Tide of Battle Shifts as Allied Reserves Drive Germans Back Near Soissons
Allied forces regain strength on the Soissons to Rheims front as German efforts to widen occupation south of the Rheims Dormans road falter. British trench raids report prisoners and a machine gun capture near Arras and Lens. Italian theater shows moderate activity while Paris faces new German air raids and hill recapture near Ville-en-Tardenois.
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Soissons
Arras
Lens
Bethune
London
Paris
French Repel Repeated German Attacks North of Aisne
Paris reports French forces repulsed extremely violent German assaults north of the Aisne between the Oise and Soissons. Mont de Choisy was captured and recaptured by bayonet, while Germans briefly occupied Longpont Corcy Faverolles and Troesnes before French counterattacks restored positions. On the Rheims-Dormans front fighting continues with German advances halted and no change along the Rheims line.
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Paris
Aisne
Oise
Soissons
French War Office
Mont de Choisy
Chateau-Thiery
Longpont
Corcy
Faverolles
Troesnes
Rheims-Dormans
Ville-en-Tardenois
Marne
Bois Carlepont
Mouwlins-sous-Touvent
Chateau-Thierry
Dormans-Rheims
Olizy- Violaine
Rheims
Neuilly-St
Italians Raid Cavazuccherina In Front-Line Action
Rome reports moderate artillery along the Sandona Piave front. An Italian raid captured a few prisoners at Cavazuccherina. Allied air squadrons dropped five tons of bombs on enemy aviation camps, five hostile aircraft were shot down, and one enemy plane was destroyed by Italian artillery on the Piave left bank.
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Rome
Cavazaccherina
Italian War Office
Sandona el Piave
Cavazuccherina
Piave River
Foch Targets German Break at Soissons Front
Allied defense tightens as General Foch directs counterstrikes along the Soissons area to halt the German wedge from the Marne while warning of a possible Amiens push. The Kaiser bets on breakthroughs to split allied forces and force peace terms before American troops arrive in strength.
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Foch
Soissons
Marne
Amiens
Paris
France
Berlin
Germans Held In Paris War Report On Front Conditions
Paris reports the German offensive continues with heavy violence after the first week. Left wing battles from the Marne to the Oise are bitter, Rheims to Chateau Thierry is held, Soissons to the Marne shows strengthening French resistance as German divisions pour in. Fort Pompelle briefly fell to Germans but was retaken by General Gourand’s troops.
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Paris
Amiens
Soissons
Foch
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Oise
Soissons- Rheims
von Tiutier
Fort Pompelle
Gourand
British Raid German Lines at Three Points
British troops raided German trenches southeast of Arras and Lens and north of Bethune, taking 27 prisoners and a machine gun in one raid and a few prisoners in the others. Artillery activity increased along the front from Albert to Arras and in the Ypres sector. total prisoners in recent fighting at Aveluy Wood rose to 72.
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London
Arras
Lens
Bethune
British War Office
Flanders
Belgium
Kaiser and Hindenburg Tour Front at Craonne
London dispatch reports Emperor William and Field Marshal von Hindenburg visiting Craonne on the Chemin des Dames front. They walked trenches craters and wire entanglements, inspecting defenses while Hindenburg joked about the climb being good exercise.
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Kaiser and Hindenburg
Craonne
London
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Paul Rosner
William
Lokal Anzeiger
Warfare Resembles Old Campaigns on Marne Front
An Associated Press dispatch describes open warfare along the Marne with French British and American troops amid marching refugees. Columns of troops and vehicles crowd roads while civilians carry belongings under guards as Allied cavalry skirmish and raid operations continue with fatigued regiments fighting patrols.
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France
Associated Press
Marne
Napoleon
Germans Claim Gains in Soissons Sector
German headquarters report captures east of Moulin-Sous-Touvent and west of Nouvron in the Soissons sector. They say French counterattacks near Verneuil and along the Ancre failed with heavy losses, and they took a Franco-American depot near Fere-en-Tardenois with vast artillery, supplies, and over a thousand vehicles. The Marne front remains unchanged and fresh progress is claimed on the attack front.
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Berlin
London
Moulin-Sous-Touvent
Notuvron
Soissons
Verneuil
Ancre
Lys
Albert
Noyon
Carlepont
Montagne
Nouvron
Ourcq
Savieres
Passy
Cour
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