Battle at Charleroi Rages as Allied Forces Fall Back
A French and British defense stalls a German advance at Charleroi with ten hours of fierce fighting. The town changes hands multiple times, with fires devouring villages nearby and heavy losses on both sides. Reports describe brutal combat along the Sambre and a French retreat to fortified lines near Avesnes and Mezieres.
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International News
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Marchiennes
Monceau
Chatelet
Landeliies
Charleroi
Sambre
Maubeuge
Avesnes
Rocroi
Mezieres
Chariero
Charteroi
Courtrai
North Africa
Teutonic
Elis
Montignies
Coun
Walcourt
Am Charleroi
Love the Lord with all thy heart and strength
Moody Bible Institute notes cite Jesus summing the law to love God with heart soul mind and strength and to love neighbor as self. The teacher outlines four aspects of loving God, then links love of God to love and service to others, stressing sincerity, intellect, zeal, and compassion.
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Jesus
God
Germans Drag Guns Over Their Own Dead
London report from the Daily Mail describes a French wounded in Vichy hospitals recalling a German battery advancing across a trench after Germans fell. He says horses were driven to pull the artillery across a human bridge formed by fallen soldiers, illustrating the brutal battlefield scene.
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Sambre
Belgium
Charleroi
Fereux
London
Daily Mail
Vosges
Vichy
WHAT PRISONERS OF WAR WILL EAT
The daily ration for prisoners of war has been approved by military authorities. It includes one pound of bread, three-quarters of a pound of biscuit, one pound of preserved meat, three ounces of cheese, tea, jam, sugar, salt, mustard, pepper, and fresh vegetables. Tobacco will be provided at two ounces per week for smokers.
Gunners Made Stone Deaf London Times Medical Note
A Times medical correspondent returning from Belgium reports on gunshot injuries. The correspondent describes the soundless impact on soldiers and remarks on moral considerations surrounding the injuries and war.
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London
The
Times
Belgium
Goodyear Prices It Is Folly Today to Pay More
Goodyear claims wartime rubber shortages justify keeping prices at prewar levels. They describe securing 1.5 million pounds of premium rubber from London and Singapore, plus sources in Colombo and Para, to assure supply. Dealers will be kept supplied and pricing held at ante-bellum levels "for the time being."
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Goodyear
London
Singapore
Colombo
Para
Airship and Submarines Wasp of War In Modern Conflicts
The piece analyzes new weapons in war, comparing airships and submarines to wasps for their sting yet fragility. It notes submarines, aeroplanes, and wireless telegraphy evolving from lab to battlefield use, with actual value still unproven as conflicts test their limits.
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Atlantic
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England
France
Germany
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