Front Advances Endanger German Lines From Ypres to Soissons
Allied forces push along a broad front in France and Belgium. French groups under Mangin and Humbert threaten German positions from near Soissons to the Oise river, aiming to evacuate the Somme Oise salient. Haig’s new offensive north of Arras and Lys sector gains bring villages, prisoners, and equipment under Allied control.
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Mangin
Soissons
Oise
Humbert
Matz
Somme-Oise
Braye
Noyon
Albert
Arras
Haig
Lys
Armentieres
Guna
Semphiny
Miss Lucy White In Chester Hospital After Op
Miss Lucy White, a clerk at The J. Anderson Co., is hospitalized in Chester after an appendectomy. The operation is believed successful and she plans to travel to Atlanta for business studies after recovery. The rest of the text discusses military actions on the Lys salient and fronts in World War I.
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Lucy White
Chester
Miss White
J. M. Anderson Co
Atlanta
U. S. Supply Ship Torpedoed In Foreign Waters
The American steamer Montanan of 6659 tons gross was torpedoed and sunk August 16 in foreign waters with the probable loss of three civilian crew members and two naval armed guard. Eighty-one survivors were landed. The Montanan served the army quartermaster's department as a supply ship. Missing are David W. Johnson and Chester C. Eldridge.
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Washington
Montanan
Naval Armed Guard
Navy Department
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Naval Guard
David W. Johnson
Chester C. Eldridge
Seaman
French Forces Capture Lassigny and Advance Near Chiry Ourcamps
Paris reports Lassigny seized by French lines reaching Chiry Ourcamps south west of Noyon. Twenty villages liberated since yesterday and a five mile advance at some points announced as French success expands. London notes British front ten miles from Ancre to Moyenville largely successful with deep penetrations and several prisoners taken.
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Paris
Lassigny
Chiry-Ourcamps
Noyon
London
Ancre
Moyenville
Haig
Abbeville Editorial Clarifies Aiken and Dominick Loyalty
The Abbeville press reports letters between Editor Wm. P. Greene and Postmaster General A. S. Burleson clarifying that the administration will not back either candidate in the 1918 congressional race. Burleson states no administration candidate exists. editors urge readers to judge Dominick’s loyalty and the district’s politics.
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Congress
Abbeville
Dominick
A. S. Burleson
Wilson
Aiken
S. C
Washington, D. C
Fred H. Dominick
Wyatt Aiken
Mr. Aiken
Wm. P. Greene
Washington
Greene
Man Power Bill Debated Thursday
Washington Aug. 21 Congress to take up the man power bill extending the army draft ages 18 to 45 to arm the nation for next year. Debate to begin in both houses tomorrow with passage expected in the House before adjournment and in the Senate shortly after. House grants exclusive right of way as military committee reports the bill with a 18 19 youth deferment until all 20 plus are summoned.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Senate
House
Military
Tanks Strike Terror to the Enemy
British forces press forward against German defenses with steady advances. They capture villages, take prisoners, and report heavy casualties among enemy units as armor and infantry operations continue.
Allies Shortening the Battle Lines In France
Allied successes on the Marne Picardy and Flanders have shortened the western front by over 50 miles per Gen March chief of staff Thirty two American divisions have arrived in France and shipping must be expanded to meet the expanded program British forces push along the embankment of the Albert Arran line advancing with tanks and field guns while German reserves rally after the dawn attack and fog.
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Arras-Albert
Bois Deux-St-Marie
Mercastle
Lys
Ypres
Soissons
Washington
Marne
Picardy
Flanders
March
France
Twenty Sixth
National Guard
National Army
Shipping Board
Gen. March
Brazil
United States
Somme
Plotts
Albert-Arran
Atlantic
von Below
Seventeenth
Ancre River
Moyenneville
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George Boyd
Jesse Fisher
Oscar Hearst
William Houston
Johnnie Hunter ‘Mose Rountree
Robert Rouse
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