Major General Monash Faces Disaster In Great Battle
British and French forces push on in France near Achiet le Grand Bihucourt and the Raypome junction as Haig's armies advance across multiple towns. Paris reports divisions captured and prisoners numbering over 100000 since July 18. Crown Prince Rupprecht leads German defense as British tanks and infantry drive forward with heavy losses on the German side.
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London
iAchiet le Grand
Bihucourt
Mangin
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Diplo mat and lawyer Dr Miyaoka invited to ABA meeting
Dr T Miyaoka a leading Japanese diplomat and international lawyer was selected to address the American Bar Association on postwar international law. He arrived in the United States late in June to tour major cities in July and August before the ABA session. He is linked with Washington’s Metropolitan Club and was in the country as a diplomatic officer. An air report places him near Ervillers with British forces cheering amid action northwest of St Leger and Hamelincourt.
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T. Miyaoka
American Bar Association
Doctor Miyaoka
United States
Bar Association
Metropolitan Club of
Washington
British Capture Bray and Encircle Bapaume Near Somme
The British Fourth Army reports capture of Bray on the Somme and encirclement of Bapaume. British forces press forward over more than 12 miles of front with rapid gains, taking numerous prisoners and capturing guns and matériel.
British Drive Advances in Albert Sector Capture of Villages and Supplies
British forces pressed the Albert sector forward with strong gains yesterday and resumed this morning. Front lines close on Bapaume as German penetration reaches four miles along a twelve mile front. Indications suggest German withdrawal to avoid further losses.
British Forces Take 14,000 Prisoners Frontwide
London reports 14,000 prisoners captured along the Albert front as British forces advance. The action includes seized ammunition, arms, supplies, and complete batteries of howitzers. The offensive extends along the front area near Albert.
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London
Offene
Monash Leads Australian Forces in Rapid Advance
Major General Monash commands the Third Australian division as a rapid advance continues near Lihon and the Cojeul river. He rose quickly since 1887 in the Australian Citizens' corps, served in Gallipoli, and is noted as a civil engineer who introduced reinforced concrete construction in Australia.
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Monash
Citizens’ Corps
Australia
Gallipoli
Allies Driven Back by Reds Take Murmansk Leader Captured
Bolshevik General Petapoff, commander in chief of the Murmansk region, is reported as a prisoner in Allied hands after a raid or engagement. The dispatch notes Allied forces drove the Reds back in the northern theater.
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Murmansk
London
Ussuri River
Vladivostok
Daily Mail
Harbin
Hangka
Ussur
Manchuria
Simbirsk
Volga
Moscow
Hamnburg Nachrichten
Red Guard
Furmansk
Petrograd
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Americans Active on Vesle River Front West of Rheims
American forces report new advances along the Vesle river between Fismes and Rheims. German troops are burning buildings and supplies to hinder removal of material, as Allied units press along the front.
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Vesle River
Rheims
HMNS
Fismes
Lawmakers Delay Vote as Draft Bill Stirs House
Washington Aug 24 The house rejects multiple amendments to widen or narrow draft ages 18 to 45 with most lawmakers voting to adopt the recommended ranges. A dramatic exchange featured pages and Marines shown in gallery as examples of 18 year olds in potential service.
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House
Baker
Gregg
Texas
United States
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Tilson
Connecticut
Blackman
Alabama
Trolleys Ask Rate Raise
The American Electric Railway association in New York urged federal action to save electric railways from bankruptcy after war board wage increases. P H Gadsden quoted 154 companies showing a 94 percent income drop in early 1918 and warned wage awards could absorb over half of fixed charges. The group endorsed government control of railway rates before President Wilson.
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New York
American Electric Railway Association
War Trade Board
P. H. Gadsden
National War Labor Board
Association
Wilson
Reflects Great Offensive Sends Many Soldiers Home
Washington reports a surge in sick and wounded from the expeditionary forces. For the week ending August 16, 8383 men landed in this country after a prior week of 65. They have all been sent to base and other hospitals with reconstruction facilities provided.
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Washington
Launch Ten Ships In Week For American Merchant Fleet
Ten ships were launched in the week ended August 16 as the Shipping Board added to the U S merchant fleet. The total tonnage reached 53,850 with nine steel vessels and one more wooden ship.
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Washington
American
Shipping Board
Fight Steel
Foe Repulsed in Albania by Italian Forces
Rome reports central powers attacked Italian lines from the lower Sement river to Mall Tomorices heights in Albania. The Italian war department official statement says the assault was repulsed by Italian troops.
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Rome
Central Powers
Sement
Mall- Tomorices
Albania
Italian War Department
Italiana
Navy Commander Killed in Shipboard Accident
Commander William Price Williamson of the navy was killed in an accident aboard a warship. Born in Virginia in 1884, he was appointed to the naval academy from Wisconsin.
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William P. Williamson
Virginia
Washington
William Price Williamson
Navy
Naval Academy
Wisconsin
British Bombardment Hits Five German Towns and Air Bases
The British air ministry reports heavy night raids on five German towns and five hostile air dromes on August 21 22. Frankfort and Cologne targets were heavily attacked and yielded good results according to the official statement.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
Frankfort
Cologne
London Post Scrambles to Compare Tokyo Policy to U S
A dispatch from Tokyo reported by the Daily Express suggests Tokyo may adopt a policy aligning with the United States toward Japan and Asia. The note references cowl wording and implies a shift in stance, though details are unclear.
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London
Tokyo
Daily Express
United States
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