Gas Attack On Lens Brings No German Ground Loss
Canadian Army Headquarters in France reports a night gas attack on Lens Cite Du Moulin with sustained bombardment and German countermeasures. Paris says Mont Haut battle ends in German check while French troops retake gains after fierce assaults. Berlin claims three British attempts to recapture Lombaardzyde failed with heavy losses.
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Mont Haut
Berlin
Lombaertayde
France
Lens
Cite du Moulin
Paris
War Office
Braye-en-Lyonnoie
Huttebbee
Champagne
Rheims
Meuse
Lombaaertzyde
German War Department
Courtecon
Russians Capture Lodzyany and Drive Austrians Back
Dolina report and battlefield dispatches describe Russian forces advancing in Galicia, capturing Lodzyany and pushing Austrians from key positions. German reinforcements move to Riga front as Korniroff’s troops threaten Lemberg, with heavy losses on both sides including hundreds of officers and thousands of troops.
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Kalnas
Brussiloff
Dolina
Stryi
Kalusz
Lemberg
Gulf of Riga
Roumania
Petrograd
Riga
Korniloff
Carpathians
von Moedre
Ouipoke
Duma
Kerefiaky
Kornierf
Katusz
General Gutchkoff Reenlists as Private in Russian Volunteer Division
Gen Gutchkoff former Russian war minister reenlists as private in a new volunteer division. At 60 he was a top figure in mobilizing Russia against the old regime and signed a protest against soldiers and workers council interference in military affairs.
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Gutchkoff
Russia
British raid advances near Messines in WWI report
London: official British headquarters report says raiders reached old lines east of Vermetles after fierce close combat. The assault advanced northeast of Messines while artillery activity rose near Lens and Armentiers. Three German planes were shot down. three British aircraft missing.
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London
France
Vermetles
Messines
Lens
Armentiers
Catalonians Will Meet in Barcelona Parliament Note
Madrid July 16 Barcelona newspapers publish a note that Catalonia's assembly of parliament members will convene Thursday despite denials and that movement organizers expect broad army support. Defense committees oppose the manifestation. Sixty Catalan senators and deputies urged autonomy for all provinces and planned a Barcelona meeting unless the government acts. The government declined to convene parliament.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Catalonia
Denisle
Wilson’s neutrality stance and pro ally bias in 1917
Special London report highlights Captain Jan Hay’s analysis of President Wilson’s approach during World War I. The piece argues Wilson sought strict neutrality while privately supporting the Allied cause, delaying full pro-Allied action to maintain national cohesion. It notes critics labeled him weak or traitor, yet he persisted, offering the Allies time to gain strength.
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London
Washington Post
Copsright
Public, Ledger Company
Jan Hay
The
Times
New America
Wilson
Bern
Favorites Jolted In Grand Circuit Racing Opening
At North Randall track the opening of the Grand Circuit featured slow track conditions hurt pacers. Col Armstrong won the Edwards 2:10 pacing stake after a neck-and-neck finish with A Game of Chance. Several favorites faded including Lural W, while other entries such as The Forest City and Box Elder vied in pacing and trotting events with varying purses and times.
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Cleveland
Pennon
North Randall
Ternon
Edwards
Col Armstrong
Lural W
Walter Direct
Patuhen
Ben Ali
Wealth’ sPitman
Dar Spring
Moketitay
Oregon Hat
Bo Oh
Hut Belturony
Lou
Louiiitas
Loyal Wb
Loyal Rearicky
Enveus
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Bare
Empire Expedition
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Rodmey
Mug Perfection
Gen. Watts
McMahon
Todd Temple
Famison
An Binville
Binjolle
Itipiing
Col
Hiser
Larry Riser
Brenen
Larmie Lad
Thomas
Geers
Gilenwood
Erskire
Valentine Pues
Kaiser death wish letter from German mother shocks crew
Newport R I July 16 A Navy petty officer received a German mother’s letter saying she was miserable hungry and wished the kaiser dead A military censor footnote notes Your mother was shot this morn addressed to the officer highlighting wartime censorship and strained loyalties
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Newport
R. L
United States
Germany
Kaiser's Heart Heavy in Letter to Bethmann Hollweg
From The Hague July 16 the Reichsanzeiger printed an autographic letter from Emperor William to Dr von Bethmann Hollweg on his resignation as imperial chancellor. The emperor says he must grant the request with a heavy heart and praises Hollweg for eight years of loyal service amid Germanys direst times.
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the Hague
Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
William
von Bethmann Hollweg
U S Ships Sunk Four U Boats in Atlantic Run
London reports from Berne via Rome claim American warships, escorting the first troop transport to France, destroyed four of the most modern German submarines in clashes. The Navy Department issued a cautious statement noting transports were attacked twice but did not confirm sinking any U boats.
