Allies Drive Germans Back Seven Miles Front Advance Reaches Plateau
British French forces push seven and a half miles on the Amiens front from the Avre to Morlancourt. Haig reports rapid progress with tanks and infantry, capturing thousands of prisoners and many guns. Allied line runs from Plessier Rosainvillers to Morlan court area as German resistance collapses.
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Plessier
Moreuil
Morlancourt
Avre
Braches
Plessier-Rosainvillers
Beaucourt
Caix
Framerville
Chipilly
Morisel
Amiens
Brig. Gen. C. H. Cole Leads New England Guard in France
Brig. Gen. C. H. Cole of the Twenty Sixth Division commands New England National Guard troops in France as part of the Allied offensive against Germany.
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C. H. Cole
United States Army
France
New England National Guard
Boiler blast kills US officer on ship in British port
Lieut. Frank Foster Foss of Providence Rhode Island was killed and five sailors injured when a boiler exploded aboard an American ship in a British port on Monday. The incident occurred as the vessel was in port for routine operations.
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London
Frank Foster Foss
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Providence
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Allies Reach Eleven-Mile Breakthrough in Somme Region
London reports that Allied advances today reached a depth of eleven miles in the Somme area. The forces press the enemy at two other points in Flanders and near Soissons.
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Somme
Flanders
Soissons
Great Success Recorded in Somme Advance
Paris reports the new Somme battle progressing with Allies advancing eleven miles at the farthest point and tanks four miles ahead. The rapid assault has caused mass surrenders with over 14 000 prisoners captured along with their baggage stores and ammunition. Artillery of various sizes has also fallen into Allied hands.
Bolivian General Montes Arrives in U S En Route to France
Gen Ysmael Montes, twice president of Bolivia and the first South American republic to declare war on Germany, travels to the United States on his way to France to assume Bolivian minister duties. He praises Allied victory in France and hopes the Germans are soon defeated. Montes earned his military title under his father Clodero Montes in 1879's Chile war and is father to 12 children including Carlos, a Cornell student.
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Bolivia
Germany
United States
France
General Montes
Clodomero Montes
Chile
Carlos
Cornell University
Submarine at Work Near Hatteras Shelled Lightship
The Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk by a German submarine late Monday afternoon. The crew reached shore safely by boat. The attack shows possible new submarine tactics to hamper coastal shipping and navigation signals, or may be an isolated incident of frightfulness.
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Washington
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
Drive in Flanders Inaugurated as Germans Begin Evacuation
London reports a British drive in the Flanders sector with initial success. Several villages have fallen as the Germans start evacuating positions in the Lys river valley, a region between La Basse and Bailleul.
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Lys Valley
London
Lys River
la Basse
Bailleul
Important change in bill broadens exemptions for war work
Washington reports that the new man power bill expands exemptions to protect essential war industry work. Provost Marshal General Crowder says occupations and employments replace industries to allow a liberal interpretation, preventing the removal of key workers over thirty two. The senate committee plans statements from Secretary Baker and General Marsh.
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Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Chamberlain
Baker
Marsh
Lenine declares state of war with Entente Allies
Advices from the American consul at Moscow report Lenine has declared that a state of war exists between the Russian government and the Entente Allies. The announcement comes amid wartime turmoil and shifts in the alliance landscape.
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Moscow
Stockholm
England
Russia
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Allies Defeat Bolshevik Forces on River Dvina Front
London reports say after Archangel occupation the Bolshevik line fell back across the Dvina on August 4, with allies pushing south toward Vologda. About 8,000 Bolshevik troops were captured along with rolling stock and two heavy batteries as German forces reinforce north of the Gulf of Finland.
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Archangel
Dvina
Vologda
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Laos
Gulf of Finland
Bethlehem Steel to Mortgage All Property for $500 Million Bond Issue
Newark New Jersey August 9 To finance extensions of its operations incident to the war and to discharge obligations already incurred the stockholders of the Bethlehem Steel corporation voted to mortgage the entire property as security for a five hundred million dollar bond issue.
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Newark
N. J
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Hunt for Fee Propaganda in Three Reading Firms
Federal agents raid three Reading manufacturing firms and search offices and homes of individuals for German propaganda. Similar searches are underway in New York, Chicago and Lancaster, Pa., per a statement from U S District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane.
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Aug. S
Reading
New York
Chicago
Lancaster
United States
Francis Fisher Kane
Norway Loses 856 Ships Since War Began
The Norwegian legation reports 14 vessels lost in July due to German submarine warfare. Total Norwegian losses reach 856 ships and 1,169,587 tons since the war started, with 1,802 seamen killed.
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Norway
Washington
Archangel Proclaims North Russia Government Endorsed
The new government in Archangel announces the end of Bolshevik rule and outlines aims to restore Russia, defend the north from Germany and other powers, reestablish the constituent assembly and local organs, and seek allied aid to combat famine and stabilize finances. It calls on all people to preserve order and welcomes allied troops.
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Archangel
Kandalaska
Russian
Lapland
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Constituent Assembly
Zemstvos
North
Cleveland Electricians Strike Paralyzes Street Cars
In Cleveland Colorado electricians at five substations of the Cleveland Railway company cut power and walked out. Thousands of workers heading home at six o clock found street car traffic paralyzed for nearly an hour.
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Cleveland Electricians
Cleveland, CO
Cleveland Railway Company
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