French Advance In Albania Seizes Gramshi Hill 500
Paris reports French forces continued their Albanian advance capturing Gramshi and Narta and driving the enemy from Hill 500. Allied bulletins note limited shelling on the American front along the Marne with no infantry fighting and ongoing artillery activity in Flanders.
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Rainbow Division Holds Left Flank In Marne Drive
Paris July 15 The Rainbow division of the American army holds the left flank as German forces renew the Marne drive. British and French lines report heavy bombardment and counterattacks near Rheims and Chateau Thierry with American troops repelling assaults east of Rheims and near Vaux.
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Vaux
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Pershing Praises First and Second Divisions in France
General Pershing issued a general order praising American troops in France. He commends the First and Second divisions for bearing themselves with valor in recent operations and enduring the drastic tests of modern warfare.
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France
Pershing
Concrete Boat Is Launched In Pittsburgh
The Concrete the first motor propelled concrete boat ever built was launched on the Monongahela river before a cheering crowd. It can travel 12 miles per hour and will begin an 1800 mile journey down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Chicago to serve as a naval recruiting aid. Mrs. Lillian Russell Moore broke the champagne bottle on the bow.
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Monongahela River
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Mississippi
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Lillian Russell Moore
Propaganda Push in Russia Leads to Grand Duke Arrests
Berne reports that widespread anti Soviet agitation has begun and Moscow dispatches say three grand dukes Nicholas George and Dmitri have been arrested. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch reportedly arrived in Kiev after serving as regent in 1917 before his exile.
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Nicholas
George
Dmitri
Michael Alexandrovitch
Berlin
Kiev
Michael
Russia
Record Ship Launch Day Establishes New World Mark
In Portland Oregon on July 15 six large ships were launched by the G M Standifer Construction Corp marking a world record for most ships launched at once. The firm builds steel and wooden vessels and sent six wooden hulls into the water in a single day.
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Ore
G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation
British Air Losses and Destruction Rise in World War I
British airmen destroyed 4102 hostile planes in the year to July 1 while losing 1121 of their own. On the western front 2150 destroyed and 1088 out of control. naval aviators shot down 623. Italian, Saloniki, and Middle East fronts show additional totals. American output praised for advantage to Allies.
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Eney
Saloniki
Egypt
Palestine
Allied alliance toast remarks on war aims and unity
Baron Burnham hosted an event where Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd asserted peace will come only by the sword and praised a new asset arriving from across the western waves. General Biddle noted the peak of French and American unity as they fight side by side.
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Francis Lloyd
Biddle
Norway Pilot Returns Decorations Over German Submarine Atrocities
Frans Olsen a famed Norwegian pilot who once sailed the German emperor’s yacht in Norwegian waters sent back the decorations from the German legation. He protested the massacre of Norwegian sailors by German submarines and stated he felt disgust rather than pride in possessing the honors.
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Frans Olsen
Norway
Anglo French dinner honors Maj Gen Biddle in London
Maj Gen John Biddle commanding American forces in the UK attended the annual Anglo French dinner held by the Alsace Lorraine Patriotic League in London in connection with the French na- tion.
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London
John Biddle
United Kingdom
Alsace-Lorraine Patriotic League
Swedish report claims Romanoff killed by bolshevik bomb
A Swedish newspaper citing a Copenhagen message says Alexia Romanoff, son of the former czar, was killed by a bomb thrown by a Bolshevik soldier in Moscow. The report originates from a Swede just returned from Moscow.
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London
Moscow
Alexia Romanoff
Copenhagen
Bastile Day Celebrated in Chicago Park Ceremony
In Chicago on Bastile Day 50,000 gathered in Grant Park to hear Carl Vrooman speak and to witness the flying display of Lieut. Georges Flachaire. Parades and salutes accompanied the Québec style celebration with readings telegrams from Wilson Jusserand Reading Gompers Roosevelt and Root.
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Carl Vrooman
France
Wilson
Ambassador Jusserand
Earl Reading
Samuel Gompers
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Mr. Vrooman
Hindenburg Said Dead After Disputed Meeting
Amsterdam report cites Les Nouvelles saying Field Marshal von Hindenburg died after a stormy session with the German Emperor at Spa. The two leaders reportedly clashed over the German offensive toward Paris, with Hindenburg dying from brain congestion.
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von Hindenburg
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Great
Spa
Paris
Americans Celebrate Bastille Day in France Parade Honors Allied Heroes
American troops from the First and Second divisions joined French and allied forces in a Bastille Day parade in Paris. Presiding over the event were President Poincare and General Pershing. Americans wore the French tricolor, decorated billets and cars, and mingled with civilians, pledging continued unity for victory. The procession featured Alpine chasseurs, Napoleonic flags, Belgian and British units, Highland bagpipes, and Polish cheers, with Americans ranked second in the march.
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United States
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Catingy
Chateau Thierry
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John J. Pershing
Marne
Verdun
Somme
Aisne
Champagne
Germans Kill Five Belgians in Brussels Market Riot
Five Belgian peasants died and 15 were wounded when German soldiers fired on a Brussels city market riot sparked by requisitioning vegetables. The violence occurred during tensions between German officers and locals over food shortages.
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Brussels
Amsterdam
London Demonstration Demands Clean Sweep of Enemy Aliens
London citizens staged the largest anti enemy alien demonstration in Trafalgar Square since the war began demanding a clean sweep of interned enemies.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Italian military reshuffle retires several generals
Italy announces decrees reducing Generals Cadorna Parro and Capello in rank and pay. General Diaz receives the grand cordon of the Military Order of Savoy as the Austro German offensive disrupts Italian command structure. Gens Diaz and Cadorna previously led Italian forces in the war.
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Rome
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Cadorna
Parro
Capello
Diaz
Order of
Savoy
Two New French Aces Reported in Paris
Paris newspapers announce two new French aces, Second Lieutenants Bourgade and Nognes, each credited with ten victories. The thirty-eighth aerial victory of Lieutenant Nungesser is also announced.
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Bourgade
Nognes
Nungesser
Draft Fee Hunt Near Little Rock Abandoned
In Arkansas the search for draft resisters in hills of Cleburne County near Little Rock was practically abandoned after efforts began last Sunday. Authorities had pursued the fugitives but halted active operations as daylight waned.
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Cleburne County
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