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London
France
Berne
Rome
Central News
Bérne
A Ree
Navy Department
Argentina Asks Reply of Berlin Over Torpedoed Steamer
Buenos Aires orders its Berlin minister to demand a German reply to the Argentine note seeking satisfaction for the torpedoing of the steamer Toro and to promise to halt attacks on Argentine ships. Relations remain on hold pending the response, with a rupture likely if satisfaction is not granted.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Berlin
Toro
Germany
Hollweg Berlin Hero Faces Royal House Clash in Berlin
Amsterdam reports July 16 that Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg emerges as a popular reform figure in a German power struggle. Proposals for a reichsrat and a no annexations pledge face opposition from the crown prince, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff, with Bavaria and Austria backing reform and German peace efforts.
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Amsterdam
Berna
von Bethmann Howes
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
von Bethmann Hollweg
Berlin
von Hindanbuté
Bavaria
Austria
Frei
Reichsrat
Reichstag
Chancelier
Ate
Two American Schooners Lost Off London
London reports the American schooners Addie M. Lawrence and Hawara B. Winktlow stranded and considered total losses. The Winslow was said to be on fire earlier. Both vessels were built in Bath, Maine, owned by J B Winslow & Co of Portland, and had been sold to British interests.
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London
Livyda
Addie M. Lawrence
Hawara B. Winktlow
Winslow
Addie M Tawrence
Edward B. Winslow
Bath Me
J. 8. Winstow & Co
Portland
Lafayette escadrille in doubt as France weighs future
Paris reports the Lafayette escadrille, the famed American air unit, has not yet had its future decided. Dispatches recount a bitter air battle Wednesday in which Sergeant Edward C. Parefna of Springfield, Mass., and Corporal Harold Willis of Boston downed two enemy planes. Later the same day the pair teamed to shoot down another foe, and Thursday morning Parfait and a Blagle rival engaged in a decisive dogfight.
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Paris
Lafayette Escadrille
Lafayette
Edward C. Parefna
Springfeld
Mass
Corp
Harold Willis
Boston
Pateons
Blagle
Caperton at Football Game in Uruguay Benefit
Admiral Gaperton and other officers of the American squadron were entertained today at a football game held for the benefit of the Red Cross. The American sailors were the guests of the Young Men's Christian Association in Montavides Uruguay on July 16.
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Montavides
Uruguay
Admiral Gaperton
Red Cross
America Sailors
Young Men's Christian Association
Washington Post Automobile Route Ricks Tite
The Washington Post lists an automobile route and pricing details with 25 cent postage by mail. It appears to be a nonsensical OCR fragment mentioning look and may refer to a toy or catalog entry rather than a coherent article.
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Washington Post
Zimmermann is Out of Cabinet Report
An Amsterdam special dated Sunday cites a Cologne telegram saying Foreign Secretary Zimmermann has effectively retired. The Berliner Tageblatt opposes Michaelis as chancellor, arguing his appointment stems from wartime industrial policy moves. Bethmann Hollweg’s political career is deemed irredeemable to revival.
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London Times
Public Ledger Company
London
Amsterdam
Cologne
Hiroetlnische Zeitung
Zimmermann
Berliner Tageblatt
Michaelis
Bethmann
Kaiser Stakes All on Blood and Iron Plan
German experts here say Kaiser Wilhelm backs military rulers to win the war with Hollweg out and Michaelis taking orders from Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Peace demands are dismissed as militarists push for victory while Austria seeks relief and Russian pressure shifts focus to Germany’s ally. A new suffrage reform is seen as a postwar step by Berliner Tageblatt and Vorwaerts.
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Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Bethmann Hollweg
Michaelis
Germany
Hollweg
Junkétra
Social Democrats and
Center Party
Hindenburg
Wudendorf
Kasser
Austria
State Department
Berliner Tageblatt
W Vorwaerts
Prince Udine Sees Premier Boselli in Rome
The Italian war mission led by the Prince of Udine, returning from the United States, met Premier Boselli and other ministers to report a highly satisfactory trip. He carried a message from President Wilson to King Emmanuel in reply to a previous king’s message.
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Rome
Prince of
Udine
United States
Boselli
America
Wilson
Emmanuel
Goods for British burned in Norwegian warehouse blaze
A fire at a storage warehouse in Trondhjem, Norway, destroyed goods awaiting shipment to Great Britain. The dispatch reports damages to be in the many millions of crowns, indicating a major loss.
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Copenhagen
Trondhjem
Norway
Great Britain
Big RAID BY ITALIANS WITH 275 PRISONERS
Rome reports a so called major raid on the front with heavy firing from Versic to Jamiana valley. The assault destroyed hostile positions and yielded 275 prisoners including 11 officers. Italian artiller y concentrated on Bigha Fodrilzo Canale Moroso. bombers hit east of Selo with escorts.
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Rome
British Admiralty
General Headquarters
Versic
Jamiana
Julian
Bigha
Fodrilzo
Canale
Moroso
Selo
Spies Sent to Kill Kerensky Targeted Russian Leaders
Petrograd July 16 German agents reportedly dispatched 700 spies to Russia to attempt the assassination of War Minister Kerensky and Gen Brusiloff along with other leaders. Russian intelligence says Kerensky and Brusiloff bear primary responsibility for the Russian drive. A strong guard was ordered for all officials.
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Petrograd
Germany
Russia
Kerensky
Brusiloff
Srusiloft
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