German Breakthrough Attacks 65 Miles Front Near Rheims
German forces resume a major offensive from Chateau Thierry to Massiges along a 65 mile front east of Paris with 10 to 12 inch siege guns bombarding towns behind the lines. American troops engage along the Marne while the attack targets Rheims Verdun and St Mihiel districts.
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Associated Press
Compiegne
Oise
Chateau Thierry
Maison de Champagne
Massiges
Rheims
Marne
Ans
Vaux
Chateau, Thierry
Renarte
Rae Yee
War Office
Paris
Cambrai
Guraman
Lny
Aisne
Picardy
Abbeville
Lys
Piery
Chalons
The
Chatoan Thierry
Dormans
Vesle
la Pompelle
Verdun
Rheitae
St. Mihiel
Thin Centar
Epernay
le Due
Chateau ‘Thierry
Thetront
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
French Meet the Shock in Fighting Along Front
Paris July 14 The war office reports German attack along the front between Chateau Thierry and the Main d,Mans region. French troops meet the assault with energy as fierce fighting continues and the struggle proceeds along the front lines.
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Paria
Chateau Thierry
d'Mansriges
Germany
War Office
British Operations on Amiens Front Improve Positions
London reports that British forces south of Villers-Bretonneux near Amiens improved positions after a night operation. A few prisoners were taken amid enemy artillery activity south of Arras and along the Flanders front north of Bethune. The British also surprised the enemy in Flanders with a front attack near Ridge Wood.
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Villers-Bretonneux
London
Amiens
War Office
Arras
Flanders
Bethune
Locte
Dickebuych
Ridge Wood
Aectar
Main German Champagne Offensive Gains Objectives
London July 1 reports say Germans crossed the Marne at several points in a morning offensive centered in Champagne. The main aim was to detach Rheims by attacking its flanks and capturing key hills to shield a potential southward advance.
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Rheims
London
Marne
Champagne
Aldes
German drive to Paris outlined in renewed Allied push
Washington July 1 reports indicate German commanders have chosen the road to Paris for renewed offensive action. Early intelligence suggests the aim is to widen the Alene salient by reducing Rheims and pushing back the southern end of the 1913 battle area. Naval guns are reported to be heavily used in bombardment of Allied rear positions, with delays attributed to time needed to bring up heavy artillery.
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Washington
D. C
Paris
Rheims
Two Separate German Offensives Reported Near Rheims Front
London dispatches note two German offensives began on a front of 80 miles between Chateau Thierry and Bligny southwest of Rheims and another attack east of Rheims between Frunay and Maison de Champagne on four fronts of 26 miles. The reports summarize lingering Allied lines and German pressure in the sector.
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Pirot
London
Chateau Thierry
Bligny
Prunay
Uwi
Rheims
Rheime
Frunay
Maison de Champagne
Brilliant lights seen over Paris as shelling echoes east
Paris residents woke to violent artillery fire in the early hours. The eastern skies lit up as if by a great electrical storm while crowds on boulevards watched distant shelling. The battle line sector nearest Paris lies west of Chateau Thierry, about 43 miles east-northeast of the capital as American and French forces slow the German advance.
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Arras
la Fero
Chateau Thierry
Massiges
Campagne
Meaux
Marne
Rheims
Massign
Rivne
Chateau Thi
Aisne
Ticardy
Ren
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Mara
St. Milel
Kalons
Chateau Slerry
Torey
Clignon
Jaulgonne
Balmabarhiee
Rhein
Waas
Paris
Amy
Chateau, Thierry
Aliut
Anmerican
London Chronicle of German Offense Across Vaux and Jaulgonne
Fragmentary 1650s era dispatch reports a German offensive beginning near Vaux after bombardment and heavy shelling around Jaulgonne on the Marne. The Exchange advises up to 10 o’clock this morning that the situation remains in hand.
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London
Vaux
Aerograph Company
Jaulgonne
Marne
Air raid failed as American planes captured in Coblenz
Belated German press dispatch claims six U S Army Air Forces aircraft taking part in last Wednesday night raid on Coblenz were all captured. Official Wolff bureau quotes say no bombs dropped and crews were captured alive except a few, marking the first major independent American air action as a complete failure.
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Amsterdam
Viet Moengre
Coblenz
Remb
Wolff Bureau
London mood in wake of German attack in Branco
London reports a favorable mood as the situation after the German attack in Branco is assessed. Officials describe developments as quite satisfactory and observe improving prospects for defense and relief efforts.
