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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
6
A London styled dispatch notes another Zeppelin raid over England resulting in ten fatalities and forty six injuries. The incident adds to ongoing wartime pressure as Allied and civilian defenses intensify responses to aerial bombardment.
London reports from Gallipoli that a British landing near Suyla Bay gained about 800 yards of ground captured a Turkish trench, with determined Turkish counterattacks beaten back. Greek premier Venizelos seeks four days of study before forming a cabinet, while Greece’s entry into the war remains unlikely. Reports from Berlin claim Kovno fortress captured with heavy Russian and civilian casualties, and a broader push threatens Brest-Litovsk as German forces press on the eastern front.
Aug 18 report via Sayville states Zeppelins last week damaged the English coast. Halland and Fingland travelers describe heavy bomb explosions and great destruction. Coast guards deserted posts. exact death toll unknown, 17 wounded. post office and mail bags destroyed. Harwich-Holland mail service not yet restored.
Petrograd reports Vilna's governor orders removal of factory and bank equipment, metals, church bells, and supplies. horses and livestock are being moved. Evacuation preparations for Bielyszaki continue as the town endures darkness amid feared German air strikes. Reports say Warsaw fell and German forces advance.
Report from Porta-Endx near Cap Matta and Cap Hale Finn describes rebel forces seeking to clash with American troops after landing from warships. Civilians fear fighting as locals urge protection from American forces, with foreigners in Porta-Endx noting tensions rise but no clashes occur.
Reports describe widespread destruction along the Texas coast after a powerful hurricane. Seawalls breached, causeways washed away, and Galveston heavily damaged with thousands of structures affected. At least dozens of deaths and hundreds left homeless as Texas City, La Marque, and nearby towns suffer severe flooding and infrastructure collapse.
Reports from storm stricken districts along the Texas coast tell of scores of deaths and widespread property damage. Galveston and nearby towns face heavy fatalities with Texas City reporting twelve soldier deaths and several civilian fatalities in multiple communities. Military and civilian casualties vary by source as rescue and communication lines remain disrupted.
Governor Harris announced swift use of all legal means to capture Leo M. Pronk in Marlette after a lynching incident. He said the case would be investigated to the fullest, with decisions pending Cobb county coroner and jury findings. J. L. Rainey and F. K. Davison of the state prison commission arrived, weighing whether to offer rewards and how to proceed with penitentiary inquiries.
Allied troops report success at Suwan and Anzac fronts with a short afternoon advance in the northern zone. Turkish positions were attacked amid air bombardment, yielding about 800 yards of ground and the capture of two officers and twenty other personnel.
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