Franco-British Forces Win on Somme Front
The report notes advances on the Somme with the recapture of Mush and the capture of 2300 prisoners at Rachta. It also mentions near-surrounding Thiepval and ongoing Balkan reports with Bulgarian actions and Greek volunteers mobilizing toward Seres. Italian offensive gains are claimed on the Austro-Italian front with increased Isonzo artillery activity.
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Somme
Maurepas
Thiepval
Mush
Rachta
Balkans
Berlin
Vienna
Roumania
Greece
Athens News de
Spatches
Seres
Isonzo
Koenig and Crew Feted as Heroes in Germany
Berlin reports celebrate Captain Koenig and the Deutschland crew for the return of the merchant submarine. Parliament and newspapers praise neutral U S conduct and note the potential value of merchant submarines while cautioning against overestimation of their impact. An official Bremen reception is planned with high officials attending.
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Berlin
London
Deutschland
Koenig
United States
Cologne
Chesapeake Bay
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
the Tageblatt
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Reichstag
Count von Reventlow
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Bremen
Plant Juice marketed as a stomach rem edy in local ad
An advertisement promotes Plant Juice as a herbal stomach remedy to cure run down conditions and digestive ills. It cites a testimonial from Miss Sarah McPhee of Olney Street who reports relief from indigestion, insomnia, and bloating after using Plant Juice. The ad notes a promoter at Houghton and Dutton drug department for demonstrations.
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Sarah McPhee
Olney St
No. 22
Houghton & Dutton
French Troops Take Maurepas Front Advance 200 Prisoners
French forces completed the occupation of Maurepas and pushed 200 metres beyond on a mile long front. They seized 12 machine guns and took about 200 German prisoners in the Maurepas action, with total prisoners in the Meuse sector reaching 300.
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Paris
Maurepas
Somme
Meuse
Thieaumont
Fleury
French Balkan Report on Saloniki Front Actions
The French war office reports Allied forces repulsed enemy attempts to retake positions north of Palmes in the Doiran sector and along the Moglenica front. Serbian troops launch an offensive west of the Moglenica with a counterattack restoring Hill 1506 near Ostrovo Lake after it was lost earlier.
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Paris
French War Office
Saloniki
Struma
Seres
Moglenica
Palmes
Doiran
Ljumnica
1506
Ostrovo Lake
Artillery Fighting in Balkans Wednesday
On the Macedonian front neither Bulgarians nor Entente forces launched an offensive yesterday. An official statement reports continued artillery activity with no infantry encounters. Doiran front saw artillery action, Struma front had Bulgarian entrenchment dispersed, and Orlak bridge was shelled. Serbian line unchanged.
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London
Doiran
Struma
Orlak
French Extend Fight Over 30 Mile Front
Paris dispatch reports heavy French bombardment along Estrees to Lassigny as the Somme offensive pushes southward toward Lassigny. German air reconnaissance and German balloons appear as French artillery and air forces clash. 36 hour Somme front artillery action described as extraordinary in intensity.
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Paris
Estrees
Lassigny
la Liberte
Vermandovillers
Lihons
Chaliines
Roye
Somme
German War Office Report On Somme Meuse and Balkan Fronts
The German War Office states French and British attacks on the Somme were repulsed with efforts directed near Thiepval Trozieres and Guillemont. Meuse battles near Thiaumont Fleury saw increased artillery fire and failed French attacks south of Thiaumont. An aeroplane was shot down near Pazentin Peronne Richebourg and La Bassée. Eastern front had no major developments aside from minor engagements with prisoners taken. In the Balkans Serbian resistance near Lake Ostrovo persists against Bulgarian attack, with Serbian counterattacks failing. Enemy claims of Serbo Franco British successes are denied.
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Soyecourt
Somme
Fleury
Thiancourt
Paris
Caucasus
Petrograd
Struma
Greece
Bulgarian War Office
Sofia
Berlin
Guillemont
London
War Office
Thiepval
Trozieres
Maurepas
Meuse
Verdun
Thiaumont-Fleury
Chapitre
Thiaumont
Pazentin
Peronne
Richebourg
la Bassee
Balkan
Lake Ostrovo
Dzemant Jeri
Vardar
British Troops Gain Ground Near Thiepval and Bazentin
British forces advanced 800 yards south of Thiepval and captured a 400 yard trench with many prisoners. The war office said a hostile bombing attack north of Bazentin Petit was repulsed and a raid northwest of La Bassée entered enemy trenches before repelling.
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London
Thiepval
War Office
Bazentin-Petit
Italians Press Dolomites Offensive In Fassa Alps
Italian forces push at various Dolomites fronts and seize positions in the Fassa Alps. They report holding Height 2364 south of Cima di Cece before an enemy counterattack retook it, while mountain detachments advanced along Monte Cauriol and Cima di Cupola. Recon aircraft activity and downed enemy plane near Ranziano are noted.
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London
Dolomites
Fassa Alps
Fossernica
Cima di Cece
CIA
Monte Cauriol
Cima di Cupola
Gorizia
Nieuport
Ranziano
Russian forces retake Mush in Turkish Armenia
Russian war department reports Mush reoccupied from Turkish hands on August 24 after heavy fighting. They claim 2300 prisoners taken and describe surrounding parts of the fourth Turkish division, capturing officers and A skaris, plus three cannons and three machine guns. Western front unchanged. Teutonic forces attack near Tobel repulsed. Turkish troops identified at Zlota Lipa.
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Petrograd
London
Armenia
Mush
War Department
Lake van
Bachta
Stokhod
Rudka- Chervishhe
Kovel
War Office
Tobel
Zlota Lipa
Galicia
Austrian War Office Reports on Isonzo and Alpine Fronts
The war office says on the Isonzo the enemy opened artillery fire on several sectors. In Stenstriz near Voce a hostile biplane fell to our hands with occupants captured. In the Fleimstal Tyrol 80 unwounded prisoners and two machine guns were taken. In Albania Avlona sector enemy activity increases. An Austro-Hungarian plane piloted by First Sergeant Aridi in a clash with four Farman biplanes shot down two machines.
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Vienna
War Office
Isonzo
Voche
Stenstriz
Tyrol
Fleimstal
Albania
Avlona
Aridi
Probe of Skeffington Execution Continued in Ireland
The inquiry into the 1916 execution without trial of Skeffington, Dickson, and McIntyre continues in Dublin as Captain Bowen-Colthurst testifies he ordered the killings under martial law amid reports of 600 Germans marching and fears of a general massacre at Porto Bello barracks. Adjutant Morgan notes no incriminating documents were found on the prisoners.
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Dublin
London
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Fred MclIntyre
Thomas Dickson
John Simon
Bowen-Colthurst
Skeffington, Dickson
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