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London
Branco
Allies Move Up in Albania Victory in Italy
Allied troops press advance in Albania while official Austrian statement claims success for Austro-Hungarian forces in Italy. Italian attacks southwest of Asiago and north of Monte di Valebbala failed, with engagements in the Brenta valley and Devot valley described as favorable to the Austro-Hungarian side.
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Asiago
Valebella
Vienna
London
Albania
Saga
Iday
Monte di Valeballa
Brenta
Devot Valley
Americans With British in North Russia Advance to Toroki
A Moscow dispatch to Central News from Amsterdam reports American and British troops occupying Kem on the White Sea coast and advancing toward Toroki as Bolshevik forces withdraw to Nirok. The Entente commanders demand protection of Murman coast as Russian territory under Allied oversight.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Central
Amsterdam
Kem
Toroki
Nirok
Veeentente
Murman
Germany
Finland
Murman Coast
Aviator Killed in Niagara Falls Test Flight
Buffalo daily reports Major Moore saying a altitude test caused a fatal crash near Curthesfeld. Pilot Sharp and observer Fath were aboard. The plane went into a side slip and a sharp spin, crashing close to Niagara Falls with one aviator dead and Homer V. rp of Washington severely injured.
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Buffalo
W. A. Hale Af Lers
Curthesfeld
Homer V. Rp
Washington, D
Moore
Sharp
Fath
Niagara Falls
Russian Foreign Minister Demands Immediate British Withdrawal
London July 15 M Tebitcherin the Russian foreign minister has addressed a note to real Britain, demanding that the British detachments now on the Murman coast be re-embarked without delay, says a Central News message relayed from Moscow.
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London
Tebitcherin
Real Britain
Murman Coast
Jerdam
Moscow
Rutland Man Wounded in Washington D C
Private Oscar A. Johnson of Rutland Vermont is listed among the severely wounded. He enlisted July 8, 1917 in Syracuse New York with the 23d Infantry and went to France September 26. He is 28, born and raised in West Rutland, with three brothers and three sisters.
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Washington
D.C
Oscar A. Johnson
Rutland
Johnson
Weat
Deported Germain Reservist After Parole Violation
Carl Edward Roers, a German reservist aged 56 living in Briort, Connecticut, was ordered deported for the duration of the war and after the war for violating a parole granted two months earlier. He was arrested yesterday.
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Carl E. Schroern
Bri Ort
Conn
Carl Edward Roers
Germain Reservist
Germany
Yeatarday
Big Mill Burned in Fire Over Government Orders
A mill in Buren, Maine, the Alien and Anderson mill, burned while filling government orders for long lumber. Owned by A. B. Hammond, the fire caused about 100000 in loss and was only partly insured. The blaze began in the boiler room from an undetermined cause.
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War Buren
A. B. Hammond
Lynn Strike Draws 10000 Workers Amid War Contracts
About 10 000 men walked out today in Lynn factories over pay and working conditions amid war production. Leaders estimate 12 000 to 14 000 workers are employed in affected plants as strike votes from Saturday night provoke action. The strike lacks formal union ties while the firm remains engaged on critical war contracts.
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Nin
Mase
Jornee
Cominy
Whem
Jey
Scaffold collapse death leads to charges against worker
Tare Leodorson, of the Housatonic plant in Stratford, is held criminally responsible by Coroner Phelan for the death of Ephraim W. Wakelee after scaffolding collapsed when the last iron pin was not installed. Leodorson left the scaffold as work ended and was discharged shortly after.
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Bri
Conn
Tnly
Tare Leodorson
Housatonic
Stratford
Phelan
Ephraim W. Wakelee
Leadorsen
Flarfs Socklant
Haiti Declares War on Germany
Port au Prince July 15 The council of state acting under the new constitution unanimously voted the declaration of war upon Germany as demanded by the president.
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Council of State
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Germany
Clean-Up Old Orchard Martial Law Declared
The incident at Old Orchard saw 35 local and county officers arresting 18 owners employees and patrons of entertainment venues in direct violation of Sunday laws. After governor Miliken was informed the town faced martial law and the military was called in. The arrested were released on fifty dollar bonds after being taken to the town hall.
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Andere
Tor
Miliken
Simmer
Ocean Park
Pistol Duel With Officer Ends In Wounding One
In Rovere Massachusetts on July 15 Paul Codispotl of Saugus shot and killed John Carrioti of Boston during a quarrel, then fled and fought a revolver duel with Patrolman Patookwan Amos MacAiley. Codispotl was wounded and rushed to Chapetta General Hospital in critical condition. A second item from Atlantic Port reports a mid Atlantic submarine engagement with a German U-boat. British armed merchantman aboard reports gunfire exchange near Cape Race, no confirmed hits.
