Germans in Full Retreat on Pigardy Front
Paris reports French patrols in Chaulnes and Montdidier fall to the Allied advance. The French first army cleared Montdidier, taking thousands of prisoners and 200 guns as German lines collapsed along a twenty mile front. Allies press toward Noyon as German retreat accelerates.
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Associated Press
Montdidier
Picardy
French War Office
Albert
Amiens
Oise
Compiegne
Somme
Nesle-Noyon
Paris
Chaulnes
Chipilly
Metz
Marqueglise
Montdidie
Noyon
Peronne
Rupprecht
Aisne
Haig
Debeney
Fismette region quiet amid talks of a new assault
The northern suburb of Fismes reports no further attacks while allies may regroup for a fresh push affecting the broader battle to the north. Rumors of heavy fighting south of Arras lack confirmation and German withdrawals near Flanders remain unverified. Sixty five German planes were claimed down on August 8 with British losses from ground fire noted as missing. Cagnoli, famed French drum major, is reported dead after re enlistment in 1914 and had named his seven children for battles.
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Fismes
Vesle
Arras
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London
Picardy
Toulon
Cagnoli
Reprisal Arrest Reported in London for Moscow Incident
In reprisal for the arrest at Moscow of British consular agent Robert H. B. Lockhart and other British officials by the Bolsheviks, Bolshevik emissary M. Litvinell in London is placed under police surveillance per the Daily Mail report.
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Moscow
Robert H. B. Lockhart
M. Litvinell
Daily Mail
Allied forces push to new line after Montdidier victory
British war office reports Montdidier fell to the French first army with many prisoners and large quantities of material captured. The allied advance forms a line from Lihons to Fresnoy les Roye and nearby locales as German resistance weakens south of Lihons.
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British War Office
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Fresnoy-les-Roye
Lignieres
Couch-les-Pots
London
War Office
Fresnoy-les Roy
Ligneres
Conchy-les-Pote
First Arny
Fourth Army
Lichens
Lihens
Fresnoy-les- Roye
Conchy-les-Pot
Kentucky Tracks Set Fall Racing Dates
Kentucky racing commission approved fall racing with four tracks getting dates. Lexington hosts seven days starting September 14. Douglas Park Louisville runs September 23 to 28. Churchill Downs Louisville dates set September 30 to October 5. Latonia lines up October 10 to November unknown.
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Lexington
Kentucky Racing Commission
Douglas Park
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Latonia
China refuses papal nuncio visit over personal ties
The Chinese government declined to receive Monsignor Petrelli, appointed papal nuncio to China, claiming he is a personal friend of Admiral Hintze, Germany's secretary of foreign affairs. The move was reported from Peking on Aug 10 by the Associated Press.
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Peking
Associated Press
Monsignor
Petrelli
China
Admiral Hintze
Er Lal al Ih Her Alt
Time for Greatest Efforts to Keep Enemy Running
Washington reports confidential briefing on the British French front south of Albert. Allied forces press offensive, capturing more prisoners than camps can hold, with Haig and Foch coordinating a 20 mile front east of Amiens and driving eight mile gains to straighten the line.
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Albert
Washington
Marek
France
War Department
Rheims
Hindenburg
United States
March
Ecamns
Amiens
Vesle
Foch
Haig
Marne
Montdidier
Chaulnes
Flanders Salient
Salient
Merville
Forty second division claims major WWII breakthrough
General Mareh states the Rainbow division trained in Lorraine north of Lunéville and moved east of the Rhine to aid the July 15 counteroffensive. In eight days of battle it says the division forced the Oureq passage, captured troops from six enemy divisions, routed elite formations of Prussian guards Bavaria and another unit, and pushed enemy lines back sixteen kilometers.
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Mareh
Lorraine
Luneville
Rheins
Marne
Forty Second
Shott Thanks Republican Backers After District Bid
Shott expresses gratitude to Fifth district Republicans who supported his congressional nomination bid last Tuesday. He says no ill will toward opponents and notes disappointment toward those who pledged support and then failed, while praising honest loyal friends.
