Germans Cross Yser as French Admit Coastal Break
London Oct 26 officials report violent fighting from Nieuport to the Lys as German forces cross the Yser between Nieuport and Dixmude. French say they repulsed inland advances west and south of Lille while Belgium holds the Yser line amid ongoing assaults. Russian reports claim offensive success from the Niemen to Prussia and victories near Warsaw and Ivangorod, with major Argonne casualties and continued heavy fighting around Soissons Craonne and La Bassee.
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London
Nieuport
Lys
Yser
Dixmude
Dunkirk
Lillie
Soissons
Crzonne
Oise
Argonne
Meuse
Alsace
Paris
Excelator
Geneva
Thain
Moenster
Wesser
Sainte Marie
Ypres
Roulers
French War Office
Lille
Caronne
Petrogrid
Soukhom
East Prussian
Niemen
Prussia
Kovno
Suwalki
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Craonne
Hague
la Bassee
Emden Sinks British Ships and Captures Vessels
London reports Emden has captured the British steamer Exford off the Malabar coast and sunk several other British ships near Colombo. The German cruiser claims 14 sunk ships and three captured as it raids Atlantic and Indian Ocean routes.
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Emden
London
Lloyd’ S
Cochin
Exford
Malabar
Lloyd’s
Chilkama
Troilies
Benmohr
Clan Grant
Colombo
Lille
Daily Telegraph
Boulogne
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Petrograd
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Daily Mail
Atlantic
England
Paris
Temps
Belfort
Calais
France
von Moltke
Basel
Helmuth von Moltke
Badger
Charles Freemantle
Reuter
Capetown
Maritz
von Schierin
Canada
Washington
Germany
von ‘Bernstorff
Europe
United States
Paris Pound Keeper Overwhelmed by Refugee Animals
Refugees fleeing the city overwhelmed Paris’ pound keeper as staff struggled to handle thousands of abandoned cats and dogs during the siege panic in early September. The exodus left the pound with a heavy burden amid war-time turmoil.
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Paris’ Pound
Resae
Germans Press Across Yser Front As Belgium Front Fights Back
On October 28 German forces crossed the Yser near Dixmude and Nieuport, pushing toward Belgian lines. Allied counterattacks stiffened the advance while German siege guns pounded Nieuport outskirts. Verdun reportedly doomed as German forces reel from Belgian and British naval fire. Fresh French infantry and heavy howitzers arrive to bolster Belgian defenses along the Yser.
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Paris
Neuport
Yser
Dixmude
Nieuport
Flanders
Belgium
Ostend
Dunkirk
Calais
Berlin
Verdun
Liege
Namur
Maubeuge
Antwerp
Admiral Hood
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Heyst
Ghent
Roulers
Moorslede
Foelcapelle
Westroosebeke
Staden
Menin
London
Polish fronts push back Germans near Vistula
Petrograd reports German and Austrian invasion of Poland checked. Russians capture Lowicz Skierniewice and Radom at bayonet point, driving Germans 50 miles from the Vistula. Austrians fail to turn the Russian left flank in Galicia as retreat covers by Austrian forces.
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Poland
Petrograd
Vistula
Pilica
Lowicz
Skierniewice
Radom
Galicia
Belgium Faces Famine Warns Minister Whitlock
American minister to Belgium Brand Whitlock warns that about seven million Belgians face famine within two weeks unless immediate aid arrives. The message, dated October 28 in Brussels, was relayed via London.
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Brussels
Belgium
London
Brand Whit- Jock
Vienna Seethes Under War Shadows and Silent Despair
United Press reports from Vienna describe a city gripped by gloom and hunger as 70,000 wounded fill hospitals and refugees flood in from Galicia. Citizens fault the aristocracy for hoarding wealth while the Red Cross fights to care for the devastated population.
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United Press
Vienna
Europe
Galicia
Ministry of War
Red Cross
Praterstrasse
Hof
St. Stephens
Francis Joseph
Prince Max of Hesse slain amid Calais fighting
Allied reports say Prince Max of Hesse was found dead with five gunshot wounds after Prussian defense in a village near Calais. Allied troops, well supplied and in good spirits, endure fierce night fighting as Belgian refugees fill Calais streets and harbor.
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Harold Ashton
International News Service
Calais
Prince Max of Hesse
Hoosier News in Brief from Multiple Cities
Across Indiana towns, inmates and citizens face tragedy and crime. Suicides in Martinsville and Rochester deaths follow accidents, while a Hammond detective dies after exchanging gunfire. Prisoner transfers, a hotel poolroom robbery, and a fatal auto strike in Frankfort highlight a day of violent events.
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Martinsville
Clinton Lemon
George Prather
Mahalasville
Charles Frownfelter
Eugene Haas
Lemon
Rochester
Fred Graber
Erie
Maj
K. M. Barnes
France
Major Barnes
Overland Transport Service
Terre Haute
Plaza Hotel
Indianapolis
Hammond
John Marko
Chicago
Marko
Michigan City
Raymond Coughlin
John Commons
Frankfort
Jacob J. Musgrave
Palmer
Monon
Homer Bailey
Musgrave
Bailey
Elkhart
Floyd Fifer
William Fifer
South Bend
Elkhard Superior Court
Emmanuel Fink
State Reformatory
Fifer
Joseph Smith
Fife
Fink
Lafayette
Peter Klinker
Walter Ray
Indiana Refining Company
Klinker
Ray
Jeffersonville
James Brammel
James
Kelgwin
John
Jann
Charlestown
Bramimel
Kear
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Frontier
Maria Theresa
Prince ‘Schwarzenberg
Rich
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