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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1914
Page
13
The diary of a German 202nd Reserve Infantry officer killed October 27 at Stuyverkerque describes desperate Allied Yser crossing attempts. He details crossing the Yser on a boat bridge, advancing under infernal fire, and suffering heavy, disproportionate losses amid strong Allied artillery and poor German gun effectiveness.
A World War I diary passage details dire trench life at Dixmude and the Yser frontline. Wounded soldiers lie unattended, ration lines collapse, water is filthy, and cold, flooded trenches strain units. The writer notes chaos, heavy losses, and exhausted supplies before October 27, describing a bleak, unsteady battle ordeal.
Miss Agnes M. Lockwood of Magnolia Iowa is in Mobile for several days and staying at the Cawthon Hotel. Chester W. Wallace of Chicago, a real estate operator, has moved to Mobile and will use the city as his headquarters, presently lodging at the Cawthon Hotel.
A newspaper piece contrasts women as laborers and builders with their image as destroyers. It praises Wellesley College students washing to raise funds for college repairs aided by a Rockefeller gift, then notes a nurse strike on Long Island where one nurse returned to help, illustrating duty over disruption.
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