War News From The Front In France And Italy
British and French forces push German lines in France since September 25 capturing Loos and hill 70, later retaken by Germans. Paris reports 20,000 German soldiers captured not wounded. total losses about 120,000. Champagne gains include 121 guns. Italian ship explosion kills about 300. Russian despatches claim German 1st army corps destroyed by Pripet flood, corps nearly wiped out.
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Loos
Hohenzolleim
Kaiser William
Paris
Souches
Massiges
Petrograd
Pripet
Tipperary in German The Taegliche Rundechau adapts a famous song
The piece renders the English song Tippe rary as If sung in Germany with a WWI era twist. It imagines a traveler named Tommy taking a special train to Berlin while cheekily promising safe passage and a warm reception from the Germans.
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Germany
French Composer Led Regimental Band at War Front
Camille Decreus, noted French composer and pianist, served at the front. In Saint Veuquets a regimental band led a renewed assault with the Marseillaise as troops pressed a German line, their play directing the charge and rallying the soldiers.
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Camille Decreus
France
Band Plays On Amid Shellfire Leads Charge
A French regiment advances under heavy shellfire as musicians march with the Marseillaise. All forty lie fallen except one trombone player whose mouthpiece and slide remain. He continues to blow and lead the unit as the trench falls to victory despite grave losses.
Veteran of Mons recalls gas attack and retreat in France
Pte Thomas James Jackson of the Fifteenth Hussars describes the retreat from Mons, fighting at Lille and Neuve Chapelle, later gas injuries in France and transfer to Canada. He recalls close combat with bayonets and the Germans’ retreat after steel bars seen in action, and his survival through gas ordeal.
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Thomas James Jackson
Fifteenth Hussars
Montrea
France
Mons
Lille
Canada
Fotherton
Neuve Chapelle
Dixmude
Cot Steel
Tears mark merry moods and eyelid movement
The text notes that merriment causes frequent eyelid motion and tear production. Tears moisten the eye and illuminate the moisture with reflected light, creating a sparkling effect. It explains tears accompany both laughter and sadness and are linked to emotional states.
Regime Tightens Rules on Medicinal and Food Prep in Veresuela
Veresuela's Pure Feed enacts sweeping regulations governing the preparation and sale of medical nets and food products. The new measures impose stricter licensing, sanitation, labeling, and quality controls for manufacturers and vendors.
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Venezuela
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