German Drive Encircles Warsaw and Ivangorod Stronghold
German forces press toward Warsaw and Ivangorod as von Hindenburg and von Mackensen push to seal off Russian lines. Ivangorod garrison fights to withdraw while Austro German wedges separate Brest Litovsk from the fort. Russians edge toward a new Kovno Grodno Brest line as siege pressure mounts.
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Berlin
von Beusow
Mitau
Riga
Baltic Sea
von Mackensen
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Novo Georgievsk
Blonte
Gora Kalwarya
Banlow
von Meckensen
Ladon
Nicholas
Ivangorod
Kovno-Grodno- Brest-Litvosk
Redfield May Halt Eastland Inquiry Testimony
Federal Judge Landis bars witnesses from testifying before other bodies and confines them to grand jury proceedings in the Eastland disaster probe. It is expected Secretary Redfield will abandon the inquiry.
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Eastland
Landis
United States
Redfield
Allies Take Gallipoli Ridge in Bayonet Rush
London August 4 The official report from Sir Ian Hamilton says Allied forces won the crest of a ridge on Gallipoli after heavy bombardment and three mines. A Turkish section was rushed with bayonets. Turks did not counter attack and about seventy bodies were counted.
Germans hail pope move for reasonable peace terms
Berlin reports Germany would accept reasonable peace conditions honoring the balance of safety for all nations. Deutsche Tageszeitung notes support for Pope Benedict XV peace appeal with respect and minimal prejudice. Also reports snow north of Sioux City, Aberdeen area, South Dakota with hearty snowfall.
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Berlin
Germany
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Benedict XV
South Dakota
Sioux City
Aberdeen
S. D
British Torpedo Transport Sunk by Baltic Submarines
Petrograd reports that a large German transport was sunk by a British submarine in Baltic waters. In Ocean City New Jersey the post office safe was blown open at Oceanview with stamps valued at a loss.
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Petrograd
Baltic
Admiralty
Oceanview
N. J
Ocean City
Britain Rejects U S Proposals on Neutral Trade and Arbitration
Britain replies to American protests over the naval blockade rejects claims of illegality and argues the Orders in Council are lawful under international law. Sir Edward Grey offers to arbitrate disputed cases and cites submarine warfare, Belgium atrocities, and German actions to justify measures.
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Washington
Great Britain
Orders Council
United States
London
Rotterdam
Belsium
Germany
Austria
Sir Edward
Am Dor Page
Belgium
Weila
Africa
Plendere
Lutania
Woman's death mystifies Wilmington authorities
In Wilmington Delaware on August 4 50 year old Jennie Hf Stanton was found dead in her South Milford home under peculiar circumstances. Her blind son was helpless in another room while a caller found her, and investigators scrambled to determine the cause of death.
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Wilmington
Del
Jennie Hf. Stanton
South Milford
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