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News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1914
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1
Unidentified Allied Warships Damaged Near Hong Kong
Two warships each carrying four cannons entered Hong Kong harbor badly damaged with many wounded. They were not identified but suspected not to be British Minotaur or Hampshire nor French Duplex or Montcalm. They reportedly fought German Scharnhorst and Gnelgenan then withdrew.
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Sanghai
Hong Kong
Minotaur
Hampshire
Duplex
Montcalm
Scharnhorst
Gnelgenan
5 500 000 Troops Mobilized Imminent London August 15
A Rome despatch cites Central News relaying information from St Petersburg that Russia has mobilized about 200000 on the German and Austrian frontiers 500000 on the Turkish and Romanian fronts and 3000000 in reserve. An Athens despatch notes concentration on the Galician frontier and an offensive move is expected to coincide with Servian actions on the Danube. A St Petersburg Exile Telegraph Company note says Russians repelled German forces near Eydtkubnen after a sharp clash.
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London
Rome
St.Petersburg
Russia
Athens
mer
Daupbe
St. Petersburg
Eydtkubnen
Liebknecht Shot for Refusal to Serve in Army
London report from the Daily Citizen says German Socialist leader Dr. Karl Liebknecht was executed by a platoon after refusing military service on conscientious grounds. The dispatch, unconfirmed in Berlin, claimed a broader Reichstag group was court martialed and shot, but credibility is questioned.
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London
Daily Citizen
Labor party
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin
Liebknecht
Reichstag
Canadian shoots spy in London air raid alert incident
An unidentified man suspected of being a German spy was shot and mortally wounded near Worsley barracks in London after failing to halt for a sentry. An attempt to burn the Canadian Ordnance Corps store near the barracks was thwarted when a private, Allen, was shot in the left hand while extinguishing the blaze.
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London
Worsley barracks
Canadian Ordinance Corp
Wolsely
Alen
corps
Austria anticipates sea attack after Britain declares war
From Vienna on August 15 reports say British warships declared war on Austria. The Montenegrin coast blockade ships were withdrawn to join the main fleet in anticipation of an Anglo Austrian attack. In Washington on the same date President Wilson issued a neutrality decree covering the Great Britain Austria Hungary war.
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Vienna
Austsia
Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
Austro-Hungary
French and German Forces Clash With Heavy Losses in Alsace Passes
Paris War Office reports five days of fierce fighting in the Vosges and Upper Alsace around Bonhomme and Saint Marie passes with French batteries holding high ground and repelling German assaults. German losses mounted as French troops and reinforcements pushed forward, taking prisoners and batteries. French frontier units report German retreat to the border with heavy casualties and multiple gun captures.
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Paris
Chambrey
German Lorraine
panol
Belgium
Chareroi
Gemblouz
Namur
Vosges
Bonhomme
Saint Marie
Colmar
Alsace
War Office
War Ministry
Spincourt
Department of Meurthe-et- Moselle
Mouselle
Ambush on Blue Ridge tracks kills three in payroll robbery
Three men were slain in an ambush near Glenalum west of Bluefield during a payroll robbery. Victims: F. E. Johnson par master Glenalum Fuel Co, Jo steph Shaler deputy sheriff, Dr W G Amick company physician. Bandits escaped with a $19,500 coal mine payroll.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Blue Ridge mountains
Glenalum
here
F. E. Johnson
Glenalum Fuel Company
Josteph Shaler
W. G. Amick
Glenalum station
Germans Push 80 000 Across Border in Large Battle
Soldiers from both sides clash along the French German frontier as a major offensive unfolds with more than eighty thousand troops reported engaged in the sequence of attacks. The morning dispatches describe heavy artillery exchanges and advancing columns signaling a pivotal phase of the conflict.
Battle of Millions Prologues a Global Conflict
The article describes a massive, escalating war with vast German forces massed along a 200 mile front aiming to crush Belgium and France before Russia intervenes. It notes limited reliable information due to wartime censorship and absence of war correspondents, with frontline details unavailable.
European War Opens With Major Allied Assault Near Waterloo
Brussels reports near Waterloo the allied forces of Belgium France and Great Britain have seized a German post as the first great battle of the European war begins. Field Marshal French meets Joffre at allied headquarters while King Albert leads Belgian troops. Japan is reported to plan war against Germany within twenty four hours and to seize Tsingtau. Risks of incidents with the United States are noted over Samoa and Ladrones.
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Brussels
Waterloo
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Marschal French
Joffre
Albert
Washington
Japan
Germany
Tokio
Tsing Tau
United States
Samoa
Ladron Islands
Guam
Germans Push Westward Invasion Near Brussels
German forces widen advance through Belgium with 80 000 to 120 000 troops in motion from St Trond to Hasselt and toward Diest and Namur. Severe fighting persists near Diest Haelen and Tirlemont while Brussels hears distant battle sounds and officials report Belgian resistance remains strong around Namur and Louvain.
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London
Congress
St. Trond
Diest
Aerschot
Brussels
Hasselt
Namur
Louvain
point
Lelge
Haelen
Brussele
Amsterdam
Aixja-Chappelle
Paris
Belgium
Gembloux
Antwerp
Liege
Verviers
amcient
st Diest
Belgias
Tirlemont
Brabant
von Emmich
Vo Buelow
Liege forte
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