Allied Smash Advances On Marne Front In WWI Updates
Allied forces push about two miles on the Aisne Marne line capturing Cra m oiselle Cramille Cierges Mauniere woods and Romigny. From July 15 to 31 34 000 prisoners reported. Other fronts report ten mile advance from Buzaney to Seringes and German reinforcements into Soissons Reims pocket. Scottish division praised for rapid assault and American forces push toward Chamery Sergy Clerges as Germans abandon pockets.
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Aisne-Marne
Cramoiselle
Cramille
War Office
Cierges
Mauniere
Romigny
Dormans-Reims
London
Buzaney
Soissons
Seringes
Fere-en-Tardenois
Oulehy-le-Chateau
Evening Standard
von Eben
Soissons-Reims
Echo de Paris
France
Aisne
Mountiere Wood
Mountiere
Sergy
Chamery
Clerges
Marne
General Joseph Dickman Commands Third Division in France
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman leads the Third division of the Third corps in America's first field army in France during a retrograde movement toward Fismes on the Vesle. German forces employ a new gas described as white flame and smoke.
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America
France
Joseph T. Dickman
Refulars
Vesle
Advances sever German line in pivotal Marne pocket
American and French units break the Soissons Rheims pocket by envelopment north of the Marne. Ville en Tardenois is encircled, with rail and road links to the German rear made bases for further operations. The Crown Prince’s disaster here is described as major and unforeseen.
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Marne
Soissons-Rheims
Ville En Tardenois
Ville
Rheims-Soissons Salient
French Take Ourcq Aisne Watershed From Germans
London reports a major Allied breakthrough as French forces capture the Ourcq Aisne watershed, gaining high ground to press toward the Vesle and Aisne valleys. The move positions the Allies to advance toward Loupiegne if the railway point is seized.
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London
Marne
Ourcq-Aisne
Vesle
Aisne
Loupiegne
Kaiser's Proclamation Vows German Submarine Determination
Kaiser Wilhelm in a broadcast declared German submarines would disrupt Allied sea routes despite American troops and Allied superiority. He praised naval unity with the army and vowed to persist until the enemy's will to destruction is broken. Washington dismissed the submarine theory after Secretary Daniels noted no American transports were sunk.
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Amsterdam
France
Germany
William
Washington
Daniels
Europe
Allies advance three miles on five mile front
Paris reports the Allies have advanced three miles along a five mile front, tightening the pocket through which German forces are retreating and increasing congestion of the enemy’s transportation.
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Paris
Turning Point Hailed as War War Turns on Western Front
London reports August 2 that Ville encirclement and French American gains create an extraordinarily good situation on the Western front. Observers call it the turning point of the summer campaign and potentially the war.
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London
Western Front
Ville
Typhoid Ravages Bulgarian Army Near Sofia
Amsterdam dispatch reports a serious typhoid outbreak in the Bulgarian army and at Sofia with thousands of casualties. The medical service is said to have broken down and King Ferdinand left Sofia after two royal palace cases were detected.
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Bulgaria
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sofia
Ferdinand
Royal
Francis Heads to Murmansk as Arctic Mission Opens
Ambassador Francis and the top diplomats from Britain France and Italy moved from Kandalaska Russia to Murmansk on the Arctic coast after arriving from Vologda. The State Department reported no funds in a cablegram from Mr. Franets.
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Washington
Francis
Kandalaska
Russian Lapland
Vologda
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
State Department
Franets
Nevada Woman Files as Independent Senate Candidate
Reno Nevada August 2 Miss Anne Martin former president of the national woman's party has filed her petition as an independent candidate for United States senator from Nevada.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Anne Martin
National Woman's Party
United States
Bread Famine Hits Moscow Four Days For People’s Delegates
The people’s delegates for internal affairs say Moscow and Petrograd have had no bread for four days. They urge provincial and district committees to rescue the capital from famine.
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Ross People
Moscow
Petrograd
Austria dismisses generals over Albania disaster
A cablegram from the Italian embassy reports Vienna has dismissed the generals responsible for the Albanian disaster and named General Weiss Baltin to command armies opposing the advancing Franco Italian forces.
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Washington
Albania
Weiss Baltin
Hoover Heads to Paris for Food Work
Herbert C. Hoover the American food administrator left London for Paris after a two week stay. He has been in London to oversee food relief measures and international cooperation before resuming duties in the capital.
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Hoover
Paris
London
Herbert C. Hoover
Government Recruits Unskilled Labor Through State Boards
Government takes over recruiting of unskilled war labor through state and community boards under director general John B. Densmore. War work includes mining and products for government use. railroads and farms excluded. Private agencies barred as system aims to curb turnover and stabilize wages while guarding essential services.
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Washington
Department’ of Labor
Federal Employment Service
Employment Service
John B. Densmore
Wilsoy
Burleson
Aerial Victory Totals Rise for French Officers
Paris reports Sub-Lieutenant Boyar has five more aerial victories, three in ten minutes, bringing his total to 20. Lieutenant Madoon increases his string to 38 victories.
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Paris
Boyar
Madon
United States Congressmen See American Triumphs in France
Nine American congressmen and naval committee members traveled through France and Italy observing American troops on the Marne front. They reported a strong national spirit, with locals cheering the soldiers and a pledge that the war must end with German militarism crushed. Representative Cassius C. Dowell said Americans are fully in the war. The group also met King George at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Naval Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
France
Italy
Marne
America
Cassius C. Dowell
Des Moines
United States
Congressman Dowell
Congressmaan Dowell
Prantice
Dowell
George
Buck Ingham Palace
Lloyd George Sees Victory Amid Economic War Notes
London reports Premier David Lloyd George telling manufacturers that victory is not yet secure and that harsher economic terms will follow if the war extends. He warned the enemy aims to dictate terms and urged readiness for a tougher postwar settlement within a month.
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London
Lieget George
British Prisoners Surpass Fourteen Thousand Since March
London reports that since March 21 this year British forces have taken 14 500 prisoners on the western front. James Ian MacPherson, parliamentary secretary of the war office, informed the house of commons.
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London
Western Front
James Ian MacPherson
War Office
House of Commons
Balfour says no enemy government sought peace talks
In the House of Commons Arthur J. Balfour the British foreign secretary declared that no enemy government had approached the entente allies about negotiations for peace.
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Arthur J. Balfour
London
House of Commons
Entente
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