Enemys Scheme Shattered as Allies Drive Germans Back
From London, a New York Times despatch describes Allied momentum in World War I. After months of costly experiments, Allied forces are regaining lost ground and advancing toward Rheims as the Germans falter. The piece traces strategic shifts from Neuve Chapelle to Cambrai, noting improved tactics and the daunting price paid for each breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
Joffre
Neuve Chapelle
Champagne
Wartime resolve and unity boost American effort
The passage emphasizes sustained, exhausting pressure on the enemy over four years. It asserts that unity of command strengthens American forces, allowing more effective action and growing artillery and naval power. The text suggests progress and persistence despite past dangers.
Desolation marks scene of ancient city in war tale
Fragment recounts Allied actions near the Clee Alene canal and a bridgehead secured east of Dusigny. It notes American troops led by Pershing, their baptism of fire in Lorraine, and views toward Chemin-des-Dame and Laon. Mentions the Gnein natl and Tiberts society with presidents as honorary members.
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Clee-Alene Canal
Allette
Dusigny
Maine
Pershing
Juvigny
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lorraine
Chateau Thierry
Chemin-des-Dame
Laon
Champion Knitter Elizabeth Ashton Tops Northumberland County
Mrs. Elizabeth Ashton, 76, is named champion knitter of Northumberland County Pennsylvania. She averages a pair of socks daily and has sent socks and sweaters to soldiers since America joined the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ashton
Northumberland County
Pennsylvania
Hunter Turns Back German Escapee Near Cedar Grove
William Turner, a skilled hunter, shot at Arnold Henkel, an enemy alien from Fort Oglethorpe camp, who used Turner’s son as a shield during a failed escape in Cedar Grove. The boy was unharmed. Henkel fled toward Turner's home but was stopped by Turner’s accurate shot.
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William
Uru
Tennessee
Arnold Henkel
Fort Oglethorpe
Turner
Cedar Grove
Inter
Haig's Forces Break Through German Front North of Somme
British and French troops launch heavy assaults across a broad front near Peronne and Vermand, driving into German defenses. Reports say thousands of German prisoners are taken as Allied forces push toward the Hindenburg Line, with key advances at Allaines, Vaulx-Vaucourt, and the area northeast of Hendecourt.
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Vance
Hindenburg
Ben Tin
Allan
Somme
Peronn
Canal du Nord
Allaines
Cologne
Peronne
Peronne-Papaume
Sailly-Saillise
Hirondell Valley
Norenil
Katte
Frempleny
Reincourte
Hagnicourt
Queant
Noreui
Vaulx-Vaucourt
Beygny
Villere Aue von Phere
le ‘Traneloy
Pulend
Peronne Aptur Ailaines
Haut-Allain
Lye
Eiage
Canadians and British Break Drocourt Queant Line
London reports the Drocourt Queant defensive system south of the Scarpe was carried on a wide front by Canadians and English troops aided by tanks. The assault along the Arras Cambrai road led to the capture of Dury Villers lez Cagnicourt and Enicourt with heavy enemy losses and strong resistance on the wider front.
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London
Drocourt-Queant Lin
Scarpe River
Dlans
Arras-Cambrai
Drocourt
Arpe
Dury
Villers-lez-Cagnicourt
Enicourt
Cagnicourt
EIGHT DIVISIONS MEET THE BLOW AT ARRAS FRONTAL ADVANCE
In France near Arras, centers and troops under Horne and General Bynk launched an offensive southeast of Arras reaching the Drocourt-Queant switch line by 7 30 am. By mid morning British motor machine gunners were reported near the Canal du Nord seeking bridgeheads five miles east of the line. The action marked a rapid, highly mobile push. prisoners taken include hastily deployed units from various commands.
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France
Horne
Bynk
Arras
Drocourt-Queant
Canal du Nord
Drocourt
Americans on Flanders Front Make Gains with British
Allied reports from London and France describe American troops fighting alongside British forces on the Flanders front making gains near Le Transloy and Steen. British advances continue along the Lys salient as Germans counter near Vaulx and Vaulx-Vraucourt. Reuters notes Americans hold ground at Juvigny after intense fighting, with high morale preserved and prisoners taken.
