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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
5
Allied forces push along the Aisne to Marne front with 17,000 prisoners and 350 guns captured. Soissons rumors persist though not officially confirmed. American and French troops advance between Soissons and Chateau Thierry capturing Vierzy and surrounding towns.
Reports from the front describe heavy Allied bombardment near Soissons and Reims with German forces withdrawn after four days of fighting. American troops, many in their first major engagement, held lines under rainfall of artillery while French praise their steadiness and courage. Scottish troops also report capturing Meteren with prisoners and machine guns as Berlin confirms a renewed French attack stalled with heavy losses.
Paris dispatch reports Soissons reclaimed by American and French forces after heavy fighting. Neuilly St. Front seized, midway between Soissons and Chateau Thierry, with German long range guns under fire. About 6,000 prisoners taken. Crown Prince sends 100,000 reserves, but Allied advance persists toward German bases.
Official report to the Senate Military Committee from General March states the maximum penetration is ten miles along a twenty two mile front. The attack presses against heavy German reserves as several more towns fall.
American forces in the drive include the First Second Third and Fourth Regular Army divisions the Twenty six New England Guard the Twenty eighth Pennsylvania Guard and the Forty second Rainbow Division in Champagne.
In Marquette Michigan on July 20 three men died when a blast tore through the Aetna Explosives nitrate plant near Ishpeming. The government order plant was wiped out and damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The cause remains unknown.
Paris dispatch reports enemy flyers dropped into an American camp a note confirming the death of Quentin Roosevelt. The brief communiqué cites the fallen pilot among those killed in action, noting the loss in the war.
Paris reports that French and American forces advance between the Aisne and Marne as German troops are compelled to mobilize large reserves to stem the push.
The treasury department reports a new loan of 100 million dollars to Italy, increasing total Italian credits to 760 million. A separate loan of 9 million dollars to Belgium brings its total credits to 145.25 million.
Washington reports the Captain of the San Diego believes the cruiser was torpedoed by a submarine, but no torpedo or periscope was seen. Navy officials incline to believe the ship struck a floating mine with all officers and crew landed safely at the Brooklyn navy yards.
Washington reports that professional baseball at draft age is to work or fight, with Baker's decision extending the nonproductive occupation ruling. The issue touches actors and moving picture workers, and Eddie Ainsmith’s case prompted an appeal as leagues pledge compliance while seeking clarifications on timing and exemptions.
Navy warns ships to watch for submarines after the San Diego was sunk ten miles southeast of Fire Island with 1,114 crew, one officer and two boats landed, no confirmed loss of life, continued gunfire near Sayville as cannons thundered along the coast.
Dennis Anderson, twenty one, was executed by hanging for the murder of Patrick Lavin, railroad police lieutenant. His seventeen-year-old brother John, held for alleged murder, prayed nearby as Dennis faced the gallows and said nothing when asked if he had anything to say. It marks the sixty third murder execution in the county.
London reports say the grateful inhabitants of Reims sent fifty thousand bottles of champagne to champagne defenders at Reims by dispatches from the French front.
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