Evacuation of Vera Cruz Delayed as Villa Sends Thanks
U S Army plans to withdraw from Vera Cruz are delayed until Oct 10 as Gen Funston seeks definite authority transfer. Villa telegram to President Wilson expresses satisfaction with the withdrawal and denials of friction between Carranza and generals. State Department denies reports of confiscation of the Mexican National Railways and notes arrangements for future operation by the government.
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New York Times
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Mexico City
A Gn
Vera Cruz
War Department
Garrison
Sea
Bright
N. J
Funston
Vera Crus
Father O’hearn
Francis P. Joyce
United States Army
Vera Crum
Thomas J. Conatyee
Los Angeles
Holic University of America
Ver Cris
Villa
Wilson
Carranza
North
Francisco Villa
Department
el Paso
United States
Eeen
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Forma State Department
National Railways of Mexico
Mexican National Railways
Suer Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Constitutionalist
I Washington
Crysaeny
Zapata & T
Arrangza
Conati
Destruction of Termonde Deepens Belgian Crisis
Antwerp and Ghent dispatches report Termonde bombarded with public buildings ruined. Hotel de Ville gutted. belfry collapsed. Gothic church hit as Germans withdraw to fight anew. Belgians and troops deny invaders, but city faces renewed bombardment risk.
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Hotel de Ville
Scheldt
Maubeuge Falls After Prolonged Siege in Sept 1912
A Times dispatch reports Maubeuge thirteen miles south of Mons fell on Sept 7 after an Aug 26 investment. Forts de Boussois Essarts and Cerfontaine were destroyed, bombardment lasted twelve days, and much of the garrison evacuated before German entry by the Porte de Mons and Porte de France in the evening.
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London
the Times
Maubeuge
Mons
de Boussois
de Essarts
de Cerfontaine
Rue de France
Porte de Mons
Porte de France
War praise from Buenos Aires newspaper on Times coverage
After forty days of experience the Buenos Aires publication lauds the New York Times for war coverage. It calls the Times service truthful and serious, expressing that it surpasses expectations and confirms the prestige of a great American newspaper.
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Buenos Aires
New York Times
LA Nacion
Battle in the Air in World War I clash near unnamed front
Paris reports a duel between a French aviator and a German airman during a battle. After maneuvering the French pilot rose above the German, both fired revolvers. The German was seriously wounded, his plane overturned and fell near British troops, and he died on capture.
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Paris
Russians Await Turkish Warships Off Dardanelles
The steamer Favignana reports the Russian Black Sea Fleet of twenty ships cruising near the Dardanelles awaiting a potential clash with the Turkish squadron when it leaves the Golden Horn.
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Rome
Favignana
Naples
Orient
Dardanelles
Golden Horn
Protect-U Eliminates Auto Insurance Ad at Nassau Street
An advertisement at 121 Nassau Street promotes Protect-U eliminating auto insurance. The room listing suggests a storefront or display location in a midtown area. The notice highlights a bold claim aimed at drivers seeking coverage alternatives.
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Nassau St
Peace moves stall as Britain denies German offers
Washington reports that Germany and Austria have made no peace proposals, Britain has no direct or indirect peace offer, and President Wilson's mediation efforts are paused for now. Officials warn the war may continue and a cautious approach follows the Gerard report to allied governments.
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Arthur Cecil Spring- Rice
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Edward Grey
Berlin
United States
James W. Gerard
William
Gerard
State Department
Page
Wilson
Allies Left Advances and German Shifts Reported in Center
Berlin reports that the Allied left advanced six miles while the German center gained ground slowly. An official German note says the French attempt to break the German right wing failed, and Verdun sallies were repulsed. Eight German army corps reportedly left France for the Russian front, with varied accounts of troop movements and reinforcements.
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Meuse
Verdun
New York
London
The
Daily
Telegraph
Rome
France
Belgium
German Troops Rally on Western Front Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports from the German front describe good troop positions in the center with reinforcements arriving. The Central News Agency dispatch says the battle on the western frontier is advancing and the end is expected soon.
Kaiser’s Staff Confident In Growing German Army
Berlin dispatch reports General Staff privately confident of victory in France as German forces grow stronger and supply lines reorganized. French troops allegedly exhausted and unable to replace losses, while Germans slowly advance in the center between the Oise and Meuse rivers without pinpointing a front.
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France
Paris
Oise
Meuse
Prussian Guards wiped out in Meuse Marne Aisne battles
Paris reports confirm the elite Prussian Guards Corps nearly wiped out in the fighting along the Meuse Marne and Aisne rivers. The Paris hospital lists Count of Hohenthal and Bergen, a Saxon cavalry lieutenant of the Imperial Guard, among wounded prisoners.
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London
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Empire
Meuse
Marne
Aisne
St. Mandrier
Hohenthal
Bergen
Imperial Guard
Germany says mercenaries fled in France as revenge war nears
The Kreuz-Zeitung in an article dated Sept 14 asserts England is not invincible and claims German forces observed English mercenaries in France fleeing. It argues the war is a judgment and that future sea dominion will determine who holds the trident and enforces justice and restraint.
