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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
2
Informal discussions by Washington officials and diplomats focus on Germany's aims and how to halt the European war. Key figures analyze diplomatic options and potential terms, underscoring urgency to end hostilities.
Sir Edward Wrey says the matter has been taken up with warring nations and a temporary truce is not being sought or desired.
Washington dispatches detail a theater of diplomatic activity as Britain France and Russia consolidate the Entente stance against a temporary truce. Leaders discuss Germanys condition for lasting peace with cables to ambassadors in London Paris and Washington outlining aims to avoid renewed hostilities and push for a durable settlement.
London reports the Admiralty announces the Heitisn fleet has occupied Herbertshoehe, seat of government in the German Riamtrek archipelago and the Solomon Islands. The amnarck archipelagso, covering about 600 square miles with a population around 200,000, lies northeast of Ya and southeast of the Yuhuvdis, marking a German sphere of strategic control in the region.
A vast warfront tale reports Teuton armies unable to halt the victorious czarist march. Large-scale captures and shifting lines describe German setbacks as Allied troops, including Austrian forces, press advances toward the Belgian frontier. Dispatches note Belgian reoccupation of Termonde and gains near Antwerp and Limbourg, with Paris predicting renewed French strength despite ominous omens.
Havre to Paris road reopened and declared safe for automobiles and traffic according to a Havre to Weekly Dispatch message. The crossing restores transit between Paris and Havre with authorities confirming resumed travel.
German prisoners arrived at Brienne Le Chateau astonished that the British fight Germany. A group of fifty Union soldiers surrendered in a starving condition.
Berlin reports no details of battles east of Parte and Verdun. A German counterstroke to the Anglo French offensive aimed at Paris was described by Prince Frederick Wilhelm. The action captured four fortified French positions southwest of Verdun, blocking the German Marne army’s left wing toward Vitry le Francois and the crown prince’s forces.
Reports from Sofi suggest Turkey will not risk joining against Russia as Vienna watchers note Austria’s defeats renew the capital’s cautious mood. Russian troops reportedly recaptured Lembers after the Row clans seized it, amid a broader war seen as turning fortunes in Europe.
A scraped text account discusses German penetration near Paris and the difficulty of keeping lines intact as Allied and French forces try to contain the advance. It notes crowding and strategic shifts, mentioning Joffre and the Paris fortress ring and the peril faced by von Klugis era forces.
The official dispatch outlines a four day operation by German and French forces with a southward German advance to Coulommiers and Provins September 6. Cavalry penetrated toward Sursenne while a large western flank covered outer Paris defenses. The German left wing was exposed after evacuating Craibsenna Compere, with allied forces attacking both front and flank.
Washington announces American army officers assigned as observers in the European war. Major Apencer Costs of engineers with General George O. Squier signals and expeditionary forces, Allen Le Urigge and Lt Miles linked to Austrian and Servian armies, including field artillery.
The German right wing retreats in disorder after British and French pressure from the Somme to the Marne. By September 11 British and French troops push the center near Vitry and Vitry le François, with six thousand prisoners and fifteen guns captured on September 10–11.
Notwithstanding fatigue, troops press with vigor as enemy retreats rapidly under pressure. General quarters show the enemy abandoned positions, charts, documents, and personal effects left behind. Official notice notes the retreat as unusually swift and decisive.
A vivid, graphic letter from a Belgian front describes the brutal fighting near Liege as Allied troops and Belgian forces endure shelling and barbed wire. The narrator details wounds to multiple limbs, the deaths of officers and comrades, and a desperate push toward Belgian rifle pits under artillery and machine gun fire.
The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin reports that before the war began Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed not to seek separate peace. The note emphasizes a united front and coordinated conduct among the Central Powers.
An official communication describes German withdrawals near the Preneh and Britten fronts as Allied air forces press from the jet wing. The report notes enemy retreat across multiple sectors while maneuvering forces reorganize and retreat from positions along the Afene Sedwid area.
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