04 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces push toward the Aisne-Marne line with General Liggett commanding eight American divisions forming the mobile reserve. American troops reach Fismes while cavalry advances press beyond the Aisne Vesle front and German forces destroy ammunition and loot churches during retreat.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff conceding their strategic plan failed but asserting Germans remain in control. They say enemy advances on German soil would be painful yet would not alter territory or the war. Von Hindenburg notes German soldiers will adapt to American troops as they did to Black soldiers.
An official dispatch from Washington dated August 3 reports Austrian workmen dying of hunger after delegates returning from a Vienna convention describe severe shortages. Gratz lacks potatoes and meat with bread rationing halved, while six to ten year old children work at night in glass works to buy food. Coal shortages threaten the coming winter.
London reports Field Marshal Haig states British forces have recaptured most ground west of the Ancre from German forces in the Albert sector. German attacks were repulsed and patrols extended control after the enemy withdrawal. Hostile raiders southeast of Habutorne and east of Roheca were defeated. Artillery activity increased in the Kemmel sector.
The War Department proposes a military manpower program. Draft ages will range from eighteen to forty five, with class one limited to eighteen to forty four, and younger men may be deferred to mature. Secretary Baker emphasizes the plan is purely military and not a labor conscription.
Washington announces that the United States and Japan will each deploy a few thousand troops to Vladivostok to back the Czecho Slovak army in Siberia while aiding prisoners of war and stabilizing self government. The plan excludes other allies from direct troop commitments.
Allies maintain the Vesle River line from Rheims to Braise as British forces may begin a new drive soon. French and American units man the trenches while wary observers note uncertain prospects for Hens and a potential renewed assault on the Aisne.
General March reports that Pershing in his own area has over 1,060,000 American troops not brigaded with British. Embarkations in July exceeded 200,500, with total to France surpassing 1,400,000. The thirty-fifth division replaces the thirty-second on the Swiss frontier.
Allied troops push the German line toward the Aisne as French, British, and American forces gain ground along the Aisne and Vesle rivers. The decisive breakthrough occurs near Hartennes northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois, shifting the front after two weeks of hard fighting between Soissons and Rheims.
The forecast calls for continued warmth with sunny skies across Virginia and West Virginia through Sunday and Monday. High temperatures are expected to rise with dry conditions and light winds.
Washington reports claim General March told the senate military committee Pershing estimated American casualties at a set figure. March denies any such statement and says he has no casualty estimate. Senators and Baker dispute the reports as false and misleading. Continued on Page Six.
Allied dispatch from the Aisne-Marne front details German evacuation of Fere-en-Tardenois and Saponay. German efforts to wreck rail lines and yards failed under French American artillery and engineering repair work. Destruction left towns shelled, with weathercocks intact and cobblestones remaining while signs and ruined buildings mark retreat.
A Mercer county Republican urges voters to back his bid in Tuesday’s nominating election. He emphasizes a hard working record spanning twenty five years in Southern West Virginia, denies any alliances, and defends election officers while urging party unity and broad county support.
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