28 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
1
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British dispatches report a Russian counter thrusts and naval support stymieing the German advance toward Riga and Novo Georgievak near Warsaw. The German flank movement involving cavalry under von Bułow pivots toward the Petrograd railway corridor, with heavy fighting along the Bug and Wieprz rivers and on the Narew and Vistula fronts.
A Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Mail says the northern German line closes on the main north railway to the Russian capital while a southern army nears the main southern route to Odessa. The Russian war office has purged those blamed for ammunition shortages, and a cheerfulness grows in Petrograd over the brave Russian resistance to the Austro German advance. Officials admit no major counteroffensive can occur until industrial mobilization yields more munitions.
London July 28 A printed statement issued by Prime Minister Asquith shows British army casualties at 321,889 by July 19 and naval losses at 9,106 by July 20. Other items include French submarine Mariotte sunk by German forces with 31 crew captured, Italian General Cantore killed on the Isonzo front, and Lindsay Johnson, Philippine census director, dying in Manila.
Chicago July 28 coroner's inquest cites overloading and ballast issues for the Eastland disaster at the wharf. Harbor master Weckler testified the ship was "cranky" and underfilled valves and ballast pumping delayed attempts to right the vessel. Officials note 624 identified dead, with hundreds missing. 2500 aboard. Queen of Italy returns from front. she visits wounded troops and hospital wards. Lancaster tragedy reports a child strangled by a swing pose as separate local incident.
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