German Foreign Secretary outlines peace terms and Baltic focus
Dr. von Kuehlmann argues for mutual trust as precondition to peace talks amid a long war. He stresses Germany's stance on Belgian questions, Russia's instability, and the need for diplomatic negotiations. The article details Austria Hungary ties, Bulgaria relations, and movements in Finland, Livonia, and the Baltic region toward settlement and independence.
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Allied and Austrian War Reports From Front Lines
War Office summaries detail Italian and Austrian actions with heavy troop movements on the Piave and Monte di Val Bella. Raids and bombardments yield captures of officers and thousands of ranks, while Haig notes trench raids and artillery activity on the Lys front. Paris and Berlin bulletins describe aerial losses, prisoner totals, and diplomatic remarks on Poland, Courland, and neutral states.
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Elan
Floods hinder Diaz in pursuit of beaten foe
The Piave river began rising again washing away bridges the Italians had built hindering pursuit of Austrian forces. Italians and Austrians clash between new and old Piave with 600 prisoners captured. reports claim 45,000 prisoners. Archduke Joseph and General Wurm troops reportedly surrounded or near annihilation per Rome and London sources.
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Evening Standard
Piave
London
Orlando
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Giornale d'Italia
Archduke Joseph
General Wurm
Diaz Greets Troops As Victors In Local Fighting
ROME June 25 General Diaz Italian commander in chief announces victory over the Austrians and says fighting remains confined to local action. He urges the army to prepare for new trials and praises the soldiers sailors and allies. He vows Italy will persevere for civilization and king.
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Austria May Meet Russia's Fate, Says Italian General
General Pietro Tozzi head of the Italian Military Commission to the United States and General Tol arrived in the city for a brief visit. They discussed the possibility that Austria-Hungary may meet with the fate of Russia in the near future, suggesting the Italian victory was greater than many perceived.
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Russia
Pietro Tozxi
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Tol
Washington
Reichstag Informed of Austrian Victory Amid War Talk
In a Reichstag address Dr. von Knohlmann touted Austro-Hungarian advances on the Italian front, claiming sharp attacks and pinning down Italian forces as American aid revived Austro morale. General Tozzi warned of uncertain gains and possible collapse if Allied pressure and Austrian civil unrest persist, while Felice Ferrero framed rescue of Italians from Austrian control as a broader liberation effort. Italian-Americans in New York note a restrained, modest war mood despite recent days of action.
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Autria
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Milan Paper Claims Austrians Have Lost 200000 In Offensive
Milan’s Secole reports Austrian losses totaling 200000 men with two thirds of some enemy divisions' effectiveness gone. Turin dispatch says Austrian rout is complete and Piave carries many Austrian dead while Italian cavalry push beyond the eastern river bank. French papers hail Italian victory as Diaz may press offensive and turn retreat into decisive victory. German help from the West front unlikely as leaders doubt a front-to-sea decision.
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Diaz
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William
von Mindenburg
Switzerland
Austrians Retreat in Disorder Across the Piave
Geneva reports say Austrian retreat along the Piave remains chaotic under Allied artillery fire. British gunners inflict heavy losses as hundreds of Austrians drown in the swollen river while they rush new reserves to close the Piave breach. Italian pressure is credited with hastening the retreat despite Vienna’s flood excuse.
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Austrian Forces Retreat After Unexpected Defeat
An official Rome dispatch reports Austrian forces in full retreat. Prisoner accounts indicate Austria had not anticipated defeat and had promised its troops a decisive offensive. The message, dated June 25, frames the retreat as a strategic shift amid ongoing wartime action.
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Italian Front News and Allied Reforms in War Updates
Reporting on Italian and Austro Hungarian fronts, the dispatch notes Austrian retreat and potential separate peace after a failed offensive. It records Major Baracca's death in Montello, the sinking fate of Italian air hero Paracienza, and hydroplane actions along the Adriatic. General Diaz responds to Orlando and the King awards gold medals to Polish region leaders in Italy.
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Orlando
News for U S troops in France daily from Washington
Paris on June 25 reports the Committee on Public Information will cable five hundred words of American news daily to the American Expeditionary Forces. The service will deliver word bulletins to all units so soldiers at the front stay connected with home happenings.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Pershing reports gains and capture of five machine guns
General Pershing announced further American advances around Chateau Thierry with the capture of five machine guns and other material. A German counterattack at Torey was repulsed with heavy losses. Several American soldiers are listed as missing after a Lorraine raid. Local operations continued in the Chateau Thierry region.
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German Counter Attack Breaks on Our Lines at Torey
Fragmentary wartime dispatch notes a German raid against our troops at Torey that failed to advance and left several of our men missing while our rifle machine gun and artillery responded with heavy fire.
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Italy expressed admiration for the U S Navy in a cable
A telegram from Rome via Captain Vannutelli to Secretary Daniels praised the American Navy for Commander Riso's action sinking an Austrian battleship and crippling another with scout boat attacks. It lauded American youth and the alliance as it joined in the struggle for liberty and right.
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Delegates to Discuss Palestine Immigration With Turkey
Fourteen Jewish league delegates depart Amsterdam for Constantinople to consult with the Turkish government on Jewish immigration to Palestine. The Herliner Tageblatt reports the planned talks aim to ease migration issues and secure favorable terms for Jewish settlers.
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La Guardia Flies Planes From Rome to North Italy
Captain Fiorello H. La Guardia of the American Flying Corps completed his first long cross country flight in a Caproni airplane. He traveled north from Rome to obtain machines for the American training school, choosing air transport to save time. He was aided by Lieutenants Kerr Mowatt Mitchell Wendell Hauch and Harvis Agar. The route length surpassed Rome to Milan, and the flight took four hours.
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American Flying Corps
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Italy
Spencer Kerr
Baltim Mowatt Mitchell
Wendell Hauch
California
Harvis
Japan Ready to Send Red Cross Corps to France
Prince Tokugawa heads a Japanese Red Cross mission and says Japan is ready to offer a corps of workers to France. He will have senior staff visit American army cantonments and Washington to study the aid program and needs.
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