Germans Pouring In Reinforcements to Hold Pocket
Allied lines held near Bray while Chaulnes and Roye faced heavy shelling and impending evacuation. French operations pressed toward Lassigny and Noyon as German forces retreated along the Oise. North from Ypres to Albert, British and French units reported activity with German claims of repulsed assaults. The Vesle front around Fismette saw initial German gains but Allies reoccupied the town after a counter attack.
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Chaulnes
Roye
Somme
Oise
Lassigny
Noyon
Soissons
Rheims
Ypres
Albert
Vesle
Fismette
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Channel
John G Olmstead Named Y M C A Secretary for Boston
John G Olmstead appointed general secretary of the Boston Army and Navy Y M C A. He will serve at City Square Charlestown after coming from Camp Devens where he was executive secretary. Olmstead is an Oberlin College graduate with many years of Y M C A experience.
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John Griffith Olmstead
Boston
Army and Navy
City Square
Charlestown
Mr. Olmstead
Camp Devens
Oberlin College
442 Missing on Sunken Transport
Paris reports 442 men missing after the torpedoing of the French steamer Djemnah in the Mediterranean on the night of July 14 15. The ship was en route from Bizerta to Alexandria with troops aboard, according to an official announcement tonight.
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Paris
Djemnah
Mediterranean
Bizerta
Alexandria
Torpedoed Steamers Sinking in Mediterranean Convoy
A wartime communique reports the steamer Djemnah of Messageries Maritimes torpedoed and sunk July 14 15 with 442 missing. The Australian, also of the Same line, torpedoed July 19 with 17 dead and 948 passengers saved. three missing. A third steamer in the convoy was torpedoed but remained afloat. Bombs were dropped at the submerged submarine.
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Mediterranean
Djemnah
Messageries Maritimes
Bizerta
Alexandria
Germans in Big Disorder at Avre Front
Allied air superiority disrupts German lines along the Roye Lassigny front as the first phase of the battle of the Avre ends. Aviators bomb rear routes, dislodge machine gun nests, and support infantry and cavalry in rapid advances toward fallen guns.
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France
Fress
Roye-Lassigny
Avre
Survivors Reach Nantucket After U Boat Sinkings
Survivors from two fishing schooners report the Lena May and the Earl and Nettie were sunk by a U boat off Smith's Island North Carolina. They were picked up by a U S patrol boat and brought to Nantucket Island. The Lena May crew were held briefly on the U boat before release. The submarine commander spoke good English and appeared young.
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United States
Nantucket Island
Lena May
Earl & Nettie
Dixon
Fear Lives Lost as Schooners Sunk Off New England
Survivors from fishing schooners report 20 or more ships sunk by German submarines off Georges Banks. Rescue crews landed eight from Starbuck, three from Progress, and three from Lena May at Atlantic ports. many crews uncounted, captains and boats missing, while Narragansett, Nantucket, and Portland fleets recount escapes and losses.
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Georges Banks
New England
Lena May
Germany
Progress
Atlantic
Nantucket
Earl
Nettie
Frank Lynch
Mary E. Sennett
Gloucester
Oldtimer
Cape Porpoise
Boston
Reliance
Portland
Reuben Doughty
Alice Doughty
Alice
Massachusetts
Albert W. Willard
Albert Smith
Thomas Stamp
Andrew St. Crox
John Pierce
Katie Palmer
Cabinet discusses German raids on American waters
Washington reports a prolonged Cabinet session on German submarine raids in U S waters. The Navy noted the Sommerstad destruction 24 miles southeast of The Island N Y, torpedo course theory debated, while depth bomb action against a submarine off the Virginia coast remains unconfirmed.
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Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
Sommerstad
Hansen
Virginia
Cruiser Crew Saved After Sword Fishing Schooner Sunk
Captain William Tobey and seven crew members were saved after their schooner Cruiser was sunk by a German raider off the Georges last Saturday. Among the crew were John R. Murphy and others. owners report at least 100 victims and about 20 boats sunk, with the Cruiser’s crew due in Boston late tonight or tomorrow.
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William Tobey
Boston
Nantucket
Tobey
John R. Murphy
United States Fisheries Bureau
Washington
Joseph Langlois
Simeon Howley
William J. Baxters
Atlantic
Britain Calls the Czechoslovaks Ally
The dispatch notes Britain recognizing the Czechoslovaks as allies holding Kronstadt and that the Bolshevik government would follow. Delays in Russian communication suggest the report refers to events from several days earlier. Lenine’s declaration reached Washington before Aug. 9 via American consul Poole in Moscow.
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Kronstadt
Russia
Lenine
Poole
Moscow
State Department
Washington
Germany Sees Russia Crisis Threatening Fresh War
Berlin papers express alarm over Russia turmoil as Germany faces potential renewed conflict. The Vosische Zeitung notes Germany may be drawn into war unless a remedy emerges while describing the Moscow to Pskov embassy flight as a retreat and stating Brest-Litovsk peace is effectively null.
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Germany
Russia
Vosische Zeitung
Berlin
Moscow
Pskov
Brest-Litovsk
Allied Victory Joins Push To Halt German Advances
War update describes German reserves being poured into Picardy and Aisne-Marne battles while Foch blocks Paris and channels German moves. The article forecasts further Allied smashes around Noyon and Vesle, possible evacuation of the salient, and a looming German retirement to the Hindenburg line.
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Picardy
Foch
The
Aisne-Marne
Paris
Channel
von Hutter
German Generals von Mudra Liebrecht Retired in 191? Offense
General von Mudra and General Liebrecht, who led German forces in the July 15 offensive on the Champagne front, have been placed on the retired list per Berne papers. Von Mudra, a Verdun veteran decorated by William II, commanded near Prunay and Tahure where Gouraud’s lines repulsed the attack. Liebrecht, once commander of the Prussian grenadiers fifth division, became a general on April 18, 1913.
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Paris
Havas
von Mudra
Liebrecht
Berne
Verdun
William
Champagne
Prunay
Tahure
Gouraud
Russian fiasco prompts Austro German talks in Berlin
Amsterdam August 13 Emperor Charles of Austria with Baron Burian Prince von Hohenlohe and Count von Wedel are expected at German main headquarters tomorrow to discuss pending questions. Joffe has left Berlin for Moscow to seek reaffirmation of a treaty supplementing Brest-Litovsk.
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Amsterdam
Charles of Austria
Baron Burian
Prince von Hohenlohe
Berlin
Count von Wedel
Tain
Brest-Litovsk
Vienna Fought for Leaflets in Italian Air Raid
Neutral reports say Vienna residents paid up to 40 crowns for leaflets dropped by Italian aviators in Caproni planes. Rome congratulates the air service as citizens scrambled for propaganda despite penalties. One Italian, Sartoni, set fire to his plane when forced to land.
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Washington
Vienna
Caproni
Rome
Air Service
Sartoni
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