British Field Report on French Front Operations
Field Marshal Sir John French reports on British actions in France as of the eighteenth to twentieth, noting German defenses, heavy artillery, and attempts at siege warfare. Reports include aerial combat, railway disruptions, captured ammo stores, and German morale concerns amid fluctuating bombardments and counterattacks.
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London
John French
France
Landwehr
Paris
Third Army Corps
la Fere
Aisne
Combatants Win and Lose Along the River Aisne
Paris reports gains along the Western Front as fighting continues near Verdun and in Lorraine. Berlin official statements claim no new developments while both sides push massive forces, with center warfare lull and surrounding maneuvers on the wings.
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River
Aisne
German Attack All Along Line
Terrific fighting rages along the 120 mile front of the Aisne as Allied forces press to turn von Kluck’s right while the Kaisers army tests the center. Berlin reports German gains on the Meuse but French and British hold key positions. Verdun forts remain contested. Minor engagements occur with no major shifts in Belgium or the east per army headquarters.
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Varennes
Verdun
Toul
Troyon les-Paroches
Camp Des Romaine
Lionville
Lironville
Lorraine
Alsace
London
Battle of the Aisne
von Kluck
W. T. Massey
London Telegraph
France
Aisne
Oise
Paris
Meuse
Berlin
Mellee
Kaiser’s. ‘General Staff
Vosges
Tergnier
St. Quentin
St. Mihi
Army Headquarters
Belgium
The
Somme
Peronne
Lokalanzeiger
Losies
Teutons
Woevre
Argonne
Argonne Forest
German Offensive Pushed Back Across Key Front
Allied forces near the Oise Aisne and Meuse rivers repelled a vigorous German push and launched a counterattack. Fresh reinforcements helped secure gains and notable enemy losses.
Canadians' 32000-Strong War Contingent Heads to Front
The major part of Canada's 32,000 troops for Europe sails in 20 transports guarded by British ships to deter German cruisers. Reports from Rome note Berlin admitting prisoner numbers were mis-stated, with totals dropping from 250,000 to 50,000 in German hands, including about 80,000 Russians. Belgian forces say they have captured 2000 Germans near Malines and Aershot, with officers to be kept at Antwerp. Russia claims control of Przemysl as Austrian forces withdraw to eastern forts amid vast population flight.
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Canada
Europe
London
Rome
Berlin
Rotterdam Courant
Malines
Aershot
Antwerp
England
Italy
Lombardy
U. S
United States
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Avenue du Trocadero
Herrick
Arthur H. Frazier
Przemysl
Lension
Petrograd
Rzezsow
Cracow
Prussian Guard Breaks Under Allied Aisne Pressure
Allied forces advance near Peronne after crossing the Somme as the Prussian Guard suffers heavy losses. French assaults on the Meuse heights show slight progress while German efforts to crack the center fail amid fog in the Woëvre. Both sides claim gains and denial of decisive breakthroughs as the battle persists.
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Meuse
Kaiser
Austro Hungarian Forces Split as Galicia Battles Rage
London reports the Austrian army of Galicia divided into three groups. Przemysl forts bombarded with one fort captured, while another division retreats into Hungary pursued by Russians. Remaining Austrians head toward Cracow as a major clash with Germans unfolds near the East Prussian frontier.
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London
Galicia
Przemysl
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Cracow
Carpathians
Vienna
Berlin
Terre Haute and Indiana News Snippets
Terre Haute reports on jewelers price talks and war economy, Marion Hartford welcomes a new pastor to Montpelier, and Judge Ben Lindsey invited to address Boy Scouts. Delegates to the National Wholesale Druggists convention back road-rate rises. Shelbyville figures face reform school terms after robberies, and a Brazil man is knocked down in an auto incident. Governor Ralston tours a tuberculosis hospital while Wampler faces murder charges in the Big Four case. Logansport jail houses seized liquor from a Walton raid amid anti liquor sentiment. Governor notes parole actions for prisoners to aid families and welfare.
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Terre Haute
Oryatal
Bolow
Marion Hartford
Jf Small
Shoals
Ind
Hrist
Montpelier
Ben * Lindsey
Dennvr
Col
Indianapolis
French Lick
Thomas Taggart
Shelbyville
Louis- Green
Walter Rogers
Leonard Bill
Indiana Reformatory
Blain
Green
Rogers
Terry
Brazil
Charles
Kidd
A. A. Ridgeway
Carlisle
Ridgeway
S. P. Stroup
Chicago
Shelby County
William Hacker
Stroup
Scottish Rite Masons
Thomas R. Marshall
Ralston
Rockville
Walter Geckeler
Frederick Wampler
Big Four
Robinson
Wampler
Big Four Railway Company 18
Walton
Doctor Carpenter
Temperance
Logansport
Carpenter
Roy
Woodruff
Fogarty
Dent
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First Army
Montmirail
Royal Flying Corps
Mame
Third Signal Corps
Royal Engineers
Louvain
Place de la Concorde
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