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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
1
The New York Times war cable service appears in The Standard and The Anaconda Standard and notes German high command plans have failed so far. German forces meet strong resistance and cannot press forward as they had previously, signaling an uphill struggle in the latest drive.
American, French, and Italian forces blunt German advances on both sides of Rheims. Allied counterattacks recapture heights and key positions along the Marne, with US troops reclaiming Crezancy and Hill 223 near Month. Fighting continues near St Agnan and surrounding areas as the Allies push back in the region.
The page blends general Butte news with national war references and labor notes. It mentions firemen joining labor contention, enlistments staying ahead, flood and lightning impacts, plus brief sports and market mentions. A forecast hints at warmer midweek conditions across the divide.
Paris reports about 20 German divisions engaged between Rheims and Chateau Thierry and the same number near Rheims and Massiges. Elite units suffered heavy losses as prisoners claim officers predicted an easy victory. Americans and Italians fought brilliantly with heavy German casualty estimates around Prunay.
Amsterdam July 16 Burian, addressing Austrian Hungarian leaders, argues the war’s consequences extend beyond its origins. He condemns imperial ambitions, calls for a league of nations, arbitration over force, and opposes domination by any one power, signaling shifts in territorial aims and postwar policy.
Allied forces on the Marne recaptured St Agnan and La Chappelle-Monthodon in a joint French American counter attack. The French and Americans pressed from Descrivee to support the assault, driving German troops back over a considerable distance amid heavy fighting.
Arthur Guy Empey, who served with Canadian overseas forces and saw action in key battles early in the war, was commissioned a captain in the national army today. He will join the adjutant general's department after previously earning the rank of sergeant in the Canadian army before his return home due to wounds.
Night reports on the first day of the great battle reveal American forces holding lines along the Marne sector with counterattacks at Vaux and Avignon contributing to stemming the German advance. The War Department notes heavy enemy losses and unclear American casualty figures as communications from Pershing and Bliss lag, while divisions operate under French command in a shifting corps structure.
Tokio reports the Japanese battleship Kawachi of 21420 tons blew up and sank near Tokoyama bay 150 miles east of Nagasaki on July 12. Five hundred crew members lost their lives. The ship's length was 500 feet and armament included twelve 12 inch guns ten 6 inch guns and torpedo tubes.
Canadian front line dispatches describe prisoners expressing low morale as officers report their men were sent into action while others remained in the rear. Regular officers warned that any complaint would trigger courts martial and stern punishment.
A dramatic report describes invaders firing shells from five to thirty miles both ahead and behind, marking an extraordinary episode of combat. The account emphasizes the scale and novelty of the assault, highlighting intense shelling across multiple directions.
Edwin L. James reports on the Marne front where American troops halted the German drive near Jaulgonne and Chateau Thierry. The counterattack drove back the attackers as the fighting intensified with heavy bombardment and creeping barrages.
From prisoners taken by the American forces on the Marne region July 16, the enemy has expended much of his reserves since yesterday. The last captives report morale at the lowest level in months. Fierce fighting persists after the American counterattack drove Germans back, with ground changing hands several times in this sector.
German forces crossed the Marne at multiple points securing control over twelve miles of the southern bank between Gland and Mareuil le Port. The operation cost five brigades their destruction and many soldiers killed by machine guns and aerial bombardment.
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