05 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
1
Athens reports indicate Greek cabinet approved a declaration of war against Bulgaria after a stormy session. Premier Zamais may decide on joining allied actions. some officials doubt active hostilities but favor broader allied authority in Greek territory amid a disturbed national mood.
An admiralty statement reports British airmen damaged the German shipyard at Antwerp and major war plants in Belgium in an aerial attack yesterday. The raid caused serious injuries to facilities along the Swiss line while no British aircraft were hit and all returned safely.
Full line of hats offered at selling out prices by Mrs. J Wanger, location on Second Avenue opposite the courthouse.
A Greek nation will join the entente powers within two days, according to a diplomat in a Balkan state who cabled the state department. The department did not reveal the diplomat's name or the country source of the information.
British forces reported a night victory near Guillemont and a morning push driving German defenses back along the Clery railway and Baltamont firm area. The general staff notes gains exceeding fifteen windlass yards with heavy casualties on both sides.
Paris dispatch reports heavy gunfire along the Somme front with extensive shelling across both French and British lines. Infantry actions are limited by torrential rain while Verdun sees smaller operations and no major gains reported.
An official statement from headquarters confirms French forces captured the town of Chilly on the Somme front. No further details are provided.
London dispatch reports Athens has decided to extend entente privileges, giving allies control of Greek telegraph lines wireless stations and mails, and expelling all German agents. The measures imply practical allied control of Greek territory for war purposes though no decision on joining active hostilities is stated. Election cards printed at Nugget Office.
International News Service reports Jovian frontier dispatches an overwhelming defeat of Teuton forces along the headwaters of the Veija river south of Kovel. It says Austro German lines collapsed after heavy concentrations, with about four thousand five hundred fourteen casualties and Russians seizing six gunmen and thirty five machine guns as center of action near Vyazynsk ward of Vladimir.
International News Service reports Baron Von Sehenk a German nobleman living in Athens was arrested by Allied authorities for directing pro German propaganda fueling uprisings in Athens and across Greek territory. He allegedly financed agents to foment discord to keep Greece from joining the Allies in the Bulgaria war. He was placed aboard an Allied warship and may be held in an Allied camp as sixteen battleships cluster at Piraeus to deter revolutionists and guard the fleet.
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