Oslovak Legionaries and Austro-Hungarian Tensions
The text notes a small group of Slovak legionaries under martial law facing death in an Austrian port. It mentions 20,000 Czechoslovak soldiers in the Austrian sphere serving with Bohemian troops and the formation of a Slovak army. The piece highlights anxiety among Austro-Hungarian authorities over these detachments and their stance toward Italy.
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Wdon Daily Mail
Zechoslovak
Charles
Italy
German Reinforcements Reported for Italian Front
Paris dispatch notes Austro Hungarian troops being brought up to renew pressure on the Italian northeast front with fresh reinforcements. German troops may also be arriving, with Italian officials predicting a resumed drive if the lull ends. A separate London report claims Germany would transfer twelve divisions from Austria to Italy while Austrian divisions move to France.
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Paris
Milan
London
Germany
Austria
France
Holland
Daily Mail
Italian Air and Cavalry Aid Aid Piave Front
Italian Army reports near Montello and lower Piave as cavalry and air units support infantry while aviators prevent Austrian bread drops. Artillery and sinking damaged bridges hinder enemy supply. one officer led a battalion to seize over 40 prisoners. Austrian losses reach 180,000 with initial phase ending at a disadvantage.
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Italy
Piave
Montello
Lower
American Red Cross
Italian Cavalry Shines at Piave Front
Italian HQ reports fierce Piave battle with Austrians repeatedly repelled. Italian horse units conducted probing recon missions and supported infantry as rains swollen the river, creating a temporary barrier but risking quick return to normal conditions.
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Tus
New
Piave
Gallant defense on Plemont Hill halts major German assault
In a stubborn stand near Noyon two battalions of cavalry repelled 30,000 German troops. Despite heavy losses the defenders held until relief and formed a new line in the Matz valley. The officer cited morale as proof that large mass attacks can be checked by well-led troops.
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New York
Plemont Hill
Noyon
Laffaux Mill
Times
Plessier
Compiégne
Bodie
Matz
de Payrat
Hindenburg
Budapest Strikers Shot in Unrest Across Austria-Hungary
Reports from Paris and Washington describe widespread labor strife in Austria-Hungary. Workers demand wage hikes while Vienna faces bread shortages, street disorders, and police crackdowns as food supplies run low.
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Paris
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Arsenal
Vulcan
Worscharowsky
Vienna
Havas
Basle
Vienna Socialists Call For Peace Move
The Vienna Socialist Party seeks peace negotiations without annexations or indemnities. They demand higher wages, shorter hours, lighter work, and support for a League of Nations. Parliament readiness is urged as unrest grows and military forces tighten in Austria-Hungary.
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New York Times Company
New York Times
Amsterdam
Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Holland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Socialist Party
League of Nations
Arbeiter Zeitung
Berenger Sees Equal French and German Forces at Front
Senator Berenger, speaking in the Mafin, challenges the idea that French losses and numbers explain the Chemin-des-Dames fighting. He claims about 7,000,000 French and 7,000,000 Germans were engaged, with Americans arriving to close any gap, and urges focus on strategy and employments rather than mere counts. He notes Italian issues and Austrian risks as Allies face pressure on multiple fronts.
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Faris
Henry Berenger
Mafin Today
Army Committee
Senate
Berenger
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Chemin-des-Dames
Friction Grows Over Government and War Strains
The piece argues Premier Seidler is a figurehead and his administration is incompetent. It notes renewed hostility between Germany and Austria as blame shifts between capitals. It cites German press anger at aiding its poorer neighbor and criticizes Brest-Litovsk peace as a deception.
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Seidler
Germany
Austria
Germania
Brest-Litovsk
Italy
Austrian Socialists Predict Austria on Eve of Catastrophe
The Daily Express Amsterdam report says Austrian Socialists Seitz and Ellenbogen, arriving in The Hague, warn Austria is on its last war legs. They blame Germany for starving Austria and foresee an epoch making catastrophe. They say Vienna hoped to use Troelstra to push peace, but he did not come to England.
