Battle of Flanders Toll Amid Vast Casualties
London and Berlin report massive losses as German and Allied forces clash along the Yser and near Dixmude. The Belgian army suffers heavy casualties, while French and British troops bolster the line from Nieuport to Ostend. The canal banks are littered with unburied dead and wounded as fighting rages.
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London
France
Berlin
Sayville
Flanders
Yser
Dixmude
Veer Canal
Belgium
Hue
Lan- Bemarck
Nieuport
Ostend
Belgian
Nancy
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Fort Camp Des Romains
Verdun-Tour
William
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg
Gay
Engiish
Lesses
Yser Canal
Paris
Didtresa
Dirmude
Ypres
Lille
Washington
the Yser
General Von Moltke Improves After Illness Spat
Berlin via The Hague October 27 General von Faldenhayn acts as chief of the German general staff during General von Moltke’s illness a bad billots complaint. Moltke’s condition is said not to be serious and he has shown considerable improvement.
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von Moltke
Berlin
Hague
von Faldenhayn
Jam as preventives of scurvy in British war effort
London reports claim jam is essential for troops, not a luxury, citing 1884 Egyptian campaigns and Boer War consumption. Describes four months rations for 200,000 men including bread, beef, vegetables, milk, coffee, tea, alcohol, and 2.9 million one-pound tins of jam, plus tobacco and water purification supplies.
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London
Thomas Atking
Jam
France
Europe
War News from Europe Opens with Turkish Drives and German Gains
Turkish fleet bombardments in Theodosia and Novotysyk are reported as part of a widening war. German forces claim advances south of Arras and near Ypres with French positions southeast of Verdun reportedly captured. Allies mass French and British reinforcements from Dixmude to Nieuport as Bavarian units move inland.
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Breslau
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Criméa
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Sea of Azov
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Turkey
Dardenelles
Verdun
Berlin
Wolff
Lille
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Yser
Joffra
Dixmude
Arras
French War Office
Ypres
Germana sinks three warships and naval resignations
British dreadnaught reportedly sunk by a German mine off the Belgium coast, first in war. Emden boosts raids entering Georgetown in Penang and destroying Russian and French ships. Karlsruhe and Emden total vessels sunk reach 43. Prince Louis of Battenberg resigns from Admiralty amid anti German sentiment.
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Mines Sink Two Steamers Off Northwest Ireland
London reports two more British steamers destroyed by mines. One vessel was blown up near Malin Head by a German mine laid off Tory Island. The Swedish steamer Ornen, en route from Portugal to Gothenburg, struck a mine off Cuxhaven with loss of several lives. Additional warships are deployed to the channel ports and northwest France ahead of a submarine raid on England.
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Tory Island
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Portugal
Gotenburg
Sweden
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Piva
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France
England
Antwerp Quietly Reopens After Weeks of Terror
Antwerp gradually returns to normal as about 160000 of 250000 residents come home. Some shops reopen in poorer districts while old women with carts sell produce. German flag flies over Notre Dame tower and civilians fear traps amid renewed military rule.
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Cathedral of Notre Dame
Hidden Foes in Trenches Drive Day Night Battle
Karl H von Wiegand describes a WWI trench war where German and French forces fought in a wave-shaped front. Barbed wire, stakes, and hidden guns formed deadly entanglements, with fog of war in forests, hills, and valleys. Civilians pray as towns endure heavy artillery near St Mihiel.
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Panco
St. Mihiel
King Albert Courage Amid Belgian Frontline Fire
London reports King Albert continued leading troops in Belgium’s southwest despite shell fire. He refused safer shelter, declaring his skin of no more value than that of his soldiers, and remained at the front as Belgians launched a bold counterattack driving Germans from trenches. Servians may have captured Vinse ntraft, but unlikely to dominate general talk.
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von Huehne
Holland
Hotel du l'Europe
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la Places Verte
la Mier
Theophila Lemaire
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Harry Sherman
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London
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Bert
Dunkirk Dispatch Reports Heavy Fighting and Lost German Forces
Lucien Arthur Jones details Dunkirk combat as German taubes are shot down and captured, Ostend shelled, and British French naval guns drive Germans from Nieuport to Ostend. Red Cross aid is praised while German casualties flood Furness and Dixmude fields amid desperate fighting.
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Dunkirk
Ostend
Nieuport
Onca
Red Cross
Ghent
Hector Munroe
Furness
Dixmude
Wolf Pack Attacks Soldiers at Rome Camps
A Cattinje dispatch reports wolves descend from snow covered mountains and attack soldiers at military camps. The piece warns a close night watch is necessary to guard against rapacious packs seeking prey, fearing the enemy and wolves alike.
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Rome
Cattinje
Berlin Vorwaerts Calls Boycott Of Foreign Poets
The Berlin Vorwaerts announces a boycott of foreign poets with D Annunzio and Maeterlinck named among the first targets. The note claims neither is a man of particular genius.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
D'Annunzio
Maeterlinck
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