Somme Front Shifts Openings as German Lines Waver North of Albert
The article reports German withdrawals and renewed Allied pressure along the Somme, with Chaulnes and Roye in German hands while French and British advances aim to align fronts toward Arras and Noyon. Ribécourt’s seizure opens an allusive route to the Oise valley. Italian fronts also note Austrian losses. The piece also covers Allied diplomacy amid Soviet hostilities, detailing consular seizures and safe-passage negotiations through Archangel, Stockholms facilities, and Vologda.
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Albert
Somme
Beaumont
Hamel
Bray
Omer
Arras
Ribecourt
Oise
Matz
Lassigny
Lenine
Tchitcherin
Petrograd
Stockholm
Archangel
Allies Held as Hostages in Russia Crisis Report
The State Department documents show Consul General Poole at Moscow relaying events after Lenin declared war on the Allied powers. British, French, Italian, and American reps questioned whether this signaled a rupture of relations, with Techitcherin stating it was a state of defense, not war, and that relations with other governments should continue.
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Poole
Moscow
Tchitcherin
Japan
Sweden
United States
Thitcherin
Petrograd
Stockholm
Norman Armour
Francis
Vologda
Archangel
Kedroff
Armour
Department of State
Swedish Foreign Office
Russia
State Department
Lenine
Great Britain
France
Italy
Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Techitcherin
Women Arrested Twice in Lafayette Square Demonstration
Twenty nine women were arrested in Lafayette Square opposite the White House as a third protest by the Woman's Party pressed Congress for federal suffrage action. After brief bookings they were released on recognizance, then reassembled for a second protest. Police intervened but allowed a third attempt before holding the demonstrators until crowds dispersed.
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Washington
Lafayette Square
Whites House
Senate
War profits taxed up to eighty percent plan outlined
Secretary McAdoo told the House ways and means committee that the new revenue bill could include an excess profits tax with a war profits levy up to 80 percent affecting about 90 percent of corporations. The Treasury aims to raise more revenue, with ongoing talks and expected early bill passage, while gaps remain to meet the $8 billion target.
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Washington
McAdoo
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Leffingwell
Love
Internal Revenue
Roper
T. S. Adams
Excess Profits Tax Advisory Board of the Treasury
Kitchin
Adams
Treasury Department
Standard Oil
Rainey
Illinois
French Take Ribe court in advance on the front
Paris reports Ribe court on the road to Noyon, about 614 miles southwest of the town, captured by French forces. Officials say during the day, troops continued progress between the Ma and Oise rivers and routed a German counter attack near Belval, taking seven officers prisoner and several soldiers. Artillery fire near Roye and Lassigny was described as spirited.
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Paris
Ribecourt
Noyon
Mata
Oise
Belval
Roye and
Lassigny
France
Associated Press
Thiescourt
American Aviators Bomb Key German Railroad Yards
General Pershing reported in his communique that American aviators conducted successful raids on railroad yards at Longuyon Dommary Baroncourt and Conflans on August 11 and 12. All aircraft returned.
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Washington
Conflans
Longuyon
Dommary-Baroncourt
Pershing
War Department
Dommary- Baroncourt
British and German Air War Report on Tuesday Losses
An official statement says 21 German planes were shot down and 10 others driven down out of control, with six British aircraft missing after aerial clashes. British and American squadrons attacked an enemy air drome and destroyed six aircraft near hangars.
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London
Capture of Lassigny Reported by French Forces
London reports that the town of Lassigny in Picardy has been captured by French troops. The Pall Mall Gazette says the gain occurred this morning but official confirmation is not yet received.
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London
Lassigny
Picardy Battlefront
Pall Mall Gazette
Italians Seize Monte Montello Area. 100 Prisoners Taken
Italian forces occupy Monte Montello Punta Di Matteo and the spurs southeast of Cima Zigolon north of the Adamello region, the war office reports. They say 100 prisoners have been taken.
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Rome
Monte Montello
Punta di Matteo
Cima Zigolon
Adamello
War Office
War Situation Today as Allied Offensive Slows in France
The allied push has slowed after gains. Foch aims to oust Germans from Noyon while southern line advances remain slow. Germany hopes for a Flanders attack. Russia braces as Bolsheviks falter, Lenin calls raids for supplies, and counterrevolution looms with Social Revolutionaries poised to lead if Bolsheviks fail.
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Foch
Noyon
Flanders
Picardy
Russia
Lenine
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Archangel
Murman Coast
Poland
Trotzky
New American Army May Make Own Drive
Military observers say German forces have been driven back from Paris area and may retreat toward new lines. Major actions around Roye and Lassigny could lead to Noyon as Pershing builds a 1,250,000 strong first Army Corps. Foch aims to free Paris and shift to full offensive with American participation likely on Verdun line.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Roye
Lassigny
Noyon
March
Pershing
First
Picardy
38D
Illinois National Guard
Verdun
General Pershing
Aisne-Marne
Foch
Hindenburg
Flanders
Marne
Aisne
Allied attacks against Berlin repulsed in key fronts
Berlin says Allied assaults broke down in forefield actions between the Yser and the Scarpe south of Morris. En hatched thrusts south of the Lys failed under heavy fire while fighting continued on the Somme and near the Avre. Minor infantry actions occurred on the Vesle and east of Rheims.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Yser
Scarpe
Morris
Lys
Somme
Avre
Lasaigny
Canny
Vesle
Rheims
Terrific Fighting on Lassigny Ridge Reported
London dispatch says there was terrific fighting atop Lassigny Ridge with French troops engaging fiercely and holding key positions despite heavy pressure from enemy forces.
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Lassigny Ridge
London
Evening Standard
Germans Determined to Hold Chaulnes Heights
Paris Aug 14 The army of General Rawlinson holding the line just north of the French positions contends with the fiercest resistance along its front. German forces are determined to retain Chaulnes heights at all costs.
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Chaulnes Heights
Paris
Rawlinson
French Halt German Push After Thiescourt Plateau Clash
French forces pressed a four day battle on the Thiescourt plateau, overcoming German machine gun nests and counterattacks. The Germans retreated in places, with French troops near Monolithe and Ecouvillon, while supply lines and earthworks shaped the fighting on the Divette valley front.
British forces seize Bray western flank and CaTeaux wood
Australian troops have captured all hostile positions from the western outskirts of Bray to Etinehem, gaining control of the river bank southwest of Bray and clearing the enemy from CaTeaux wood.
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France
Associated Press
Bray
Etinehem
Cateaux Wood
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