remaining within the radii of Cronstadt, Petrograd and Viborg will be tried as spies. The use of the German language is prohibited in these districts.
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London
Cronstadt
Petrograd
Viborg
Sullivan girl case continues as officers gather evidence
Police extend the search for Mildred Sullivan as they obtain Maine papers for stronger charges. Doctor and Alice Pelletier are granted bail while the sister awaits bail after arrests. At the House of Detention matron finds morphine, cocaine, and strychnine in Alice Pelletier’s pockets. Officers inspect Warren Avenue addresses but uncover no clue to Mildred Sullivan.
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Sullivan
Maine
Alice Pelletier
House of Detention
Warren Avenue
Mildred Sullivan
Dr. Dudley
Waren Avenue
Etta
Charles Street
Boston
Dudley
George Sullivan
Houston
Old Boer General to Fight Against Germany
Fran cois Joubert Pienaar arrives in Bordeaux to offer his sword to the allied armies. He says he once opposed General French at Elandslaagte and expects to serve in an advisory role on French’s staff. He believes the war will be long and fierce but that allied armies will prevail.
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Bordeaux
Francois Joubert-Pienaar
French
South Africa
Elandslaagte
Doctor and two women in cells
A Boston incident centers on Dr. Dudley and two Pelletier sisters charged as accessories in the Mildred Sullivan mystery. Arrests followed a Maine search and a Boston chase, with Mildred reported missing after visits to Dudley’s office and Presque Isle.
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Pelletier
Boston
Mildred Sullivan
Boston Doctor Denies Treating Missing Mildred Sullivan
Dr Lionel J Dudley told East Dedham police he refused Mildred Sul livan’s request for treatment in Presque Isle Me and came to Boston to locate her at friends request He said he performed the operation in Presque Isle and could not determine her fate The case involves Maine authorities and Marine officers planning a return voyage to Presque Isle Houston with Sergeant Hughes tonight.
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Sullivan
Houston
Presque Isle
Dr. Dudley
Martin Lawlis
Bernard Archibald
William J. Irwin
East Dedham Street
Boston
Big City
North
Mildred
Mildred Sullivan
John E. Hughes
William J. Carey
Dedham Street
Lionel J. Dudley
Maine
Hughes
Carey
Etta Pelletier
Frank Ryan
Dudley
Warren Avenue
Austrian Reservists Granted Honor To Fight For Fatherland
Despatches from Austria report a decree granting reservists the honor to go and fight for the defence of the fatherland. The reservists are older men with families and are not legally required to leave their provinces but will be sent to Galicia or the Servian frontier.
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Rome
Paris
Austria
Galicia
Servian
Germans Advance Against Russians In East Prussia
A London Daily Mail and Boston Post report notes bulleted statements from headquarters that German vanguards moving eastward in Suwalki government were repulsed on Wednesday. Encounters occurred at Slitshutchi and Vintzenta in Loursha, and near the Prussian frontier south of Lyck and south of Johannesburg, with results favorable to the Russians.
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Petrograd
Suwalki
Slitshutchi
Vintzenta
Loursha
Lyck
Johannesburg
German Offensive Prep Shapes Eastern Front Strategy
The article outlines a looming German push on a western Russian flank as three eastern front groups concentrate, with 900,000 troops around East Prussia and Cracow. It predicts a primary aim to break Rennenkampf’s left wing, then strike Warsaw or Brest-Litovsk, while Russian forces prepare countermeasures.
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Galicia
Cracow
Wartha
Kalish
Petrokov
East Prussia
Landwetr
Landsturm
Rennenkampf
Warsaw
Brestletowsk
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