Germans Enter Antwerp in Show of Force and Destruction
A Bergen op Zoom correspondent describes the German army's entry into Antwerp, with 60,000 troops marching past the Place de Meir. He notes few spectators, heavy shelling, fires, and widespread damage to buildings, including the Marcheux Souliers and Hotel St. Antoine, and credits an American resident for aiding fire control by dynamiting surrounding structures.
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International News
London
Bergen-op-Zoom
Holland
Antwerp
von Schultz
von Schroeder
Place de Meir
Wacht Am Rhein
Pompeii
United States
Diederich
Leopold
Hotel St. Antoine
Hunt
Smithereens
Marcheux Souliers
Place Verte
Hotel de Europe
Cafe Royale
Hotel St
Rue de la Justice
Cathedral
Charles Whithoff
Brussels
Sherman
Department of State
Washington
Walking Wood Attack Clears Germans at Marne
A London correspondent recalls a walking wood maneuver at Crecy where infantry wielding branches advanced unobserved toward the enemy while artillery moved in behind the felled trunks. The tactic helped break German formations, avert German shelling near ammo reserves, and drive the foe from the Marne district by evening despite a cavalry detour risk.
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London
Crecy
Marne
Cathedral Damage Seen Beyond Repair in Paris View
New York architect Whitney Warren, returning from Europe, says the artistic beauty of Reims cathedral damaged by German bombardment cannot be restored.
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Art
Paris
Reima
Whitney Warren
New York
Tobacco devotion grows at the front amid hardship
Messages from the front show tobacco as a precious aid to soldiers with mail from supporters filled with cigarettes pipes and plug. Societies collect tobacco in its forms and boxes and contribute at club tables desks and other smoker hotspots. The appeal spans all classes aiding soldiers with their smoke.
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London
Tommy
Egyptian Beliefs on Afterlife and Boat Ferry across Nile
The article describes ancient Egyptian burial practices and the belief in an afterlife across the Nile. A boatman ferries souls to the western shore, with inscriptions praising charity to the hungry and naked. The boat, imagery, and offerings accompany tombs as essential funerary elements.
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Nile
Egypt
Ch Ures
Cavalry Short Barrels and Rifle Changes Discussed
A note suggests adjustments to cavalry rifles, aiming to reduce length and modify barrels. The change is tied to instrument design and service feasibility, with sergeants noting potential implications for big game use and factory results.
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Mn Cavalry
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Belgium
Goeben
Black Sea
Diemal Pasha
Sachen
Termonde
Constantinople
NEW Catholic Cathedral
ST. Louis
General von Emmich
von Emmich
Liege
France
Edith Wharton
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