Italians Press Gain in Brestovizza Valley Front
Italian troops advanced in the Brestovizza valley south of Gorizia and repelled a fierce Austrian counterattack on new positions. The Rome dispatch notes continued fighting along the Italian battlefront with French officials reporting German assaults on the Aisne front beaten off and heavy artillery between Beaumont and Lamogneux near Verdun.
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Brestovizza
Gorizia
War Office
Paris
Aisne
Beaumont
Lamogneux
Verdun
Germany Loses 125000 Men and 3500 Officers En Route
War update reports massive Nazi losses as German forces push toward Trieste. Army units including 125000 troops and 3500 officers are said to be casualties or missing on the road, while Allied aid to Germany continues amid the advancing front.
Austrians Fortify and Fight Desperately Near Trieste
Dispatches report Austrian losses reaching 125000 soldiers and 3500 officers on the road to Trieste. Germany reportedly sending large forces to aid Austrians in the Carso region. Von Hindenburg rebuffed Boric for a Bavarian division. Provisional government to Moscow as detachments withdraw north.
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Washington
Trieste
Germany
Carso
Doroviex
Koerean
Vienna
Fremdenblad
Boric
von Hindenburg
San Gabriel
Brestovicn
Bhy Gulf
Pola
Navy Vets Supply Woolen Helmets for Sailors in War Drive
The Comforts Committee of the Navy Teague coordinates volunteers to knit two hundred twenty five thousand woolen helmets jackets mufflers and wristlets for sailors on battleships as part of a broader wartime aid effort. The push follows the upheavals after the Russian Revolution stirring concerns over German and Russian military developments.
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Navy
Teague
Italian Assaults Encircle Austrians On Hallan Front
Reports from Udine describe continued fighting along the Hallan Austrian line despite bad weather. Italian forces isolate pockets, repelling Austrian counterattacks and capturing prisoners. Heavy artillery and air strikes target Monte Santo, Panovirta woods, and Hermada cavern positions as Italian troops press to clear salient.
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Italy
Dions
Kno
Monte San Gabriele
Gorizia
Gorizls
Op Monte Santo
Panovista Woods
Geronia
Orth
Panovirta Wood
Halland
Serbian Meet Heavy Losses Reported in Front Lines
London dispatch reports repeated Berblana attacks on Dodropolje repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers. Bulgarian detachment units with German forces in the Sereth district of the Romanian front penetrated enemy trenches, capturing prisoners and seven machine guns, according to the Bulgarian War Office.
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London
Berblana
Dodropolje
Sereth
Julgarian War Office
German Troops Advancing Across Dvina Front
Berlin reports eastern front advances as German divisions cross the Dvina on both banks after heavy bombardment. Russians retreat along the Drina front and dense columns move northeast from Riga while villages and farms burn along the retreating west wing of the Twelfth Russian army.
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Vis
London
Taday'ar
Dvina
Uxhull
Drina
Riga
Allies Repulse German Attacks Near Havrincourt
An official Franco Belgian operations report says the enemy made a third attempt to capture our advanced posts southwest of Havrincourt. The attack followed heavy bombardment and was repulsed. A successful raid southwest of Monchy Ch'delroux yielded 18 German prisoners.
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London
Havrincourt
Monchydelroux
French cabinet to be remodeled in coming months
Paris Sept 3 The entire French cabinet seems likely to be remodeled by May as Premier Ribot hesitates to present a collective resignation until a combination is ready. Various figures from across political lines are named, but any prediction is premature.
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Paris
Saya
Adda
Prommier Ribot
Ard
Champ Clark Urges Loyalty to Protect Citizens Worldwide
Monmouth Courthouse New Jersey September 3 Speaker Champ Clark called for unqualified wartime support by all U S citizens native or naturalized as the duty of every person He argued no nation will endure that does not protect all its people wherever they are on land or sea He praised President Wilson in reply to the Pope’s proposal and said the message will be read forever.
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Monmouth
N. J
United States
Champ Clark
Wilson
Philippines in Need of Help and Policy Talks
Manila September 2 The government sending Samuel D Ferguson president of the Insular Bank to America to protect Philippine products from food control and to explain coat conditions and river values The peso now worth more than its par value authorities enforce a law prohibiting peso exports A national bank has been authorized to retire silver yarns.
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Manila
Samuel D. Ferguson
Insular Bank
America
Pena
Russian capital move and German occupation discussed
Washington dispatches over two weeks forecast potential shifts in Russia as Riga and Petrograd face German advances. The belief is Moscow would become the new center, with some Russians hoping occupation could temper radical factions and reinforce support for the current government.
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Washington
Riga
Husarz
Petrograd
Moscow
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Husela
Alexander
Catherine
Peter the Great
Flga
Germany
Car Burn Fight Shuts 275 Miles of San Francisco Streetcar Lines
In San Francisco on Labor Day, a quarrel sparked an attempt to burn a car during a strike for higher wages and shorter hours. One guard, Charl en Dender, was shot amid arrests after police found a gas-soaked gas can and an empty gasoline bottle. two suspects were taken into custody. The car service was halted as officials weighed franchise implications.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Jesse L. Whitney
Treaty-eignth
Velencia Atreeta
Mission
Kaseline Batti
Inex
Riga Evacuated as German Forces Threaten City
Petrograd dispatch reports Riga abandoned by Russian forces amid a threatening German advance from the Gulf of Riga and from Britau. German troops press northward after crossing the Dina, with Riga's right bank loss of anchorage reshaping the western front and raising questions about future operations and regional control.
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Tiga
Roesla
Riga
Rize
Dina Routheast
Britau
Rixa
Hel Gulf of Rlga
Gulf of Rigs
Ruasla
Petrograda
Alga
Tilga
Tavania
Petrograd
Gulf of Riga
Dyina
Iseo
Aatorhouse
Ruasle
Odessa
Poland
Tentonte
Matshal von Hindenburg
Dvina
Dvinsk
Inn
Einswhers Faresteting
Twelve Armies Face Cossack Host Crisis as Privileges End
London dispatch from the Times notes a direct clash with Kerensky over Cossack reforms. Rights and elective offices are cancelled, government commissaries appointed, Kalebin reduced to a private, and anti-Cossack policy escalates after the Moscow conference. Kuban Terek and Orenburg Cossacks await impact.
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London
Petrograd
Times
Kalebin
Moscow
Terek
Orenbure
Germans Are Kept in Dark After Verdun Front Action
Sept 3 report quotes a German officer captured after the Verdun advance. He praises French soldiers’ courage but says US aid won’t come, and laments the war’s toll saying, We are lost. Another item notes Archbishop Thomas P. Kennedy’s burial in the American College tomb in Rome.
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United States
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Thomas P. Kennedy
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Rome
American College
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