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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1914
Page
6
A wartime dispatch reports the London Board stating shortages of food supplies for Belgium. Excluding cargoes en route, the commission will be 20 600 tons short in November and will need 30 000 tons for December. Calls were made for aid from society women and various organizations.
A Japanese newspaper reporter was captured while disguised as a fisherman near Honolulu and held by naval authorities at Pearl Harbor awaiting Washington instructions. The article also notes a broad coordination by women’s organizations and relief committees across Canada, the United States, and Belgium, including plans to send investigators to Europe to assess aid needs.
A foreign dispatch from London reports Argonne Hills won with German retreat deemed necessary to shield railways ahead of an approaching threat. The Times notes Russian forces are not decisively defeated but pushed back while military authorities promise continued offensive actions.
The Russian press report outlines attacks by Turkish torpedo boats and the Goeben on Sebastopol and related Black Sea events. It notes Turkish claims, Russian responses, and vessel losses including the Prut and Pushkin with casualties among officers and sailors. The piece asserts Turkish actions targeted Sebastopol, Odessa, and other points, while denying Russian initiation.
Warsaw and Petrograd hospitals report 21 fatalities from wounds received when German bombs dropped by seaplanes injured civilians. The London Bourse Gazettes Warsaw correspondent notes deaths occurred over the past days as a result of the bombing campaign.
Wartime dispatches report the Dutch aiming to fire on ships in the Scheldt harbor area while German troops rush east. Correspondents note German forces withdrawing from Belgium for action against Russia and discuss strategic shifts and economic woes affecting Turkey, with rumors of Royalist or French leadership figures influencing English resolve.
London November telegram from Earl Kitchener Field Marshal French and the British army congratulates Grand Duke Nicholas on the second stage of Russian operations. It expresses confidence that Allied effort will bring final defeat of the enemy.
Vast celebrations sweep Tokyo and other cities as Japan and Britain share in victory over Germany. Reports say Tsingtau surrender near complete, with 426 German soldiers killed and 2,306 taken prisoner. Emperor and Empress send praise to allied forces. many details remain amid rumor and official statements.
Allied forces report offensive gains north of Messines and around Soissons while repelling German assaults near Craonnelle Huertebize Dixmude and Ypres. Verdun area sees allied positions strengthened amid dense fog hampering artillery and air units. The Belgian government recounts the Yser bridge head retaken at Nieuport with Germans holding Lombaertrijde and Stuyvekens Werke evacuated. Continuous bombardment targets Dixmude and Ypres sectors as allies counterattack.
A wartime proposal states arrangements to exchange women and children and males under 15 with Austria, plus doctors ministers and officials. Germany allows German women and children to return from Britain as Britain seeks reciprocal exchanges. The process, discussed at locations including Nauheim, involves exchanges of various ages and dignitaries, amid refusals from Germany on certain terms.
Berlin reports through wireless that Admiral Cradock’s Pacific squadron was annihilated by German forces. The bombardment described as a significant loss to British naval power, with only a few vessels escaping. Dispatch notes German cruiser Karlsruhe and honors officers and crew involved.
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