Allied gains amid fierce western front battles across Lorraine
From Dunkirk to Belfort reports say German and Allied forces clash with high casualties. Belgians repulse crossings on the Yser while French Alpine regiments cut rail links near Colmar. Ostend to Bruges sees German troop movements and naval losses as British ships sink four torpedo boat destroyers off the Dutch coast.
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Lorraine
Yser
Belfort
Saint Die
Meurthe
J Spinal
Alsace
Vosges
Colmar
Upper Algace
Muelhausen
Altkirch
Aes Forest
Ares
British Cruiser Hawke Sunk by German Torpedo
London reports the British cruiser Hawke sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea with 71 survivors from a 400 crew. Captain P E T Williams and several officers are believed lost. The Thesus was torpedoed but escaped as a misfire. a German sub off Holland was sunk by British patrols.
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London
War Press Bureau
Undaunted
Cecil H. Fox
Amphion
North Sea
Captain Fox
Lance
Lennox
Legion
Loyal
England
Admiralty
Hawke
Thesus
Rosaman
Aberdeen
Holland
P. E. T. Williams
Eastern Front Strategic Claims Discord as War News Clashes
London reports both sides claiming progress in the East. Petrograd says no major changes on the Prussian front and notes Austrian attempts to cross the San failed while they advance near Przemysl with many captures. Vienna official notes favorable progress on the San and Stry fronts with renewed crossings and hill positions seized.
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London
Petrograd
East Prussia
Vistula
San River
Przemysl
Carpathians
Amsterdam
Reuter
Galicia
Vienna
Stary
Sambor
Medyn
San
Wyszkow
Synowuckowysze
Stry River
War News From October Fronts And Allied Talks
Reports from London notes British casualties from Sept 12 to Oct 8 total 516 officers and 12,980 men with Royal Scots Royal Irish and East Surrey among the killed and missing. Other items include Tirpitz at Antwerp rumors and Galicia cholera cases shaping policy.
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Frersch
War Office
Royal Scots
Royal Irish
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East Surreys
Somerset Light Infantry
Britain
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Reuter
Sluis
Admiral von Tirpitz
Rome
Great Britain
Belgium
England
Galicia
Italy
Salandra
Portolio
Marquis di San Giuliano
Ostend Recaptured by Allies in World War I News
Allied forces reportedly recaptured Ostend as British warships bombarded German land forces along the Belgian coast from Nieuport to Dixmude. Belgian troops counterattacked along the front while German efforts aimed at a coast foothold endured heavy losses. A Berlin dispatch claimed Dunkirk area fighting as Ostend rumors spread in London.
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Paris
Nieuport
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Dixmude
Ypres
Bordeaux
Belgium
Calais
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Roulers
Arras
Roye
von Kluck
Germany
Friedrich Wilhelm
d’Amade
Marconi
Boulogne
Zeebrugge
Bruges
North Sea
London
Morning Post
Naval losses to date in three months of war
The following losses have been sustained by the British and German navies in less than three months of war. Great Britain reports eight cruisers by submarine and gunfire, plus two auxiliary cruisers by gunfire, and several other ships by grounding or mines. Germany lists seven cruisers by submarine and gunfire, two auxiliary cruisers, seven destroyers, one mine-layer, and one gun-fire loss.
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Cressy
Hogue
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Pathfinder
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Amphion
Pegasus
Warrior
Speedy
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Magdenburg
Mainz
Coeln
Ariande
Augsperg
Panther
Cap Trafalgar
Kaiser Wilhelm ‘der Grosse
U 15
Koenigin Louise
Troops Gain Ground As Prisoner Totals Rise
The report notes that troops are advancing and that about fifteen thousand prisoners have been captured to date, indicating significant territorial progress and heavy enemy losses.
Moltke Reported Dead in French Hospital
Paris dispatch claims Gen Helmuth von Moltke chief of the German general staff has died in a hospital at Fecamp on the English Channel during World War I reporting.
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Paris
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Helmuth von Moltke
Kaiser
Jap Cruiser Takachiho Blown Up in Minefield
Tokyo reports the Japanese light cruiser Takachiho, with 284 aboard, struck a German mine near Kiauchau bay outside Tsing Tao at night. Only 12 survivors were rescued as the cruiser disappeared. 28 officers, 54 non commissioned officers, and 189 seamen perished. A German embassy source in Washington relayed a San Francisco report.
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Takachiho
Washington
San Francisco
Dramatic German Entry into Antwerp Reported by Correspondent
A Bergen-op-Zoom correspondent describes the German advance into Antwerp led by 60,000 troops. He notes the parade of regiments, naval divisions, and Bavarian to Austrian troops, the sparse crowd, and the striking flotilla of artillery and cavalry. The piece also recalls civilians offering aid, extensive shell damage, and one American aiding in consular protection.
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London
Bergen-op-Zoom
Holland
Antwerp
von Schultz
von Schroeder
Place de Meir
Belgium
Pompeii
United States
Diederich
Leopold
St. ‘Antoine
Walking Wood in Attack At Crecy Described
A correspondent recalls a walking wood tactic at Crecy where French and British cut trees to form armed branches. Infantry advanced hidden by trunks while artillery covered the move. Cavalry misstepped and the assault narrowly faltered, but British troops moved reserves and ammunition to safety and cleared the Marne district by evening.
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London
Crecy
Marne
Cathedral Lost to Art in Reims Bombardment
The cathedral at Reims endured damage during German bombardment. The article notes the artistic beauty of the structure and its suffering in the attack, highlighting the impact on a historic landmark.
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Paris
at-Reime
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