Allies Reach Soissons as Germans Falter on Vesle Front
German lines crumble as Franco American French British and Italian forces push to Soissons and beyond capturing Goussancourt Villers Agron and Coulonges while the Velse and Rheims approaches threaten German positions. Allied advances threaten the Vesle and Aisne lines as retreat accelerates.
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Roncheres
Cierges
Seringes
Goussancourt
Villers Agron
Coulonges
Fismes
Vesle
Salient
Dormans-Rheims
Rheims
Geux
Thillois
Soissons
Foch
Vesle River
Aisne
Soissons-Rheims
Soissons-Rheims Salient
France
Flanders
Somme
Ypres
Brockton Strikers Hear From War Board On Intervention
Secretary W. J. Lauri of the Federal War Labor Board telegraphed Brockton shoe cutters that their request for intervention would be considered tomorrow and they would be notified of the decision. The strikers had sought board services by telegraph after rejecting a State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration request to return to work pending settlement.
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Brockton
W. J. Lauri
Federal War Labor Board
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Americans Close On Heels Of Germans Near Fismes
American and French forces push toward the Vesle front, advancing through rain soaked fields toward Dravegny and Fismes. German withdrawals hint at a major defensive stand. reports note artillery shifts and sporadic fire as troops cross wheat fields toward key rail lines.
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Chamery
Quentin Roosevelt
Coulonges
Cohan
Nesles
Vesle
Ardre
Fismes
German official report says Allies repulsed between Soissons and Fere en Tardenois
Berlin, via London, Aug 2. The German official communication on Thursday’s fighting says the Allied attacks between Soissons and Fere en Tardenois failed to gain any territory. British and French tanks north of Beugneux were destroyed by German artillery and later lines repulsed other infantry and tank assaults, with only desultory fighting noted on the front.
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Berlin
London
Soissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Beugneux
Fereen-Tardenois
Cramaille
Fereen- Tardenois
Fere-en-Taridenois
Bois Meuniere
Cierges
French and American Forces Enter Saponay on Aisne Front
French and American troops north of Fere en Tardenois push forward early Friday seizing Cramaille and Cramoiselle before 7 pm and Saponay by 8 pm. Americans march through Nesles forest as Germans withdraw northward after destroying depots. fires dot the rear as allies report little resistance.
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Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Fere-en-Tardenois
Cramaille
Cramoiselle
Saponay
Nesles
Allies Take Soissons Advance on Whole Front
French troops entered Soissons as Germans were forced to retreat along the front from Fere-en-Tardenois to Ville-en-Tardenois. The Crise River was crossed, and progress extended north of the Ourcq and the Dormans Rheims road, with Goussancourt Villers Agron and Ville en Tardenois also in allied hands.
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Salient
Soissons
Thillois
Coulonges
Fismes
St. Gille
Ardre
Paris
Rheims
Crise
Dormans-Rheims
Marne
Fere-en-Tardenois
Ville-en-Tardenois
Ourcq
Arcy-Sainte-Restitue
Bois de Dole
Boise Meuniere
Goussancourt
Villers Agron
Villeen-Tardenois
Vizilly
Lhery
Vesle
Gueux
Abandon Chaudon Plateau as German lines retreat in France
German forces pull back on all fronts around the Chaudun plateau between the Coeuvres and Crise valleys. French and British troops push westward and have reached the Crise river valley near Soissons as they close in on the retreating enemy in the Aisne salients.
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France
Associated Press
Aisne
Marne
Crise
Soissons
Chaudun
Coeuvres
Desperate Battlefront Center Rages In Frontline Fight
The ground has been a fiercely contested area for weeks as German heavy guns sweep the north and east of the line. The center sees active French cavalry engagements amid heavy artillery pressure.
Allied Forces Hold Line Near Foret de Nesles
In the big woods called the Foret de Nesles a mile northeast of Fere en Tardenois allied troops hold the left flank in touch with the Ardre forest two miles north of Villers Ayron. German forces retreat toward the Vesle, their crown prince’s Marne offensive failing like Von Kluck in 1914, with the allies holding the last word.
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Fere-en- Tardenois
Ardre
Villers Ayron
Vessle
Marne
von Kluck
Jaws of Trap Close on Ludendorff as Soissons Reentered
Paris dispatch reports German positions shaken as Soissons on the Aisne front is retaken by French forces. The move signals a widening German pressure near Rheims and Chemin des Dames, with Thillois also reportedly captured, while the final outcomes remain uncertain.
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Paris
Soissons
Aisne-Marne
Thillois
Rheims
Foch
Retreat to the Aisne Becomes Ludendorff’s Likely Answer
Allied French and American forces push the German line toward the Vesle and Aisne as Ludendorff shifts to a hurried retreat. Foch seeks to force use of German reserves, while the crown prince and remaining divisions are moved to safety.
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Ludendorff
Vesle
Aisne
Foch
Battle of the Oise
Aisne-Marne
Western Front signals indicate renewed Allied initiative
Reports from the front describe French advances north and west of Rheims threatening German lines along the Vesle and Aisne. Officials foresee a potential decisive stroke by General Foch, while British forces may strike to erase the Flanders salient as Russian and Japanese actions unfold in Asia.
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Thillois
Rheims
Aisne
Vesle
March
Western Front
Foch
Aisne-Marne
Soissons and
Flanders
Allies Agree to Act Quickly in Far East
Allies move to aid the Czecho Slovaks in Siberia after exchanges between Tokyo and Washington clear up all doubts. A complete agreement is reached and the operation plan will be executed at once.
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China
Siberia
Pao Kuci Ching
Sei Lung King
Manchuria
Far East
Tokio
Washington
Wilson Discusses Russia Aid Decision At War Departments
President Wilson walked to the State War and Navy building to confer with Acting Secretary Polk and Secretary Baker for about a half hour. The pair then spoke in the corridor and outside Polk's office before the President returned to the White House. Officials previously hinted the United States would announce plans for military aid to Russia as part of the original proposal.
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Wilson
War and Navy
Polk
Baker
Mr. Polk
White House
United States
Russia
Rapid Allied Advances Reported Across Front
London dispatches say by 1 30 this afternoon allied troops advanced two to three miles along most of the front from the Ardre River southwest of Rheims to Taux six and a quarter miles south of Soissons. German forces burn villages east of the Oureq behind their lines.
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London
Ardre
Rheims
Taux
Soissons
Oureq
Maharaja of Patiala Visits British Front
Sir Bhupindra Singh maharaja of Patiala, an Indian representative in the imperial war cabinet, is visiting British armies on the western front.
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Cadum Ointment is praised as a blessing to thousands suffering from irritating skin conditions. The remedy promises peaceful sleep and rest by stopping itching, soothing inflamed skin, and aiding conditions like eczema, pimples, rashes, ringworm, and insect bites.
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