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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
5
Americans capture Frapelle and erase a German salient in Lorraine and Vesle sectors. They take prisoners and hold former trenches after a bombardment and box barrage. British advance in Flanders seizes Outtersteene with 400 captives as French push along Picardy and Avre fronts.
Lieutenant Colonel G Woodward reports front lines spanning nearly two miles with Avre progress on both sides. French capture Camp de Cesar northwest of Rove and Canny-sur-Matz, with about 1000 prisoners taken north and south of the Avre. British troops push near Chaulnes between Chaulnes and the Somme and repulse a Scherpenberg attack and a Lacre raid.
American patrols near Fismes engage eight German aircraft in a morning dogfight. Three Germans cornered an American, who escaped by diving and rejoining his squad. Two planes collided midair and crashed in a wood southeast of Fismes. both pilots wereAmerican. One German was later reported hit near the front line.
Paris reports on a ten mile front the French have pushed forward about one and a third miles in the sector between the Oise and Aisne rivers. West of Soissons the line parallels the Aisne from the Oise to Ribecourt and Machecourt, with a gain to the Plateau of Nampael seven miles northwest of Fentency.
Paris August 19 Nouron Vingre has fallen to the Allied forces after a successful assault. The capture includes 1700 prisoners and considerable stores. Among the prisoners taken are two battalion commanders.
British troops have gained more ground near Menville as prisoners were taken in the renewed actions.
Paris reports the French Tenth Army has pushed into enemy lines east of the Oise and now penetrates to a depth of two miles over several miles of front.
London August 19 British troops after capturing Outterston Ridge in front of Morris defended the position against several fierce German counter attacks. The engagements produced very heavy losses for the German forces while the British sustained comparatively lighter casualties.
At Vesle Front on August 19 German forces repeatedly ignored the Red Cross flag and bombed a lone field hospital. A chaplain described an aircraft signaling for artillery and then shells hit the dressing station, killing three doctors, four patients, and ten others while a chaplain survived.
Riots across Tokyo Osaka and Nagoya surge as rice costs spark clashes with police and troops. Two thousand workers join unrest at Maizuru naval works. diners and geisha targeted amid anti wealth sentiment and factory distress.
Washington August 1 Provost Marshal General Crowder says all printed forms for the August 24 registration of young men reaching twenty one since June 5 1918 and on or before August 24 1918 have been distributed to local draft boards. Registration cards will be similar to earlier ones but numbers will be filled by the adjutant general in each state rather than the local board.
President Wilson spent a day of rest in Manchester Massachusetts traveling by foot to Col. B M House’s summer residence nearby. He walked with accompanying staff and enjoyed a quiet inland retreat away from public events.
Mrs Wilson attended luncheon while Col onel and Mrs House were the president's dinner guests, indicating a formal social engagement at the official residence.
In Judge Lane's court the IWW defendants including William D Haywood were convicted of conspiracy to hamper the war effort after a trial that began April 1 and ended on August 19 with the jury reaching the first ballot verdict in 55 minutes.
The crew of a sunken tank aboard a ship attacked by a U-boat were rescued by a hydroplane off Norfolk Virginia. The captain and ten crew members were killed or injured with seven survivors brought ashore and admitted to a hospital.
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