British Victory at Heligoland Ends With Losses
British admiralty reports 380 of 1 200 German sailors saved from eleven sunk German warships after a sea battle off Heligoland. British casualties numbered 29 killed and 38 wounded. no British ships lost. Rear Admiral Beatty commanded. London celebrates news of the victory as ships return safely.
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Heligoland
Hibe River
North Sea
War Office
David Beatty
Ethel Field
Marshall Field
Chicago
London
Admiralty
Welland
Chefoo
China
Africa
Highflyer
Paris Prepares for Siege as German Forces Advance
War dispatches describe Paris and surrounding towns fortifying as German troops threaten the front. French and Belgian positions hold Verdun to Sedan amid heavy artillery and high casualties. Austrian reservists mass near Italy while Canadian canal guards report repeated gunfire and detentions. Several ships bombard Tsingtao as Japan’s fleets press eastern defenses. High German losses are noted as remnants of two regiments show only sixty survivors.
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Japan
Tsingtao
Russians claim major victory as siege of Koenigsberg unfolds
Russian forces report capture of Allenstein stein and thousands of prisoners as fighting rages along the Vistula from Lublin to Lemberg. Germans retreat across Prussia while panic swells in Danzig as eastern Galicia battles widen, signaling potential decisive shift against Austria.
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Koenigsburg
Danzig
Vistula
St Petersburg
Reuter
Galicia
Lublin
Russian
Poland
Lemberg
St. Petersburg
London Daily Mail
East Prust
Muhlen
Berlin
Austria
Russia
Louvain Wiped Out by Germans After Invasion
Belgian foreign minister reports the city of Louvain in Brabant has been burned by German forces. A German corps retreated after low resistance. inhabitants were ordered from homes, some captured, women and children sent away, and fires set to the city including St. Pierre church and university buildings. Several citizens shot. authorities deny culpability.
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Louvain
Brabant
St. Pierre
Low Countries
Market Quotations From Early Sept Market Report
Pittsburgh and Cleveland quotations for cattle hogs calves sheep and lambs with prices for prime choice good fat and common grades. Chicago reports hogs cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges across market segments including futures era roughs pigs and heifers. Wheat corn oats futures also noted with Sept prices.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
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Lille
Roubaix
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Verdun
Sedan
Italy
Tyrol
Juvisy
Gordon Beits
Fiftty Royal Highlanders
Soulanges
Montreal
Dominion
Soulenges
Nish
Lunevillé
Hart Schaffner
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Knox
Moorhead
Sloan Bros
Cape
New York
Sloan’s
Too Big Manufactur
Ers
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Buchheit Bros
Indiana, Pa
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