Allies Capture 36000 Teutons in Picardy Drive
Paris reports allied forces have taken about 36000 German prisoners including over 1000 officers in the Picardy advance. More than 500 guns are said to be captured as French troops push east from Montdidier. The First Army took Marquivillers and Grivillers near Roye, threatening the German pocket and rail line southwest of Roye.
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Paris
Picardy
Montdidier
Marquivillers
Roye
Grivillers
Montdidier-Roye
War Office
Hindenburg
Goyencourt
Noyon
Soissons
Noyon-Ham
Roye-Noyon
Nesle
Ham
Rawlinson
Liltons
Vauvillers
von Hutier
von Marwitz
French Troops Push Forward In Picardy Front Advance
Paris reports French troops gain ground between the Avre and the Oise rivers taking villages west and south of Roye to the Oise. Cambronne and Machément captured. Canny-sur-Matz outskirts reached near Lassigny. British and French combine to press the German retreat toward the Somme and Noyon.
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Paris
Avre
Oise
Roye
War Office
Noyon
Campronne
Machmént
Cambronne
Montidier
Canny-sur-Matz
Lassigny
Somme
L’eschell- St. Aurin
Montdidier
Boulogne-La Grasse
Bus
Kemmel
Flanders
Chaulnes
Bray
Meante
Etinhem
Framerville
Lihons
Hallu Station
Hallu
Parvillers
L’eschelle
Armancourt
Tilleloy Park
Roye sur-Matz
Mareuil-Lamotte
Samson and
Machemont
U-Boat Raid Off Nantucket Sinks Fishing Vessels
A German submarine raided shipping off Nantucket and is reported to have sunk several fishing schooners. Survivors are believed landed as officials await further details before an official announcement.
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Washington
Nantuckett
Navy Department
German Prisoners Reach Forty Thousand as Allies Advance
London reports the evacuation of Roye and states prisoners captured total 40,000 while 700 cannons have fallen. Allied tanks and cavalry advance along roads behind German lines with surprise tactics. Gains in Picardy exceed expectations with depths averaging 15 miles and over 30 miles of substantial progress.
British motor boats vanish off Dutch coast
Six British motor boats failed to return from an expedition along the Dutch coast, prompting search efforts as authorities review the vessel movements and safety procedures.
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London
Americans Bring Down Two German Planes
Paris reports Americans in the Toul sector claim two enemy aircraft shot down. Informed military dispatches indicate successful engagement by American air units with the German force.
Bolsheviki Rule Ends as Lenin and Trotsky Flee Moscow
News from Ludon on August 12 reports the Bolshevik regime in Russia collapsed as Lenin and Trotsky escaped Moscow and were said to be in Cronstadt, marking a dramatic shift in the capital’s leadership and military positions.
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Ludon
Russia
Assaults Seize Brays Town in Allied Advance
London reports a fierce street battle as British and American forces press into Brays. American troops now hold the town after a desperate, ongoing action.
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Portant
Brays
Franco American Artillery Drives Germans From Longueval Rock Cave
Allied reports describe heavy Franco American artillery against a rock quarry cave near Longueval used by German troops as a rest refuge. Two regiments were driven out after shelling. German forces dig in along the Vesle and near Fismes while light batteries are installed in nearby valleys.
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Rock Cave
Longueval
Vesle
Vesie
Fismes
Longueéval
German Submarines Active Off Atlantic Coast Reported
Two steamers and nine fishing schooners were sunk by submarines off the Atlantic coast, Boston reports Aug 11. Paris says French forces press their advance between the Oise and Avre rivers, in the Roye to Compiegne sector, Aug 12.
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Boston
Mass
Atlantic
Paris
Germans Evacuate Big Stronghold After Allied Push
London reports that French and British forces with American aid eliminated the Roye salient and Germans evacuated Montdidier. Allied air attacks disrupted transport trains and bridges, leaving arms and supplies largely uninjured or destroyed, while panic and disordered retreat followed the rapid rearward movement.
Detroit 6 Cent Fare Triggers Citywide Trolley Riots
Riots broke out across Detroit during rush hour as the Detroit United railway halted service after passengers refused to pay the new 6 cent fare. Trolley cars were overturned and workers faced threats from agitated riders in multiple sections of the city on August 12.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Kaiser envoy driven from Moscow amid anti Bolshevik growth
Report from Copenhagen says the German embassy in Moscow will move to Pskov due to conditions there, bypassing Moscow via Petrograd Helsingfors and Reval to Lenine. London notes anti Bolshevik movements spreading as Bolshevik soviets collapse in Kazan and other towns with Menshevik councils replacing them. Lenin and Trotsky reportedly consider fleeing to Germany if danger increases.
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Copenhagen
Moscow
Pskov
Berlin
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Finland
Reval
Esthenian
Isvestia
Russia
Kazan
Per
Olschinsky
Novgorod
Rias Zan
Rainbow Division Drives Back Germans in Picardy Front
General March outlines the Rainbow division role in the Marne salient and the drive from Reims to the sea. He cites eight days of combat near the Ouregg and Lorraine sector, taking prisoners from six enemy divisions and breaking the Prussian guard.
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Washington
General March
War Department
Reims
United States
Pershing
Picardy
March
London
Somme
Ancre
Lorraine
Luneville
Marne
Ouregg
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Cronstadt
John Hodge
M. P
England
Pensions
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Compiegne
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Kaiser
Lenine
Germany
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