Allies Drive Deep In Somme Picardy Front Fight Rages
British and French forces press the Amiens Somme drive with cavalry and tanks breaching German lines. More than 17,000 prisoners and 200 guns counted. Haig leads a Flanders attack gaining two miles on a wide front as British and Canadian troops seize Warvillers and Arvillers amid heavy fighting.
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Amiens- Somme
Somme
Chaulnes
Framerville
le Quentin
le Quesnel
Haig
Flanders
London
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Flanders Salient
Lys
Tacon
le Cornet Malo
Quentin
Warvillers
Rosieres
Arvillers
Troye
Chipilly
Morlancourt
Montdidier
Bes
Berlin
Avre
General Headquarters
Allies Capture 24 000 Prisoners in Two Days
Paris report says Allied forces over two days took about 24 000 prisoners and destroyed or captured much matériel as 65 German aircraft were with the retreat from Montdidier. General Von Hutier's retreat was cut off when French forces captured Faveroilles on the railway behind him, including the German divisional staff and headquarters.
German Prisoners Over Twenty Thousand Taken in Two Days
London reports the great Allied drive around Amiens pushing north and south. The Roye salient collapses as Montdidier falls and units advance toward Roye and Chaulnes. Picardy battles widen with heavy fighting south of Arras as Allied forces seize vast stores and 24,000 prisoners in two days.
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London
Roye and
Chaulnes
British airmen claim 65 German planes downed in day one
London August 10 The Allies report marked air success in the current drives with 65 German aircraft destroyed or driven down out of control by British forces during the first day of the offensive.
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London
Maj. Gen. J. A. Lejeune Promoted in Marine Corps Expansion
Major General J. A. Lejeune, commander of the Marine Corps Brigade with the American Expeditionary Forces, receives permanent promotion as congress authorizes Marine Corps expansion.
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Join A. Lejeune
Marine Corps Brigade
American Expeditionary Forces
Congress
Marine Corps
American Troops Capture Fismette and Push Fismes Front
American forces seize Fismette on the Vesle north bank near Fismes and take 100 prisoners as they widen the Fismes bridgehead. They repulse five German attacks, blasting dugouts and caves with heavy artillery and rifle fire as rains clear roads for movement.
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Paris
Fismeste
Vesle River
Fismes
France
Vesle
Allied forces advance east of Amiens seize towns and rail links
London reports Canadian and Australian troops push southeast of Amiens capturing Boucher six miles northwest of Roye and Li hons ten miles north near Chaulnes. Cavalry activity is noted behind German lines near Chaulnes as Australians and Canadians enter Meharicourt Rainescourt and Proyart and complete occupation of traversed territory.
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Boucher
Road Town
Roye
Lihons
French Capture Montdidier and Surrounding Towns
Paris Aug 10 French forces have captured Montdidier and advanced to seize Le Tronquoy Le Fretoy and Assainvillers. The gains suggest a broad German retirement to straighten the line from Albert to Soissons amid ongoing warfare.
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Paris
Montdidier
le Tronquoy, le
Americans Capture Morlancourt After Somme Ancre Attack
American and British forces drove a strong offensive north of Amiens in the Somme Ancre sector and captured Morlancourt. The assault yielded notable gains as allied units pressed the line.
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Amiens
Paris
Somme
Ancre
Lenine Declares State of Defense as Allies Land in Russia
Washington report: Lenine tells a Moscow gathering that a state of war exists between Russia and the Entente, but Tehueherin says it is a defense state. Consul Poole notes allied landing on the Murman coast, arrests of Allied consuls, and a cordial reception in Archangel as revolutionists flee.
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Moscow
Washington
Poole
State Department
Tehueherin
Missionaire of Foreign Affairs
Russia
Germany
Murman
Lenin
Tchitcherin
Archangel
Onega
United States
Auto Plants Urged to Convert to War Work by Jan 4
Washington reports the War Industries Board advised automobile makers to switch to 100 percent war production with a deadline of January 4. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce relayed the directive, noting firms that cut 50 percent volunteered. The letter says no material supply assurances can be given in advance and stresses rapid conversion to preserve industry.
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Washington
Thewar Industries Board
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Wespons
War Industries Board
Waseringer
Fifteen Ships Planned for August Launches
Washington reports fifteen wooden ships will be launched in August from Seattle district shipyards under the Shipping Board guidance.
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Washington
Seattle
Shipping Board
War department mulls draft regults to exempt married men
Secretary Baker told the Senate military committee that new draft rules are under study by the War Department. He endorsed prompt passage of the age limit extension and suggested using marriage status as a basis for deferred classification with a questionnaire for registrants and automatic rules afterward. The discussion echoed positions by Generals March and Crowder with no sign of opposition to the change.
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War Department
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Flo
Senate
Mareh
Crowder
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