Allied and German lines clash as Aisne attack falters
Reports from French and German offices describe severe clashes near Arras and Roye with gains claimed by both sides. German right counterattacks drive Allies from trenches, while Joffre aims a drive toward Mons and Brussels to relieve Antwerp and shift center of gravity toward Paris.
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Arras
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Noyon
Oise
Roye
Meuse
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Argonne Forest
Joffre
Mons
Brussels
Antwerp
Champagne
Argonne
Metz
Nancy
Verdun
Belgium
Cologne
Aix-la-Chapelte
Czar Reaches His Troops for 3 Million to Battle
Russian headquarters claim a decisive German defeat and a rout as two Russian armies advance toward Allenstein East Prussia. Emperor William reportedly in East Prussia and Czar Nicholas heading to the front, with about three million troops to be engaged.
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Rome
Paris
Allenstein
East Prussia
Elbing
William
Nicholas
Petrograd
Mountains Bar Russians From Hungary Through Carpathians
Venice Austrian military experts say Russian attempts to invade Hungary via the Carpathians are unlikely to succeed. Only four or five passes would admit troops and few could pass at once. The march would take six days.
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Carpathians
Czar
Venice
Hungary
Carpathian Mountains
Germans' Haste in Antwerp Fire Forces Desperate Assault
German troops push toward Antwerp in a frantic attempt to seize forts Waelhem and Wavre Saint Catherine. Austrian mortars pound the defenses while Landsturm battalions and marines suffer heavy losses in a costly assault near Mechlin. Civilians help bury dead as Krupp workers are seen directing guns.
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Krupp
Belgium
Antwerp
Dai
Waelhem
Wavre-St Catherine
Landsturm Battallions
Wavre
Wavre-St. Catherine
Landsturm
Mechlin
Jierre
Willsbroeck
Mechina
Brussels
Lierre
Koningshoyckt
War Office
Foes of Russia Massed for Cracow Defense Line
Russian victories in Galicia and northwest Poland push Germany to concentrate forces from Posen to Cracow for Silesia defense. A Russian cavalry win near Andreesyev could signal a widening conflict. Von Hindenburg recalled to lead the Posen Cracow line with four Bavarian and Saxon corps arriving. German troops from France and reserves flood Silesia as Dank’s Austrian force, around 140000, concentrates.
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East Prussia
Posen-Cracow
France
Germany
Silesia
Dank
Allied Fleet Bombards Cattaro and Serbs Surround Sarajevo
The Anglo French fleet resumed bombardment of Cattaro and destroyed Lustica fort and the wireless station. Serbs completely surround Sarajevo after heavy fighting on the north and east and capture the railway, isolating the city from Austria.
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Cattaro
Sarajevo
Chiasso
Lustica
Bosnia
Austria
Kaiser Retires Moltke As Chief of Staff
Amsterdam reports the German Emperor dismissed Chief of the General Staff Field Marshal von Moltke and named Major General von Voights-Rhetz to the post. The appointment unsettles the public amid ongoing whispers of bad news from France and Russia. Paris notes decisive fighting but overall indecisive battles north of the Oise as German right wing under von Kluck presses near Douai to control rail links to Belgium.
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Amsterdam
von Moltke
von Voights-Rhetz
Germany
France
Russia
Paris
Oise
War Office
Douai
Belgium
Alexander von Kluck
Joffre
Ride to Death to Avoid Surrender in Mazur en Lakes
Russian battery under Lieut Smirnoff faced encirclement by German infantry and machine guns near Mazur en lakes. With retreat blocked by water, Smirnoff chose suicide by charging the lake with his crew. All aboard perished, including horses, a fact his father reportedly welcomed as a choice of death over surrender.
Antwerp Defenses Hold As Belgian British Stand Firm
Belgian General Staff counters German claims that forts around Antwerp were silenced and says every fort remains in action. British aid, joint artillery duels, and smothered German river crossings are noted as the siege continues with heavy German casualties.
