Germans Halt Drive on Allies in France
London July 11 windowed by a wartime dispatch reports German forces in the Woerre front paused their push toward the Allies as artillery duels and limited infantry actions continue. Reinforcements to the east strain von Mackensen while Italian efforts around Trieste gain limited ground.
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France
von Mackensen
Warsaw
Archduke Ferdinand
Poland
Flanders
Trieste
London
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Iill
Woerre
Lublin Chelm
Warning of Bombs on Two Ships at Sea
Navy wireless messages warned two ships, Howth Head and Baron Napier, carrying mule transports for Britain, to beware explosives aboard. A letter signed Pearce claimed Muenter plans included attacks and named targets as authorities pursued the threat from New Orleans.
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Navy
Muenter
Arlington
New Orleans
Howth Head
Baron Napier
Dublin
Belfast
Norfolk
Daniels
Pearce
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cecil Spring-Rica
New Orleans Times- Picayune
New
Holt
Howth
Lusitania
Meunter
Veager
New York
Charles Frohman
Italian Alpini Capture Mont Tofano in Dolomites
Alpine troops mounted a dramatic ascent to seize Mont Tofano, using cliff climbing to surprise Austrian defenders. The victory secured the Travenantes valley road, enabling Italians to control the route from Falzarego Fass to Cortina and capturing supplies and prisoners. In Washington, Elihu Root emerges as the leading GOP presidential hopeful, with Weeks and Burton as close contenders, while Taft and Roosevelt show no strong nomination support.
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Cortina
Verona
Paris
Sea of Mont
Tofano
de- Ales
Mont Tofano
Travenantes
Dolomite
Falzarego Fass
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Sun
Elihu Root
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Theodore E Burton
Ohio
Root
Mr. Rost
Weeks
Burton
Exchange of the Wounded Trains Through Switzerland
Berne July 11 The exchange of wounded and incapacitated soldiers between France and Germany has resumed. Two Swiss hospital trains, each about 300 men, depart in the evening from Constance and Lyons and pass through Switzerland overnight. Between 4 000 and 5 000 invalids await transportation home at Constance and Lyons.
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Switzerland
Berne
France
Germany
Constance
Lyons
Eastern theater fighting cited in Austrian rethink
A July dispatch from Berne cites in Innsbruck reports that Austrian forces intended for Italy are redeployed to the Lublin front. It notes Russians and Teutons intrenching at Jarolau and says Russia won a significant victory at Jaroalau, shaping the eastern battle line.
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Berne
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Jaro
Lublin
Jaroalau
Trawler Fleetwood Escapes U-Boat Attack
The Grimsby trawler Fleetwood reached its home port battered after a German submarine fired nine shells without warning. One crewman was killed and several injured in the attack reported as taking place at sea near London.
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London
Grimsby
Fleetwood
Prussian War Losses Reported Up to June
A London dispatch to the London Post notes Prussia’s listed casualties total 1,604,523 through June, excluding Saxon Bavarian Württemberg and navy lists. Among the figures, 4,360 of 40,000 German teachers under arms are recorded as killed in battle.
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Washington Post
London
London Post
Carranza in Control as Zapata Forces Evacuate City
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report Gen. Carranza moving to establish civil administration in Mexico City while Gen. Lopez de Lara takes charge of the federal district. Zapata forces evacuated after heavy fighting near Guadaloupe and Rio Consulado leaving 3,500 casualties and loss of artillery as Gonzales army pursues. Wilson considers Germany note while awaiting cabinet discussion in New Hampshire with data at the State Department guiding next steps.
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Carranza
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Lopez de Lara
Federal District
State Department
Zapata
Pablo Gonzalez
Landing
Say Reports
New Hampshire
Gonzales
Transmlasion
Guadaloupe
Rio Consulado
Zapatistas
Arras in ruins as bombardment continues
Arras France July 11. The city wrecked after 26 days of shelling with a population reduced to about 1000 civilians living in cellars. Streets are grass grown and shops operate from underground. The city hall walls stand briefly above the belfry ruined by 340 shells. German trenches loom close outside the suburb while French works approach.
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Arras
France
Sheila
Paris
Arrag
England blockade stance sparks US call for action
Hannis Taylor, former State Department counsel, argues in a Mobile dispatch that Germany is cornered and cannot concede on submarine warfare without Britain first being pressured. He urges Congress to act to push Britain to terms, warning the nation toward war or risk a German rebuff.
