Foch and the German campaign of 1918
The article argues optimism should be restrained as German forces may strike again until Foch resumes the offensive. It states Allied actions have not yet opened the road to Berlin but have blocked Paris, defining the campaign’s real aim in 1918. It notes Foch’s initiative created a temporary edge.
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Foch
Ludendorff
Ainly
Berlin
Paris
Salient
Ourcq
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Aisne
Fere-En-Tardenola
Ronda
Marne Walient
Ourcg
Moltke
du Moltke
Bluck
Fesons
Oormen
Oulchy-le-Chateau
Marne
Qoureq
Fere-on-Tardenois
Kluck
London
Boehm
The Marne's Second Battle and Foch's Strategic Move
Frank H. Simonds analyzes the July 1918 Marne actions, arguing Foch transformed a dangerous German advance into a forced retreat. He notes the limited aim of breaking the fifth German offensive, the orderly German withdrawal from the Marne salient, and the distinction between strategic outcomes and battlefield destruction.
Ame Belge Reports Belgian Executions by German Firing Squad
London by mail. The Ame Belge, a mysterious Belgian paper suppressed by the German government, recounts six of nineteen Belgians sentenced for aiding allies being executed by firing squad after long uncertainty. Families waited all night at the prison gates, then learned six would die at dawn.
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London
N Ame Belge
Belgium
Charleroi
Ame Belge
Indians at the Marne Report From Philadelphia Public Ledger
The article discusses German complaints about alleged barbarous methods by France and England and notes Indigenous tactics used by the Indians at the Marne. It describes three natives crossing a river to reconnoiter, then swimming underwater to escape, attributing their success to wood craft and sneering at enemy tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Belgium
France
England
Mir
Rewards of Courtesy from the London Chronicle
Romanticus tells of a lady who entertained an Australian visitor and later inherits his fortune. The piece notes 1868 Whitehall fainting aid earning a $750,000 bequest, and a West End trader’s fortune begun when he gave up his seat to an elderly lady on a Holborn bus, who rewarded him in her will.
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London
Romanticus
Whitehall
West End
Holburn
Connecticut Woman Granted Patents for Waxed Paper Board
A Connecticut woman is awarded patents for a baking board using a waxed paper pad from which sheets can be removed when soiled, and for a waxed paper rolling pin with a cardboard core.
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Connecticut
Silence Urged to Halt Hun Poison War Effort
Florence King and Chi president Mrs Howard Gould of the Woman's Association of Commerce urge the national war garden commission to stop German proklamation through the serum of silence. Officials oppose the idea and a broad chain of women is planned to mobilize war gardeners and Kiwanis members in Washington.
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Florence King
Kington
Chipresident
Howard Gould
Woman's Association of Commerce
United States
National War Garden Commission
Kiwanis Cluib
Washington
Handling Supplies Is Monster Task for British in France
United Press report by William Philip Simms details the vast logistics of Allied operations in France. It notes daily must-harvested 200 million pounds of supplies, shifting transports, and the critical role of staff officers and canteens in keeping armies fed and mobile amid moving divisions and changing front lines.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
Jim
France
Sande
Sahara
Noah
Tommy Atkine
Amiens
Tommy
Germans fear wartime wardrobe seizure sparks humor
Amsterdam reports German papers mock possible confiscation of civilian wardrobe contents for war workers. Berlin Munich quotas trigger complaints of unfairness. satire imagines patched pants at court and officials in holed sleeves. Citizens over 55 urged to stay in bed to save clothes.
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Amsterdam
Madh
Berlin
Vorwerts
Hertling
von Kuehlmann
Eace
Munich
They Turn Tables on German Airmen
London by mail recounts how a British flying squadron reversed the pattern against German airmen. Lieut W A Barnes of the Royal Air Force describes occasional German bombings of their aerodrome and the RAF response of intensified retaliation, highlighting mutual peril and respect for audacity.
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London
W. A. Barnes
Royal Air Force
Hun
Coat
Americans in French countryside meet troops and villagers
American soldiers are widely present in the British zone in France, seen in farms and villages, listening to lectures, practicing gas mask drills, hiking along streams and hills, shopping for knick knacks and tobacco, and sharing music with local Scots. They roam lanes, gather wildflowers, and exchange tunes on mouth organs and pipes with nearby civilians and officers.
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U. S
France
American Young Men's Christian Association
Emigration Joke Sparks Indignation at Lecture
The Followed Directions notes a Knalah expert on economics claim that men outnumber women in parts of America, humorously urging women to emigrate. A young woman storms out, and the lecturer apologizes gently. The piece also comments on Canada’s representation at Washington via the British ambassador and the role of external affairs.
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People’s Home Journal
Knalah
Economica
America
Canada
Washington
Department of External Affaire
Ube
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Fuch
Frank H. Simonds
New York Tribune
Mangin
Marne Ealient
Rheims
Peunees
Klack
Oureq
Gallieni
Nient
Joffre
Kluck Tobandon
Nehet d'Egperey
John French
Verdun
Alane
I ‘Aria
Attoke
Vyartheey
Kluch
Lsne
Germa
Kaiser
Boissons
Q' Era
Barnes
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