Albert Captured as German Fronts Break Under British Advance
Field Marshal Haig reports continued British thrusts driving deep into German lines. Albert on the Ancre has fallen with 1400 German prisoners taken, Ancre River crossed, and Bray threatened as Americans join battle. Fighting rages near Bapaume Achiet le Grand and east of the Bapaume Arras railway. French wedges between Boehn and Crown Prince widen as Noyon nears encirclement and the Vivette River is reached.
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Albert
Ancre
Geramns
Somme
Alpert
Bray
Arras
Bapaume
Achiet-le-Grand
Bapaume-Arras
Lassigny
Soissons
von Boehn
Noyon
Vivette
St. Aubin
Pommiers
Shagny
Bagneux
Bieruxy
Quirzy
Haig
101st Infantry Heroic Outlook From Malden Interview
Lieutenant Kievenaar recalls the 101st Regiment's role with the 26th Division in the Toul and Chateau Thierry fronts. He praises American troops for morale and fighting spirit, notes light losses among the 101st, and predicts victory against Germany with the Allies pushing toward Berlin.
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Post
Kievenaar
101St Infantry
Medford Street
Malden
France
New
Bolsheviki Declare War on United States
U S officials report Bolshevik authorities declared war on the United States from Petrograd amid safety fears for scattered Americans. Archangel and Vladivostok councils named with ambassadors from Britain Japan France and the United States represented by Consul Caldwell until a formal designation.
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United States
State Department
France
Archangel
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Francis
Archangel Council
Great Britain
Sir Charles Eliot
Japan
Matsudaira
Eugene Regnault
Consul Caldwell
Wilson
Imbrie
German and US forces in control of Finland and Vladivostok
Officials report German authorities and soldiers hold Finland while the United States adds the Thirty first Infantry at Vladivostok. Major General Graves was named to command the American contingent though not yet arrived. Civil government restoration at Vladivostok and Archangel starts the international council effort to clear Bolshevik influence and prisoners, then push west to coordinate with Archangel.
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Baker
United States
Vladivostok
William S. Graves
Archangel
Allied Offensives Press Onward After Marne Turnaround
The British commander Haig reports rapid gains with thousands of prisoners and captured guns as Allied forces push from the Somme to Albert. An advance of two miles and a six mile front stretch marks continued pressure since General Foch’s Marne offensive began July 18.
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Haig
Mangin
Humbert
Brooks
Foch
Marne
Somme
Albert
Six Mile
Allied Push Advances as French Outflank Laon Threat
The text describes French and Allied forces crossing the Oise and Ailette rivers and pressing from Soissons toward Laon. It notes Foch holding the initiative, planning to exploit two months of favorable weather, and a strengthened allied army pressuring German defenses while German papers downplay American strength in France.
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Oise
Ailette
Soissons
Laon
Vesle
Aisne
Foch
France
Yank soldiers drive snipers from Nesle line in France
American troops launched a local assault west of Idfimes along the Nesle River between Soissons and Rheims. The action, preceded by a barrage, cleared German snipers from a position, killed a number of enemy soldiers, took 14 prisoners, and forced the remainder to flee in disorder as a counterattack failed to offset the gain.
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France
Associated Press
Ifismes
Nesle
Soissons
Rheims
Milkmaids Step Into Farm Roles at Carver Hill Farm
Aug. 22 report from South Natice notes Carver Hill Farm in this town hires women to milk cows and handle all duties of caring for highly bred bovines, marking a notable shift in farm labor roles.
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South Natice
Carver Hill Farm
Milkmaids at Carver Hill Farm Delight Town Readers
Eight college girls and school teachers work as volunteer milkmaids at Carver Hill Farm earning 15 dollars a month for patriotic service. They milk ten cows each day, rise at 4 39 AM, wear simple uniforms, and live in a converted farmhouse with a New England parlor turned sleeping room.
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Carver Hill Farm
Carmen May Strike Today Over Wage Dispute
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway workers threaten a midnight strike affecting over 400 carmen and many new hires. Officials face War Labor Board. if no agreement, 22 cities and towns served will feel the impact as crews refuse to report for work tomorrow morning.
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Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company
War Labor Board
Carmen's
War News Outlines German Line Breakdowns and Bolshevik Strain
British forces capture Albert and French seize Lassigney disrupting the German front in Picardy and the Somme as Noyon nears fall. Washington frets over Bolshevik war aims and Russia's chaos while forecasting heavier American troop deployments and continued Allied policing and aid efforts. The Bolsheviks bend to German pressure, sacrificing national interests as German power looms, with the Red Guard fracturing and looting amid a fragile Soviet state.
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Picardy
Somme
Albert
Lassigney
Noyon
Hindenburg
Foch
Washington
America
Murman Coast
War work on the farm recruits skilled milkmaids
Of Wilmington, the supervisor seeks to recruit more girls for winter farming labor. The expert milkmaids include Lempi Ragnilla of Troy New Hampshire Miriam Greenwood of Brookline Massachusetts Eleanor Hoffman of St Louis a Radcliffe student Clara Hudson of Millsboro Delaware Nancy Reed of Cambridge a Smith College senior and Maude Fletcher. The trained cows are part of a special herd bred for producing baby milk.
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Wilmington
Lempi Ragnilla
Troy
N. H
Miriam Greenwood
Brookline
Eleanor Hoffman
Louis
Radcliffe
Clara Hudson
Millsboro
Del
Nancy Reed
Cambridge
Smith College
Maude Fletcher
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