Great War Developments Shift as Constantine Dethroned
On June 18 reports indicate Greece’s throne crisis triggers major Allied realignments. Venizelist forces gain Thessaly as French troops push toward Trikala, while British withdraw to the Struma bank, enhancing Sarrail's position and signaling an offensive up the Vardar toward Thessalonica. Allied activity also rises along the Doiran–Vardar sector with British and German bombardments heard near Rheims and in the Balkan front.
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Germans Retake Trench System on Arras Front
German forces renew effort to recapture ground on Infantry Hill and east of Monchy as British defend key position. Plumer opens minor advance toward Warneton while French gain 500 yards at Gere run trench in Champagne. Air war shows heavy losses on both sides with fifteen German planes down. Rheims bombarded as Belgian reports note artillery activity at Lizerne and Boesinghe.
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Lizerne
Boesinghe
British and French Report Broad Front Actions Across Front
Official statements describe heavy bombardments and enemy attacks east of Monchy le Dreux with Allied counter actions on Infantry Hill. Reports note prisoner captures, air battles with several German planes downed, and local operations in Champagne near Mont Blond. Night updates cite artillery activity near Ypres Lena Armentieres and limited fighting with no major battles.
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Ypres
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Lena
Armentieres
Italian Front Update Amid Stubborn Frontline Attacks
Last night Italian defenses repelled enemy shelling on Mosciaeh Asiago Plateau Vodice and Hill too with our fire. British aviators bombarded Tama railway station near Seren and munitions depots as Turkish and Austrian actions mix with Italian countermeasures on Gorizia. On the Macedon front British detachments attacked near Dautli and Ospite lines while Romanians report limited artillery exchanges along the front and Struma villages.
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Air Mishap in France Kills One American, Another Hurt
Paris June 18 The Paris Herald reports American Ambulance Field Service chief Benny Woodworth of San Francisco died in a crash near Champagne while Lincoln Chatkof of New York City, a La Fayette Air Squadron pilot, was critically injured. The two visitors witnessed the Storks camp when the aircraft spiraled and plunged to the ground. Woodworth 30 was the son of Mrs Ruth Woodworth of Francisca and a great grandson of Samuel Woodworth author of The Old Oaken Bucket.
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Paris “Herald
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Fusl
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New York City
Lafayette Air Squadron
Woodworth
Chatko
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Chaikoff
Ruth Woodworth
Francisca
Samuel Woodworth
Italians Advance On Carso In Coas tFront Action
June 18 report says Italian forces under General Cadorna pushed northeast of Jamiano on the Carso Plateau, extending the line in a southern Corso maneuver while bombing enemy batteries near Hermada. Austrian resistance repelled counterattacks along Mount Moschin? and other fronts. no other front developments reported from Vienna.
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Duino
American Flier Honored Pans Receives Sergeant Rank
Pittsburgh native Arcinsia Sonnson of the Lafayette Flying Corps, largely composed of Americans, is promoted to sergeant after a lone battle against two German planes. His aircraft was heavily shot through but he achieved gallant defense and earning the honor.
Germans Mass Air Formations Against British Front
German air forces regroup with mass formations after Messines as British pilots report large clashes inside German territory. Encounters include fleets of forty to sixty planes, with some battles ranging seventy to eighty machines, while British fighters counter effectively. Loss tallies were tallied but not fully counted on the field.
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Messines
Royal Flying Corps
British Pilot Tops Record by Strafing German Airdrome
Compelled to quit the fight the young British pilot who rivaled the late Captain Ball emulated the feat by attacking a German airdrome about twenty miles inside enemy lines and shooting up four machines as they rose to attack him.
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Orem
Question Cabinet Ques tion Bill Moves Before Senate
Washington June 18 Senator Yu Lena a Republican of Connecticut introduced a bill permitting cabinet members to appear on the floor to answer questions about their departments. He proposed sending the measure to the Legislative Committees. The Senate debated sending it to the Rules Committee with alternative suggestions.
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Yu, Lena
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Melean Ba
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