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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
2
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Allied forces push seven miles from the Marne toward Fere en Tardengis while driving German positions along the river. Jaulgonne changes hands as French and American troops clear the north bank of the Marne and repulse counterattacks. In the Amiens sector, French forces strike east of Montdidier, seize Aubvillers Sauvillers Mailly Raid, and capture about 1500 German prisoners as they threaten the German line near Amiens. The broader action aims to shield Amiens and Paris amid heavy fighting and stubborn German resistance.
Horatio N. Allin, a disbarred former attorney, serves papers to a Superior Court judge, a court clerk, and Boston Bar Association officials as a preliminary to a $150,000 damages suit. Proceedings trace to disbarment actions sparked by a prior estate case ruling against Allin.
Allied forces press the German line north and northeast of Chateau Thierry with fierce fighting and substantial prisoner captures. German reinforcements reported east of Soissons as allies tighten grip from Soissons to Rheims amid rain and mist.
Allied despatches report a French four mile front attack near Montdidier yielding Sauvillers Aubvillers and Mailly Rainéval within 15 minutes. About a thousand prisoners taken in 24 hours with Americans and British contributing, as fighting along the Soissons Rheims pocket continues and Germans resist fiercely.
French American and British forces report substantial advances on the Aisne Marne front with several villages taken and about 1800 prisoners captured. North of the Ourcq they pushed past Plessier-Huleu toward the western outskirts of Oulcy and faced stiff German resistance.
The Boston Central Labor Union will investigate the city fuel committee order prohibiting coal heating before December 1. Executives P. Harry Jennings Michael A. Murphy and Herman Comerford were named to research the issue and report back.
Washington July 23 Officials say with about a quarter of a million U S troops engaged General Foch has shifted the balance and the American army now pushes forward in a rising stream. War Department plans to accelerate and expand the American military programme amid the Allied counteroffensive.
Secretary Baker announced a broader War Department program expanding army appropriations and a larger mobilization to raise the fighting reservoir. Draft-age changes were under study as officials aim to reinforce Gen Foch and push German forces on the Aisne front toward final victory. A definite French deployment timetable remains under consideration.
Washington July 23 news reports a Berne Switzerland conference on prisoner exchange between the United States and Germany. The American commission is nearly complete and will be announced soon. The proposed date of August 5 was postponed due to a concurrent Hague meeting with Great Britain.
London July 23 China will participate in the Siberian intervention. A Daily Mail Tien-Tsin correspondent reports the decision was taken July 18 at a cabinet meeting. The plan involves China joining allied forces in the region.
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