French Push Front in Marne Battle Press Week
Paris reports sustained French advance on the Soissons to Reims arc with key gains west of Fere en Tardenois and around Oureq. German retreat shown as orderly, Americans pressing in Fere en Tardenois while losses include only a few guns through the ongoing rear-guard action.
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Paris
Soissons-Reims
War Office
Fere-en-Tardenois
Berlin
Oureq
Ardre
Fere-en- Tardenois
Ville-en-Tardenois
Aris
Marne
Fere-en Tardenois
Bin
Vesle
Foch
En Soissons
Alreauly
Furth
Soisson
Buganey
Arter
Reims
Mont Sans Nom
Ens
Chambercy
Ville-en-Tardenots
Saint Gemme
Ouregg
Soissons
Fore-en-Tardenois
Boncheres
Villers-Agron
Artilleries
Allied gain from German retreat to restore Paris line
Brig. Gen. R. E. Woop moves south from Sissons as French lines hold Fere-en-Tardenois. Restoring the Paris Chateau Thierry Chalons railway to allied use is valued as the key strategic result and will shape future operations on the Champagne front.
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Sissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Paris-Chateau Thierry-Chalons
Champagne
U. S. Men Crush Hun as Frontline Battles Rage
United States troops push back German lines on a two mile front near Fere-en-Tardenois and Sergy. American machine gunners inflict heavy losses while Germans retreat toward the Crise and Vesle rivers.
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United States
Sergy
Seringes
Fere-en-Tardenois
Nesle
Nesle Forest
Aisne
Crise
Vesle
Ardre
Reims
Oliay-et- Violaine
Ris
Ludendorff Replaced By Mackensen On Western Front
Unconfirmed London report says General Von Mackensen supplanted Ludendorff in command on the western front. German forces are reported to be using 71 divisions in a renewed defense from Soissons to Rheims as their battered rear line is stretched.
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London
von Mackensen
Ludendorff
Western Front
Mans
Soissons
Rheims
Germans Drive Yankees From Two Towns in Front Line Fight
London reports heavy fighting along the Soissons Rheim front with German assaults pressing the American sector. The Yankees are said to have evacuated Cierges and Vougneux as Allies push some advance in the Arde valley amid the fierce engagement.
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London
Soissons-Rheim
Cierges
Vougneux
Arde
Counterattacks Pressured American Lines in France
London reports powerful counterattacks by German forces against American lines. General Pershing's troops withdraw from Cierges three miles south of Coulonges and southeast of Fer en Tarcenois, also retreating from Reugneux. French gains noted north of the Ourea river.
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London
Pershing
Cierges
Coulonges
Fer En Tarcenois
Reugneux
Ourea
Germans May Change Retreat Plans In North Front
Report from Troy dated July 30 notes new and stronger Allied counterattacks. German rear guards resist near Soissy Lardenoy and Rheims pocket. Word says Von Mackensen may replace Ludendorff, signaling a firm stance and refusal to yield more ground to the Allies.
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Troy
Faris
Soiss -En- Lardenois
Rheims
von Mackensen
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Russia
Mackensen
Kaiser-Turk Break The War Wanes In Bulgarian Rest
London reports severed Germany Turkey ties with Constantinople confirmation. A Washington dispatch notes King Ferdinand of Bulgaria seeks rest abroad due to ill health. Bulgarian fatigue risks undermining Germany’s Mittel Europa project and signals shifts in regional power dynamics.
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Bulgaria
London
Germany
Turkey
Constantinople
Copenhagen
xchange-Telegraph Company
Washington
France
Ferdinand
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
H Vost
Arty
Sr “Mittel-Europa
Uid
Europe
Hivent
Egypt
Indi
French report lauds American troops in battle near Chateau Thierry
An official French army report praises the American division, likely the Twenty Sixth from Massachusetts, for bold flank attacks from July 18 to 25 near Chateau Thierry. It notes gains of over four miles, capture of cannons and prisoners, and high praise from General Degoutte for allied performance and discipline. Bread strikes in Germany and Austria are reported from Berne.
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Washington
New England
Massachusetts
Chateau Thierry
Monthieres
Petret Wood
Mitrepilly
Gonettrne Farm
Laval-Mardier
Degentte
Janley
Imeion
Esyterias
United States
France
Germany
Berne
Austria
Baseball Scores From Monday's National and American Leagues
National League results show Boston 3 Chicago 2 and Plitaburdti 4 New York Philadelphia 5 with Cincinnati 4 in 2 innings and St Louis 4 Brooklyn 4 in 2 innings. American League action lists Chicago 1 Washington 9 innings, Boston 8 and Detroit 3 New York and Cleveland Philadelphia no game due to rain.
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Boston
Chicago
Plitaburdti
New York
Philadelphia
Congratulatory Messages From Japan And Tehian Governments
Messages of congratulations on Allied successes on the Soissons Reims front arrived at the state department from the Japanese and Tehian governments through Ambassadors Ishlian De Cel- Here.
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Soissons-Reims
State Department
Tiellan
Ishlian de Cel- Here
Marines kill Haiti bandits in Santo Domingo report
Three clashes between U S marines and Dominican and Haitian bandits in Santo Domingo are reported. Casualties include one corporal and two privates wounded among the marines. About twenty bandits were killed, several wounded, and others captured.
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Washington
United States
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Cag Ualties
English Strike Broken in Coventry Mass Meeting
At a mass meeting of the strikers in the munities plants they decided to resume work immediately.
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Coventry
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