British Break German Front in Nieppe Forest Advance
British forces conducted a three mile front assault east of Nieppe forest near Merville in France winning all objectives. The operation inflicted heavy losses on the 32d Saxon and 44th Prussian divisions and captured about 25 more prisoners before noon.
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France
Associated Press
von Hindenburg
Forest of
Nieppe
Merville
Vieux Berquin
Pont Tournai
Nieppe Forest
Plate Becque
United States
Flandersgerippe
Germany Accepts Berne Conference on Prisoner Exchange
Berlin agrees to attend a conference at Berne on August 5 with an American delegation to discuss prisoner exchange and the pay of officers held in each country. Germany’s formal reply came via the Spanish ambassador in Berlin and the American minister in Switzerland. American delegates have not yet been named.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Berne
Switzerland
State Department
Berlin
Germans and Bolsheviks Plot Against Poland Secret Pact Reported
London dispatch reports Germany and the Russian Bolshevik government planned to crush Polish nationalist aims. Agreement to cooperate against Poland was disclosed via Milan to Times, citing details printed in the Nation's Voice of Cracow Galicia.
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Poland
London
Germany
Cracow
Galicia
Times
Milan
Haase Attacks Reichstag Policy and Warns of Peace Risk
Deputy Hugo Haase of the Independent Socialist faction criticized German foreign policy in the Reichstag. He argued military autocracy alienates world opinion, cited American military growth, and urged the people to demand peace despite Turkish violence and harsh actions in Livonia, Estonia, and Finland. He warned of ruin if the military rulers persist.
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Amsterdam
Hugo Haase
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Helfferich
Admiral von Capelle
Haase
United States
Count von Westarp
Herr Streseemann
Batum
Kars
Ardahan
Livonia
Esthenia
Riga
Russia
Finland
Germany
Allies Drive Deep Into German Lines in Major Push
Allied forces reported a productive breakthrough with ground gains averaging nearly a mile and pockets of captured hamlets. French troops extended four and a half miles of front and seized forts near Mont Gobert, as leaders planned synchronized, high-stakes strikes to threaten Paris and the Channel ports. Over 100 Germans were captured, while air and naval reporting tracked ongoing operations amid rumors of Russia’s upheaval and shifts in leadership.
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St. Omer
Calais
Dunkirk
Paris
Villers-Cotterets
Amblemy
Montgobert
Foch
Berlin
Piave
Russia
Moscow
Korniloff
Kaledines
Trotzky
Lenine
Gulf of Finland
Murman Coast
Nicholas
Drowns When Plane Falls Into the Sea Pensacola
Pensacola June 28 John G veller a machinist at the local aviation field was drowned today when the airplane he was flying fell into Pensacola Bay.
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Pensacola, Fla
John G. Veller
Pensacola Bay
Allied Turns Stymie German Drive In France And Russia
The British between Bailleul and La Bassee and the French southwest of Soissons scored sharp gains, upsetting German plans. Parallel reports on Russia hint at unrest without clear credibility, while Major William A. Bishop earns a lieutenant colonelcy and air command in England after 72 victories. Aviation gains, shortages in Germany, and Redirection to mobile warfare underscore turning tides.
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Bailleul
la Bassee
Hazebrook
Soissons
Russia
Nicholas
Moscow
Korniloff
Kalidenes
Wilson
Bishop
Great Britain
L’illustration
St. Quentin
Honor Soldier McClintock Ends Life in New York
First Lieutenant Alexander McClintock United States Army formerly of Lexington Kentucky and honored by King George for gallantry while with Canadian forces shot himself in New York City today He had been absent from Camp Dix New Jersey without leave and registered under an alias at Murray Hill Baths Friends said he had been short of funds recently An attendant found him dead on his bed
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New York
Alexander McClintock
Lexington
King George of
England
Camp Dix
N. J
McClintock
British Flyers Down 29 German Planes In Air Battle
British aviators destroyed twenty nine German airplanes in air fighting over the western front Thursday according to military reports from London.
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London
Western Front
British aviation communique reports enemy planes forced down
British official dispatch notes nine enemy aircraft forced to earth out of control while its own losses reach fourteen aircraft.
Vienna Reports Activity of Italian Artillery
The Vienna war office reports Italian forces directing ineffective fire behind Austrian lines in Giudicaria Argo basin and Adige valley. Reconnoitering Italians at Presena region are repelled. Co Red Rosso, Monte di Valdella and area west of Asiago endure long artillery and mine fire. A Piave crossing attempt near Fossalla fails as Piave remains high.
