Namur Falls as Paris-Ahr Front Crashes in Europe
German forces capture Namur driving Allies back from the Sambre line. British war office confirms withdrawal to defend the French frontier as Charleroi battleground rages. Russians mass near Germany and Austria. Japan declares war in the Far East and bombardment of Tsing Tao begins. Italy poised to join the Allies amid Austrian frontier mobilization.
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Japan
Far East
Namur
London
Liege
War Office
The
Sambre
Daily Express
Pollock
Charleroi
Belgium
British War Office
Paris
Lille
East Prussia
Austria
Russian War Office
Vienna
Drina
Angerapp
Darkehmen
Soldau
Johannisburg
Ortelsburg
Willenberg
United States
Bryan
Italy
France
Russia
Theophile Decasse
Count Witte
Rome
War Clouds Gather as Nations Mobilize Across Europe
Reports from London and Paris recount Germany’s ultimatum expiry with no reply and a Tokyo gun signal. Germany moves on Kiauchau while Belgian resistance and Brussels fall to German forces. Russia fields up to 1.28 million troops moving toward Berlin as Italy edges toward joining the Allies.
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Germany
Far East
Kiauchau
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Whippon
United States
Antwerp
Ghent
Louvain
Alest
Paris la Liberte
Belgium
Belgian's Pluce Showed A New Belgian Pluce
Ostend reports a heroic Belgian rear guard delaying German forces as Louvain Diest Tirlemont and Aerschot fall. German troops seize Brussels impose military law harass civilians, guard stations, and requisition supplies while fugitive Belgians stream toward the coast.
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Ostend
Diest
Tirlemont
Louvain
Aershhot
Belgia
Liege
Aershot
Aerschot
Corbeckloe
Loyensoul
Throng Flee Brussels Wartime Dispatch by Banister
London standards correspondent notes crowds fleeing Brussels fearing German advance. Civilians from Liege to Brussels rush toward Ostend to evade invaders as Belgian authorities urge calm and defend the city with firearms improvised by locals.
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John Banister
London Standard
Ostend
Germany
Brussels
Liege
Portugal's Big Wartime Stake and Alliance with England
The article argues Portugal's role in the great war is significant due to its vast colonies of over 800,000 square miles and more than 9 million inhabitants. It notes these colonies would be at risk if Germany and Austria secured victory, and that the English alliance guarantees Portugal's possessions.
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Portugal
Germany
Austria
England
Son volunteers for forlorn mission ends in death
Sub Lieut Vincent Folque, only son of Colonel Folque, volunteered for a near hopeless mission after leaving the Polytechnic. He was chosen by his father to lead the effort and was mortally wounded a few hours later while attached to his father’s regiment.
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Paris
Vincent Folque
Folque
Polytechnic
Leutenant
Paris to Rename Streets Rue de Jean Jaures and Liege
Paris ministers approve renaming Rue d Alsace as Rue de Jean Jaures and Rue de Berlin as Rue de Liege in a move cited by a Reuters dispatch from Paris. Street name changes reflect commemorative choices by the French capital.
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Liege
London
Paris
Reuter Telegram Company
Council of Ministers
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Teutons
Dyle
Nicholas
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Justicé
Verite
Pluce
Lorain
Aerschot Wie
Kaiser
Ernest Smith
London Daily Newe
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