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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
2
The government reports fierce Allied and German clashes with bayonet charges near Craonne forests and in the Somme. Battles around St Quentin and Meuse Meurthe region continue as both sides rush reinforcements, with bombings in Paris and warnings of Zeppelin raids increasing London and Paris alarm.
German Taube planes bombarded Paris and other Belgian cities including Antwerp and Ghent. Four people died and several were injured as attacks struck near the American Embassy in Paris, with a hospital damaged in Belgium and targets including fortifications and depots.
A Basle telegram reports an English air raid on Düsseldorf damaged one Zeppelin at the depot, with unknown injury. A second bomb reportedly damaged part of a machinery shed containing spare aircraft parts, and a third bomb fell in a nearby meadow.
Foreign office statement from Petrograd via Col. Nikolai Dolesewski says Russian forces invaded Hungarian territory and defeated Austrian detachments. Occupations include Dembica as a key rail line region, with artillery exchanges near Ossowiec and defeats on the Ujok Pass as Austrians retreat.
The American Women's War Relief Fund presented six motor ambulances to the War Office for use at the front in France. The move responds to urgent demand for rapid transport of wounded from the firing line and affects the earlier plan to equip an ambulance ship advocated by Lady Paget.
Reports from Rome, Petrograd and Amsterdam say Russian forces of 1,500,000 are nearing the German frontier along a 150 mile line as 1,000,000 Germans and Austrians mass to block them. A westward advance from Warsaw targets Posen, while another army moves from Galicia toward Cracow, with telegraph cuts hinting at approaching armies.
Ostend reports three airship bombings with one hitting Avenue P De Smet de Nayer bridge on the outskirts, another in the harbor, and a wholesale fish dealer premises. Explosions wrecked ground, damaged houses, and extinguished street lamps while sparking panic before the craft moved back toward Thielt.
Berlin official claims German advances in the French center while Paris reports strong Allied defenses on the left. casualty lists total 104,589 with 15,674 dead and 23,007 missing. Tokyo says Japanese defeat Germans at Tsingtao ports. A German airship drops bombs on Paris near the American Embassy. Paris notes French left wing retreated then counterattacked. Meuse heights quote a German advance. St Quentin German right pushed back. Asquith appeals for Irish support. Marconi plant shut by U S Navy pending neutral message. Russian advance guard reaches Cra cow fortress. In Austria a German submarine sinks three British cruisers. British losses around 1,133.
Under American diplomatic auspices 260 British subjects left Berlin for England with 300 more to depart Frankfurt soon. The reciprocal exchange targets non military aged civilians including women and children. Germans in England of the same classes may return to Germany.
Berlin reports 104 589 total German casualties to date, with 15 674 dead, 65 908 wounded, and 23 007 missing. The list breaks down losses by regiment and occupies nearly four columns of the Berliner Tageblatt, noting a single regiment lost 400 men in one engagement.
Report states Cracow has fallen to German forces after Austrian defenders evacuated Przemysl fortifications and were repulsed near the eastern line. Dispatches from Petrograd and Copenhagen claim Russian advances toward Breslau, with Russians seizing passes and towns like Stanislau and Kolomea. Vienna denies Cracow proximity, saying Austrians go on the offensive in Galicia as heavy rains hinder pursuit. German military takes over civil administration while residents flee.
Washington reports that A. Rustem Bey the Turkish Ambassador will leave for Constantinople in ten days amid President's displeasure. Baron von Schoen of the German Embassy repudiates his interview published here. The interviews concerned US warships in Turkish waters and Japan’s view of possible war with the United States.
Antwerp. A Belgian biplane reconnoitering Brussels fought a German airship in a brief air duel. Both planes ascended high, then exchanged fire at short range. The German aircraft turned turtle and fell while the Belgian machine headed back toward Antwerp.
A Zeppelin was sighted at 10 o clock Friday near the island of Thune off Jutland. It had come from the northeast via Kattegat and headed toward the southeast. The craft disappeared toward the Little Belt, the strait linking the Baltic to Kattegat.
Real Estate Transactions indicate a business awakening in many sections Churches raking funds for worthy objects. Nearly all Sunday schools in South Jersey held rally day exercises. Fifth-year-old Helen Violet Bendy died in Trenton from bonfire burns. Gloucester County voters face naturalization hurdles and pensions approvals. Audubon sewer project finished. many households connected. City Council tours proposed street improvements. Cape May Health Board organized for the year. Anglers find weak fish and flounder near Cape May harbor jetties. A Sons of Veterans camp forms after Audubon group disbands. Police arrests drop. a Dumont man sentenced for burglary. Pumpkin theft linked to pumpkin pies. Cattle illnesses, several livestock deaths reported. Camden primary costs reach $1 488.70. Damages suit over ferry crash seeks $10 000. Death certificate rules accident not self-harm for Mrs Bosschieter. Millville worker James Barber found dead. St Stephens Church earns $100 from lawn fete. Haddonfield PTA supports distressed European mothers. Watchung Knights celebrate Columbus Day. Union County funds ditch salt marshes north of Elizabeth. Two Trenton boys die after being struck by a train. Mrs Elizabeth Shaffer dies suddenly near Burlington.
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