British Capture Villeveque St Emilie Near St Quentin
British and French advances press the St Quentin area as Haig reports Villeveque and St Emilie taken and Harrincourt wood secured. More than 19 000 prisoners captured in the first week of September as Allied forces near the Hindenburg line from Ypres to Reims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Villevegue
St. Quentin
St. Emilie
le Catalet
Harrincourt Wood
Field Marshal Haig
France
Villeveque
le Catelet
Hindenburg
Cambrai
20000 Yanks Hurt Chief of Staff Says Pershing Will Send Names
The chief of staff asserts Pershing will forward names by courier twice weekly, addressing a toll of 20,000 American troops reported injured or wounded. The plan emphasizes steady, reliable updates through military channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
French forces advance toward La Fere in Oise valley
Paris reports French units push up the Oise valley and reach within one mile of La Fere. Sergnier, a key railroad hub, is being reorganized for allied use as the fall of La Fere appears imminent despite a potential last stand to defend the Forest of St Gobien to the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mennessis
Tergnier
St. Quentin Canal
St. Gobain Forest
Servais
Cambrai
St. Quentin
la Fere
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Chemin Des Dames
Humbert
le Fere
Chemin Des Daynes
Craonn
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Mangin
Soissons
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
France
Ing
St. Gobien
Yankee bout foe from Wood
London and Washington dispatches report Allied advances near St Quentin with British bombardment. The U S war department adopts a policy to report Algerican expeditionary casualties by courier twice weekly, with dead and missing only cabled by General Pershing once system is fully in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Pershing
British announce wider casualty reporting after recent battles
General March said Pershing will now send all wounded casualties to the United States by courier with hospital records. About 20 000 such casualties were reported up to August 20. British actions near Gouzeau Court and Eochy followed, with French forces holding Cozat Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General March
Pershing
United States
Department
March
War Department
France
Fourth Liberty Loan to Use Newspaper Ads in Campaign
Washington reports the Fourth Liberty Loan opens September 28 with heavy newspaper advertising designed by trained ad men. The effort aims to sell bonds and publicize the war, with Mats supplied to papers free of charge by the government and local committees funding space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank R. Wilson
Western Newspaper Union
Publicity Bureau
Wilson
Germany
Baker
Wilson to Fill Three Posts in Washington
President Wilson moves to name a Warburg vacancy on the federal reserve board and a successor to Walter H. Page ambassador to Great Britain. A tentative choice for Page’s post may be announced soon, with a Western candidate sought for Delano’s unexpired reserve term. American Army on the Aisne Front reports a costly German foothold retaken with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Walter H. Page
Great Britain
Page
Frederic A. Delano
Chicago
Delano
France
Aisne
Aisne Canal
Villers-en-Prayeres
Take Son
Kaiser
Gaspard Alversleben
Leutenant
Maysmette
Mount Vernon torpedoed 35 dead off French coast
Navy reports the U S S Mount Vernon formerly the Kronprinzessin Cecilie was struck by a torpedo 200 miles off the French coast killing 35, mostly fireroom crew. Senator James Hamilton Lewis aboard survived, with other officials noted among passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. S. Mount Vernon
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Navy Department
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Europe
Mount Vernon
United States
Navy
Sims
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Marines Presented Colors to Devil Dogs at Quantico
Washington September 9 The Seventeenth Regiment of Marines under Col Smedley Butler being assigned to join the Devil Dogs in France has received a standard of colors from Secretary Daniels at Quantico Virginia where they have trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seventeenth Regiment of Marines
Smedley Butler
Soen
France
Daniels
Quantico
Flynn Named Chief of Railroad Detectives
Washington Sept 9 William J Flynn former chief of the treasurys secret service was appointed chief of the railroad administrations secret service to direct railroad detectives in rounding up freight thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
Washington
William J. Flynn
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Railroad Administration
Germany Finland alliance treaty signed in Copenhagen dispatch
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a treaty of alliance between Germany and Finland that places Finland's entire manpower at Germany's disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Finland
Mafin
Copenhagen
Fire brigade ballots on strike for union seek recognition
London fire brigade workers vote on strike to win recognition of their union and settlement of wage and pension claims. The move follows effort to secure improved pay and retirement terms amid industrial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Fire Brigade
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Gobain
St. Quentin-Le Catelet
Formidable Wood
Havrincourt Wood
Bapaume-Cambrai High Road
Hindenburg Line
Ypres
Reims
St.Gobain
Champagne
Berlin
War Office
Peronne-Cambrai
Gouseaucourt - Epehy - Templeaux-Le- Guerard
Allegre
Vauxaillon
Princess Mary
Mary
King George
Queen Mary
Royal Scots
Lothian Regiment
Blentim
Tereot. Quenting
City OF
Oise River
Fere
Sergnier
Ritory
Col
George M. Dunn
Rough Riders
Department of the Northeast
Philip J. Stoll
Dunn
Army
Washington University
Yankees
Gouzeau Court
Havincourt Wood
Eochy
Cozat Canal
Country
Russia
U. S
Olovyanna
Penza
Vindovostok
Qolovyanna
Khabarovsk
Lake Baikal
Semenoff
Tokyo
Tion
Kalminoff
Iman
Bikin
Warburg, Page and Delano
Canal
U.S
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Senator
Kronprinzess
Cecelie
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Bar Harbor
Central West
Joseph Bergemann
Madison
Wis
M. Stall
Daniel Terrell
Sa. Joseph
James FE. Crabtree
Beaver
Gustaf Oscar Green
Minneapolis
Minn
Lion Heath
Hinckley
Frederick R. Huffman
Newberry
Ind
Sewell McKinley Rivers
Buena Vista
Finns
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!