Allies cross Vesle as French American forces advance on many fronts
British, French and American troops push on multiple fronts from the Lawe to the Vesle rivers. French and American forces cross the Vesle and drive toward Braisne while Germans retreat north of the La Bassee canal. British and Australian units counterattack near Bray Corbie and hold gains.
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London
Lawe
Clarence Rivers
Braye-Corbie
la Bassee Canal
Flanders
Broye-Corbie
Amiens
Vesle
Paris
Loch
Braisne
City- Salsoene
Champagn
Auberive
Reims
Morlancourt
Bray-Corbie
Aisne-Marne
Bazoches
Fismes
Aisne
Charles Edgar Named War Industries Board Director
Charles Edgar of Essex Falls New Jersey is appointed director of lumber for the War Industries Board succeeding R H Downman who resigned. German artillery opened with a counterattack but American forces held firm advancing in open formation as crisscrossing fire and bridges held. American left wing reached positions after a second barrage while German efforts to push from a ravine were shattered by shells from Vesle area artillery.
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Charles Edgar
Essex Falls
N. J
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War Industries Board
R. H. Downman
Americas
Vesle
Haig Opens Great Allied Offensive in Picardy
London reports Allied forces under General Foch have launched a major double offensive aimed at erasing the Picardy salient between Albert and Soissons. Haig's Picardy push targets the Luce river area southeast of Amiens as French and American troops strike toward the Vesle and Aisne heights.
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Haig
Picardy
Amiens
Foch
German Strength Waning Aims New Western Front Drives
London reports two major Allied offensives underway on the Western front with good progress. War experts say captured prisoners and sources show German strength and confidence declining daily, though haste in overplaying this trend is cautioned.
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Mrs Isaac S McElroy Weds Alice Wilson in White House
Miss Alice Wilson daughter of Baltimore residents married Rev Isaac Stuart McElroy Jr in a White House ceremony. The groom pastor at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia will stay another year before going to Japan as a missionary. ceremony performed by the groom’s father.
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Alice Wilson
White House
Isaac Stuart McElroy
McElroy
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
Mr. McElroy
Presbyterian Church
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Japan
French Losses 2 600 000 Reported at Knights of Columbus
Marcel Knecht of the French high commission told New York delegates that 2.6 million French were killed or 1.8 million wounded in the war with 1.3 million killed and that American arrival cheered the “Foilus” efforts at the Knights of Columbus convention.
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New York
Marcel Knecht
United States
Knights of Columbus
German Press Muzzled on Soiksons Fall Report
Amsterdam reports on August 6 that the German press was barred from publishing news of the fall of Soiksons according to a German source dispatch.
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Amsterdam
Soiksons
Government accuses big packing houses of conspiracy
Washington Aug 8 President Wilson released the Federal Trade Commission report on the packing industry. It contains serious charges against the large packers and urges government control. The commission recommends legislation to authorize complete government control of Swift & Co Armour & Co Morris Cudahy and the Wilson company.
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Federal Trade Commission
Pres
Int
Trade Commission
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris, Cudahy
Wilson Company
Largest shipyard to launch over fifty ships this year
At fierce Island yard, the largest shipyard in the world, a first vessel will be followed by another within a few weeks. It is expected that more than 50 ships will be launched by year end.
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Fierce Island
U S Regulars to Siberia Lead by Graves Plan Outlined
General March announced the nucleus for the Siberian expedition will be the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first regiments from the Philippines with added troops from the United States. Maj. Gen. Graves will command American forces, sailing dates kept secret, and no allied commander chosen yet. The mission aligns with President Wilson’s stated purpose and not an eastern front.
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Willam S. Graves
Camp Fremmont
Cal
Siberia
General March
Philippines
United States
March
Wilson
State Department
Graves
Mirch
Vesle
Aisne
Uprising in German Fleet Reported Over Submarine War
London reports an uprising by sailors at Wilhelmshaven linked to rising Allied effectiveness against U-boats. Ringleaders were arrested or sentenced, with many others seized at Kiel, amid conflicting accounts about the revolt and submarine losses.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Amsterdam
Daily Express
William
Wilsons Launch Quisteonck Cargo Vessel at Hog Island
President and Mrs. Wilson presided as the Quisteonck a 7500 ton cargo ship slid down Hog Island shipyard ways. Officials of the shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation attended with thousands of workers and families in attendance. Mrs Wilson served as sponsor and the ceremony drew a massive ovation from over 25000 spectators.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Quisteonck
U S and Entente Claim Major War Gains in England Speech
London reports Premier Lloyd George announces Britain has raised 6.2 million soldiers for army and navy since 1914 plus dominions and India contributing, with 150 German submarines destroyed and U S troops rising. He lauds General Foch and notes a tough path to lasting peace under a strong league of nations.
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Germany
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House of Commons
France
Russia
U. S
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