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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
5
French, American, and British forces press the Marne salient as Germans evacuate the pocket between Soissons and Reims. Retreat deepens as rail lines are cut and shelling continues, with Foch's offensive advancing and Allied gains north of Chateau Thierry confirmed.
Paris reports Allied armies under General Foch closing the pincers on the Crown Prince Frederick's army. The German retreat through the Soissons Rheims sector is narrowed to seven miles as Allied artillery batteries tighten their grip. The army faces a critical, fate awaiting outcome.
Paris July 23 reports say Ouchy le Chateau the dominating point on the Soissons Chateau Thierry line and midway between these two points is taken by the Allies. Americans have taken Epieds by storm.
Paris reports French forces holding the Montdidier area advanced over a mile in a strong attack. The maneuver came as the Crown Prince withdrew reserves for the Rheims-Sois crisis, with gains occurring slightly north west of Montdidier.
American troops retook Jaulgonne on the Marne and Buzancy south of Soissons. The Jaulgonne victory edges toward full Marne control, while Buzancy and Ouchy grant stronger hold on the Soissons Chateau Thierry narrow gauge line.
In Griselles Bezu Saint Germain and surrounding areas heavy street and woodland fighting continues as artillery and machine guns aid infantry. Flyers report machine gun and anti aircraft fire from the forest of Hoels, suggesting a German stand there. German prisoners say orders are to fall back toward Fere en Tardenois. crown prince army group withdrawing north of the Marne while Allied forces push along roads near Chateau Thierry.
The Cologne Gazette reports a German guard will protect the German embassy in Petrograd. The guards are German soldiers in civilian clothes and this arrangement is with the Bolshevik government. The Hague dispatch notes the plan as of July 28.
The Forty second division known as the Rainbow division fights under General Brown. It has been breaking up the German offensive in the Marne region.
Federal agents raid an apartment in New York seizing papers that reveal a conspiracy to mobilize 200000 Germans in the United States and send them to Canada and Mexico to spread enemy propaganda. Von Stransch, already under detention warrant, is linked to the scheme and described as a physician. A woman described as the brains of the plot is being sought. Von Stransch is alleged to be a half brother of the German Kaiser.
On the Aisne Marne front a German prisoner says German troops doubt the claim of a million Americans in France and rumors spread that there are ten million Americans. The prisoner, once a baker from New York and Lebanon, Pa, notes such rumors since Thursday.
San Francisco reports a state council of defense edict mandating every able bodied man in California to work during the war regardless of age or wealth. The order emphasizes full national effort and reserves no exemptions beyond physical incapacity.
Washington reports 62 American expeditionary forces casualties with 9 killed in action 14 died of wounds 7 from disease 8 from accident and other causes 12 severely wounded 16 missing in action and 1 prisoner.
President Wilson plans a public statement outlining U S aid to Russia and economic assistance while confirming a joint American Japanese expedition in Siberia The move aims to safeguard American and Russian democratic interests and the vast aid supplies. Horvath the Siberian provisional ruler pledges aid and signals cooperation with the Czechs.
Washington July 2 Organized baseball will not know its fate until after Wednesday. Provost Marshal General Crowder has given baseball moguls until that day to file written briefs explaining why players should not work or fight.
Syracuse July 38 internal revenue agents filed a lien for one thousand dollars against C Loomis Allen an electric railway expert and former government railway ban member for failure to pay his income tax.
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