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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
6
Dr. Davis came back from Germany last February and has avoided interviews except for a Carnegie Hall Liberty Loan speech. He only spoke to certain high position officials who requested it, and their names are not disclosed.
American soldiers describe German deception in a Marne sector engagement near Fossey where armor and troops wore American and French uniforms and shouted Gas. Germans used spiked helmets and fake French aircraft markings to mislead Allied forces, but the ruse failed.
Reports from the front describe a brutal engagement at the Marne bridgehead with German prisoners recounting a half day to clear bodies from railroad tracks. Sergeant Joseph Story of Kentucky recalls a platoon reduced to five men holding a wood position until relief. Edward Broos of Chicago twice braved German fire to reach a wireless station, leaving orders on a fallen commander. Fossey defenders held firm after a supposed abandonment, with a crew saying 21 remain.
Australian forces launched a surprise night attack east of Amiens advancing more than a third of a mile on a front over a mile long. They seized German trenches southeast of Villers-Bretonneux, taking 33 prisoners plus two field guns and two machine guns. The prisoners, hearing German boasts, doubted Rheims and Chalons fall and predicted Paris capture. The British front remained quiet aside from shelling near Ypres and the Kemmel hills.
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French troops and an American division advance on a five mile front east of Buzancy and north of the Ourcq River. Vierzy falls as Americans take 4000 prisoners and 30 guns while moving three miles beyond the town. French reach Fontenoy heights and approach Soissons with gains toward Chouy Neuilly St Front and Belleau Wood. East of Rheims Prunay is captured.
Paris dispatch reports a large counter attack between the Aisne and the Marne with French and American troops achieving a surprising early success. No artillery preparation aided the advance, and enemy artillery response was weak while French counter battery work was highly effective. Enemy aviators attacked at low altitude with machine guns.
The French and Americans exceeded German advance momentum, covering nearly double the distance in six hours what the Germans did in three days. Observed junction lines prove critical supply routes as French positions on the Crise ravine threaten German lines between Soissons Rheims. London credits the counter as a brilliant move securing key strategic positions and potentially ending the German push. South of the Marne and east of Mas-Siges, Allied forces regain ground though local fighting continues.
Reuters dispatch from French HQ says Franco American attacks surprised the Germans due to storms and bad weather, with many prisoners taken in hours. The move seeks to halt the German push toward Epernay and the Mountain of Rheims and marks Germany fighting on ground chosen by General Foch for the first time since March 21.
Dutch dispatch notes German commentary shows restraint about the Marne push. Berliner Tageblatt cites General Baron von Ar as part of the German discourse, with analysts urging patience and awaiting clearer government plans before declaring victory.
Paris July 18 German papers demand that high officers publish facts about the American peril citing successes in counter attacks. Many passers ignore the American army in France and dismiss American gains with brief reports.
The report weighs German strategic aims as the battle unfolds near Rheims with uncertainty over surprise use. Analysts note Hindenburg's renewed initiative, Entente weakness, and the need to see further actions to judge overall victory prospects. Prisoner counts are cited as high amid no full surprise.
Paris reports French air forces delivered heavy blows on July 16 and 17, bombing Marne bridges to hinder German crossings. Twenty-one tons of explosives were dropped by day and 14 by night, with 29 German aircraft shot down or damaged and five balloons set afire.
The Allied assault extended from Fontenoy west of Soissons to the northern edge of Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry. The front runs about 38 kilometres 23.56 miles in length.
Tokyo and London dispatches state Japan has practically accepted US proposals on extending military aid to Russia in Siberia but the government will not announce any official action.
Officials distance the public from talks with Great Britain Japan and France on a common policy. While London and Tokio reported progress unofficially, Washington insists no official statement be published and cautions that discussion is inappropriate at this time.
In Flanders trenches German units are so worn by British raids and bombardment that many soldiers sleep at their posts. A Bavarian regiment report notes sections asleep at dawn with no sense of country, dispositions, orders, or neighboring troops, revealing extreme demoralization.
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