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Atlantic
Three Americans listed in Ottawa death notices
In Ottawa Ontario on July 15 the daily casualty list includes American names such as J J Schelan of Chasse Terrace Connecticut and B Hardy of Providence Rhode Island among the deceased. The fragmentary notice notes residences in Pawtucket and Conn and mentions another entry in Rhode Island.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dod
Fallon
Pawtucket
J. J. Seholan
Chass Terrace
Conn
Hardy
Providence
Americans Repel German Attack Near Chateau Thierry on Marne
German forces launched a sunrise assault west of Chateau Thierry near Vaux as gas shells and high explosives filled the sky. American troops counterattacked toward Conde and near Rheims, with U.S. machine gunners and infantry staunchly holding positions and repelling advances despite heavy bombardment and river-crossing attempts.
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Marne
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Vaux
Hundred Men Leave County for U S Service
A long list details 100 men from Washington and surrounding counties leaving for U S military service. Forty four depart to Springfield Mass and Burlington for training, with individuals named for transfers and destinations. The report notes state pay allocations and the split across counties, highlighting transfers to the Burlington and Springfield schools and the group from Orange county joining later.
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Montpelier
Washington County
Spii
Mass
J. OW. Gulaine
Burlington
Nick of
Basta
Springfield
Mechanics
Lst
Galaise
Edward B. Crandall
Bertin
Orange County
South Royalty
Othr Southern
Monteo Aver Gfe
Dumont
Ww. Bailey
Raat
Howard T. Kates
Thetford
Ralph E. Slade
Post Milly
Arthur J. Tsherwood
Bradford
Arthur James Gordon
Brookfiel
Charles
Howard
Newell M. Pierce
Axel S. Hall
Randolph
Frank G. Frappler
Leon W. Osborne
Mark &. Ladd
Max L. Hayward
Chelsea
BR. B. Stark
Ship Contracts Go To Japan In Steel Transport Drive
Washington July 16. The Shipping Board has awarded many tracts for pure steel cargo ships to Japanese yards. Additional contracts include twenty transports to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Almada Cal.
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Washington, D C
The
Shipping Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Almada
Cal
Probate court appoints administrators in Vermont estates
In Montpelier Roxanne Edgerton of Northfield is named administratrix of D. Edgerton’s estate. Thomas H. Cave Jr. of Barre is appointed administrator of Eista Severance’s estate. HB Bailey of Montpelier settles accounts as administrator of Olive Halley’s estate. Pershing reports artillery fighting in the Vosges with no other major actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Roxanna
Edgerton
Northfield
D. Edgerton
Northfeld
Thomas H. Cave, Jr
Barre
Eista Severance
HB. B. Bailey
Olive BE. Halley
Seditious charge against Bristol pastor opens trial
The Rev. Theodore Bugsell, pastor of the German Lutheran church in Bristol Connecticut, faced seditious utterance charges as his trial began in U S district court before Judge Harland B Howe. The defendant pleaded not guilty and waived the reading of the indictment. Marie Kerr of Maine testified as the first witness, recounting living in Bristol on February 2 and boarding in the same house as the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Theodore Bugsell
Bristol
United States District Court
Harland B. Howe
Vermont
Marie
Kerr
Bristol Oice
Woman Sentenced to State Prison for Abandoning Infant
Brattleboro July 1 Judge A E B Cutworth sentenced Mrs Hazel Thompson Stewart of Guilford to three to four and a half years at Windsor State Prison for abandoning her three weeks old son. She left the child at the Bakers last week and had secured a divorce last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Io Municipal Court
A. EB. Cutworth
Hazel (Thompson) Stewart
Guilford
Windsor
Stewart
Jason J. Baker
Greenwich Woman Killed By Trolley Accident Jury Finds
Greenwich resident Mary A Smith died July 7 in Bridgeport after a trolley struck her. coroner Phelan's finding states a quarrel with her husband led to her being on the tracks and the motorman could not stop in time. The accident was ruled accidental.
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Mary A Smith
Greenwich
Conn
Bridgeport
Con
Mary A. Smith
Phelan
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Lynn
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Amercan
Conde
Conde-en-Brie
U.S. Service
Japan
U. S. Shipping Board
Hax
Gen. Pershing
Washington, D. C
Vosges
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