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Washington
Berne
Austria-Hungary
Ludendorff
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Vienna
Budapest
Austria
Germany
von Ludendorff
Dis
Patches
State Department
New York Times
London
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Seitz
Ellenbogen
Hague
Russia
Serbia
Italy
Holland
Troelstra
England
Britain needs more troops in France, says Maurice
Major General Sir Frederick Maurice argues in 1918 that Britain must send greater numbers of trained men to France and ensure home forces, medical staff, and training replacements are adequate. He accuses German propaganda of misrepresenting Britain and urges clearer disclosure of troop strength commitments to satisfy Allied publics.
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Sir Auckland Geddes
England
France
Mesopotamia
Palestine
East Africa
Great Britain
Germany
Trainin
Bonar Law
House of Commons
European crisis described as worsening and censored
The report notes growing Austrian distress as Germany pressures Austria. Authorities appear helpless and offer vague promises. Kaiser Wilhelm has not been heard from since bread rations fell, while the Austrian press faces strict censorship yet warns of little improvement. The Reichspost reports Ukraine crops delayed due to Bolshevik terror.
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England
Germany
Kaiser Kari
Reichspost
Ukraine
Alliance talks cloud Austro Hungarian relations
Reports from Amsterdam and Berlin detail divergent views on a proposed German Austrian alliance. Count Batthyany and Premier Wekere debate unification aims and customs reforms, while historian Brandenburg warns that any pact must be terminable and constitutionally safeguarded amid constitutional fragility in Austria-Hungary.
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Amsterdam
Theodore Batthyany
Friedrich von Payer
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Alexander Wekere
Associated Press
Erich A. O. Brandenburg
Leipsic
Deutsche Kurier
Austria
Hungary
Austria- Hungary
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Brandenburg
German paper doubts Troelstra peace move in The Hague
The Weser Zeitung of Bremen reports Scheidemann and Troelstra in The Hague signaling a possible new international peace effort. It questions Entente willingness, notes changes in attitude, and warns Germany may use the move as a peace offensive while portraying Troelstra as Entente influenced.
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New York Times
New York
Hague
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Philip Scheidemann
Troelstra
Stockholm
The
Zeitung
Branting
Germany
Scheidemann
the Zeitung
Troeistra
Schiedemann
Divine Afflatus Fails Kaiser’s Hymn Makers
Amsterdam dispatch reports Germany’s search for a new Kaiser hymn or national anthem failed. Since the war began proposals from poets and composers reached 3200 yet all were declined. Even the Kaiser and War Office rejected no candidate and the task remains open.
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Kaiser
New York Times
Amsterdam
Germany
War Office
Allied prisoners massed along Rhine frontier towns
Geneva reports German forces crowd allied prisoners along the Rhine and border towns. An Assatian paper notes five allied prisoners killed and six wounded in a recent air raid on Thionville, Germany.
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Geneva
Rhine
Lausanne Gazette
Thionville
Germany
Brooklyn Street Corners and Manhattan Thoroughfares
A garbled listing notes street corners in Brooklyn and Manhattan including Court Street Broadway and 28th Street as well as Market Street intersections. It references the Cor and Cor. intersections and provides scrambled cross streets in New York and Newark area.
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Cor
Wall St
Cor.Park Pi
Brooklyn
Court Street
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Mtefant Bureau
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Monteiro
San Dona
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Wekerle
Count Karoly
Independent Party
George Renwick
TODAY
Sunday Times
General News
Britain
Maurice
Siar
Sir Frederick Maurice
America
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Perfidique
Albion
Crown
the Hill
Pottstown Pennsylvania
West Point
Plattsburg Camp
Army
Hill
Pottstown
Mperil
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware Valley
Pocono Mountain Resorts
Hoboken
Scranton
Delaware Water von Analomink
Henryvile
Cresco
Pocono
Pocono Summit
Tobyhignas
Tobyhanna
Lackawanna Railroad
Broadway
Ewarkk Broad & Market Sts
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Supreme Table
Newport
Magnolia
As Leontea A Hie Fone Sree
Boston
Ergdorf
Fifth Avenue
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