Claims Gains In East Hard Fighting At Sitlis
Constantinople reports progress on the Caucasian front near Giumiachan with Turks attacking and repelled at several points. Petrograd says Russian forces retreated on the Bitlis Mush line after heavy Turkish assaults and signals captures of Russians and materiel. In Persia and Egypt, Russian and allied actions pursue retreating forces while a British cavalry unit at Katia suffers heavy losses.
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Constantinople
Bitils-Mush
Turkish Arente
War Office
Bittis-Muah
Ruts
Bitlis
Mush
Qenatt
Tsheliguel
Ognott
Kliometers
Aeros Bombard Dover by Two Emeans Seaplanes
Tendon Aug 12 A British naval port Dover was attacked this afternoon by two German seaplanes. Four bombs were dropped injuring one officer and six men slightly, with little material damage. Antiaircraft guns opened fire as planes pursued the raiders who fled seaward.
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Dover
Wireless battles fought in air as fronts clash
Berlin reports ongoing wireless battles since the great allied offensives begun. Italians complain their messages are blocked by stronger German stations flooding the air with flashes to prevent news from reaching the world. French, German and Italian stations clash day and night.
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Berlin
Lugano
Caid
Dreco Bricklayer Relief Promises Back Pain Cure
A bricklayer praises Dreco for curing chronic back pain, burning sensation, and leg strain after doctors and medicines failed. He reports daily work restored, savings on medical bills, and credits Dreco with prompt relief from root and herbal components claimed to aid liver kidney disorders and constipation. Dreco marketed by CConerent Drug Stores with local buries in Ana costia Allens Alexandra adv.
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Dreco
Ocoernet
Big Brains and Battalions In Military Victory Theory
An analysis argues that numerical superiority alone does not decide war, citing Napoleonic triumphs and Civil War feats. It credits leadership, strategy, and soldiers’ quality as decisive, with examples from Chancellorsville to Ypres. Battle outcomes depend on brains, timing, and cohesion beyond raw numbers.
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Dresden
Napoleon
Lee
Jackson
Soult
Yout
Ypres
Edward Foord
Frederick the Great
Shalmaneser II
Assyria
Frederick
Col. Henderson
Stonewall Jackson
Robert Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Caesar
Llocker
Foord
Andy
Yprea
Germany
Calais
Three Regular Colonels Retired on Medical Grounds
Three regular army colonels have been retired for physical disability on the recommendation of examining boards. Col Jacob G. Galbraith, formerly commanding the Tenth Cavalry, Col George H. Sands, formerly attached to the Eleventh Cavalry, and Col Charles W. Penrose of the Twenty Fourth Infantry are included.
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Vhies
Mexico
Jacob CG. Galbraith
Tenth Cavalry
George H. Sands
Eleventh Cavalry
Charles W. Penrose
Twentyfourth Infantry
German blockade agitation mounts as policy shifts amid US concern
The campaign for resuming unrestricted submarine warfare continues across the United States with newspapers urging action. Support solidifies for Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg as Catholic center and southern states back him, while the navy presses for action and German-American ties improve.
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Stem
Great Britain
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
Associated Press
United States
Insua
Germany
Progressive Party
Issus
Catholic Center Party
Taelf
Navy
Austrian Armies Shift to Archduke Karl Command
Berne reports a shift in WWI command as Archduke Karl Franz Josef takes charge of Austro Hungarian forces in the southeast front. Von Hindenburg’s authority is reduced to only the eastern front, with southern Galicia troops reassigned and several generals added to his remit.
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Archduke Karl
Berne
East Front
von Hindenburg
Franz Josef
Austria
Sastatntheaster
Galicia
Archduke Karl Franz Josef
Leopold of
Bavaria
von Linsengen
Boshm-Ermolli
Tarnopol
Citizens of Poland to be flagged in occupied regions
London reports the Austrian foreign office orders all inhabitants in Russian Poland areas occupied by Austro-Hungarian troops be treated as Polish subjects. Passports to read Citizens of Poland and Pole, not Russian subject. Kreuzzeltung warns the move imposes a fact not yet fully settled, tying it to Bethmann-Hollweg and Jagow's Vienna visit.
