Paris and Coast Ports Safe After Allied Push
Paris and coast ports are secured as Marshal Foch’s counteroffensive drives back German forces. The Avre battle shifts momentum, clears the Chateau Thierry area, relieves Paris threats, and secures rail links Paris to Chalons and Paris to Amiens, constraining German retreat and preserving Allied cohesion.
Heavy Firing on U S Front Around Vesle Front
The American front between Soissons and Rheims endures heavy shelling with high explosives shrapnel and gas. German efforts at Fismette failed again last night while the Vesle sector sees ongoing bombardment. Germans dig in but show no signs of permanent or wide withdrawal toward the Aisne.
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Noyon
Roye
Lassigny
von Hutier
Vesle
Associated Press
Soissons
Rheims
Fismette
Aisne
Austrians With No Urgency to Face French Front
An Austrian division sent by Emperor Charles to aid Germany has not yet joined the line in France. The unit is currently encamped in Belgium and reportedly shows little eagerness to enter the southwest battle zone.
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France
Associated Press
Avre
Marshal Foch
London
Charles
Bélgium
Kolynos
National Army
Y.M.C.A
K. of C
First Train of 36th Regiment Arrives at Camp Devens
Camp Devens receives the initial trainload of the 36th Regiment assigned to the 12th Division, with arrivals and transfers throughout the depot brigade. Colonel Almon L. Parmenter commands the regiment while new battalion and adjutant assignments are announced across the unit.
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John P. Mise
Frank B. Edwards
Edwin L. Wei
A. G. Thurman
Norman Lovett
I Company
Austrians Again Moving on Italy From Geneva
Aug 13 report notes large Austro military buildup toward Italy with trains carrying troops toward the Tyrol. Civilian travel barred as frontier with Switzerland closes since Saturday.
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Italy
Geneva
Tyrol
Gloucester Fishing Schooner Sinks Off Maine Ledges
The Gloucester fishing schooner Hazel L. Rittcey sank after running on Boone Island ledges off Maine while bound from the Madelené Islands with cod. Captain Stephen Patch and six crew escaped in a dory and reached the Boone Island Coast Guard station.
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N. H
Hazel L. Rittcey
Gloucester
Madelené Islands
N. S
Boone Island
Stephen Patch
Boone Island Coast Guard
Casualty List Shows Smallest From Pershing’s Counter Attacks
The army casualty list issued yesterday totals ninety names the smallest since American counter offensives began mid July in the Soissons Rheims salient. New England men again lead with twenty five names from this region, many from major Bay State towns in the gallant 104th Infantry honored by French leaders for bravery.
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Soissons- Rheims Salient
New England
Bay State
104Th Infantry
Numerous local soldiers listed as killed in action
A wartime casualty list reports Private Harold Martin of Montague Village Massachusetts and many others from towns across New England killed in action in July and August. Names include Sgt Edward Dolan Roxbury Mass, Private William J. Longevin Franklin NH, Private Francis L Johnson Worcester, and Private George J Volin Pittsfield among others. The notices highlight unit affiliations 104th Infantry 102d Machine Gun Battalion 28th Infantry and 102d Field Artillery with hometowns and ages.
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Edward M. Dolan
Roxbury
28Th Infantry
Harold Martin
104Th Infantry
Montague Village
Mass
Young Martin
Dellie Pierce Martin
Holyoke
Longwood Avenue
Catherine Dolan
Dolan
Francis A. Johnson
F Battery
17Th Field Artillery
Worcester
France
Johnson
Charles Johnson
Greenwood Street
Charles Stewart Norton
Chelsea
Malden
Kenneth W. Chase
D Battery
102D Field Artillery
Raymond Chase
Liberty Street
New Bedford
Nestor J. Labonty
Nestor Labonty
Jean Street
Albert J. Craw
William Craw
Sawyer Street
1024 Field Artillery
Walter N. Paradee
F Company
Nelson F. Paradee
Worcester Street
Brightwood
Paradee
Notre Dame Church
Pittsfield
Edward Dolan
Longwood Ave
Lucien Arsenault
Mexico
Chelsea Y. M Cc
Francis L. Johnson
Greenwood St
Herbert O. Whitaker
Wrentham Rd
A Co
Liberty St
Nestor J. Labouty
Jean St
Sawyer St
Fenn St
F Co
George J. Volin
Barkerville Rd
Pittsfeld
Michael Witherow
Daniels Ave
Arthur B. Hurd
Washington St
Lynn
L Co
William H. Garceau
Maplewood St
Marlboro
K Co
Frank J. Loyzelle
Fitchburg
Arthur N. Langeller
Herbert
Buss
Edward J. Alix
Evan T. Creer
Frost St
Waterbury
Charles H. Paine
Concord
D Co
Inf
Adelard J. Lambert
Greenfield, L Co
George A. Pendergast
High Rock St
Inf. Corp
Lawrence
Sherman
Kimball
Springfield
Walter C. Esbig
Lenox Ave
George Schaffer
McArthur St
G Co
Clyde W. Dow
Mansfield St
Everett
C Co
Albert Branco
Summer &J
Lowell
Armand Lemieux
Coolidge St
Eustache Gagne
Commonwealth Ave
Harry M. Durkin
Summer St
James A. Foster
North Dana
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Adams
Warren J. Main
Pigeon Cove
Helars
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Madison, Conn
Edwin Carlisle
John A. Peterson
Elmer C. Pettis
Lovett St
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River St
Frank G. Powell
Cambridge
Heagle St
North Adams
M Co
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Shawomet Beach
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Athol
HB Co
John Trustek
Park Et
Chicopee Falls
Peter Carray
Congress St
Mill St
Rosaris H. Query
Monroe St
Charles O'Connell
Manchester
West Neptune St
Frank Ford
Moulton St
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Charlesgate West
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Slade St
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