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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
2
British warships aided the Belgian army against the Germans between Nieuport and Dixmude while Belgian forces repelled cavalry assaults and advanced toward Roulers. French and Russian fronts reported modest gains amid ongoing battles from Arras to St Mihiel and around Le Basse, Ablain St Nazaire, and Chauignes.
Allied forces halt German advance along the coast from Ostend to Dun Kirk as Belgian troops stop the German push near the River Yser ten miles east of the border. King Albert’s left flank holds a wide front from the North Sea to the Vosges with repeated clashes and gains including the recapture of Arras? no, Armegueres northwest of Lille. German assaults near St Die in the Vosges are repulsed.
Courts order seizure of premises and stocks of eight large wine shipping firms tied to Germans or Austrians valued at several million francs. Some houses closed during the war. principal owners have left France. Others continue under French managers.
Despatches from Warsaw report more than 4,000,000 engaged in major Austro German and Russian operations along the Vistula and San rivers in East Prussia and Galicia. Russians claim victories though no decisive clash yet. German attempts to cross the Vistula fail at eighteen points with heavy losses. Poland and Galicia host at least 1,200,000 German troops plus 500,000 Austrian, facing 2,000,000 Russians and 400,000 in East Prussia. No fresh attacks expected as retreating Germans suffer large losses. Russian casualties at Przemysl around 40,000.
Odesssa report describes wolves and other wildlife in Galicia reacting to fighting. Beasts roam near camps as victorious troops return stained with blood and soldiers fire volleys at night to drive off intruders.
The Japanese cruiser Takachibo was sunk in Kinochu Bay with 274 crew believed lost. Only one officer and nine sailors were saved. The vessel was 300 feet long, forty six feet beam, displacement 3 700 tons, armed with eight 6 inch guns and a speed about eighteen knots.
The British cruiser Hawke was sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Of a crew of 400, 50 were saved. remaining officers and men are missing. The Theseus and Hawke were reportedly attacked about the same time, with Hawke struck amidships and torn apart.
The French War Office says the British fleet aided the Belgian Army in repulsing German attacks near Nieuport and Dixmude. Reports claim Allied success against German and Austrian forces with heavy losses, and Dutch coast battles result in four German torpedo boats sunk.
Paris despatch reports German shells wreck President Poincare's country house at Sampigny sur Meuse. Roof penetrations caused a fire. paintings and statuary were ruined. Barracks, town hall and a church survived.
German submarine and mine campaigns in the North Sea have crippled British naval strength, sinking the Pathfinder, Cressy, Hogue, Aboukir, Hawke, Amphion, and Speedy, with 2,186 British sailors lost. The Germans claim advantage, though Britain has damaged several German cruisers and destroyers.
London reports jubilation across England after the cruiser Undaunted, aided by four torpedo boat destroyers, attacked near the Scheldt and sank four German destroyers. Berlin confirms German losses with thirty-one survivors landed in England. Modesta rescued 48 Hawke survivors and reached Christiania after the North Sea incident.
Rumors say Russian forces face Austro German armies along a vast front from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Claims of victory and defeat fade as engagements appear largely cavalry oriented and a major general battle has not yet begun.
A General French report cites British deaths and losses from September 12 to October 8 totaling 561 officers and 12,980 men. A separate War Office list dated September 16 shows 51 non commissioned officers and men killed 149 wounded and 665 missing.
A biographical reminiscence of Nina Wilcox Putnam born 1888 in New York. She recounts poverty from age twelve, self education with library books, early writing success, and a life of diverse work and social observation. She explains her motive to write about ordinary people and the city’s glamour beyond Paris influence.
Birmingham critics hail Nina Wilcox Putnam's The Impossible Boy as a roving brisk novel of the open road and New York Bohemia. Gypsies artists society folk and bold conspirators move through a lively escapade full of action mystery love and humor.
A breezy adventure tale featuring a boy a bear and a girl set against open country and New York sidewalks. Critics note plentiful characters drama romance and lively storytelling with surprising twists.
Plate images accompany the feature on The Impossible Boy, supplying visual context to the main narrative. The artist’s work reinforces the story’s themes and adds interpretive depth to the article.
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