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London
Austrian Foreign Office
Poland
Kingdom of Poland
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Kreuzzeltung
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Vienna
Stripa Villages Continue as Carpathian Attacks Progress
Allied and Russian lines report no infantry activity north of the Carpathians while operations proceed south of Zable. In the Carpathians 700 prisoners were taken and three machine guns captured during a progressive attack near Capul height. German troops engaged near Dubduczets and in the Strunten west of Laka Nobel. Enemys assaults near Troscleniec west of Zalocac repelled. several machine guns captured near Kovel.
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Zable
Capul Height
von Hindenberg
Dubduczets
Strunten
Laka Nobel
Zarecza
Duke of Westminster III Invalided From Front
The Duke of Westminster has been invalided home from Egypt and is now in a Paris hospital with fever. He previously earned praise for rescuing Captain Greenfelt under fire in France in September 1914, and funded and trained an armored motor squadron noted at Neuve Chapelle in 1915. Reports say his squadron operated on the western frontier of Egypt near Kollum.
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London
Duke of Wenatminster
Egypt
Paris
France
Greenfelt
Neuve Caappelle
Belgians Gain Ground in German East Africa
Havre August 12 Belgians have taken the northwest portion of German East Africa and pursue German forces. Gen Tombeur reports Germans suffered heavy losses on July 13 14 with 96 prisoners taken. After July 11 engagement Germans retreated toward St Michael as Molitor's brigade pressed positions in Marianilf region. Northwestern colony now cleared of enemy forces as they retreat toward Triadsera, Belgian columns in pursuit.
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St Michael
Molitor
Marianilf
Uhji
Triadsera
Sweep GERMAN lines repulsed in Somme and Lorraine clashes
British and French forces reported limited gains and heavy repulses along the Somme and Meuse fronts. German assaults near Pozieres and Thiepval were checked by artillery and infantry fire, while Meuse attacks north and west of Thiaumont were repelled with French losses. The British official note says trench bombardments and shelling continue with no major changes on the Ancre and Somme sectors.
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Thiepval
Foureaux Wood
Guillimont
Ovidera
Pozieres
Bazentin Te Peru
Thuiden
Maurepas
Somme
T Hem
Barleo
Meuns
Verdun
Thiaumont
Leintrey
Lorraine
London
British War Office
Ancre
Yprea
Poxsieres
Strategy of Russians Aimed Against Lemberg Amid Russian Push
London reporters say the Muscovite army uses Brody as a base to drive northward, rolling up the Youton forces toward Lemberg, the Galician capital, while widening the wedge as huge armies press onward.
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Lemberg
London
Brody
Youton
Lamberg
Kozlof
Stripa
Brzezany
Zlova Lipa
Carson Demands Britain Break Diplomatic Links With Berlin
Paris reports Sir Edward Carson in Matin declaims that Germans are barbarians to be treated as such in peace. He urges Allied governments to renounce all future diplomatic contact with Germany until punishment for murder and violations of international law. Russians score advances across Galicia toward Lemberg, capturing Kozloff and Nadworna as forces push toward key railway hubs.
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Paris
Edward Carson
Matin
Edward Te
Berlin
Germany
Umpire to quit Panama in land dispute case
Panama August 12 Vice Admiral Canas y Palau named by King Alfonso as umpire in U S Panama land disputes in the Canal Zone will sail to Spain Monday. He may not return as Homer A A Smith Canal Zone auditor questions his right to depart until disputes are settled.
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Spain
Panama
Canacas Y Palau
Alfonso
United States
Anal Zone
Homer A. A Smith
Canal Zone
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