17 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
1
German forces halt north of the Aisne River and open combat with Allied troops. Unclear if either side intends a decisive engagement as fighting starts along a fresh front in northern France.
Swiss dispatches claim Germany orders a retreat beyond the Rhine with evacuations of France Belgium and Luxembourg. British and French fronts hold, Marne battle waning as Crown Prince forces reorganize near Verdun and Meuse defenses firm up.
Allied forces report a west front shift with British and French troops between the Aisne and Oise, far north toward the Belgian frontier. Rheims is reoccupied, German positions fall back to Salines, while Vosges and Alsace remain quiet as both sides reserve strength for the west. The account describes heavy shelling, scarce German ammunition, and frontline morale boosted by Joffre’s pledge to halt retreat and fight to victory.
Report describes British and French aviators gathering intelligence after the German retreat from the Paris area. Field works along the northern plateau beyond Rheims are noted as German defensive lines prepared for possible regroupment. Detachments of German troops are reported captured or scattered, while Paris increases preparations and enrolls thousands to bolster forces.
A Dieppe correspondent for the Standard reports scenes of discovery along a French coastline where a single diver counts bodies of German soldiers buried at regular intervals. The grim accounting underscores the intensity of operations around Dieppe to recover fallen combatants.
Expert observers in Petrograd say Russia plans Koenigsberg siege relief by pulling German forces from France. Serbs report defeat on multiple fronts as Austrian staff announces Serbian crossing into Hungary has been halted and key zones in Slavonia and Banat cleared. Russian summary claims massive Austrian losses with 250,000 killed or wounded and 100,000 prisoners, while Russians push toward Przemyśl after crossing the San.
Washington announces the withdrawal of American troops from Vera Cruz under General Funston as part of ending the second U S Mexican conflict. Carranza and Villa endorsed the move, arguing a U S presence would hinder peace and provoke domestic strife in Mexico City.
In Washington the Democratic caucus, with administration support, abandons freight tax and drafts a war revenue bill. It retains the Spanish war stamp tax on legal papers and adds taxes on bankers brokers theatres and amusements, gas gasoline and tobacco products. The measure aims for about 105 million dollars in revenue with specific duties outlined per category.
Arlington reports a young boy, Dale Burnday, son of L. and Mrs. Bunday, badly burned after a gasoline spill ignited by a match. Companions reportedly dropped the can and kicked the liquid, the boy caught fire but was rolled in grass and saved by his mother.
A brief weather notice reports fast the weather tonight and Thursday with little change in temperature across North and South Dakota.
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