Germans Press Westward Toward Paris in Forest Tactics
Allied dispatch reports heavy fighting from north of Villers-Cotterets to the plateau above Chateau-Thierry as German forces press westward. The Forest of Villers Cotterets anchors the Allied line while German attempts to outflank fail amid mounting losses. France and Allied air forces contend with a shifting front as the Marne flank remains critical.
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New York Times
Marne
Villers-Cotterets Wood
Chateau-Thierry
Soissons
Oise
Noyon
Villers-Cotterets
Tre
Troesnes
Corcy
Villers- Cotterets
Torcy
Bouresches
Battles Across Fronts Resume With Gains Near Paris
Official reports from Paris describe renewed night battles with fresh German reinforcements. French forces recaptured Mont Choizy and defended the Oise Aisne corridor while counterattacks reclaimed Faverolles and held positions from the Ourcq to the Marne with heavy enemy losses and hundreds of prisoners taken.
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Mise
Oureq
Aisne
Mont Choisy
Oise
Moulin-sous- Touvent
Vingre
Ourcq
Marne
Château-Thierry
Paris
Bouresches
German War Report Details Fresh German Advances Near Soissons And Villers Cotterets
Berlin reports day and night actions west of Soissons with French counterattacks along the Ourcq and Aisne fronts. German forces say they repulsed northern and southern attacks, captured Chaudun southwest of Soissons, and advanced near Villers-Cotterets and Chateau-Thierry. They claim Belin Monthiers and Savitr es area gains, and downed thirty one enemy aircraft as rail hubs were hit.
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Ourcq River
Hailleul
Lys
Aisne
Moulin- Sous-Touvent
St. Christophe
Vingre
Chaudun
Soissons
Savitres
Villers-Cotterets
Oureq
Belin
Courchamps
Monthiers
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Rheims
New German Tanks Carry Seven Guns
Paris reports a French Anglo success at Fort Pomelle near southeastern Reims with 200 prisoners and four tanks captured. The German tank design features three compartments three meter front unit with two machine guns and a 2% inch gun, a rear two gun side firing pair and back wall guns, a middle engine and two drivers, 200 liters of fuel, a turret on the roof, and a design allowing fourteen firing directions.
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New York Times Company
New York Times
Paris
Fort Pompelle Southeasternheims
U boat raid off the American coast reported by Navy
Official report details nine vessels sunk or attacked by German subs off the Atlantic coast. Navy and coastal patrols search for subs with destroyers dirigibles and planes, while fears rise for passenger ships and possible mine fields near Overfalls Light. Survivors reach New York as officials assess the threat and aim to sink or capture raiders.
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New York Times
Washington
Nantucket
Atlantic
Navy
Navy Department
Herbert L. Pratt
Atlantic City
Texel
New York
Carolina
Bristol
Department
Philadelphia Naval District
American Navy Department
North Sea
Haison
Sunk schooner Edward H Cole by German U boat near Barnegat
Captain Humphrey G Newcombe and the ten crewmen of the four masted schooner Edward H Cole report that a German U boat 200 feet long circled them three times before boarding party boarded. The vessel was sunk with bombs at 4 20 Sunday afternoon fifty miles southeast of Barnegat as the crew watched and escaped.
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Humphrey G. Newcombe
Edward H. Cole
Barnegat
Custom House
Robert Lathigee
Hoston
Norfolk
Portland
Atlantic Highlands
Karl V. Karlson
Naval Reserve
Merchant Marine
Cap
Newcombe
H. C. Pratt
Overhaus
United States Naval
Hristo
Carolina Taken For A Raider
Wireless from the Carolina reports being attacked and passengers and crew abandoning ship. US guards and naval intelligence track the distressed liner after a rescue by another vessel. Survivors from four sunken ships include Captain Gilmore of the Fdna with claims a spare captain aboard a raider was ready to seize a prize. Authorities await confirmation of the Carolina's fate and news for 220 passengers and 120 crew.
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New York
Porto Rico
Carolina
St Broadway
Naval Intelligence Office
Washington
United States Guard
Franklin D. Mooney
The
Line
Gilmore
F Dna
Beach Haven
N. J
Cape May
Atlantic City
Ships Sunk by U Boats List of Damaged Vessels
A wartime list details vessels attacked by submarines including schooners such as hiattle W Dunn 365 tons Edward H Cole 1,791 tons Isabel B Wiley and Jacob 8 Haskell 1,362, steamships Texel 3,210 Winneconne 1,809, tanker H L Pratt 1,839, and Carolina 5,093 tons with varying cargoes.
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Hiattle W. Dunn
Edward H. Cole
Isabel B. Wiley
Jacob
Haskell
Texel
Winneconne
H L. Pratt
Tlauppauge
Carolina
Samuel M. Hathaway
Texel Sunk Surviving Crew Reaches Atlantic City After U Boat Attack
Thirty six Texel survivors landed at Atlantic City Lighthouse after the steamer Texel was shelled sixty miles off New York Harbor. A cargo of 42,000 tons of sugar was lost and total damage exceeded two million dollars. Captain Lowry and crew described the U boat boarding and orders to abandon ship as shrapnel swept the deck.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Texel
United States Shipping Board
New York Harbor
Holdroom
Frank Ryan
Washington Street
New York City
Ryan
K. B. Lowry
Brooklyn
Helm
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Lowry
William Laufer
Millington
U-Boat Prisoners Arrive After Eight Days Aboard Submarine
Sixty men from four schooners and the steamship Winnieconnie were rescued off the Delaware Capes after eight days as prisoners aboard a German submarine. Captains Holbrook and Gilmore gave details of being ordered into boats, the sinking of their vessels, and crew transfers to the sub, with some survivors missing and others landed at the Battery New York.
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Delaware Capes
Barnegat
Sap
Edna
Charles E Holbrook
Tenants Harbor
Hattie Dunn
C. M Gilmore
Port Clyde
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Danersk
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