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Kreuz-Zeitung
France
England
Continent
Baltic
North Sea
German officer faults tactics in Allied advances
The Tribuna prints an interview from Nice with a wounded German officer who blames poor German tactics for reverses. He says German infantry were driven to slaughter by massed formations under British Maxims and that staff misjudged the French Army.
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NEW York Times
Rome
the Tribuna
Nice
St. Quentin
Praise German Artillery Gains Noted Effect
London details the Morning Post expert praising German artillery now showing unexpected efficiency. A new field howitzer is cited as the likely cause, distinct from the giant siege weapon misused at forts. The piece links recent German gains to this new howitzer appearing on the Aisne and suggests Russian difficulties at Osterode were due to similar weapons.
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New York Times
London
Morning Post
Lidge
Namur
Aisne
Osterode
Vistula
German schoolboys said to fight in German ranks
A Bordeaux dispatch reports German boys under sixteen fighting in German ranks. The correspondent saw a fifteen year old wounded in Bordeaux Hospital who said that all male students over fifteen had been mobilized into various regiments.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bordeaux
Germans Hang Germans in Polish Occupied Territory
London dispatch reports German military authorities in the Kaliaz area of Russian Poland conscripting all German inhabitants aged 16 to 45. Many fled, some were captured, and twenty were hanged.
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Poland
London
Kaliaz
Russian Poland
Reuter
Petrograd
All Together Ouch Holds Pine and Tobacco Sale
A local notice advertises pine and tobacco offerings at Bulte Stores under the event titled All Together Ouch. The brief item frames a community sale and shopping event at a neighborhood retailer.
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ALL Together Ouch
Bulte
Five Days of Hard Fighting As Allied Forces Push Front
Paris reports heavy clashes on September 17 to 18 with five days of intense fighting and heavy losses. Allied gains noted on the left wing north of the Aisne while German counterattacks near Rheims are repulsed. Center and right sectors show reinforced German defenses and unchanged overall situation, despite repeated assaults.
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Rheims
Argonne
Woevre
Lorraine
Vosges
Allied Cavalry Activity In War Situation Reported
London dispatch reports the Official Press Bureau stating no significant change in the overall situation this afternoon. Allied cavalry have shown some activity but no definite result at present.
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London
Five Days Battle on Aisne Fiercest Since War Began
Paris dispatch reports from Sept 14 to 17 the Aisne engagement as the fiercest western front clash since the war began. German attacks met by British and French lines with heavy losses to the enemy while Allied forces regains ground and captures 600 Germans and numerous mitrailleuses. Dispatch notes three fresh German corps arriving and says Allies hold their own.
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London
Exchange
Paris
Aisne
New York Times
London Daily News
War News Roundup: Allied Gains and German Shifts
The French War Office notes a lull along the Aisne with no major changes except slight Allied progress on the left flank. German assaults on British troops are repulsed as Berlin claims a defensive center and a slow German advance elsewhere. Parallel reports cite Russian and Servian moves, King George’s wartime speech, and a German capture of the British post at Nairob in Central Africa.
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Aisne
Vosges
Lorraine
London
Oise
Meuse
Berlin
Petrograd
von Hindenberg
East Poland
Vienna
Semlin
Nish
George
Europe
Great Britain
German Lines Wavered In Great Western Front Battle
The New York Times and London Daily Chronicle report on the Oise to Meuse front where German positions are fortified with heavy artillery. Counterattacks were repulsed. resistance on the Aisne heights remains, though wavering. Germans are said to defend with entrenchments and screen works and may shift trains east toward Luxembourg to face Russia.
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NEW York Times
Ghent
Termonde
Oise
Meuse
Aisne
Chalons
Attack on Prince Crucial Reaches Stalemate Amid Retreat
Wireless dispatch reports Boulogne scene as trenches hold and reinforcements move by rail. Analysts debate whether German right is rear-guard retreat or holding, while Cambrai remains under German control and Allied efforts aim to break the eastern advance and pressure von Kluck and von Bülow’s forces.
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New York Times
Boulogne
London Daily News
Flanders
Cambrai
Aisne
von Kluck
von Billow
Joffre Plans A Major Allied Break at Verdun
London dispatch reports five days of fighting as Haitiah and French forces press to dislodge Germans from a fortified line between the Oise and Meuse. Observers anticipate Joffre may strike north of Verdun to sever German communications with the Rhine and drive their forces westward.
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London
Oise
Meuse
Joffre
Verdun
Grand Duke
Wurttemberg
von Hausen
von Bilow
von Kluck
Rhine
Luxemburg
Belgium
Fights Rage Along River Aisne Front in Sept Battle
From Sept 14 to 16 Allied and German forces clash along the Aisne from Noyon to the frontier. Reports describe continual attacks and counterattacks, heavy casualties, and German efforts to reform lines amid rains and artillery redeployments. Marvelous courage cited on both sides as fighting intensifies before dawn.
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Dendermonde
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Walter H. Page
Russia
Sayville
S. I
Copenhagen
Central News Agency
Kaiser
A. M
Rotterdam
Pri
Marconi Transatlanti
Craconne
Allied Cavalry
Nairob
Central Africa
London Daily Chronicle War Service
Luxemberg
Prince
River Aisne
Noyon
Forest of
Montfaucon
Champagne
Albert
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