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Associated Press
France
Flanders
Voormenvetere
Rinezeele
Lys
Doulien
Steen
Kemmel
Spanbrook Moulin
le Verrier
London
Reuters
Juvigny
Juvisny
Desperate Fighting in Villers and Cagnicourt Front
British forces hold Villers-lez-Cagnicourt and Cagnicourt with renewed action eastward. Desperate fighting rages at the Arran Cambrai highway crossroads, where German troops concentrate heavy strength. The cross roads lie nine and a half miles from a key fortress, with ongoing clashes in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagnicourt
Arran-Cambrai
Villers-Laz-Cagenicourt-Laudemont
Geremans
American boys celebrate as barrage tactics win big
Report describes American troops breaking German lines after a three barrage attack near Terry-Sorny. Prisoner accounts highlight stark attitudes, including a German private who mocked the Kaiser and a Hun with an American mother. Vesle quiets, water levels drop at Hudson Bay area, and a new bridge at Moncton opens to traffic.
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Petitendiac River
Moncton
Westmoreland
Albert Count New Brunswick
Travelers Contribute to Billings Red Cross
Billings residents Mr and Mrs J Rheinstrom of Seattle faced county council questioning over using sugar from a private receptacle after being denied more than the regulation allowances at a local hotel. They donated $100 to the Red Cross chapter as an atonement, denying a claim they sought to “pull one over on the government.” The Associated Press reports American bombers carried out two daytime raids in the war theater with no losses to their aircraft.
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Billings
J. Rheinstrom
Seattle
County Council
Wefensa
Ieee
Red
Tor Pyle
Severa Hres Vietarien
Poliy
Iva Comabmntr
Sn Auduncie-Rowan
Nguyen
America
England
Labor Day Parades Spark Massive City, Ahead of War Efforts
Labor Day events unfold across Tacoma Chicago New York and Berlin with massive worker turnout. Tacoma reports 20 000 marchers including boiler makers and iron workers 8 500 in shipyards. Vancouver nurse and local organizers addressed crowds. Chicago cites the largest parade in local history led by the Great Lakes Naval Training School band. New York notes 150 000 labor supporters and dignitaries including Wilson Whitman and Hylan. wartime leaflets dropped from aircraft. Berlin fronts fighting reports from Arras region and a German counterattack near Hendecourt. A light note mentions a biologist’s yawning study and a fish yawning observation.
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Tacoma
Banda Lading Snany
Catnip Lewis
Hae
St Wright Park
Wella
Vancouver
Chicago
Labor Day
Great Lakes
New York
Labor
Manhattan
Wilson
Department of Labor
Whitman
Hylan
United States
Americans Not Boasting About War Efforts
Paris dispatch quotes American officers modest about recent actions while French praise Pershing leadership and the American force. Reports describe Americans trusted to fight, with strong offensive support and a disciplined backbone in the June to September campaigns. French observers note the value of American troops and their integration into Allied operations near Soissons and Zethune.
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Charles J. Grast S.pyright
New York
Paris
Pari
James Harbord
Genrallershing
Chateau Thierry
Solesons
Foch
Pershing
Cracy Am Mont
Duvieny
Leuilly
Tern Horny
Soissons
War Office
Yank Prisoner Describes German Camp Life and Escape Hopes
A New York woman released a letter from her son Sergeant Paul M Swanson of the Eleventh United States Engineers held at Tuchel West Prussia. Swanson recounted a 15 mile hike with 100 prisoners, noted the camp’s rough conditions yet said Red Cross and YMCA aid brought tobacco and food. He compared Tuchel unfavorably with Minden and Schneidemuhl camps and said many American prisoners would be sent there. Swanson and Private Frank Upton were captured November 30 1917 during a failed mining operation when German forces advanced and British liner withdrew.
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Janson
New York
Paul M. Swanson
Tuchel
West Prussia
Winy
Sergeant Swanson
Frank Upton
Eleventh
United States Engineers
Red Cross
Y. M
Minden
Schneidmuhl
Swanson
Company D
Germany
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New York Times
Cambrai
Maly
Prise
Cere
Eure
Tiosumenesey
Gneinnatl
Micers
Washington
Hamilton
Air Services
Tiberts
Roosevelt
Taft
William T. Turner
Siberian Mission
International Film Service
Committee On Public Information
Misson
caecho-Slovak
Eft
Hytil
Danielovsky
VS. Urban
Haig
Hendecourt
Chateau
Ludendorf
le Transloy
Bapaume
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Drocourt- Queant
Maig
Scarpe
Sainte
Bois de Vaulx
Vaulx-Vraucourt
Terry-Sorny
Prigone
Bay
Hudson Bay Company
Henry Hudson
Billings Red Cross
Moon Ore
Mooney Free
Berlin
Asi Yaw
Orelock
Zethune-soissons
Yank
Paul M Swanson
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