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The Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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Earl Kitchener joins Kings George and Albert at the Western Front amid the new Battle of Flanders, conferring with Generals Joffre and French. Allied forces reach 700,000, Germans 600,000, as Germans prepare assault on Calais.
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EARL KITCHENER
Earl Kitchener, Great Britain's war lord, has joined King George and King Albert of the Belgians at the front with the British troops. The presence of the British monarch and his war chief at the front makes the new battle of Flanders assume great importance, especially as the Germans are reported to be preparing for a final attempt at Calais. The two kings and Earl Kitchener conferred with Gen. Joffre and Gen. French. It is reported part of Kitchener's new army of 1,250,000 has reached the firing line, raising the total of the allies' forces between Ostend and Ypres to 700,000. The Germans, according to dispatches, have brought up 160,000 men, increasing their aggregate in that vicinity to 600,000, so that 1,300,000 men are engaged in the new battle of Flanders.
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allies' forces between ostend and ypres total 700,000; germans aggregate 600,000; total 1,300,000 men engaged. germans preparing final attempt at calais.
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Earl Kitchener has joined King George and King Albert at the front with British troops. The presence of the British monarch and war chief heightens the importance of the new battle of Flanders. The two kings and Earl Kitchener conferred with Gen. Joffre and Gen. French. Part of Kitchener's new army of 1,250,000 has reached the firing line.