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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
5
Associated Press dispatch from London reports harsh winter conditions on the western front. after brief sunshine the day turned rainy, worsening trenches and supply, though Entente forces have improved transport and given frontline troops five hot meals daily and better billets.
The Ahavas Chesed congregation appeals for aid to relieve Jews suffering in Poland Russia and Galicia from war induced hardships. It urges immediate relief funds for food clothing and shelter to ease distress of women children the aged and sick facing winter hunger and exposure amid eastern war zones.
British reports based on German prisoners and raids describe a dire Somme front with broken trench lines, few dugouts, and no real shelter. Supply routes are exposed, shells flood trenches, and Germans endure cold, damp cells with minimal rations and occasional brandy.
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