Americans Drive Deep in France Capturing Four Thousand Germans
American and French forces push from Soissons toward the Marne with a major counteroffensive. Vierzy falls and Soissons is within range of Allied guns as 4,000 Germans are taken prisoner and 80 guns recovered. Tanks support rapid advances with heavy bombardment and swift gains along the Paris-Soissons road.
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London
Soissons
Vierzy
Reims
Oise
Aisne
Ourcq
France
Chateau Thierry
Paris-Soissons
Americans Break German Defense in Soissons Sector Advance
American and French forces drive in the Torey and Givry area, seizing 18 guns in a single town and pushing toward final objectives near Soissons. Counterattacks fail as troops advance, with heavy fighting expected as German reserves arrive. Dan Wil lard slated to head a forthcoming commission to Russia.
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Torey
Givry
Giory
Chaubun
Soissons
Allies claim trap on three sides across western front
Paris reports Allied forces tightening their grip from Aisne to the Marne. Despite reinforcements, the front sees heavy fighting as the foe, believed trapped in a U shaped salient, yields prisoners over 13 000 and hundreds of large guns.
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Paris
Aisne
Marne
Victorious Forces Resume Advance Between Aisne and Marne
American and French troops resume offensive after consolidating gains, pushing forward behind a rolling barrage from Soissons to Chauteau Thierry. The advance opened with neat success as German defenses were swept aside by dawn.
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Aisne
Marne
Soissons
Chauteau Thierry
China to Send Force to Vladivostok Says Cabinet
At a cabinet meeting the Siberian situation was discussed and a force is to be sent to Vladivostok to cooperate with the allies. Final arrangements will be set at a later meeting regarding strength and other details. Some feel China should match Japan, but others favor protecting only the frontier.
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Peking
Siberian
Vladivostok
China
Japan
No Such Word as Retreat on the Marne Front
An American officer on the Marne front rejects the idea of retreat as a French staff officer suggests withdrawing a battalion threatened with annihilation. The clash occurred amid savage counterattacks that pushed German forces back across the Marne in the Fossey sector.
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Paris
Marne
Fossey
Allies drive reports capture of Prunay and 20 towns
Paris July 19. Allied French and American forces recaptured more than twenty villages along a 25 mile front from the Aisne to the Marne. Prunay east of Reims reported captured. western outskirts of Chouy and Neuilly St Front also advancing.
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Prunay
Nanteuil
Paris
War Office
Soissons
London
Reims
Chouy
Neuillly-St. Front
Belleau Wood
Aisne
Marne
Crise
Buzancy
Fontenoy
Mont de Paris
Hungary Rejects Suffrage Bill in Diet Vote
Amsterdam July 19 The lower house of the Hungarian diet rejected the government's measure granting the vote to women. Budapest dispatch reports the body refused the suffrage bill, blocking the reform effort.
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Hungary
Amsterdam
Budapest
Warning to strike names from enemy trading list
The post office department urged all U S business firms to remove from mailing lists any names on the enemy trading list, a precaution announced in Washington on July 10.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Rings Bell for Victory at City Hall
The bell in New York City Hall tower was ordered rung for 15 minutes by Mayor Hylan to celebrate the American advance on the French front.
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New York
City Hall
Hylan
Food for Our Allies and Hoover's WWI Food Effort
Food valued at about 1.4 billion dollars was sent to allied nations and relief programs in 1916 17 and 17 18 totaling 2.1655 and 3.0111 billion pounds of meat and fats and 259 340.8 million bushels of cereals with wheat shipments around 141 million bushels and 10 million to neutrals. Hoover noted the American people aided by women and various sectors, and European deliveries rose as extra wheat shipments were authorized, exhausting surplus.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Wilson
Food Administration
Belgium
Red Cross
Europe
Neutrals
Sergt Brown Delivers 159 Prisoners After Gunfight
In the Champagne sector on July 19 Sergeant J F Brown returned to American headquarters with 159 prisoners. He said four wounded died while he captured crews of four machine guns and held a trench until survivors surrendered.
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Champagne
J. F. Brown
Paris Bombarded Resumes Long Range Assault
Paris resumes long range bombardment in the morning as the siege continues. Reports indicate renewed shelling across the city with attention to strategic targets and civilian impact.
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Paris
Tokyo Papers Publish U.S. Siberia Troop Proposal
Dispatches from Tokyo and Washington report Japanese acceptance of the American plan to send troops to Siberia in coordination with the United States. Papers publish the terms, and officials in Washington decline to comment as Japan weighs expedition risks and aims for joint action.
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Russia
Tokyo
U. S
London
United States
Times
America
Japan
Siberia
Great Britain
France
Washington
Siberian
Daily Express
Senate denounces Irish petitions as traitorous
Washington July 19 Senator King of Utah denounced petitions by the Friends of Irish Freedom as traitorous and said they are signed by traitorous so called Irishmen. Senator Lewis asked to place the petition in the record. King objected. The petition was referred to the printing committee.
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Washington
Friends of Irish Freedom
United States
Ireland
Senate
King
Utah
Lewis
Illinois
Printing Committee
Slacker Drive Lets 5000 Chicago Men Face Draft
Federal officials announced that the slacker drive will put 5,000 Chicago men of draft age into the army after checking results from over 100,000 questioned at theaters, ball games and public gatherings. All men of draft age who failed to register or to file questionnaires are eligible for immediate induction.
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Chicago
Chicago Hails U S Victory
Chicago greeted the American victory over the Huns with wild enthusiasm. Fire boats wailed their exultant message as papers notified Fire Chief O'Connor and the alarm system flashed the news to tear the roof off the en heard in the crowd.
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Chicago
O'Connor
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Foch
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