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  2. SUBLIME HEROISM.

    LONDON, Thursday, 3.15 a.m.--Another correspondent states that on the 28th the Allies held a crescent formation, one point of it being on wooded heights. The British ...

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  3. THE NEW POPE.

    ROME, Thursday.--Cardinal Delia Chiesa has been elected as the new Pope. He will assume the name of Benedict XV. ...

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  4. TO PARIS TO BERLIN AND TO VIENNA.

    THE ARROWS SHOW THE ADVANCE OF THE GERMANS ON PARIS, AND OF THE RUSSIANS ON BERLIN AND VIENNA. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. AMIENS FATTEN.

    Superior German forces are still pressing on the left wing of the Allies, who have again been compelled to give way on that side. On the French right and centre there have been ...

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  6. LATE WAR CABLES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 8.25 a.m.--The proclamation issued in Paris, relating to the removal of the seat of Government, states that the reason is purely military, because ...

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  7. A TIGHT CORNER.

    PARIS, Thursday.--A great feat of arms was witnessed at Solesmes, a town a few miles east of Cambrai, on August 26. Six British regiments held an exposed ...

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  8. NO RESPITE.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1.10 a.m.--By constant feints, skirmishes and alarms, the Allies seek to keep the Germans alert day and night. Belgians, French, and English ...

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  9. FALL OF AMIENS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5 a.m.--A report issued in Paris states that after a fierce artillery duel, from which the Allies were compelled to retire, the Germans secured ...

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  10. GERMANS BUTCHERED

    LONDON, Wednesday, 6.50 p.m.--Mr. Martin Donohoe, telegraphing from France, says that the fourth German army suffered appalling losses while attempting to ...

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  11. THE IRON VYCE.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1.35 a.m.--Writing in "L'Homme Libre," M. Clemenceau, a former Prime Minister of France, states:--"All the fighting heretofore has been ...

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  12. SCREENED BY FORESTS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5.20 a.m.--Paris advises that vast forests, extending from Compiegne to Chantilly, and a smaller forest thence to Sculls, facilitate the retirement of ...

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  13. THE FRENCH FLEET.

    PARIS, Thursday.--The French Fleet bombarded Cattaro, a seaport of Austria-Hungary, and did great damage. Several buildings were demolished and fired. ...

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  14. FIERCELY ATTACKED.

    LONDON, Thursday, 12.40 a.m.--Messages from Havre state that the British rested on Sunday, though the French, on the British right, were fiercely attacked ...

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  15. BY WEIGHT OF NUMBERS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 a.m.--The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent advises that he visited the rear of the French left and the British lines. The Allies, he says, ...

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  16. WHY THEY FELL BACK.

    LONDON, Thursday, 2.25 a.m.--An official report issued in Paris states that on Tuesday, midnight, the Allies' left wing had fallen back towards the south-west in ...

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  17. GALLANT LANCERS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5.5 a.m.--An outstanding incident of the retreat of the Allies was a charge by the Ninth Lancers. Eleven German siege guns were posted inside a ...

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  18. IRISH BATTALION.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 7.45 p.m.--The "Daily Chronicle" states that an Irish battalion reached the front on Wednesday, after a hard night's marching. While the ...

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  19. DESPERATE PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Several German naval prisoners captured in the Heligoland battle, and who were confined in the barracks at Edinburgh, led by an officer, a son ...

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  20. STRAYED SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 2.25 a.m.--A number of British soldiers have reached Folkestone. They were cut off from the regiment at Mons and wandered into the ...

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  21. PARIS PREPARATIONS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5.5 a.m.--A report from Paris mentions that the Cabinet has decided to remove the seat of government to Tours, and later to Bordeaux. ...

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  22. SUPERIOR GUNS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 4.40 a.m.--Petrograd advices state that experts ascribe the reverse near Ostergoe to the superiority of the German guns from Grandenz,, including the ...

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  23. THE AUSTRIAN ROUT

    PETROGRAD, Wednesday.--It is officially stated that the battle of Lemberg lasted seven days. Three Austrian army corps were engaged. The Russians' final assault ...

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  24. NOT INCLINED TO BELIEVE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A Fusilier, who took part in the lighting, describes it thus:--"The Germans did not give us much time to think, and we gave them no time either ...

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  25. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The following vessels have arrived safely at London: Irishman, Saint Michael, and Margretha. The 4-m. barque Magdalene Vinnen has reached ...

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  26. PRO-GERMAN STORIES.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--The German Ambassador here is issuing statements daily to the United States press claiming extensive German victories against the ...

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  27. GERMANS DEMORALISED.

    LONDON, Thursday, 3.10 a.m--The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent advises that on Sunday the French, under General Pau, on the British right, were attacked by the 10th ...

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  28. "UNIMPAIRED."

    PARIS, Thursday.--The French President, M. Raymond Poincare, has issued 4 manifesto, in which he states:--"Our armies are unimpaired. If some ...

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  29. 150 GUNS CAPTURED.

    PETROGRAD, Wednesday.--It is officially announced that the Russians finally [?]ted the Austrians at Lemberg, on Tuesday. The Austrian losses were enormous. ...

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  30. BRITISH WOUNDED.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 6.55 p.m.--Many of the wounded continue to arrive in England, the latest number being 1000. In most cases the injuries are not of a serious nature. ...

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  31. 17,000 PRISONERS; 120 GUNS.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 5.55 p.m.--The Russians claim to have captured 17,000 prisoners and 320 Austrian and German guns between August 26 and 30. ...

