British Drive Deep Into Second German Line At Somme
British forces report steady gains on the Somme front, taking the enemy’s second line from Bazentin le Petit to Longueval and the Trones wood. German counterattacks failed to retake Bazentin le Petit as British troops pressed forward toward Peronne and Bapaume with French coordination.
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Bazentin-le-Petit
Longueval
Trones Wood
Pozieres
Albert
Bapaume
Hardecourt
Somme
Verdun
The
Stokhod
Caucasus
Nicholas
Erzerum
Baiburt
Bagdad
Somme River
Contalmaison
Montauban
Mametz Wood
Bazentin-le Petit
Peronne
Russians Report Major Prisoner Gains and Gains on Caucasus Front
In wartime dispatches the War Office states Russian forces captured 3200 prisoners near Volonetchki and 8200 in the Stripa region with two guns and 19 machine guns. Offensive actions continue west of Erzerum and on the Massa Pass front amid Turkish and Austro German attacks.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Lake Drisviaty
Volonetchki
Baranovichi
Stokhod
Lower Liper
Stripa
Caucasus Front
Erzerum
Massa Pass
British repels German counterattacks in July drive
British official war office statement reports fierce German counterattacks to retake ground won in today’s drive were crushed by British fire. It details hour by hour progress from daybreak with the 11th to 12th July focus on bombarding strong positions and preparing for further advance.
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London
War Office
French statements depict intensified bombardment on Belgian front
Paris reports the bombardment along parts of the Belgian front reaching peak intensity. It notes a French air raid on Mulheim in reprisal for Luneville bombing and says the day was largely calm elsewhere on the front with localized heavy artillery and patrol actions near Steenstraete and Verdun regions.
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Paris
French War Office
Luneville
Mulheim
Rhine
Steenstraete
Aisne
Ville-au-Bois
Vauclere
Italian War Office Report From Italian Front July 14
Rome July 14 official war office bulletin notes increased enemy artillery in Camonica valley against Tonale and Adamello positions. Our guns hit Austrians on Biasena slopes and on a marching column. Monte Maio counterattack repelled. Sette Comuni sees heavy fighting. Castelletto summit driven from Dolo mi region. A mine exploded July 11 giving us control of the summit and burying the Austrian force present. The following night the action continued.
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Rome
London
War Office
Camonica
Tonale
Adamello
Adige Valley
Biasena
Monte Maio
Sette Comuni
Tofana
Castelletto
Col Des Bois
Frontline action and air raid over Padua report
The enemy tried to regain a position we had fortified but failed with heavy losses. Artillery shelled the sea front while hostile planes bombed Padua last night, causing minor damage and several fatalities and injuries.
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Padua
German War Report Front Line Actions Across Somme and East
German statement describes renewed British offensives at Mametz Wood Longueval and Trones Wood with French setbacks near Barleux Estrees and Meuse. Reports German counter actions on Stokhod with prisoners and machine guns. Also notes enemy penetrations repelled by Bothmer’s forces and significant German losses.
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Berlin
Somme
Mametz Wood
Longueval
Trones Woods
Barleux
Estrees
Meuse
Souville
Laufee
Oulches
Deaulne
Markirch
von Linsingen
Stokhod
Zarecz
Count von Bothmer
Russians Penetrate Austrian Lines Near Buczacz
Austrian war office reports Russian forces broke through northwest of Buczacz after fierce fighting but were driven back by a counter-attack. The statement notes an enemy foothold on the left bank of the Stokhod near the Sarny Kovel railway, later repelled with 160 prisoners captured.
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Vienna
London
Buczacz
War Office
Moldova
Sarny-Kovel
Stokhod
Ambulance Unit Expands On French Front
Paris July 14 The American field ambulance now numbers 150 cars and operates as an independent unit with chief inspector A Platt Andrew of Boston and assistant Stephen Gallatin of New York. Of the cars, 125 are in Verdun. more are being fitted and drivers recruited, aiming for 230 cars by August. A suburban villa will serve as rest for furloughing drivers, with repair stations at Billancourt near Paris. Lew Wallace grandson of General Lew Wallace has joined.
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Paris
Neuilly
A. Platt Andrew
Boston
Stephen Gallatin
New York
Verdun Front
United States
Billancourt
Lew Wallace
Cavalrymen Fire By Mistake at Presidio
U S border patrol detachment fired on a second unit near Presidio Texas today, mistaking them for bandits. Private Milhoun of the Sixth Cavalry was wounded in the incident.
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Presidio
Texas
United States Border Patrol
Milhoun
Sixth Cavalry
Villa forces clash with Carranza troops near Diaz
Pancho Villa commands 8000 men of Reyes and Contreras brigades in five days of fighting southwest of Jiminez against Carranzista units led by General Trevino. Villistas are now engaged at Diaz near Santa Rosalia, report to the border via a Chihuahua band member.
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EL Paso
Texas
Pancho Villa
Canuto Reyes
Calixto Contreras
Jacinto Trevino
Jiminez
Diaz
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Villistas Fight On As Chihuahua Remains In Flux
A Mexican band leader says Villa may seize Chihuahua in two months despite Trevino’s siege. Carranza troops clash near Jiminez with 15 000 loyalists, two trainloads of dead and wounded reported. Villista raids hit Santa Rosalia and Parral while food shortages worsen nationwide.
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Chihuahua
Villa
Trevino
Jiminez
Discipline Strict at Whitney Camp Whitney
July 14 members of the National Guard recruits newspaper men and all others with business at the camp are receiving regular army discipline due to the Seventh Company Coast Artillery from Fort Banks. Under Captain Kelton they perform guard duty and enforce rules and regulations on all.
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Camp Whitney
National Guard
Coast Artillery
Fort Banks
Kelton
Recruits Form Battalion as Guard Arms Tense at Arsenal
A major from the National Guard sought an iron stake at the arsenal and won quartermaster consent after a tense challenge by a sentinel. An ambulance was refused entry until a pass was produced. A medical exam at the camp rejects about a quarter of applicants for fitness while Major William H. Dolan leads the new battalion and Captain Thomas J. Clifford commands a company of recruits.
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Arsenal
National Guard
Framingham Hospital
Sentinel
William H. Dolan
George O. Parker
Leo Coughlin
Thomas J. Clifford
Joseph H. Harney
Harry A. Skinner
Spectacle of British Drive at Somme in Dawn Battle
Eyewitness accounts from front lines in France describe a dawn assault on the German second line during the Somme battles. British artillery hammered positions as infantry moved to establish new trenches from Ovillers to Montauban, nearing the German lines and signaling progress with rockets and patrols.
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the Prince OF Wales
Prince
France
London
Somme
Ovillers
la Boisselle
Montauban
Douglas Haig
Associated Press
Longueval
Arrest in Arson Trust Case Seizes Oscar Green in Boston
Oscar Green, 24, of 144 Chelsea Street Revere, was arrested in Portland on an indictment warrant and brought to Boston by Inspector Lynch and State Officer Sherlock. He allegedly set five fires at addresses on Beacon Street in Revere as part of the Arson Trust sweep.
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Chelsea Street
Revere
Boston
Portland
Lynch
Sherlock
Green
Bangor
Beacon Street
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