Yankees Leave Vera Cruz After Conflict Free Transfer
Mexican forces under General Aguilar took control of Vera Cruz as American evacuation proceeded with no clashes. Carranza officials criticized the transfer method while Villa supporters warned of resistance. Refugees, soldiers, and clergy were moved to Galveston as crowds welcomed the departure with celebrations and relief.
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Vera Cruz
Trigadiar Tener Winston
Cassin Aguilar
Nho
General Villa
Carranza
Aguilar
Llalty
Galveston
Villa
Malines Deserted Amid War Times Desolation
A correspondent reports Malines now counts only a few inhabitants, down from about 60,000 before the war. In three hours of exploration only three women and a few men were seen, with German guards noting just fourteen residents remaining. The town feels empty, evoking history’s tales of cities shunned in battle.
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Standard
Amsterdam
Malines
Agaill
Tenement Fire Claims Nine Lives in New York City
Eight people died and a ninth perished in a second blaze as flames engulfed a five story building at 408 Twenty Fifth Street, New York. Several severely burned victims were hospitalized at Bellevue, with additional fatalities reported from a separate Teath Avenue blaze. Authorities suspect extortion attempts by blackmailers linked to the tenants.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Teath Avenue
Pwenty-nimth Street
Blackminsters
Turkeys Explain Smyrna Gunnery Warning From Mine Field
Dispatches to Washington reveal the Ottoman interior minister and war officials say shots fired at the Tennessee cruiser launch near Smyrna were a warning to keep the craft from entering a 4 mine field while 3,000 left and 10 returned. Three officers and seven men arrived at Ghent from Ypres, survivors of a 3,000 strong regiment.
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Smyrna
Turkey
Navy Department
Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Constantinople
Tennessee
Interior and War
Ghent
Ypres
General survey of the war in Poland and beyond
The week featured a German eastern push checked by Russians in Poland while winter halted operations in northern France and Belgium. Reports cite large forces. Verdun and Argonne campaigns intensify as Germany reroutes reinforcements. Black Sea action with Goeben and Turkish fleet losses, plus naval incidents and rumors of a potential assault on Egypt.
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Pell Mel
Petrograd
Poland
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
France
Stuasélans
Alonn
Gernwis
Flanders
Verdun
Hne
Paris
Argonne Andrave
Scotland
Egypt
Constantinople
London
Desperate fighting rages in Poland near front
Detailing a tense phase in World War I, reports from German and Russian sources describe continued heavy fighting in Russian Poland between Thorn and Warsaw. Both sides claim resilience and strategic pauses, with German efforts to push toward the Vistula and Russian defense around East Prussia and Cracow.
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Russia
Poland
Russian Poland
Thorn
Warsaw
East Prussia
Cracow
Vistula
von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Russian
Kaliser
Rypin
Lodz
Lewiscr
Germany
Angerburg
Bzoura
Balkan
Turkey
Bucharest
Constantinople
Burkham Edin
Nusu Iseddin
One Zeppelin a Week Germans Build at Plant
Zurich Gazette reports Germans produce about one Zeppelin weekly at the Friedrichshafen plant. So far fewer than forty are ready for service. Zeppelins feature a lookout platform and below envelope carriage for bombs, with aircraft warning via telephone link and a detachable bomb carriage.
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Zurich
Riedrichshafen
Juan
Wach Zeppelin
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Marecall Bldg
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