British Capture Jerusalem from Turks in WWI Palestine
London dispatch reports Jerusalem fallen to British forces under General Allenby, a pivotal moral victory in the Palestine campaign. The text traces the siege from Gaza to Jaffa, notes coastal advance, and recalls historic sieges and leaders from Crusades to Saladin.
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London
Jerusalem
Holy City
Palestine
E. H. R. Allenby
Jeppa
Mediterranean
Archibald Murray
Allenby
Palestina
Bethlehem
Christ
Mohammed
Richard Coeur de Lion
Richard
Austria
Britain
Egypt
David
Saladin
Gaza
Jaffa
Mediterranean Sea
Catskill
New York State
Jordan
Askelon
Americans Listed in Ottawa Casualty Roll
Ottawa lists names of Americans in the casualty roll. Killed in action W R Metcalf of Palms Michigan wounded B J Qunningham of Melbourne Washington and HB Simpson of Detroit Michigan are named among the fallen and wounded.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. R. Metcalf
Palms
Mich
B. J. Qunningham
Melbourne
Wash
HB. Simpson
Detroit
Russians, Japanese Move to Protect Interests in Far East
Reports from Harbin and Vladivostok describe Chinese and Japanese troops entering Harbin and Vladivostok to safeguard foreign lives and property as Russia's eastern provinces declare independence and a provisional government forms in Vladivostok amid Allied concern. A Russian American society meets in Vladivostok to maintain order as soldiers brace for chaos in Asiatic Russia.
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Haparanda
Harbin
Vladivostok
Ann
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Russia
Orenburg
Ufa
Perm
Samara
Tokyo
Amur
New Republic
Berlin
Thirteen Negro Soldiers Hanged in San Antonio
Thirteen soldiers were hanged after an army court martial of 59 accused in the Houston race riot. Forty one received life terms, five were acquitted. The riot began at the nearby Negro army camp. Houston police and citizens were killed. Army officers blocked civil trials.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Texas
Italians Repel Austro German Assault On Piave Front
Rome dispatches report a lull after fierce fighting on the Piave where Austro German forces failed to break Italian lines. General Conrad is accused of sacrificing hundreds of thousands, while Italians retake trenches near Capo Sile and Hungary’s infantry storms the Sile bridgehead.
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Washington
Rome
Conrad
Italy
Capo Sile
Piave
War Office
Kililed
Berlin
Sile
Cape Sile
Revised Halifax death toll and German arrests after explosion
Halifax reports revised casualties with 1 200 known dead 2 900 unaccounted for and 8 000 wounded while 25 000 left homeless. German residents are detained under military orders with sixteen in custody and more in jail as authorities seek evidence linked to the disaster.
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Halifax
N. S
Fairview Cemetery
General Relief Committee
Richmond
Secretar y Baker Calls for Rapid Western Front War Prep
Secretary Baker says Germany has massed the largest western front army of the war and the United States must speed up military preparations to win. He notes German gains near Cambrai, American engineer units fighting with British, and warns of renewed German pressure across France and the eastern theater. Palestine and Mesopotamia actions are also referenced alongside Russian front armistice talks.
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Washington
Germany
Baker
United States
France
Russia
United Nation
Cambrai Front
Byng
Cambrai
Reims
Argonne
St. Quentin
Austria
Italy
Baltic
Black Sea
Caucasus
Palestine
Ottoma Empire
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Diale
Three Generals Assigned
Washington December 11 three general officers reassigned by the war department Brig Gen Roy Hoff man national army relieved from Sixty first depot brigade Thirtieth division and placed in command of the One Hundred eighty fifth and One Hundred eighty sixth infantry brigades Camp Stuart Newport News Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Roy Hoffman
National Army
Camp Stuart
Neveport News
Seven Die As Lake Steamer Desmond Founders
Seven men perished when the lake steamer Desmond sank off South Chicago during a blizzard. Captain Emil Thorsen, 57, with 27 years at sea, froze to death after an all night struggle with the first winter storm.
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Desmond
Chicago
Emil Thorsen
Great Lakes
British Drive Off German Raid Near La Bassee
In a daily official statement British forces repelled a nighttime German raid southwest of La Bassee before it reached our lines. Another German party attacking a post east of Klein Zilebeke was repelled with losses to the attackers.
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la Bassee
London
Klein Ziilebeke
Enlistments Surge at Gary as Deadline Looms
Gary Ind December 10 Two hundred men have enlisted since the prohibition on voluntary enlistments after December 15 was announced. The city is almost depopulated of young Americans.
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Gary
Ind
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Leon Trotzky
Maklakoff
Kerensky
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Yeng-Chang
Pekin
Yeng
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