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London
Antwerp
Czar of Russia at the front lines mobilizes troops
Emperor Nicholas arrived at army headquarters with General Soukhomlinoff and court officials. Empress Alexandra and the princesses bid him farewell amid enthusiastic crowds shouting On to Berlin and On to Vienna. He signed a ukase ordering reserve call ups and mobilization of mounted and territorial troops.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Soukhomlinoff
Alexandra
Berlin
Vienna
War News Update From Europe and France Battle Lines
Berlin said the French battle progressed successfully and Portugal was ready to join the war. The Kaiser dismissed Moltke naming Voigts-Rhetz as Chief of Staff. Russian forces pressed near Lodz while Poles retreat toward East Prussia. Poincare and Viviani visited the front. French reports claim gains at Soissons but no decisive results. German artillery battered Allied lines as German losses rose in Lodz and Suwalki.
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France
Portugal
England
von Moltke
Gen
Voigts- Rhetz
Thorn
Lodz
Poincare
Viviani
Millerand
Bordeaux
French War Office
Soissons
Augustowo
Poland
Petrograd
Arras
Suwalki
French Lieutenant Acquitted at Court-Martial of Desertion
Lieutenant Adre Mesureur son of the Paris Hospital Board director was acquitted by a court-martial of desertion. Major Aubert, a principal witness, was brought to the courtroom from Val-de-Glace hospital with four bullet wounds and a broken jaw.
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Paris
Adre Mesureur
Mesureur
Aubert
Val-de-Glace
French Losses 300000. German Losses Likely 500000
A New York physician cites a French source giving six weeks of fighting up to the Marne with French losses around 310000 plus the British far lighter. The correspondent estimates German casualties near 500000 in the western theatre, excluding Russian front losses.
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New York
France
Battle of the Marne
Nations at War Order US Food for Allies
Representatives of warring nations have ordered 110,000 barrels of flour from a St Louis firm as Britain signals no interference with neutral shipments to Holland. Secretary Bryan says Britain will revise its contraband proclamation and neutral ships carrying food to Holland under Dutch embargo will not be treated as contraband.
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St.Louis
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Holland
State Department
Bryan
Netherlands
Blanket makers in Philadelphia boost output for European demand
Philadelphia factories race to supply soldiers abroad as Dobson Co. in Manayunk expands with overtime, Willam Ayers Son Co. extends to bed blankets, and a new large plant at Second and Somerset streets, Kensington, begins operations to meet the unprecedented demand.
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Philadelphia
J. and J. Dobson Company
Manayunk
Willam Ayers Son Company
Dobsons
Second and
Somerset Streets
Kensington
Ayers
Steel Shelter for Allies in Winter
An order for 100000 tons of steel sheets worth about 4 million to 6 million dollars is in prospect for housing field troops in Europe during winter. The British Government is said to be the buyer. Sectional sheet metal houses are chosen over tents for exposure to severe weather.
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Pittsburgh
Flour Rush Order Sets Record In St Louis Market
A rush order for 110000 barrels of flour was placed by a European nation’s representatives with a local milling firm. The sale is the largest in St Louis history and uses 640000 bushels of Kansas wheat. Shipments from Kansas will start in a few days and flour will be sent to New York as quickly as produced.
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St. Louis
Kansas
New York
Refugees Demand Special Ship to Return Home
Timid Americans in Switzerland urge a vessel flying the Stars and Stripes to rescue families. General Pleasant A. Stovall, American Minister to Switzerland, handed over to the Swiss Red Cross at Berne the first donated $1,000. Scores of Americans remain in Switzerland awaiting transport home.
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Pleasant A. Stovall
Switzerland
Swiss Red Cross Society
Berne
Atlante
1000 War Autos One Order Here
Bethlehem Steel Company announces a committee of French army officers recommends purchasing 1000 automobile trucks in the United States for the French and Russian armies. Bethlehem Steel acts as purchasing agent for motor trucks and army supplies for both nations in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Bethlehem Steel Co
France
Russia
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
May Oust Foreign Cheese
Washington reports American cheese makers can build a lasting reputation as European imports fall due to the war. The Department of Agriculture says U S cheese can match European quality and supply as wartime disruption reduces foreign cheese availability.
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Washington
Europe
Department of Agriculture
United States
Jersey News in Brief Echoes Across Counties
A Woodstock style roundup notes Wenonah upgrades water works with a duplicate pumping plant while Pennsgrove shiploads a boat for a Baltimore cannery. Gloucester and Salem counties report drought effects on crops, local school plans, and new police facilities. Fort Mott clubs join artillery football, and new tax maps loom for Hammonton.
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