Victoria medal owed British gunners who held line
Three Royal Horse Artillery survivors of the Compiègne fog action near Mons are to receive the Victoria Cross. With 176 men in the battery, only a dozen wounded remained, yet Capt Bradbury’s gunners kept two guns firing, sinking enemy fire and defending the retreating Allied forces until救 cavalry relief arrived.
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Order of St. George
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Royal Horse Artillery
Compelgne
Tery
Bradbury
Fighting Is Bloody at Ypres in Heavy Front Battles
The report from the Bordeaux war office notes repulsed German advances near Ypres Bixshore and Armentieres with fighting ongoing between Armentieres and the sea. Ypres is burning British ships support the allies left as both sides inflict huge losses from heavy artillery and massed assaults the bloodiest stand of the war to date.
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W Liam Philip Sims Arso
Bixshore
Ypres
Armentieres
Bordeaux War Office
War Office
Russian forces sweep west as German lines crumble
Petrograd reports a Russian advance across fast Prussia with the German left flank pierced at Konin. Slavs seize Goldap and approach Thorn while pushing toward Posen and Cracow. Snow hinders operations as Russians use sleds and drive the last German from Russian soil.
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Konin
Prussia
Slave
Goldap
Thorn
Posen
Cracow
Kalisz
Czenstochowa
Khaki Declared Precious Regiments Reuse Full Dress
London reports khaki is so valuable that many British regiments order soldiers to wear full dress uniforms for stable and other duties at bar racks.
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London
Major Mockett of Fourth Hussars Killed in Horse Ride
Navy reports show Major Mockett died when his race horse bolted toward German guns during action in London. In other local news there will be no school bonds on the December ballot as the board ignores overcrowding concerns from Superintendent Cooper.
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London
Navy
Mockett
Hussars
Cooper
Warship Losses Across Nations Reach 120
Official and unofficial reports tally 120 warships destroyed or damaged since the war began. Germany lists cruisers and submarines among losses, Britain notes battleship and cruiser setbacks, Russia reports battleship and mine layer hits, France and Turkey report smaller vessels, Japan lists a cruiser and torpedo boats.
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Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Russia
France
Turkey
Japan
British Defeat by Boers Near Doornberg Confirmed
Doornberg area in South Africa sees Boer rebels under Gen. Dewet defeat a small British force led by Gen. Cronje. Cronje reinforced and ready to strike again. Dewet’s force around 6,000. Dewet’s son Daniel reportedly killed. Loyalists under Commandant Lammers beat Gen Beyers at Vet river, with nine dead, 11 wounded, and 364 rebels captured.
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Pretoria
Union of
Lammers
Beyers
Vet River
Bloemhof
City council probes short term liquor licenses
Councilman Hesketh opened a bill to amend the liquor ordinance for brief licenses. The measure intends licenses to ride with current permits and expire as those licenses do, in line with prohibition goals set for January 1, 1916.
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Hesketh
Recruit Rejected at Chester Castle Over Hand Thems
A London report states a recruit at Chester Castle was rejected due to two marks on his right hand. The incident highlights inspection standards for enlistment and the strictness of medical reviews in military recruitment.
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London
Chester Castle
How to Stop the Liquor Habit Secretly
A well known specialist claims a secret home treatment for stopping the liquor habit at very little cost. The method uses inexpensive drugs mixed in drinks or food, including muriate of ammonia and pepsin, with Variex Pelane, given in small daily doses for several days.
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