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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
6
British and German forces clash along the Yser estuary near Nieuport and Dun kirk with the Germans claiming 1200 prisoners as bridges are destroyed to isolate the coast sector. British counterattacks near Lombaertude recapture positions amid heavy artillery duels on multiple fronts.
British war office reports a night air raid on Constantinople damaging the Turkish cruiser Goeben and other ships. Direct hits were scored on Goeben and a war office building. attackers suffered no casualties and conducted the operation at low altitude with precision.
July 11 reports the United States moving from a temporary camp to a front base in France. A new shrapnel helmet design, merging British, French, and German features, will bear the US coat of arms. Capt. Asher C. Baker named director of overseas transportation and naval representative to the AEF chief of staff. The medical mission mandates 4706 tons of initial medical stores per division and adopts the British hospital system for rapid wounded transport to base hospitals with Crile anesthesia used.
Stockholm July 11. Delegates from the Petrograd workmen and soldiers council issued a statement confirming German minority approval of the April Petrograd manifesto program and readiness for an international conference. Austrian leader Victor Adler signaled willingness to avoid long platforms, while Russians pressed for a definite stand. Delegates meet Berne Zimmerwaldists and Stockholm mayor, as Russian invasion progress appears promising with several delegates set to travel to London Paris and possibly Italy.
Copenhagen reports Die Zukunft by Maximilian Harden has been suppressed for the war’s duration. Harden is mobilized under civil service law as a military clerk. The action follows criticisms of Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung about the Grimm-Hoffman affair and related Swiss and Russian political fallout.
The war report notes heavy shelling across the front from the sea to the river with 1250 prisoners taken including 27 officers. British losses are described as very high in the shelled terrain while airmen contributed to a successful day. Artillery fighting remained intense north of Ypres Capigneul and along the Meuse Verduin front with enemy attempts repulsed and trenches secured. Night bombardment continued at Furne and other sites, with ongoing artillery action along the front including Haniscapeile and Het Sas.
The report notes heavy assaults by strong forces and weakened defenses leaving two battalions unable to resist. German loss figures may be accurate, while the Lombaertzyde repulse is described as largely insignificant in the overall encounter.
Special Uade reports from London on the Nieuport affair. A Times writer notes the Dunes sector north of Nieuport was recently covered by allied forces but exposed to a heavy coastal gale. Naval support was absent and local defenses were leveled as bridges were broken by the enemy, forcing troops to improvise.
London July 11 Andrew Bonar Law announced a judicial inquiry into the Mesopotamia expedition report. A three officer, two judge panel will review conduct, led by crown law officers, with public proceedings possible. Civilians would face binding government action.
The Dutch foreign office released official 1917 first quarter export figures showing to Germany butter 1 845 tons cheese 10 996 tons eggs 3 443 tons and to England butter 530 tons cheese 3 494 tons eggs 582 tons in response to Van Rappard’s remarks on dairy shipments.
Copenhagen July 11 Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard who served as Count von Bernstorff emissary to the emperor in the Lusitania case has been promoted to ministerial director of the German colonial office.
London July 11 The War Office reports a British column and airplanes chastised Turkish irregulars who attacked a convoy. Two German aviators, whose machines were destroyed by fire in the desert, surrendered. British armored cars pursue two more Germans left behind. The temperature reached 119 degrees in the shade.
London dispatch notes a British converging movement against German East Africa between Uksi and Mayuvugeo. Three columns reached five miles west of Maindi with a center to the Tumba River and left to Mayongo and Kiwatma. British prisoners taken and progress claimed southeast of Ringa in Songealiwale area near Kibambawe.
London July 11 The admiralty reports five naval aircraft engaged a formation of ten Albatross scouts and three two seater machines southwest of Nieuport. Three enemy scouts were driven down completely out of control while two others were driven down. One of our machines is missing.
Paris July 11 reports Sergeant Major Afitaine Paillard, a French aviator who bombed the Krupp factory at Essen last Sunday and failed to return, has landed safely in Holland.
London Times reports 28 Belgian notables, all men over 50, arrested in Germany as reprisals for Tabora actions. They endured a twenty hour journey with minimal clothing and funds, one crippled by rheumatism. Branded in Salzminden camp, the story contrasts Belgian claims of German wartime cruelty with German internment of civilians, including women, in Africa.
Rome July 11 The Greek army will be increased from three to ten divisions with recruiting and complete equipment to be finished within four months. Charles C A Jonnart entente high commissioner in Greece outlined reforms after the abdication of King Constantine and planned constitutional changes to settle succession. He expects Allied help from Britain France and the United States for military and civil reorganization.
Rome reports 910 million will fund American Red Cross hospitals and ambulances on the Italian front. Funds are drawn from 100 million available to European operations via Paris headquarters. An American commissioner in Rome oversees units, while Prof. Jesse Benedict Carter coordinates converting the American Academy atop Janiculum Hill into a convalescent home for officers.
Crop prospects in Italy are promising with wheat near average nationwide and strong in the south. Potatoes planted in larger quantities show good yields, while vines and olive trees are disease-free. Rice fields are satisfactory overall.
Capt. Longe France of the Royal Air Corps testified at an inquest that he counted 33 German aeroplanes in the London raid and saw black crosses clearly. Two German bakers, one listed as an alien, were among the victims killed by bombs from their own countrymen. A physician testified that his house, hit twice by Zeppelin bombs, was destroyed, though his wife escaped both attacks.
Copenhagen July 11 coal cards introduced in Berlin to regulate winter supply. Apartments with heated stoves limited to 0.25 ton per room and 1.5 tons for more than five rooms. Steam heated houses restricted to half of last year s allotment.
The destroyer Matto Grosso reports discovery of an enemy submarine base near Santos as announced in Rio Janeiro on July 11. The finding comes from a torpedo boat destroyer patrolling the region.
Italian forces advanced on the Carso front as the Austrian town of Doline north west of Selo was occupied and fortified after a reported night advance.
Paria July 11 reports that France and Britain initiated the en tente conference for late this month to discuss the Balkan crisis and allied military plans. The Russian provisional government aligns with allies, condemns Constantine’s abdication, and withdraws from the Greek expedition, citing noninterference with small nations.
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