New Offensive On Amiens Front Launched At Dawn
British and French forces launch a dawn offensive southeast of Amiens with lines from Albert in Flanders to Montdidier in Picardy. Haig commands the new drive as thousands of prisoners and guns are reported captured, with Allied advances up to three miles and over twenty miles of front in initial hours. American troops hold sections west of Montdidier. Weather hindered or aided progress as rain affected the Amiens front.
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London
Lons
Picardy
Amiens
Flanders
Alberta
Avre River
France
Morlancourt
Albert
Avre
Moreuil
Somme River
New Allied Offensive Opens On Albert Montdidier Front
British forces under Field Marshal Haig and French troops launched a wide front attack east and southeast of Amiens and along the Albert to Montdidier line. Early reports say the assault began at dawn with progress toward Cerisy Gailly, Demuin, Aubercourt, and Morisel, Moreuil, with many prisoners captured as German defense buckled.
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Paris
Amiens
War Office
London
Field Marshal Haig
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Associated Press
Albert
Motdidier
Cerisy-Gailly
Somme
Sailly-Laurette
Marceleave
Demuin
Aubercourt
Morisel
Moreuil
Albert- Montdidier Front
British Tanks Break German Lines in Avre-Luce Drive
In France the British and French tanks crossed the Avre and Luce vallees and attacked German positions south of the Ancre. Allied tanks cleared the way with dawn assaults, German shells failing to halt the advance, while two German counterattacks near the Somme were quickly repulsed. Prisoners flood Allied lines as the main blow targets General von Hutier's 18th army.
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France
Avre-Luce
Ancre
Somme
von Hutier
von Hutter
British advance in France gains early in Amiens front
British forces in France report early gains east of Amiens taking Hahmer Wood and Dodo Wood and likely holding Marcelcave and La Motte-en-Santerre as of today.
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France
Associated Press
Amiens
Hahmer Wood
Dodo Wood
Marcel Cave
la Motte-en-Santerre
Americans Not In Fran co British Amiens Push
Washington dispatch notes no American divisions in the Franco British thrust south and east of Amiens. Some units remain with British or French forces, with Cantigny veterans now in the Aisne Marne fighting. The British line stretches from Morlancourt to Avre, advancing four hours to seize objectives and prisoners. A cave discovery near Ville Savoye reveals German threats to locals, linked to a letter dated August 2 from Fismes.
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Washington, D. C
Amiens
Cantigny
Aisne-Marne
Foch
Vesle
Associated Press
Ville-Savoye
Vile
Fismes
Signa Anaes
Gen Graves placed in command of Libera expedition
Washington dispatch reports General William Graves assigned to lead American troops to Liberia as part of a joint Allied force. General March notes the operation is limited to the mission announced by President Wilson and not a full eastern front. Front-line updates also cover Allied actions on the Vesle and Aisne fronts, with American divisions in the Marne salient and epieds seizure. News roundups include electoral race chatter in Wheeling with Watson, Chilton, and Elkins jockeying for the U.S. Senate nomination amid incomplete county returns.
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Washington
Daj
William
Graves
Camp Fremont
Cal
Liberta
March
Tafk
Libera
Philipines
United States
Liberia
Marek Said
Wilon
State Department
Theeneral
Aisne-Marne
Soissons
Rheims
Jareh
Jared
Woevre
Toytinn
Marne Silient
Epieds
Pisines
Vesle
Mangin
de Marne
Aisne
Amesian
the Sentinel
Secretary of State
Virg'l’ Highland
Elkins
Chilton
Watson
Liberty Bonds Conversion and Delivery Reminder
The Taylor County Bank urges converting 4 percent bonds to 4 14 percent bonds and completing final payments or rent on bonds by August 15. The notice emphasizes readiness for delivery of Third Liberty Bonds.
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Taylor County Bank
Merak 224 Sunk by German Submarine Off Cape Matters
Information from marine insurance circles reports the American steamer Merak 224, tens gross, sunk by a German submarine off Cape Matters on Tuesday night. One small boat with eighteen crew members is unaccounted for. Navy Department confirms report from Washington.
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New York
Aus
Cape Matters
Navy Department
Washigton D. G
Morak
North Carolina
Casualties in Four?s Report Number 345
Army list shows killed in action and other causes with total 237 casualties. Marine Corps list reports killed in action, died of wounds, and missing totaling 168. Names include Roy Liew and Arch Jenkins among others, with Blanche Brumbaugh visiting in the city from Pittsburgh.
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Washington, D.C
Army
Marine Corps
Liew
Roy
Sz Parrisn
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wellon
Arch Jenkins
Normantown
Dorsey Kelley
Revere W. Va
Bearl Leon
Martinsville
Ralph Pol
Chester
Russia declares war state with England report from Stockholm
August 8 dispatch from Berlin cites Lokal Anzeiger reporting the Russian government has issued a declaration that a state of war exists between England and Russia. The message notes the Boshevik faction allied with Hun forces aligned with English hostilities, amid a broader wartime atmosphere in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
England
Russia
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
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Siberia
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Wheeling
W. Vs
Clareness Watson
William K. Chilton
Democratic New Nation
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Davis
W. &. Chilton
Senate
Zane Tmore
Elizabeth Stuck
W. B. Stack
Thornton
Edna Bunner
Mary Bunner
Hunbont
Bo2tmarrishd
Clarkesborg
Blanche Brumbaugh
Pittsburgh
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