Ludendorff's Ominous Warsaw Retreat Revealed
Historic report shows Ludendorff plotting a sharp raid to strike Russians after withdrawal from Warsaw in October 1914. He moved to seize strategic rail lines, while Kaiser's entourage intervened to prevent dismissal amid German panic and early November tensions.
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Ludendorff
Warsaw
Germany
Thorn
Silesia
Tirpit
Hindenburg
Dorff
Poland
Posen
Thoughts and Actions of Gen Ludendorff in East Front
Excerpted memoir passages detail General Ludendorff's view on the 1914 East Front crisis. He describes Hindenburg’s appointment, the 25th reserve corps, and the organization of East Prussia defenses. He notes mining demolitions, Polish hostility, and the mobilization of Landwehr and fortress troops for heavy fighting.
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Landsturm
Landwehr
von Moltke
Koniggratz
Guarded Vistula Front Shifts in Polish Campaign Narrative
In a detailed account of East Front operations, German forces marshal reserves from Posen Thorn and Wilno regions for a thrust between Wrenhen and Thorn to threaten Plock. Generalobknew Below tightens lines as Zastrow, Eighth Army, and Ninth Army coordinate to hold Nowa Georgiewsk and prepare feints on the Vistula left bank.
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Mlawa
East Prussia
Twenty-fifth
East
America
Germany
Austria
Vistula
Ger
West Prussia
Pomerania
Posen
Silesia
Zastrow
Soldaw Milawa
Eighth Army
Army Staffa
Crestochova
von Dickhuth
Plock
Thorn
von Westerhagen
Langsturm
Baura
Wiloclawek
Frommel
Count von Bredow
Powen Corpa
Kaliss
Otto von Below
Soldau
Warsaw
Miawa
Narew
Roshan
Pultusk
Poland
Nowa Georgiewsk
Weasternhagen
Seniority Up to Morphine Seniority Ruling
The public utilities committee backed by council agrees that municipal street railway employes seniority rights are administrative and should be settled by the superintendent of public utilities. Thomas F. Murphine urged a quick settlement before the next shift reorganization. The committee voted to return the matter to Murphine for resolution.
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Public Utilities Committee
City Council
Thomas F. Murphine
Public Utilities
Murphine
Drake
Superintendent of Public Utilities
German and Austrian Forces Mass for Flank Attack East of Poland
The report outlines Ludendorff concentrating 250,000 troops along a 70 mile front from Thorn to Wreschen using strategic railways. It notes Fromme and Russian skirmishes near Kalicz, and German Austrian lines forming a 150 mile frontline from Thorn to Czestochowa. It ends hinting at Ludendorff’s failed flank bid and future details.
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von Richthofen
Ostrowo
Wreschen
Pagen
Ludendorff
Germany
Thorn
Fromme
von Conrads
Suori
von Woyrsch
von Conrad
Hohensalza
Ninth Army
von Boehm-Ermolli
Carpathians
Upper Silesia
Crestochowa
Poland
Turn Clock Back When You Go to Bed Saturday Night
The article advises turning the clock back one hour Saturday night to align with the daylight saving change at 2 am Sunday. It notes trains may be delayed by one hour and that workers will follow the clock, gaining an extra hour of sleep. Railroad points will issue special orders for 24 hours to avoid confusion.
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Jessie Walsh
Los Angeles
California
October Snow Falls in Eastern Oregon
Portland reports first October snowfall in twenty years across sections of Eastern Oregon. The moisture benefits sheepmen and ranchers as ranching regions absorb the fall snow.
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Oregon
Portland
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