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Vienna
London
War Office
Giudicaria
Argo
Adige Valley
Presena
Venetian Alps
Co. di Rosso
Monte di Valdella
Asiago
Piave
Fossalla
Airplane postage rates cut after July 15
The Post Office Department announced that after July 15 air plane mail will cost 16 cents for the first ounce and 6 cents for each additional ounce, with 6 cents for the fractional rate and the usual 10 cents for special delivery.
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Washington
Post Office Department
One-ought-four in the Trenches Poem War Prelude
A wartime poem recalls the 104th division in France trenches facing pack of cooties and rats. The Kaiser declares 1600 shock troops to drive Yankees, but the narrator's company halts the assault and vows to fight for peace and freedom with support from millions.
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France
Kaiser
Reichstag
Blood and Thunder
Colonels Sherburne and Shelton Promoted in National Guard
Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York, eldest son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, is linked with the National Guard of the Empire State. He has long been associated with the guard and leads his command at the front.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Colonel Vanderbilt
National Guard
Empire State
President Wilson Nominates Eight Major Generals and Forty-Two Brigadier Generals
President Wilson sent to the Senate the lists of eight major generals and forty-two brigadier generals for the national army. Most selectees serve in France. selections favor merit over seniority as made by General Pershing and General March. Notable nominations include James G. Harbord and William S. Graves for major generals. numerous colonels named as brigadier generals.
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Wilson
Senate
National Army
France
Persaing
General March
Sherburne
Vanderbilt
Mason M. Patrick
Edward M. Lewis
William J. Snow
William R. Smith
Peter H. Traub
William 8. Graves
James G. Harbord
Charles P. Summerall
Pershing
Marine Brigade
Chateau Thierry
Marine Corps
March
William S. Graves
War Army
Scott
Bliss
Graves
General Staff
Rise of Colonel Sherburne the Brookline Harvard Grad
Colonel John H. Sherburne of Brookline, Harvard graduate and long-time artillery officer, rose rapidly through militia ranks from 1896 to colonel by 1916. He commanded Battery A on the Mexican border and overseas, with a War Department endorsement of his unit. He also served in the Legislature on military affairs and remains a prominent Republican figure alongside Brigadier-General Charles H. Cole as Massachusetts officers in France.
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John H. Sherburne
Brookline
Harvard
Artillery
Field Artillery
Massachusetts Militia
Manassas
United States Artillery
H. C. Schumm
War Department
Charles H. Cole
Massachusetts
France
Italian and British Forces Penetrate Trenches on Asiago Plateau
The Italian war office reports Asiago Plateau operations with penetrations into Austrian trenches and prisoner recoveries. Brisk fighting occurs along the front with reconnoitering parties near Monte Corno and south of Sasso Rosso. British party also penetrates enemy trenches. Allied airmen conduct active bombardments.
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Asiago
Italian War Office
Monte Corno
Sasso Rosso
Washington Doubts Russian Rumors and Political Turmoil
Washington remains skeptical of rumors about Lenin and Trotsky as reports continue of a Siberian government under Grand Duke Michael and claims that Kerensky dominates Petrograd as the man of the hour.
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Washington
Lenine
Trotzky
Siberia
Grand Duke
Michael and
Berlin
Kerensky
Petrograd
US to Aid Russia via Business Leaders and Red Cross
Officials sketch plans for American aid to rehabilitate Russia using business and industrial leaders, with licensed exports, tonnage to Siberian ports, and large Red Cross relief. Consuls would assist reconstruction while avoiding military show of force, as Germany is watched for reaction to the move.
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Berlin
State Department
United States
Russia
Wilson
Toussia
America
Germany
Siberian
Red Cross
Nicholas
Siberia
Belgium
France
Testimonial Dinner for Ensign Edwin J. Giblin
A banqu et and presentation will honor Ensign Edwin J. Giblin of South Boston at the Quincy House this evening. About 200 guests are invited, with ex private secretary to Congressman Gallivan and ex Representative Leavens as chairman of arrangements. Speakers include Gallivan former Mayor Fitzgerald Judge Creed and William F. Kearns among others, with music by local talent.
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Ensign Giblin
Edwin J. Giblin
Mount Vernon Street
South
Boston
Quincy House
James A. Gallivan
John N. Leavens
Gallivan
Fitzgerald
M. J. Creed
William
The Vanishing Cracksman joins the lawmen at last
The Vanishing Cracksman Cleek the master thief is revealed as the criminal behind the Wyvern jewels threat. Inspector Narkom, Sir Horace Wyvern, and Miss Ailsa Lorne brace for a showdown at Wyvern House as police plan a careful midnight interception to stop the coup.
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Sir Horace Wyvern
Hamilton Cleek
Mr. Narkom
Dead Man’s Corner
Miss Lorne
Narkom
Wyvern House
Sir Horace
The
Century Syndicate
Sunday Post
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