General March predicts 80 American divisions in France by 1919
General March told the House military committee that eighty divisions of 45,000 men each could bring the war to a successful conclusion in 1919. He outlined plans to send 250,000 U.S. troops monthly to France, with possible expansion next spring, and emphasized every man aged 18 to 45 must be available. The administration pushes forward the new draft law and the work or fight amendment to speed mobilization.
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March
House Military Committee
War Department
France
Rhine
Kahn
General March
United States
Insular
Schwab
Senate
Baker
Marek
Crowder
Senate Committee
French Tenth Army Advances Between Oise and Aisne
London reports the French Tenth Army making a fresh, vigorous advance along a ten mile front between the Oise and Aisne rivers. The push reaches two miles in depth at the farthest points and threatens German positions around Soissons and along the Aisne. If maintained, Noyon could become difficult and costly for the enemy to hold.
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Oise
Aisne
Soissons
the Aisne
Amsterdam Food Riots Prompt Martial Law
In Amsterdam on August 20, food riots of unusual scale have escalated to the point that military forces protect order. Hundreds are killed or injured as disorders continue, and martial law has been proclaimed.
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Amsterdam
Italian captain awarded silver medal for bravery at Tagliamento
Capt Francesco Mario Guardabassi received Italy's silver medal for extraordinary courage on October 26 1917 at Tagliamento His solo stand on the Latisana bridge head steadied troops and prevented a rout He later served in the United States on a special mission due to his knowledge of America and Americans.
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Francesco Mario Guardabassi
Tagliamento
Curso
Piave
Latisana
Guardabassi
America
United States
Senator Ollie James in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Reports on Senator Ollie James of Kentucky vary between unchanged and not serious in doctors notes, while observers in recent days say his condition is very grave after more than two months as a patient at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
United States
Ollie James
Kentucky
Johns Hopkins Hospital
James
Kentucky Statesman
Germans Need Room De Jure To Maneuver On Western Front
Paris dispatch notes German press claims a retreat is needed to allow General Ludendorff space to maneuver and regain initiative on a grand scale. Reports say German forces would retreat due to allied advances, while German propaganda maintains the staff will keep the initiative by pushing premature engagements with the American army.
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Paris
Ludendorff
Austria
Foch
French Troops Occupy Vassens Village
French forces have occupied the village of Vassens northwest of Morsain between the Oise and Aisne rivers, as reported from Paris on August 20. The advance marks a strategic hold in the region between the two rivers.
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Vassens
Morsain
Oise
Aisne
le Hamel
The
Ribecourt
Priprey
Miss M M MacQueen Leads England in Food Conservation
Miss M. M. MacQueen, chief educational adviser in the Food Production Department, England, undertakes the task of instructing the public on the best ways to conserve food.
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M. M. MacQueen
Food Production Department
England
Submarine Threats Rise as German U Boats Operate Near U S
Reports to the navy indicate German submarines are landing men on U S shores and cutting undersea cables to the West Indies. An American steamer officer identified a German submarine officer in a New York saloon, and a coastwise captain found copies of New York dailies on a German commander's desk. Navy officials say 200 U boats have been sunk and Germany may still field 160 to 180 subs. the Norwegian bark Nordhav was sunk 120 miles southeast of Cape Henry, crew rescued by an American warship. A German sub was sunk by a running battle with a British tank steamer about 800 miles northeast of Nantucket.
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Navy Department
United States
O. B. Jennings
New York
West Indies
Germany
Nordhav
Cape Henry
Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Philadelphia
Nantucket
Mexico
Fo ch Troops Smash Huns On Three Fronts Foch forces advance on Roye Merville Pimprez Lassigny
Allied and French forces smashed into German positions on three fronts from Flanders to Picardy. British gains include Merville and a railway area near Roye while French troops pushed toward Nampecel and Nampecel ridge and captured Noyon area villages. About 2,200 Germans were taken prisoner in the operations.
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Foch
Merville
Roye
Paris
Oise River
Lassigny
Thiescourt Wood
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Morsain
London
Flanders
Picardy
Ribecourt
Trench War Office
Air raid on Nancy kills six civilians
German airmen raid Nancy killing six civilians. In separate action British troops advance near Vieux Berequin and between the Lawe and the Lys rivers taking many prisoners as they push forward their lines.
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Nancy
Paris
Vieux Berequin
Refugees Seek Escape as Bolshevik Rule Expands
Reports from Stockholm and Washington describe growing terror in Petrograd with 80,000 arrests since August. Bolshevik leaders aboard the Aurora reportedly plan to sail for Germany if an uprising succeeds, while Lenine and Trotzky arrived in Petrograd on August 10. Sweden negotiates for a ship to evacuate 200 refugees via Petrograd or through Finland.
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Sweden
Washington
Petrograd
Stockholm
Aurora
Kronstadt
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Moscow
Count von Mirbach
Chernoff
Revolutionary Party
Finland
Russia
Bomb thrown at German secret police chief in Warsaw
A bomb was hurled at the chief of the German secret police in Warsaw but failed to injure him. A German patrol killed two attackers, with others escaping, and many arrests followed in the area.
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Zurich
Warsaw
McAdoo Rebukes Rail Workers Over Public Courtesy
Director General McAdoo orders all railroad employees under government control to treat the public with courtesy. He condemns excuses for delays or errors using the line Uncle Sam’s running the railroads now. The public be damned policy will not be tolerated on the railroads.
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McAdoo
Uncle Sam
United States
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