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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
6
Berlin reports no new developments as fighting continues along the western and eastern fronts of France. Allies gain ground near Peronne after fierce clashes around Verdun and the Meuse, with heavy casualties reported and a central lull in activity.
London reports from German sources claim the allied flanking on the German right failed and the battle stalled. They allege no center fighting, while the German left seized Varennes and attacked Verdun south of Vern-dun, repulsing French sorties near Verdun and Toul.
The French war office reported in full at the French embassy that Germany has reoccupied three towns opposite the French right wing in Lorraine. The Paris statement cited Domeyre south of Bramont as part of the action.
Petrograd correspondent reports Cracow occupied by German troops with a German military commandant and displaced Austrian civil administration. Germans deploy three army corps in Western Galicia as Russians advance. Reuters notes 1,000 German casualties across 31 lists, including 23 officers.
Britain guards 32 000 Canadian troops in 20 transports racing toward Europe as German battleships loom. Rome reports Berlin admits prisoner counts were inflated from 250 000 to 50 000 with 30 000 Russians among them. Belgian forces capture 2000 Germans near Malines and Aershot with 200 officers kept at Antwerp. Italy fields nearly 500 000 men under Lombard skies ready for action.
London reports reveal continued German resistance along the front with detachments from active army reserve and landwehr. The British note slow progress amid siege-like fighting and rising artillery and aerial activity as Paris remains the strategic aim.
London dispatch reports terrors of battle along a 120 mile Aisne front with French and British forces attacking von Kluck's right wing and German offensives aiming to break the center. Berlin claims repulsed attacks and German withdrawals toward Belgium amid reports of 3000 Frenchmen annihilated at the One Hundredth regiment, with Belgium and Meuse regions contested and towns evacuated.
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