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Washington Poat
New York
Hannis Taylor
Spain
State Department
Mobile
Ala
Taylor
Germany
Great Britain
Congress of the United States
Kaiser for Peace With U S Navy Party
Paris dispatch reports a Copenhagen interview with an unnamed American resident of Berlin claiming the Kaiser backed by high financiers seeks pacific ties with the United States while the naval faction wants continued submarine warfare. The source notes Germany builds submarines as proof of the Tyal party’s strength. Also advertised is a 51-route automobile tour book now on sale for 25 cents at The Washington Post office.
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Navy
Washington Post
Paris
Temps
Copenhagen
Pacific
United States
Berlin
Germany
New York
Richmond
The
Germans Delay West Drive and Navy Bomb Warning
An aged index page item notes Germans delaying a western offensive while a naval bomb threat looms. It mentions Italians seizing peak positions, Carranza amid Mexico City turmoil, and President busy notes with Roosevelt opposing Wilson. Other items reference propaganda, Bryan, Paris theater, and local society items.
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Carranza
Mexico City
Roosevelt
Wilson
Germany
Propagala
Munsterberg
Bryan
Nunada
WII Aek
Annapolis
Nene
Alexandria
Teuton Guns Drop 136 Hostile Aircraft Report
Berlin reports German official figures with foreign paper input showing up to June 22, 186 hostile aircraft downed. French losses lead at 57, British 47, Russians 26. Most planes fell to ground fire or artillery and machine guns, with about one fifth of French losses in air battles.
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Berlin
Roosevelt Opposes Wilson as Second Buchanan in 1916 Fight
Special to The Washington Post. Roosevelt returns to California lining up a fight against Wilson’s administration’s foreign policy. He rejects Bryan’s movement and warns Republicans against nominating too many, saying he will back any non reactionary Republican against Wilson and insists he has not rejoined the party.
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Bryan
Washington Post
New York
California
Roosevelt
Wilson
Buchanan
Hilles
McCombs
Perkins
Ali
Fires rage in Silesia as villages evacuated amid forest blaze
Tremendous fires sweep Silesia with Wittchenau district evacuees. War prisoners assist in trenching to aid the Fre brigade in localizing the flames as fires spread through forests and moors.
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Amsterdam
Silesia
Wittchenau
Austrians Impose Frontier Executions In War
Sage Dispatch from Geneva reports that since the war began about 1,300 Slavs and 6,200 irredentist Italians have deserted to the Italian forces. Since June, roughly 100 civilians including some women have been shot as spies by Austrians on the Italian frontiers.
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Italy
Sage Dispatch
Geneva
Switzerland
Berlin Note Matches Official German Reply On Submarine War
State Department received Berlin’s note identical to the German reply on submarine warfare. Officials say the crisis deepens as Germany does not disavow the Lusitania sinking. No U.S. action expected for at least a week as policy is framed to meet the situation.
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Germany
United States
State Department
Post
Lusitania
Germans Pressonal Notes and Lusitania Response
The article reports German Ambassador von Bernstorff may meet Secretary Lansing in Washington to discuss the crisis. It notes the German reply to U S notes has been published, differs little from Berlin’s translation, and emphasizes no surrender of American rights. Officials warn of consequences if Germany continues to violate neutral rights. The piece indicates continued diplomatic maneuvering and a potential next note.
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State Department
Lansing
Cornish
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Bernstoff
Count von Bernstorff
Langing
United States
Fire on Battleship Alabama Prompts Evacuation at League Island
Five hundred visitors aboard the Alabama, flagship of Rear Admiral Helm, were evacuated after a fire broke out under the forward turret near the thirteen inch guns at League Island navy yard. Firefighters fought flames for an hour, shutting off electrical currents to avoid shocks, as crew split to battle the blaze and shepherd guests ashore. The blaze, caused by a short circuit, threatened loaded magazines before being contained.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Alabama
Helm
League Island Navy Yard
Virginia Canes
Prisoners to aid Italy in new wartime accord
Rome reports Italy and Russia have an understanding to send Italian prisoners of nationality captured from the Austrian army to Italy for service or, if unwilling, to be treated as Austrian prisoners of war. Roumania favors passage through its territory, Bulgaria talks paused. An excursion note from North Carolina lists a July 1 date.
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Russia
Reuter Sevice
Rome
Paris
Italy
Roumania
Bulgaria
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