British Break Hindenburg Line Near Heinel In Open Warfare
British forces under Haig penetrate the Hindenburg line east of Heinel as they advance along the Scarpe. New Zealand troops surround Bapaume, entering outskirts and fighting street battles. Heavy counter attacks at Longueval. prisoners and guns flow to the British side.
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France
Associated Press
Hindenburg
Heinel
Field Marshal Haig
Scarpe
Bapaume
Longueval
Sedan
Bapaume-Cambrai Road
British push in Picardy advances near Geunmatre stronghold
London reports British forces driving toward Geumnatre two and a half miles northeast of Bapaume with hard fighting around Crosselles and 21 000 prisoners taken. Troops advance through Montaubat and reach Longueval as Australians push toward Dom Pierre south of the Somme and east of Suzanne.
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London
Picardy
Geumnatre
Bapaume
Crosselles
Montaubat
Longueval
Dompierre
Somme
Suzanne
French Advance and Parer Prisoners
French troops moved near St Hard southwest of Roye and repelled enemy counterattacks. The war office reports 1,100 prisoners taken, including two battalion commanders. East of Bagneux the line was extended about three quarters of a mile as German assaults were repulsed.
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Aris
St. Hard
Roye
War Office
Bagneux
British Capture Over 2000 Prisoners in Monday Advance
Paris August 27 Havas dispatches report the British forces advancing near Monchy leux Preux captured more than two thousand prisoners on Monday amid the ongoing campaign in the region.
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Paris
Havas
Monchy-leux-Preux
Austrians Recapture Be rat and Fieri in Albania
Austrian troops have recaptured Berat and the town of Fieri near the Somme river mouth in Albania, official announcements said. Italian forces suffered heavy losses in men and material according to the statement.
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Vienna
Albania
Aussrian
Berat
Fieri
Somme
Scys
Monroe Gas Co Moves Office to Union National Bank
Monroe Gas Co relocates its office from Central Savings Bank to Union National Bank, updating contact and location details for customers.
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Monroe Gas Co
Central Savings Bank
Union National Bank
Sub chaser sunk in mistaken naval engagement
American submarine chaser No. 209 from Philadelphia was fired upon by the American steamer Felix Tauesig near Firesland New York, mistaken for a submarine. Seventeen crew members including the commander and execs are missing. eight survivors were landed in New York and Leven Delaware. chaser was manned by naval reserves.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Firesland
N. Y
New York
Leven
Delaware
Felix Tauesig
Navy
Senate moves to finish man power bill vote today
Washington Aug 27 with agreement to vote by 4 PM the Senate planned to dispose of all amendments to the draft age limits bill and prepare for the final vote. Debate was limited after 1 PM today.
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Washington
Senate
Lusitania Sinker Captured by French Patrol Boat
Paris reports Lieut Schweiger, who sank the Lusitania, captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean after his submarine sank a ship with seventy five crew. Only one officer and four men were rescued. The Journal notes the act as one of the most vile and questions if confinement awaits.
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Paris
Rumor Of German Battalion Refusal To Advance
Amsterdam reports frontier correspondent says a German battalion refused to advance at the front and that every tenth man was shot after the mutiny, with the remaining soldiers yielding to resistance.
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Amsterdam
Ouachita Parish to Send Eight Recruits to Camp Beauregard
Ouachita parish is required to furnish eight white eligible men from Class 1 under a 4000-man call for general military service. They will be drafted for Camp Beauregard from September 3 to 6. exact date to be announced. Names of potential selectees include John Denver Magness, Leonard Patterson, William Granvil Wink, Victor Spillers, Orville Alvin Porter, and others.
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Ouachita Parish
Camp Beauregard
John Denver Magness
Leonard Patterson
William Granvil Wink
Victor Spillers
Orville Alvin Porter
Robert Telano
Charles Riser Lynch
Sam Abdellah Elias
Longino Bryant
Prvin Vallory
John Ellis Ward
Robert William Strong
Willie Walter Cheeks
Sars Thomas Colton
Wallace Washington Cofer
Douglass McClendon
Lloyd Blackwell
Robin Newell Johnston
Printer Wanted At Monroe News Star
Competent job and ad man or printer who understands typesetting is sought for permanent employment at this office. Good weekly wage offered. Wire or address the News Star Monroe La.
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News-Star
Monroe
13 000 000 Men Will Register For War Effort
Mobilization message urges 13 million men to enroll in manpower registration. Government calls for nationwide effort with emphasis on civilian duty and national defense.
Crowder asks councils of defense to boost register
Provost Marshal General Crowder writes the Council of Defense urging a rapid twenty day campaign to ensure 100 percent military registration under the widening selective service law. He calls for full community involvement and says every one should be “flying and every band playing on registration day.”
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
Crowder
Council of Defense
War Department
Council of National Defense
Germans From Russia Return to Western Front in France
Prisoners captured in recent battles report that German soldiers released from captivity in Russia have begun to arrive on the western front. The information comes from AP and unnamed prisoners in the field.
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France
Associated Press
Russia
Western Front
American Units Repel German Raid on Woevre Front
On the Woevre front American forces repulsed a German raid with only light losses. One soldier suffered sixteen bullet wounds including three in the calf, ten between knee and waist, and three in an arm, but he continued fighting.
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France
Associated Press
Woevre
American schooner Rush sunk off coast by enemy submarine
A Canadian Port report states the Rush, a new American schooner from Poston, was sunk Monday by an enemy submarine off the coast. The crew was rescued.
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Rush
Poston
Caribbean disturbance shifts inland toward Nicaragua
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical system that lingered in the Caribbean for several days appears to have moved inland over Nicaragua, updating the Atlantic forecast and potential effects for nearby regions.
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Washneton
Carribean Sea
Nicaragua
Weather Bureau
Home Boys Win Commissions From Monroe Area
In a partisan display of local pride, Monroe West Monroe and Old Ouachita youths lead in officer training. At Camp Pike, thirteen home boys are commissioned as Second Lieutenants of infantry in the U S Army amid 1,200 student officers. Colonel Miller presided over the ceremony at the YMCA auditorium.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Old Ouachita
United States Army
Camp Pike
Miller
British Break German Lines Across Picardy Front
British forces smash through German defenses in northern Picardy reaching outer areas of Bapaume and pressing toward Beugnatre and Dompierre. French lines between the Ailette and Aisne repulse German counterattacks as Germans fight fiercely along the Arras to Soissons sector.
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Picardy
Bapawue
Hinedenburgg
Heine
London
Croiselles
Some River
Beugnatre
Bapaume
Somme
Suzanne
Dompierre
Chautnes
Ailette
Aisne
Graduates Win Gold Bars From Infantry Officers’ Camp
The ceremony closed the fourth officers training camp in the department. Graduates receive gold bars and report to camps such as Camp Pike Camp Perry Camp Beauregard at once. Several Louisiana cadets led in classrooms drills and camp activities.
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Hrough
Arkansas
L. A. K. Chapman
Fort Sheridan
Camp Pike
War Department
Department
Camp Beauregard
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Texas
John C. Ransom
Camp Perry
Joe Isaacman
Louis C. Hayden
Larry Ross Henry
Morris Rinehart
W. M. Johnson
R. A. Alderson
John T. Chappell
Robert Emmett Moran
K. J. Zanone
Newton J. Moore
Joe Miller
John B. Anderson
Albert Breard
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