Germans Retreat as French Push Forward Across Front
War update reports German forces abandoning Saarburg as French advance toward Antwerp while raiders approach Antwerp and cruisers exchange fire in the North Sea. Fighting rages along Belgian fronts near Dinant as the French army advances into Alsace Lorraine. German retreat is described as a rout with captured or abandoned stores.
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Belgium
Dinant
Alsace- Lorraine
French Army Claims Series of Victories
French forces report a string of military successes in Alsace Lorraine. German positions near Saarbrucken and Strasbourg area were attacked while French artillery and air support disrupted enemy lines. Casualties and captures noted, with reports of German retreat and French advances to positions west of the Vosges.
France's Artillery Guards the Meuse
Dispatches report French artillery repelled a Meuse crossing attempt with casualties, as German movement toward the Belgian center is described as checked. Brussels war office says German incursion toward Brussels is stopped and British casualties remain unverified in the British army.
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Armies and Navies Spar for Opening in War Report
French report German forces abandoned Saarburg and Liege forts fallen. Brussels says German advance toward Belgian center checked. British expeditionary force over 100,000 lands safely in French Belgian ports. Desultory fighting noted between patrol squadrons and reconnoitering cruisers. Joffre reports progress in upper Alsace and occupation of Lorraine lines 32 miles inside Germany.
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North Sea Skirmishes Reported With Baltic Baltic Fleet Movements
British press says light fighting occurred Tuesday between patrolling squadrons and German cruisers in the North Sea. Reports from Texel Island describe heavy gunfire to the west, with German ships seen in the Baltic and Kattegat areas. A Harwich dispatch notes an early naval engagement off Harwich not officially confirmed. Austrian torpedo boat No 19 sinks at Pola. two German cruisers disabled and reached Hongkong. Goeben and Breslau arrived in port at Istanbul with Ottoman officers aboard.
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Atlantic
McReynolds Seen Likely New Attorney General Nominee
The president plans to promote James C McReynolds of Tennessee from Attorney General to Supreme Court justice after Justice Lurton's death. T W Gregory of Texas is expected to become Attorney General in the cabinet role overseeing antitrust cases and New Haven Railroad investigations.
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Gregory van Born
Mississippi
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Tennessee
Supreme Court
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Texas
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British Sudan Officer to Fight for Austria
Slatin Pasha, British inspector general in the Sudan and honorary major general, has resigned his Sudan post after Britain declared war on Austria. Born in Austria in 1857 and created a baron in 1906, he has returned to Vienna to place himself at the disposal of the war minister.
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Reuter Telegram Company
Berlin
Amsterdam
Slatin Pasha
Sudan
Great
English Forces Clash With Germans in Africa
From the British Gold Coast, London reports that British forces near the capital Atera engaged German troops in Togoland. The operation yielded several German prisoners and the capture of two trains, signaling a notable skirmish in the African theater.
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Gold Coast
Africa
Atera
Togoland
Famous French Swordsmens Enlist for Aircraft Service
Georges Breitmayer and Rousee Dorcieres, famed French swordsmen, have enlisted to operate machine guns aboard aircraft. They are training for duties at the aviation station in Versailles. Return trip Baltimore and Ohio, August 17 to 25, valid for return until August 41.
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Rousee Dorcieres
France
Versailles
Woontain Lake Park
Baltimore and
Ohio
Grey reassures U S on Japan course amid ultimatum
London reports Sir Edward Grey sent a message to Washington detailing Britain's stance on Japan's ultimatum to Germany. Britain sought to calm American unease, affirming no threat to Chinese sovereignty and promising proper conduct by Japan.
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Americans Volunteer for French Aviation Corps Enlistments Near Paris
Baltimore aviator Neal Smith joins the American volunteers serving with the French military aviation corps. Promised equipment funds remain unccluded as members prepare to depart for the front next week. Notables offering aircraft include William Thaw Stephenson McGordon and James Bach. Adolphus Hetwig, a New York civil engineer, will be commissioned as a French officer to work on bridge construction.
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Xpelled Monks Return to Fight for France
Paris Aug 18 the Eclair reports Carthusian monks expelled during the religious associations law have returned to Grenoble barracks and exchanged their white habit for the French soldier’s uniform. They were given an enthusiastic reception by Grenoble's population.
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Order of St Bruno
Kaiser's Aide to President and Tokyo Ultimatum Reach Berlin
A tumult of wartime diplomacy unfolds as Kaiser's message to the President praises U S mediation efforts and Japan's ultimatum to Germany is reported. Berlin notes fear of war between Japan and Germany while Ambassador Gerard readies to safeguard Japanese interests in Germany. Authorities deny protest over American press coverage as officials weigh responses to the evolving crisis.
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Parisians Lift Hats to Honor Captured German Eagle
On Saint Blaise Alsace the black and gold eagle of the 1324 Lower Alsatian infantry regiment, captured by French troops, was hung in the court of honor at the Invalides. The standard was escorted by the Republican Guards from the presidential palace courtyard through Avenue Marigny and across Alexander III bridge. A band played the Marseillaise as spectators saluted, removing hats in tribute to the vanquished symbol.
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Alsace
Napoleon
Tricolor over German aero drops bombs on town near Nancy
Paris reports a German plane flying the French flag dropped three bombs today on Lunéville, fourteen miles east of Nancy, from four thousand five hundred feet. Missiles exploded in a public garden, causing no injuries and only slight property damage.
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Alexander of Teck to Go on Foreign Service
London reports Prince Alexander of Teck brother of Queen Mary will enter foreign service. He is 18 years old and slated for early assignments, with plans to represent Britain in international affairs as part of his royal duties.
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Queen Mary
Canada
Forts of Liege Fall and Global War Echoes
The report from Rotterdam says Belgian forts at Liege were dynamited after evacuation due to German heavy batteries, while Brussels notes no confirmation of Liege fall. A London cable to the Herald describes a day of dramatic war news including Brussels report, Servian victory near the Drina, and mounting Allied advance as French troops push forward with steady progress.
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New York Herald
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Uskab
Russian Army Mobilization and Front Advances Reported
A London telegraph cites the Russian embassy as reporting full mobilization and eleven imperial family members at the front. It notes German forces only crossed into Russian Poland near Wieclavek and Andrejew ii, with Russian vanguard phrases and several hundred prisoners, while Russian forces report progress and victories along the frontier.
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Zeppelin airships destroyed in Europe and forest wreck
Paris dispatch reports three Zeppelins destroyed by guns over the war zone with a fourth wrecked after falling in a forest. Belgium confirms the airship losses while French artillery is praised for superiority, as Paul Doumer returns from the front.
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