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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
6
American troops and aviators held the line at Vaux as German assaults were repelled with heavy losses. Captured equipment included six heavy machine guns, 18 light machine guns, mortars, grenade throwers, 200 rifles, and ammunition. The fight resumed with intensified German efforts, yet no ground was conceded.
An Associated Press report describes a heavy German assault at Vaux after Monday’s capture, repulsed by American defenses. American machine gunners and artillery halted the attack as Allied losses remained light and prisoners were increased nearby Chateau Thierry.
The article notes strong American involvement on the Marne front with about 225,000 troops under Major General Liggett, suggesting Ludendorff may target them next. It also reports rapid Czecho-Slovak advance in Siberia, Vladivostok control, Bolshevik resistance, and potential Allied recognition of a Czech Slovak government if power grows there.
Paris dispatch quotes Major de Civrieux, noting American forces have achieved valuable results on the right wing between the Marne and Oise. He cites Hill 204 and Vaux as blocked exits and Belleau Wood commanding routes to Paris, with fighting continuing since May in an 13 kilometre sector.
American forces repulse renewed German assaults near Chateau Thierry with trenches intact and heavy air battles. Four enemy aircraft downed today with seven confirmed German planes defeated across 20 combats this week. two American aviators killed or wounded. Quentin Roosevelt among noted airmen.
In Brockton the police raided 15 Main street sites including drug stores. The operation began about 8 pm and at one point tied up the entire department. Several auto loads of contraband liquor were seized as the city braces for a dry Fourth of July.
The Concord Country Club will stage its second annual Liberty golf tournament over the club links today. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Red Cross.
Readers report Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps with nervousness and functional disorders. Letters from women nationwide attest to its merit and experience.
General Pershing’s communique from France lists 63 army and Marine Corps officers and men awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Second Lieutenant Alton P. Wood of Boston is among the recipients with the general’s remarks.
Three New England servicemen were posthumously honored for bravery in World War I. Corporal Francis J. Dock of South Boston, Gunnery Sergeant Arthur J. Tindeau of Webster, and First Sergeant John Grant of Mars Hill are cited for extreme courage near Chateau Thierry on June 6, 1918. First Sergeant Daniel A. Hunter of Westerly Rhode Island is praised by General Pershing for exposing himself to enemy fire and inspiring others at Chateau Thierry where he died of wounds.
Viscount Rhondda David Alfred Thomas, the British food controller, died this morning after a severe pleurisy and subsequent fluid dispersion. His condition weakened gradually with few bedside bulletins in the days leading to his death.
Italian forces along the Lower Piave struck hard at Austrian defenses and forced forward progress amid difficult terrain near the river mouth, which was partially flooded, the war office reported today.
Italian forces report about 1900 Austrian prisoners in the Grappa region with 22 machine guns and other war materiel seized. They say they withstood an Austrian counter attack at the head of the San Lorenzo valley and consolidated new positions. Overall totals include 25 officers and 596 other ranks, plus heavy weapon captures.
London dispatch reports an impending Ukrainian ministerial crisis due to peasant unrest. The Berliner Tageblatt, via Amsterdam despatch, cites a new prime minister M. Markewitch and war secretary General Grekow, urged by the Ukrainian Soviet congress.
Entente considers Siberian developments as Czecho-Slovaks seize Pacific port and control critical railway from Irkutsk to Vladivostok. German forces hold Irkutsk to Vladivostok. efforts seek union of bands to form front against Germans while safeguarding northern Arctic access at Kola and Archangel.
The Ukrainian Telegraph Bureau of Kiev reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch brother of Nicholas is proclaimed Czar. He leads Czecho-Slavs toward Moscow after Nicholas abdicated and Michael was named regent.
The Archangel Duma, surviving the Kerensky era, may be replaced by Bolshevik loyalists as Moscow and Germany influence politics. Entente powers and Washington watch closely while political motives dominate the incident over the Allied naval protection of military supplies.
Men who registered on June 5 under the selective service law must be ready to respond to a call in August for induction into the national army. Major Roger Wolcott relayed a telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder stating local boards must promptly complete the classification and examination of men who turned 21 during the year ending June 5.
London dispatch reports German troops after heavy shelling attacked and recaptured most of the ground won by the British in a local operation near Bouzin court north of Albert on Sunday evening according to the war office statement.
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