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  32. 60,000 MEN JOIN.

    LONDON, Thursday, 6.5 a.m.--Since Monday 60,000 men have joined Lord Kitchener's second army of 100,000 which, it is expected, will be completed in a few ...

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  33. FEW WITH THE BULLET.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1.10 a.m.--Correspondents stale that the British troops are now almost indifferent to German rifle fire. An army doctor states that of 500 wounded ...

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  34. CUT TO PIECES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--From Paris it is reported that the Russian victory in Galiela was brilliant. The Russians turned the Austrians' right wing, and cut them to ...

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  35. RUSSIAN'S FORGE AHEAD.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In Petrograd, it is officially stated that the Russians are maintaining a continuous offensive movement. Their cavalry have penetrated far into the ...

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  36. ANOTHER BATTLE

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--The French Ambassador announces that a battle has been in progress for three days in the Ham-Vervlers district, with alternate ...

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  37. GERMAN EFFORTS.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday.--German papers are publishing statements to the effect that Canada and Australia are really mobilising in order to [?] ...

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  38. MORE MINES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Danish steamer Kina, a vessel of 4700 tons, has been sunk by a mine 45 miles off the Tyne. The steam drifter Eyrie has been sunk ...

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  39. GERMANS IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The magistrate to-day ordered Peter Duhn, who was seen to release pigeons at Primrose Hill, to undergo six months' imprisonment. ...

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  40. BRITISH IN SUPPORT.

    LONDON, Thursday, 6.5 a.m.--It is reported from Paris that while the Allies were fighting at Bapaume, a French Territorial division, supported by four batteries of ...

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  41. AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is stated that an Austrian force of 1,000,000 is opposing the second and third Russian armies. ...

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  42. APPALLING LOSSES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 2.25 a.m.--A Copenhagen message explains that a German disunity list shows that a whole infantry regiment, stationed at Zabern, in Alsace, ...

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  43. BRITAIN'S HINT.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday Evening.--Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (British Ambassador) discussed with the President the question of American neutrality, the Ambassador ...

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  44. FRENCH KILL TWO AIRMEN.

    PARIS, Thursday.--A German aeroplane, which has been dropping bombs in Paris, has been brought to earth at Champigny, a village five miles from Paris. ...

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  45. DEAD OFFICERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The first list of officers killed includes the names of General Gatacre's eldest son, Captain Luther, the army rackets champion. Viscount ...

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  46. CZAR HONORS TROOPS.

    PETROGRAD, Wednesday.--The Czar has conferred 20 Crosses of the Military Order of St. George upon an infantry company, which rescued a disabled buttery in ...

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  47. THE RED CROSS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A Paris message reports that 40 Red Cross motor-cars have left Lille for a neighborhood where the dead and wounded are in exceptionally large ...

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  48. GERMAN RESERVES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 6.5 a.m.--It is reported from Ostend that reserves, in blue uniforms, are being brought from Germany to relieve the first line of troops, which, it ...

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  49. GERMAN GUNS CAPTURED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is officially reported from Paris that the English have captured ten German guns. ...

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  50. TO ASSIST REFUGEES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In order to assist refugees, the Bank of England is cashing Belgian notes. ...

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  51. A RUSSIAN REVERSE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--New York messages from a German wireless source result that a force of Russians was captured during an attack across the swamp and ...

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  52. MINE SINKS SWEDISH STEAMER.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Swedish steamer St. Paul struck a mine in the North Sea and foundered. The crew was safely landed at North Shields, a seaport of ...

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  53. GERMAN AEROPLANES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5.35 a.m.--Those in charge of the German aeroplanes are very daring. They fly the whole length of a trench. British Howitzers have brought ...

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  54. EFFECT ON TRADE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Merchants are calling the attention of the Government to the fact that supplies are filtering into Germany, through Rotterdam and other places ...

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  55. JAPANESE AT KIAO-CHAU.

    SEVEN ISLANDS OCCUPIED. LONDON, Thursday, 9.25 a.m.--It is reported from Tokio that the Japanese have occupied seven islands around Kiao-chau, ...

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  56. ZEPPELIN AGAIN AT ANTWERP.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 8.40 p.m.--It is reported from Antwerp that a Zeppelin hovered over the city for four hours, but searchlights located it at dawn. ...

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  57. ARMY ATHLETES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 3.45 a.m.--A French officer hits stated that the British expeditionary force is still intact, and continues to show superb valor in the face of colossal ...

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  58. TIED TO GUN WHEELS.

    LONDON, Thursday, 5.35 a.m.--During the retreat the Germans captured several men, whom they stripped and bound to gun wheels in order that they should not ...

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  59. PRECAUTIONS IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Tonlin, a postmaster at Eastchurch, Kent, his wife, and a lady visitor have been arrested. Plans and blue prints of the Eastchurch Aviation ...

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  60. OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.

    PETROGRAD, Wednesday.--The Chief of Staff states that the Russian reverse in East Prussia was purely local, and due to the sudden [?] ...

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  61. TURKEY WARNED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Roumania has sternly warned Turkey against adopting a policy of adventure, and promised to endeavor to arrange terms between Turkey ...

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  62. REPORTED CAPTURE.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Sir Courtnay Bennett (British Consul) states that he understands the armed merchantman, the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, has been captured by ...

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  63. GRAHAME-WHITE TO FIGHT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The famous English airman, Grahame-White, has joined the Naval Flying Corps, with the rank of commander. ...

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