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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
5
The American schooner Mengel was sunk by a German submarine Sunday afternoon. Its crew was transported to New York by a Danish steamship. This marks the twelfth victim confirmed by the Navy department.
Washington reports Pershing confirms American and French troops halted the German southward push at Neuilly wood and on the Marne. French and U S units counterattacked driving the enemy back across the river while patrols and shelling continue in Picardy Lorraine and Woëvre.
Paris June 5. American British and French troops have beat off all Hun attacks on the Marne front. The French lines have been rectified in the region north of Courcy.
British forces repulsed a heavy German assault launched southwest of Morlancourt in the Amiens region, according to London reports dated June 5. The action reflects ongoing Allied efforts to stem German offensives on the Western Front.
Survivors say a three masted schooner had just been sunk when a German U boat surfaced near the Carolina on Sunday evening. The sub raised the flag and ordered all boats abandoned within 20 minutes as ten lifeboats left the ship and were shelled seven times after the evacuation.
Paris reports Marcel de Mongeot major in the French army was killed in action near Soissons on May 27. He was the son of Mme Alexandre Ribot and stepson of former premier Mme Ribot, formerly Miss Mary Burch of Chicago.
Survivors from the steamship Carolina recount a night storm and rescue as U-87 sinks the Carolina and other vessels. Ten ships sunk and sixteen lives lost with over 20 000 tons of American coastwise shipping destroyed in the raid. One German crew member is detained for investigation.
Atlantic City June 5 36 survivors of the steamship Texel sunk 60 miles south of New York by two German submarines arrived in two leaky boats. Captain R K Lowry of Brooklyn described the torpedoing and surrender of the vessel and the crew's rescue with everyone saved despite perilous encounter with a submarine commander.
London report notes the penny postage era ends after seventy years. From today ordinary letter postage costs three half pence, marking a new rate for all mail.
The first batch of wounded Americans amalgamated with French forces has arrived in Nice on June 5. The grouping marks a formal handover after integration with French units.
A Swiss diplomatic dispatch reports that Princ von Buchau, commander of a Bavarian division, was killed during the fighting on the Merne. The note confirms his death in the ongoing conflict.
June 5 report says New York and nearby coasts dimmed all lights except essential city fixtures. Police Commissioner Enright ordered blackout of advertising signs clocks and skyscraper illumination to guard against possible air raids amid submarine activity. Nightlife and theater lobbies remained lit while observers watched planes fly over the city to assess compliance.
A flotilla of destroyers and seaplanes hunted for a German U boat after it sank the American tanker William Rockefelle. Survivors said the sub surfaced after exhausting its air tanks and was netted by naval forces two days after the attack.
Washington reports allied raid on Cologne killed 146 people and injured about 150. The city’s inhabitants were thrown into the most absolute panic, according to the state department.
On the Italian front along the southwestern line heavy artillery activity continues, the war office reports as of June. The Vienna dispatch notes ongoing bombardments and shelling across the front with no cessation in hostilities.
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