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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
7
War dispatches report the battleship Bulwark struck a fatal blow during a naval battle while a band played aboard. Allies suffer heavy losses, Belgian army praised for resilience as British forces fortify positions in Poland and on other fronts amid Russian victory claims and calls for reinforcements.
Noted explorer H. Savage Lander, believed missing or captured earlier, reappears in Paris after escaping German lines. He recounts crossing the front six times with dispatches, being in Ostend when bombs hit a hospital, and witnessing a major night battle on the Belgian front with German troops driven back.
Peru assigns cruiser Coronel Bolognesi to patrol the coast to preserve neutrality. A second cruiser will sail to scout the southern coast. The ships are ordered to protect British steamers by force if needed, and steamship service will resume immediately.
Press reports from Jerusalem say British French and Russian residents were imprisoned and mistreated. Turkish troops looted houses amid rising anti Christian tensions. An Italian gunboat request to Jaffa sparked fears of riots. Two looters who killed a Greek priest were hanged after consul pressure.
France moves to raise the amount issuable of war defense bonds to 1.4 billion francs with subscriptions already reaching 700.06 million francs. Finance Minister Alexandra Ribot proposed small denominations as low as 100 francs and indicated sales through tobacco shops post offices and savings banks.
London Nov 6 Reginald McKenna said in the house of commons that 120,900 suspicious alien cases have been investigated by police. about 6000 houses were searched and 342 persons interned while he warned against interning all Germans and Austrians in the United Kingdom as unjust.
Eyewitness reports describe a massive explosion at breakfast time as the British battleship Bulwark sank within minutes after an internal blast. The vessel, 15,000 tons, 411 feet long, carried 750 men and costly armament, with Churchill expressing sympathy in the House of Commons.
British correspondent reports Russian forces breaking Austrian lines along the San River and crossing into territory around Cracow. Austrians retreat south and west as Russians outflank German wedges and push toward Slavonic regions, with Polish populations favorable to Russia and future aims across southern Silesia.
The battleship Michigan ran ashore early today near Cape Henry eleven miles off the Virginia capes while returning from Southern drill grounds to Hampton Roads. Four naval tugs and three supply ships stand by as officials say the vessel rests on a sandy bottom and is not in danger. High tide expected to float her, with 24 feet mean draft reported.
A special cable from London reports that wartimemarriages in Great Britain reached 3.2 per thousand above the prior year in the latest quarterly figures. This marks the highest three month rate since 1906, reflecting a surge in marriages during the conflict.
A northern France dispatch reports a dirigible commander saved the craft by daringly cutting a bomb tube with an ax under enemy searchlights and fire. Three bombs were dropped on a German railway junction. a fourth bomb jammed, but the commander freed the tube, allowing the device to explode below safely and complete the mission.
Chicago report asserts Kaiser Wilhelm pledged to free Ireland if Germany wins the war, via Sir Roger Casement.James T. Clarke of United Irish Societies announces upcoming German Irish Alliance rallies in Chicago halls. Clarke cites conversations with Casement in Berlin and promises new disclosures next Tuesday night.
London reports a naval correspondent notes the Bulwark explosion at Sheerness mirrors the Maine wreck off Havana and asks about outside causes. Officials say it remains a mystery with limited access to the magazine hindering full investigation. Theories include unknown internal explosion or coal combustion and recalls of other naval blasts.
November 26 with a permanent court martial sentencing Surgeon-Majors Collins and Wohlfart to a year in prison for pillage at the principal hospital of the German army corps. Nine hospital deaconesses and twenty subordinates received varied sentences. eleven others were acquitted. The hospital fell to French forces at Peronne on September 15, with confiscation and an ensuing search. Evidence cited included three Fanagra statuettes mislisted with Peronne Museum labels. Allegations also mentioned silks, carpets, and linens in deaconesses baggage claimed as gifts from Carmelite sisters in gratitude to French wounded.
Special cable from Boulogne reports Havildar Gagna Singh of the Fifty-seventh Wildes Rifles as the first Indian recommended for the Victoria Cross. Wounded five times, including in the leg and scalp, he defended a trench against a German attack. In hand to hand combat he killed a German officer, seized the sword, and killed ten more before a bullet in his foot felled him. He was the sole survivor among 135 men.
London news reports Horst von der Goltz alias Bridgman Taylor faced Bow Street steps as prosecutors pressed a failure to register as an alien enemy charge. He claimed German birth, Mexican naturalization, and American travel proved passport use, with a verdict of six months hard labor and deportation recommended at term's end.
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