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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
1
World War I update notes Berlin retreat across northern France and Belgium. Allied forces push from Meaux to Montmirail while German officers suffer high casualties and morale drops in Switzerland, Berlin, and Paris region reports. Belgian commission reaches New York to discuss alleged German atrocities.
Paris dispatch reports the German main army halted its retreat on the Aisne River and is ready to fight the advancing Allies. The center may have linked with Crown Prince Wilhelm’s forces near Verdun, while Pau’s flanking move threatens Belgium. Belgians retake Aerschot and threaten Louvain as German evacuations are claimed.
Berlin reports German forces gain the fortified position southwest of Verdun and shell outer forts to the south. A battle rages from Nantes to Vitry along the Marne with English forces. The crown prince’s army is separated from the main action by the Argonne forest. Armies of Bavaria and von Heeringen fight near the upper Moselle.
Petrograd reports continued Russian victories over Austria Hungary and a strategic retreat of czarist forces in East Prussia. Officials describe the Russian withdrawal as a trap intended to lure German troops and prevent aid to Breslau or Posen, opening the path through Silesia to Berlin.
London reports confirm large Russian forces have crossed to Belgium, with the Cardiff Evening News citing a Welsh engineer who traveled from Archangel to Leith with 2,500 Cossacks. The transfer includes about seventy thousand veterans transported from Archangel to Leith and Scottish ports before marching to the channel.
Washington reports that France will refuse to consider any peace proposal as long as a German army stays within France. The Kaiser would withdraw across the frontier only if terms are submitted, and France will confer with allies on minimum terms to end hostilities. Information delivered to the Wilson administration via Ambassador Herrick in Paris notes no other details at this time.
The London Gazette reports General French outlining a strategic withdrawal to avoid annihilation as German forces press on Mons. It details rail and sea transport, the Maubeuge rearguard, and successive retirements toward Landrecies and Ribemont with heavy combat losses on 24 to 28 August.
Dispatches from Rome report that German, British, Russian and French envoys warned Turkey over abolishing treaty rights for foreigners. Secretary Bryan met with Ambassador Rustem Bey amid criticism of interviews in which he criticized American domestic affairs. President Wilson and officials stressed it would be offensive for a foreign diplomat to comment on U S matters. No recall request has been made unless incidents recur.
In Indiana a car four miles from Scottsburg was hit by a Pennsylvania passenger train killing six aboard Ellsworth Belch and relatives from Austin and nearby towns. In Illinois near Yeddo Harry Bird 37 and Stella Bird 33 died when their touring car plunged down a six foot embankment after leaving the road.
A September 9 report notes an inquiry department is to be launched by German authorities. The item mentions Chapelle and references wartime events investigated by officials in Washington.
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