Big Allied Drive In France Advances Amid Heavy German Reinforcements
British troops led by Scottish regiments launched a fierce assault from Loos towards Hill 70 and Hulluch, breaking wire and pushing through German trenches. Officers and soldiers endured brutal fire with many killed or wounded while Sir John French praised the brave, mud-caked battalions as they continued the offensive.
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Kitchener
Thut
Flanders
Loos
Cite St. Aguste
Hill 70
Laos
Hulluch
John French
Loos Battlefield Echoes Courage and Surrender in House Fight
Amid Loos fighting a tall German corpse blocked a trench as advancing troops surged toward the village. Street battles raged for hours with machine guns in windows and cellars as heavy losses mounted and dozens of Germans surrendered in one house after a signaller fired.
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Loos
Flere
Italian War Office Reports Tolmino Front Actions
The war office says in Tolmino the enemy pressed Santa Maria height and two surprise attacks were repulsed. Mountain detachments attacked spurs of Monte Nero near Tolmino, forcing the enemy back and taking 66 prisoners and two machine guns. Three Austrian floating mines in the Isonzo River were hauled out to protect bridges.
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Rome
Paris
War Office
Tolmino
Santa Maria
Monte Nero
Isonzo
War News In Brief From Front Lines Europe
Reports from Paris London and Berlin describe ongoing battles across Champagne Arras Vimy Tahure Massiges St Mihiel Le Pretre Apre mont and Souchez areas with heavy bombardment and shifting gains. Western drive losses reach 120000 and 79 cannons as forces clash near Lake Swenton and Vileika.
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Mesnil
Paris
Arras
Souchez
Vimy
Tahure
Massiges
le Pretre
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Tigris
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
London
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Western Front
Loos
Berlin
Dvinsk
Russia
Lake Swenton
Vileika
General Obregon Captures Torreon in Mexican Revolt
General Obregon reports taking Torreon and plans to push on to rout the reactionaries. Carranza orders church bells rung in Torreon after receiving the telegram confirming the victory.
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Vera Cruz
Torreon
General Obregon
Carranza
Obregon
Concord High School blanks Clinton in season opener
The Concord High School football eleven defeated Clinton High School 14 to 0 on the Concord playgrounds, earning their first win of the season.
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Concord
Concord High School
Clinton High School
Big Allied Drive Rebutted by Berlin War Office Report
Berlin reports a recapture of British territory north of Loos from German forces, while French assaults near Souchez and Neuville are described as partly repulsed. In Champagne French efforts to breach German lines are said to have failed.
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Berlin
London
Loos
War Office
Souchez
Neuville
Champagne
Baden
Rhineland
Western Front News Reports Halting Enemy Breakthroughs
Wartime dispatch describes renewed German counterattacks around Loos Souchez Neuville and Massiges repelling British and French efforts. It notes German hill defenses held against repeated assaults and reports increased enemy prisoners while two British aircraft were shot down and captured.
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Massiges
la Fille Morte
Flanders
Eastern theatre notes show German advance in Baltic region
The report details Army groups under von Hindenburg and Eichhorn driving forward near Dvinsk and Lake Swenton with cavalry actions near Lake Cristiata and Postawy. It notes scattered enemy activity west of Vileika and a dispersal by German artillery. Other army groups report no major changes while Linsingen’s forces push Russians beyond Kormin and Putilowka.
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von Hindenburg
Dvinsk
Lake Swenton
Lake Cristiata
Postawy
von Eichhorn
Vileika
Smorgen
Wischnew
Prince Leopold
Two More American Cargoes Are Held Up
The Danish steamship California from New York Aug 31 to Christiania with a general cargo is detained at Leith by British authorities. The Swedish steamship Helsingborg from Port Arthur Texas Aug 28 to Aarhus Denmark with a cargo of cot on eee is detained at Kirkwall.
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London
California
New York
Christiania
Leith
Helsingborg
Port Arthur
Texas
Aarhus
Denmark
Kirkwall
Austro German Forces Push Toward Serbia
Athens dispatch reports three hundred thousand Austrian and German troops began an advance on the Serbian frontier toward Orsova. The move signals a major push on Serbia with large combined forces involved.
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London
Orsova
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Military bulletin reports minor gains near Anafarta and air raid on Lemnos Island
The war office statement says Turkish forces won minor successes near Anafarta and silenced an enemy battery near Avi Burnu. One enemy gun was destroyed near Seddul Bahr, and on Monday Turkish airmen bombed an aeroplane shed on Lemnos Island.
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London
War Office
Anafarta
Avi Burnu
Seddul Bahr
Lemnos Island
Serbian War Office report on air raids and infantry actions
The Serbian war office states hostile aircraft bombed Podjevatz on the 24th, killing three men but causing no military damage. On the 25th they dropped more bombs, killing one man. Attempts by enemy detachments to cross the Drina near Resnik and near Porachnitz on the 24th night were unsuccessful.
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Nish
London
Belgian Front Says Night Steady for Sept 28 29
Paris dispatch reports a Belgian official statement noting the night of September 28-29 and today saw only unimportant artillery actions on the Belgian front.
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Paris
Germans Fail to Stem Tide in Artois and Champagne
Allied offensives in Artois and Champagne press forward despite German counteractions. French claim Hill 140 near Kimya and railway junction north of Massiges while German efforts at Vauziers and Argonne intensify. Eastern front sees Hindenburg strikes near Dvinsk and movements toward Minsk. British defeat Turks in Mesopotamia. Austro-German force of 300,000 rumored for Serbia. weather expected to halt eastern operations.
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Artois
Champagne
Kimya
Lens
Massiges
Argonne
Vauziers
von Hindenburg
Dvinsk
Vileika
Molodechno
Minsk
von Mackensen
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
von Linsingen
Volhynia
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Bagdad
Karna
Amara
Ahwaz
Euphrates
Nairie
Serbia
Heavy fighting persists as Allies push at La Bassee line
Despatches report heavy British assaults south of the La Bassee canal with German reinforcements arriving to stem losses. Belgium is reported stripped of troops while German detachments move from the eastern front to meet what observers call the greatest western effort since the front stabilised from Belgium to Switzerland.
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la Bassee Canal
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Battle on the Champagne Heights Flares Through Night
Paris reports continued fighting on the heights between Souchez and Vimy as Allied forces hold their positions. The French war office issued an official communique detailing ongoing artillery and troop actions with no change in front lines.
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Paris
Souchez
Vimy
French War Office
Soldiers push gains on heights near Souchez Vimy and Champagne
The report notes continued battles on heights between Souchez and Vimy with new positions held. In Champagne fighting remains violent around enemy-held salients north of Mesnil and other targets. Progress is claimed on Tahure hill slopes, near the village, and north of Massiges, as bombardments rage in Le Pretre and Apremont forests.
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Souchez
Vimy
Champagne
Mesnil
Tahure
Massiges
Von Hindenburg Could Be Called to Western Command
German newspapers report two unnamed generals dismissed in the western war zone after the recent French British setback. A dispatch from Amsterdam notes a new German commander in chief of the western armies may be appointed, with Field Marshal von Hindenburg as a possible candidate.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
von Hindenburg
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