Allied Break in Soissons-Rheims Salient Seens Spearhead Advance
Late war summary reports French troops entering Soissons as Allied forces drive Germans back along 36 miles of front from Soissons to Thillois near Rheims. American and British troops push forward with little opposition in places, cities burning behind the line as retreat accelerates. British raids in France and Flanders continue while German bombardments press near Ypres.
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Associated
Presa
Soissons-Rheims
Soisons
Soissonms
Thillois
Rheims
Vesse
Aisne
Soissons
Alene
Soissons-Rheims-salient
France
Flanders
Hintich
Somme
Ypres
German propaganda funds spent to sway U.S. public opinion
The German government allegedly financed a $1,481,700 effort to influence American readers via a New York newspaper. Alfred Becker, deputy secretary, said payments through Lyon, Rensdorf & Co. funded the purchase of the New York Evening Mail and Express. Becker linked funds to Count von Bernstorff and Dr Heinrich Albert with Rumley and Kaufmann's firm handling commissions.
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New York
New York Evening Mall
Alfred Becker
Weputy Eee Selimeet
Annou
Edward AL ‘Efect
Walter Kansmann
Rumley
Count von Bernstorff
Heinrich Albert
Walter Lyon
Wall Street
Lyon, Rensdorf & Co
Becker
Mall and Express Company
Lyon
Cy Rumley
Kaufmann
Desultory Fighting Reported on Battlefront
Berlin reports through London that on the battefront there has been desultory fighting this evening according to the official headquarters communication.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Battefront
Triple tobacco tax agreed to fund war effort
Washington Aug 2 Heavy increases in the present war tax on tobacco cigars and cigarettes were agreed to today by the house ways and means committee as part of a new eight billion dollar revenue bill. The tax doubles and triples rates on items and is expected to raise about 340 million versus 168 million now. The bill will go to report when the house reassembles on August 19.
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Associated Press
Washinton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Weather Outlook for Wyoming This Weekend
Partly cloudy in Wyoming with likely Saturday and Sunday showers in the extreme north. Cooler temperatures noted for Saturday.
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Wyoming
Nortion
Pershing Cables Difficulty in Tabulating WWI Casualties
Washington reports General Pershing cannot compile American casualty figures until hostilities end due to disrupted communications and dispersed units. He notes troops are brigaded with French and British forces and wounded are treated in allied and American hospitals, complicating records.
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Pershing
Washington
Soissons-Rheims
Secrelory Baker Eccene
Yankees Fight On Aisne Marne Front Fails To Halt German Retreat
On the Aisne Marne front dated August 2 American and French forces advanced one to two miles with scant combat as German rearguards withdrew. Cavalry led near Veregny while American infantry followed. efforts aimed to strike the retreating enemy with limited success.
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Associated Press
Aignefmarned
Aisne-Marne
German War Council
Veregny
Voulonges
Americans Take Important Part in Big Advance
American troops pushing the enemy on the Somme Rheims front advanced five miles this morning as Pershing reported in the war department communique. Thursday's action saw American forces capture Hill 230 south of Voulanges and the wood east of the hill, while aviators bombed Conflans railroad station and yards after numerous trips.
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Associated Press
Washington
Soigsons-Rheims
Pershing
War Department
Hill 230
Votlenges
Conflans
French and American Forces Advance North of Fere en Tardenois
French troops occupied Cramille and Cramoiselle before 7 AM and entered Saponnay at 8 AM. American infantry moved with them through the Nesles forest. Several locomotives and forty railroad cars were captured at Saponay.
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Associated Preas
Aisne-Marne
Fere-en-Tardenois
Cramille
Cramoiselle
Saponay
Nesles
German Admiral Hoheendorff Retired for Health Reasons
In Copenhagen on August 2 the German admiralty announced the retirement of Admiral Venn Hoheendorff, chief of the German admiralty, due to health issues. He will be replaced by a member of the battle fleet staff as acting admiral.
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Coppnhagen
Venn Hoheendorff
Vaughan Plateau Scene of Great Carnage with French Army
Desperate fighting rages on the Vaughan plateau as German forces retreat from the north and east. Allied troops hold woods northeast of Fere en Tardenois with French units two miles north of Villers-Agrons. Germans retreat, likely toward the Veale river, ending their Marne offensive as allies gain the upper hand.
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Associated Press
France
Vaughan Plateau
Fere En Tardenois
Villers-Agrons
Veale
Marne
von Kluck
Two to three mile advance reported along the line
London reports that Allied forces pushed two to three miles forward along the front between the Ardre river southwest of Rheims and the hamlet of Taulx near Bolmona. German troops retreat while burning villages along the Oureg sector as lines shift under heavy pressure.
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Associated Press
London
Ardre River
Rhelme
Taux
Bolmona
Foch’s Iranian? No. Historic front lines overshadowed by a new breakthrough
German defenses north of the Aisne were breached as American troops joined French and British flank offensives. Paris reports a rapid collapse of the Veale line and success at Solasons and Thillota near Rheims, signaling a major shift toward Paris with Boissons reentry noted.
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Washington
Qureq
Aisne-Marne
Heigths
Aisne
Paris
Solasons
Thillota
Rheims
Foch
Boissons
Chemine-des- Dames Sant May
Chateau Thierry
Allies advance on Aisne Marne front amid retreats
On Aug 2 the allies pushed forward under heavy fire as German forces withdrew northward through the valley from Saponey. Fires lit the rear areas as Germans destroyed munition dumps before retreating. French troops bivouacked at Siponey for the first time in two months with little resistance met.
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Aisne-Marne
Ttn
Saponey
Siponey
French Advance Forces Threaten German Flank Near Rheims
In tonight's report the French push north and west of Rheims threatening the German left flank along the Vesle. If the line holds, the enemy may retreat toward the Aisne abandoning heavy materiel to avoid being cut off. The struggle is framed as a turning point on the western front with indications that the French hold the initiative.
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Aisne
Th'uol
Rheims
Vesle
March
UN Retirement Prestige by He Burns Towns France
Aug. 2 The Allied line moved from Hommeeres to Bolasons and Velleu through Nesles and Rhelmy to Legery and Tramery. French units advanced near Bois-la-Mone and Treslon while Herrll ett remains in enemy hands. Thillois retaken as German retreat accelerates amid scorched-earth tactics near Rheims.
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Hommeeres
Bolasons
Velleu
Criae
Chacrise
Arey
Treslon
Hronllett
Flamness
Rheims
Thillois
Mangiude
Goutta
Berthelot
Robbers Blow Safe Open at Sanitary Laundry Plant
Thieves entered the Sanitary Laundry plant at Carey avenue and Twenty-fourth street behind the Private hospital and dynamited the safe. The amount stolen is not known.
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Carey Avenue
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