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War reported gains and losses across fronts and sea
General Litsmann's forces seize forts on the southwest front of Kovno with 4500 prisoners and 240 guns. Submarine attacks sink multiple ships incl. Royal Edward and Arabic with heavy loss of life. Evacuations and fortress losses shift the eastern defense as Petrograd debates moves toward Moscow. Tropical storms batter Texas coast with 22 dead and major property damage.
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Litsmann
Kovno
Royal Edward
Albis
Christiania
Sverresborg
Brae
Peria Castillo
Russian War Office
Sokolow
Siedice
Lukow
Warsaw
Bielostok
Kovno-Brest-Litovak
von Hindenburg
Magda
London
New York
Ireland
Fastnet
Restormel
Baron Erskine
City of New York
Samara
Gladiator
Bittern
Berlin
Novogeorgievsk
Petrograd
Moscow
Kovyna
Texas
Galveston
St. Louis
Elihu Root
American Bar Association
Salt Lake
Marietta
Leo M. Frenk
Mary Phagan
Houston
Texas City
Galventon
Sam Houston
San Bernard
Virginia Point
Burfoide
la Forte
Lynchburg
Hitchcock
Port Arthur
San Leon
Jennings Island
Sour Lake
Proeport