Russia Wins Great Battle Near Lemberg
Dispatches from Petrograd report seven days of combat around Lemberg Galicia with heavy Austrian losses and 31 guns abandoned during pursuit. Russians claim the fortifications fall, two army corps wiped out, and 70,000 Russians taken as prisoners amid rumors of German victories elsewhere.
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Russian War Office
Lemberg
Galicia
Austria-Hungary
Lembers
Guila Lipa
London
St. Petersburg
Washington
Allenstein
East Prussia
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China
Tennessee
Havre
England
Emperor William
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Austria
Peronne
Somme
Vervins
Ainne
William
Mezieres
Department of Ardennes
Vosges
Lorraine
French War Office
Berlin
George
Belgium
Russian Triumphs and German Setbacks Across Galician Front
Reports from Paris and London recount a major Russian victory around Lemberg with 150 Austrian guns captured, heavy Austrian losses, and 14,600 dead buried. French and British dispatches note German attempts to pressure Paris, air raids on Belfort, and new French forces ready for active service.
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Lemberg
Guila
Lipa
Hal- Urz
Paris
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
London
Russia
Schlusselburg
Boulogne
English Channel
Louvain Atrocity Told In Dutch And British Dispatches
A Rotter dam cable describes Louvain mass killings by German forces with streets lined by corpses and homes burned. Eyewitness reports from a bicycle shop salesman recount crushings, fires, and refugees fleeing to Antwerp, while British and Dutch papers confirm shootings and destruction of the city’s university, library, and church.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Rotterdam
H. W. Rutgers
Louvain Water Works
Germany
Telegraf
Germania
Louvain
Hell
Vory
London
Morning Post
Terneuzed
Holland
Antwerp
War Bureau
British War Information Bureau
Dyvllinga
St. Pierre
E. Alexander Powell
Hotel de Ville
Europe
Pierre
Martin V
ASK RICH TO SUPPORT FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS
London argues a Civil War style draft in Britain, proposing millionaires fund and supply an army. Hiram Maxim suggests England’s wealth be used to raise and maintain a volunteer force with five shillings a day and pensions. He claims Britain could field 1,000,000 in forty days.
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Turkey
London
St. Petersburg
Reuter’s
Greece
Asia Minor
Simyrna
Chatalia
Scutari
Laman von Sanders
Inver Bay
Hiram Maxim
England
Great Britain
Ireland
Britain's First Act Assured Food Supply
London reports that the British government formed a cabinet committee to manage food supplies as fears of war rose. Weekly maximum prices for butter flour and other essentials are set by traders and the board of trade, with certified tariffs displayed in stores. Domestic business remains normal.
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London
Spe
Cial
Consultative Committee of Traders
Board of Trade
Be of Good Cheer Encouragement for Troubled Souls
A devotional note recalls Paul's sea voyage guidance to be of good cheer amid danger. The message emphasizes that after storms the sun shines, problems have solutions, and God can grant joy even in sorrow.
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Paul
God
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