Allies Push Between Somme and Oise as Americans Fight Near Bray
Allied forces advance east of Fouquescourt and along the Somme south bank capturing Proyart and Gury near Lassigny. Americans enter Bray suburbs amid heavy fighting with German forces. Prisoner tally nears 40,000 and guns exceed 700 as British French and American units press the advance.
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London
Somme
Oise
Fouquescourt
Proyart
Bray
Haig
Gury
Rove
Lassigny
Daily Mail
Avre
L’echelle-St. Aurin
Roye
Mericourt
Rainecourt
Lihons
Chauines
Chilly
Parvillers
Damery
Andeehy
L’echelle
Armancourt
Dancourts
Popincourt
Roye-Sur-Matz
Mereur
James Pershing the Brother of Gen Pershing
A traveling salesman named James Pershing, younger than John by four years, bears a strong resemblance to his famous brother. He notes a son in the army and a younger child expecting the call as he plans to visit France soon to “break my brother's silence” and relay thoughts in multiple languages.
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John J. Pershing
America
France
John J
James Pershing
John
Pershing
New Call for War Work Quotas in Labor Recruitments
Washington reports unskilled labor needs for October 1 due August 1 as government control of unskilled labor recruiting becomes elective. Returns at the Department of Labor will guide supplemental quotas, expected to total about 500000 men.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Daniels Opposes Cyclops Loss Theory
Secretary Daniels rejected the idea that the United States collier Cyclops could have been captured by a German submarine and taken to a German port after its disappearance in the Caribbean last spring. He said a vessel of that size and slow speed would not have eluded the North Sea patrol.
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Washington
United States
Cyclops
Caribbean
Daniels
North Sea Patrol
Germany
Hague
Moscow
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Vladivostok
Siberia
Trans-Siberian
Irkutsk
Bertin
Lenine
London
Leon Trotzky
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Semalofficial Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Zurich
Paris
Amsterdam
Lokal Angeiger
Trotzky
Helferich
Russia
Pskov
Vskov
Vossisché Zeitung
Helfferich
Russian Empire
the Penistoe
Herman Winter
Georges Bank
Massachusetts
Smith
Bureau of Fisheries
New England
United States Fisheries Service
Gloucester
Fisheries Service
Sweden
Germans Stir Picardy Resistance With New Reserves
London dispatch reports Von Holler and Crown Prince Rupprecht bringing reinforcements to the Picardy front in numbers that slow the Allied advance. Tanks and cavalry reportedly moved beyond Roye, though the war office gives no confirmation of a center evacuation.
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France
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Picardy Front
British Forces Gain Ground North of Roye and Along Somme Front
British forces advance north of Roye and at multiple points along a fifteen mile front to the Somme. There are also gains reported north of the Somme.
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Roye
River
Somme
the Somme
French Forces Advance East of the Oise River
Paris reports French forces launching strong attacks on the Oise river. German troops evacuation of trenches east of Bailly noted as French troops gain ground on the east bank. West bank defenses resisted with superior numbers.
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Oise River
Sommerstad Sunk By German Submarine
An Atlantic Port reported the former Norwegian steamer Sommerstad, later operated by the American Shipping Board, was sunk yesterday by a German submarine. The vessel was a Fire Island at the time of the attack.
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Sommestad
Erican Shipping Board
Marine
Sommerstad
U. S
Atlantic
Navy Department
Penistone
Namtucket
Sydland
Nantucket
Herman Winter
New York
Navy
Bolshevik Minor Officers Massacred by Counter Revolutionists
Copenhagen reports Russian counter revolutionists seized Ryazan and Novgorod. Bolshevik officials were massacred in the turmoil. Berlin dispatches say German troops are advancing toward Perograd.
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Bolsheviki
Copenhagen
Viki
Berlin
Perograd
Crop Confiscation Triggers Anti German Riots in Ukrania
Amsterdam reports violent anti German riots in Ukrania towns. Unrest grows as German crop requisitions rise and more German troops are dispatched into the region.
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Ukrania
Amsterdam
Assassin Boris Danskio Executed for Eichhorn Murder
Amsterdam reports that Boris Danskio, convicted assassin of Feld Marshal Herman von Eichhorn, was executed on Saturday according to Kiev sources. The case confirms a wartime political killing tied to Austrian and German leadership during the conflict.
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Amsterdam
Boris Danskio
Feld
Herman von Eichhorn
Kiev
Planes Crash Kill Three at Pensacola Training School
Three aviators attached to the Pensacola training school were killed when their planes collided above the clouds. The incident occurred near Pensacola on August 18. The names of the deceased were not released in the report.
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Pensacola, Fla
Pensacola
Fila
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Yankees
Little City
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Bethencourt
Peronne
Secretary of the Navy
Picardy
von Holler
Day
War Office
Bailly
Ryanzan and
Novgrod
Bolshe
Dewey
Okla
N. Widlow
Mall
George de Young
Billie Parker
Mull
Widlow
Eichhorn
Trotsky
Cronstadt
Tageblatt
Annotmidem
Soerbinus
Ucolt RY
Virginia
U.S
Smith Island
North Carolina
Charleston
S. C
Coast Guard
Chase
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Caswell
N. C
Willard
Naval District
Cane Fear River
Wihnington
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