Italians Hold Thin Line In Northern Italy Battles
World War I dispatches describe heavy fighting around Asiago and the Brenta valley as Austro German forces press entries toward Monte Sisemal and Castelgomberto. Italian troops report fierce clashes, heavy losses, and stubborn defense amid shifting lines and prisoner tallies rising to about 15,000 on the northern front.
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Berlin
London
Monte Sisement
Aslaga
Franzia
Gadena
Bronte
Staal
Bersaglieri
Austria
Kaiserjaegers
Monte Castelgomberta
Adda Anti
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Pashes
Brenta
Italy
Thuraday
Dev
Associated Press
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Conrad von Hoelzen‘larf
Keobatin
Des
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Asiaga
Monte Sisemal
Mailan
Monte Fior
Monte Castaigomberto
Daeses
Noli
Tn Tta
Marcoing
Cambrai
Bourion Wood
la Vacquerie
Stallag
Asiana
Drenta
Fall of Monte Flor and Monte Castelgamberla in Italian line
Fragmentary wartime item notes Italian forces pressing attackers then yielding Monte Flor and Monte Castelgamberla after heavy fighting. Western front reports Austro-German attempts repelled near Meletta Pontilony. losses incurred as Italians held position east of Mount Hadeniche and Mant e Tan datecar amid a stubborn enemy push.
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Monte Castelgamberla
Urenta
Monts Hadeniche
Mante Tandatecar
Witnesses Describe Horrors After Walltax Explosion
In St Johns on December 7 witnesses recount the Walltax blast terror. Esmond P Barry, postal clerk, recalls the wrecked Richman car with victims and a baby crying beneath burning debris. J C Gillespie notes 0 percent collapse at Richmond tally. Hineat Cameron and his family were killed.
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Mount St. Vincent’s Academy
Esmond P. Barry
St. John
Richman
J.C. Gillespie
Richmond
Hineat Cameron
Bombing raids continue on German works in Belgium
London dispatch reports British naval air lanes on Wednesday and Thursday continued bombing raids on German military works in Belgium. Bombs exploded and huts and sheds caught fire. Admiralty says all our planes returned safely and patrols destroyed two enemy aircraft while four were shot down or rendered out of control, with three probably destroyed.
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London
Belgium
Admiralty
Congress Passes War Resolution Amid Debate
Washington December 7 1917 Congress passed a war resolution declaring war on Austria Hungary with brief debate and expected presidential signature. Senate approved 74 to 6 after unanimous support for the Austrian war move and plans to reconcile House and Senate actions.
Flood Opens House Debate on War Resolution
Washington dispatch reports a House Foreign Relations Committee debate over a resolution to declare war on Austria. Chairman Wuard urged swift action, asserting Austrian hunger and aggression threaten Allied welfare and American safety. He framed the issue as a moral test and called for unity against the Empires. The vote was anticipated before around 7 pm.
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House
Avstria
Chatenian Wuad
Ito
Austria
Thlaia
Atte
Senoing
Italy
Anata
German Raiders Damage London in Morning Raid
London woke to damage from a German air raid that morning as a single aircraft hovered above the city dropping two explosive and two incendiary bombs. An explosive bomb shattered windows near a home and an incendiary blast ignited a wallpaper and brush shop, but casualties were not reported. The attack also struck a laundry, a brewery, and a school and winery, yet fronts remained calm as officials assessed the scene and urged continued unity among allied units.
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London
Petra
Halifax Disaster Deepens with Mass Casualties
Halifax struggles after a colossal explosion at the naval base, with hundreds dead and thousands injured. relief trains arrive from Boston and elsewhere as fires burn and snow hampers rescue. doctors, nurses, and supplies rush in while business, schools, and port activity halt.
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Tisposta
Fospitnis
Nehoda
Idaat
Tmo
Iun
Monte Mlanic
Ilastrotula
Aiicken
Truro
Windsor
N. S
Morreton
N. B
Boston
McCall
Massachusetts
Atricken
Tella
William Barlow
Montreal Gazette
Canadian Imnerist Munitions Board
Ottawa
American Sanitary Section First to Earn Fourragere
The American Sanitary Section No. 5 becomes the first American unit to receive the fourragere award, announced at headquarters. The French mission notes the honor as a merited reward for brave men who showed fraternity and gallantry with French and American forces in battle. Further details on the unit’s exact actions were not available tonight.
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American Sanitary Section
Frange
Potain
Ted
Batefield
France
America
Uniad
Cameron Cluac
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