Navy Board Recommends Wide Scale Promotions for War Expansion
The naval board of selection headed by Admiral Mayo urged Secretary Daniels to promote 413 line officers and sixteen coast guard officers as the Navy plans rapid expansion. Promotions include permanent and temporary ranks up to rear admiral and require President Wilson's approval before taking effect. Nine captains now temporary rear admirals would become permanent in the proposed slate.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Secretary Daniels
Naval Board of Selection
Mayo
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Wanials
Albert P. Niblack
John A. Hoogewerff
Marbury
John
Watson Wing by Narrow Margin in Democratic Primary
With canvassed returns from 45 counties and certified results from the rest, Colonel C. W. Watson leads former Senator William E. Chilton for U.S. senator by 374 votes in the Democratic statewide primary. Most boards report full tallies. four counties lack election results.
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Fairmont
C. W. Watson
United States
William E. Chilton
Allies Smash German Resistance and Take Montdidier
Allied forces including Americans and British press the Germans from the Amiens Somme pocket as Montdidier falls. Casualties are lighter than feared, with rapid German retirements north and south of the Somme. French, British, and American troops advance, seizing the Chipilly spur and threatening further gains in the Amiens area.
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France
Associated Press
Ancre
Braye
Montdidier
Amiens
Somme
Chipilly
Amiens-Somme
Aitlefield
Lichens
Germans suffer heavier casualties amid renewed Allied pressure in France
British dispatch from France notes German losses at casualty clearing stations exceed Allied wounded, with many German doctors captured. Since July 18, Germany has lost substantial material equal to earlier gains, while prisoners rise as new divisions are thrust into the Somme region amid enemy confusion.
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Somme
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
France
Reuters
French Patrols and Prisoners at Chaulnes in France
French patrols operate in Chaulnes the key German railway center west of the Somme. Montdidier fell with thousands taken as prisoners.
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Chaulnes
France
Havas
Chaunes
Somme
Montdidier
French Troops Take 250 Austrian Prisoners on Monte Sizemol
French forces pierced Austrian lines on Monte Sizemol and seized 250 prisoners this morning, the war office said in an official communique.
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Rome
Monte Sizemol
War Office
First Objective Quickly Taken by French Troops
Aug 10 AP dispatches report French forces advancing east of Mone didier capturing Mortemer Cuvilly and Marqueglise with tanks at Ressons sur Matz and near five mile gains. Germans encircled at Montdidier facing heavy losses as booty total among shells and arms swelled beyond inventory. The French morale and dash remain high as heavy guns are relocated.
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France
Associated Press
Monedidier
Courcelles-lpayelles
Matz
Ressons-sur-Matz
Mortemer
Cuvilly
Marqueglise
Montdidier
Montdidier-Chaulnes
la Neuville sur-Ressons
Somme
Americans Hold Fismes Line After Night Of Heavy Fighting
The Vesle front near Fismes sees hard fighting as German counters are repelled by French and American forces. German air attacks exchange with anti-aircraft fire while infantry and artillery clash through Friday night into Saturday. Lt. Walter Avery of Columbus and Lt. Harold Buckley of Agawam down a German aircraft in a small air duel with no American casualties.
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Vesle
Associated Press
Vesle River
Fismes
Fismette
Bazoches
Braisne
Filmette
Walter Avery
Columbus
Ohio
Harold Buckley
Agawam
Mass
Luxury Tax Schedule Adopted in Revenue Bill News
Washington August 10 A luxury tax schedule was adopted and an official tax advisory board for the treasury created. The tax on corporation capital stock doubled to raise 30 million dollars and a provision accepted making Liberty bonds security for all government contracts. The house ways and means committee adjourned late today to reconvene Monday for final stages of the eight billion dollar revenue bill.
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The
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House Ways and Means Committee
Unfilled Steel Orders Fall Slightly in July
United States Steel Corporation reported 8,883,801 tons of unfilled orders as of July 31, down 35,065 tons from the prior month. The monthly statement released today details the backlog across the firm’s production and distribution lines.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
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