Armored Train Attack Fails as Russians Halt German Advance
London reports say a German armored train bombarded St Lacklavak near Kallaz but Russians arrived quickly, damaged the train, and drove it back. Dispatches note Russia plans a major campaign with 800,000 men, while Austro-Hungarian forces suffer prisoners and retreats. The front sees advances and reports of Galicia activity amid broader strategic moves.
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St.Loklavak
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Warsaw
Thorn
Prussia
Austria
Galicia
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Lemberg
hava
Lubin
Lublin
Rome
Czelnowics
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Kholm
Minsk
French Embassy Reports Paris Siege Teetering on Change
The French embassy in Washington says the transfer of the capital from Paris to Bordeaux was proposed by General Joffre. It states Paris cannot be held in a prolonged siege, though final outcomes remain uncertain. The report underscores Allied encirclement moves and high-level strategic uncertainty.
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Washington
France
Paria
Bordeaux
Joffre
Paris
Big Liner Missing Nieuw Amsterdam Held Up in Brest
Rotterdam reports growing anxiety over the Holland American line ship Nieuw Amsterdam due at port. A Paris dispatch claims the steamer was detained at Brest for inspection of passengers and cargo, with 400 Germans and 25 Austrians aboard.
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Rotterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Paris
Brest
Pittsburgh Pledges $1,000,000 for Great Trade Campaign
Funds raised by subscriptions and city contributions total one million dollars to support the new emergency trade commission in marketing Pittsburgh made steel products abroad. The effort aims to replace the phrase mad in Germany with made in Pittsburgh as markets reopen for instruments tools and other goods. Russian daughters of General Tomilovsky volunteer for war duty in Petrograd with permission to wear soldiers uniforms and be sent to advance positions. An average barrel on an adult's head weighs about 140,000 units.
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Pittsburgh
Germany
emergency trade commission
London
Petrograd
Thues
Tomilovsky
Britain Loses 15000 Fights Week in France and Belgium
Boulogne dispatch quotes a Times report that General Joffre broke German lines and Sir John French moved on the German left. German troops evacuated Lille after heavy fighting as British casualties reach about 15,000. French reinforcements relieved the British left and right wings with no new main engagements recently. Substantial gains are possible but require more men for larger operations.
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London
Boulogne
Joffre
John French
Lille
al- Nes
Huns Here Plan Revolution To Free Hungary From Austrians
Bridgeport Connecticut reports Hungarians pledge support for a revolution to shed Austrian rule. Over 100000 dollars subscribed and thousands expected to join, with Prague as movement headquarters and J J Holcovitzh steering efforts in Bridgeport. Meanwhile a Turkish youth dies after a shark attack at Lake Pontchartrain and proof emerges that the German emperor was dropped from Nobel peace prize nominations in Stockholm.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Hungary
Prague
Bohemia
J. J. Holcovitzh
old country
Chicago
Germans Repulsed Near Paris and Belgium Front Battles
A Paris dispatch reports French forces repelled German right wing near Paris and engaged near Maubeuge. Reinforcements battered German troops in Belgium as Entente armies press the left flank. Joffre moves to a favorable position amid a growing battle with the German center and east frontier mobilization.
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mallee
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