Allied and Italian Front Actions Mark Time On Meshed Lines
Military comment notes stabilization for the moment as Austro-Hungarian forces withdraw to new positions after Piave. Diaz remains reticent on aims. In France, Allied operations succeed on four-and-a-half mile fronts near Soissons and in the Lassigny corridor, while British and Australian troops gain ground east of Nieppe and near Hazebrouck and Ypres. Fighting slows on the Aigne Marne and Lassigny fronts, with French counteroffensives recapturing ground. In Northern Italy the situation remains unsettled as realities unfold on the Piave and surrounding passes.
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Diaz
Piave
France
Soissons
Ludendorff
Lassigny
Oise
Matz
Aisne-Marne
Compiégne
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Coeuvres
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Montgobert
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Lys
Hazebrouck
Morris
Bailleul
Armentiéres
Ypres
Voormezeela
Locre
Meteren
Aigne-Marne
Italy
British assault near Nieppe Forest overcomes German defenses
British forces launched a morning attack along Plate Becque, breaking through light resistance at open ground and storming two fortified farms. Prisoners showed low morale, with many already discouraged by slower Allied progress and German propaganda.
Several German Positions Taken by French at Soissons
French forces moved dawn to evening along a 6000 yard front southwest of Soissons and near the Villers Cotterets forest, capturing several German positions. Prisoners were taken as Allied troops pressed toward Foss Curry and St Pierre Aigle while French artillery dominated the fight.
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Soissons
France
Villera-Cotterets
Foss Curry
St. Pierre Aigle
Mers-Cotterets
St. Pierre Aigis
Americans Repulse Raids in Vosges, Pershing Reports
Washington dispatch reports no new front activity beyond yesterday’s repulsed raids in the Vosges. General Pershing's communiqué notes one award of the Distinguished Service Medal to Private Joseph Leicht for gallantry at Coullemalte in April 1918.
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Vosges
Pershing
Washington
Joseph Lelt
Coullemalte
Fion
British and Allied gains on multiple fronts reported
London dispatches detail Haig front advances east of Nieppe and near Montdidier with 800 prisoners and 22 machine guns captured. Australian troops seize forts near Morris, while French gains north of the Aisne include 1,060 prisoners and advances to Laversine and Outry. Berlin reports repulsed attacks and heavy aerial combat. Italian and Vienna updates note limited actions on Asiago and Piave fronts.
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Haig
Nieppe Forent
L'Epinette
Verte Rue
la Recque
Prine
Ponta
Morris
DAV
Moyenneville
Arras
Mericourt
Rossignol Wood
Gommecourt
Berlin
War Office
Lyn
Aisne
Somme
Yser
Marne
Lys
Bailleul
Bethune
Big Guns Rage as Fighting Halts on the Italian Front
London dispatch reports intensified artillery on the Italian front with continuous hammering of Austrian lines in the northern mountains. Allied guns shell behind Austrian positions near Anago and Monte di Val Bella as British troops raid the Asiago plateau, while Italian forces contend near Fossalta against floodwaters and enemy artillery.
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Rome
Italian War Office
Monte Corno
Skaso Rosso
Prive
Vienna
London
War Office
Giudicaria
Argo
Adige Valley
Presena
Venetian Alps
Col del Rosso
Monte di Val Hella
Piave
Fossalta
Adige
Watt
Vienna War Office
Aniago
Monte di Val Bella
Col del Ronso
Piavo River
Atrean
Defeat of Austrians on the Piave River Acknowledged by Vienna
Vienna admits Austrian army defeat on the Piave after weather blamed failures. Italian advances across old lines during the past two days, with Cape Bile bridgehead occupation sealing the setback. Austrian press twists events and claims new pretexts to justify reverses as it masks the grim turn on the Piave.
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Piave River
Vienna
Washington
Becaue
Cape Bile
Piave
Plavo
Glorious Regiments Tarnish Italy's Blow Claim
The passage notes that the so called glorious regiments are claimed to have returned Italy's blow. It argues this system is not new and credits the Germans with inventing it to mask failures at Verdun and the Somme where they endured severe defeats.
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Italy
Verdun
Somme
Major Bishop Retired From Front After Flying 72 Victories
Major William A. Bishop, credited with downing 72 German planes, is transferred from the Canadian force to the British Chief of the Air Staff office. He led a hand-picked squadron of largely Canadian pilots, achieved a record rivaling Baron Richthofen, and shot down five enemy aircraft on the day of his recall.
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Bishop
France
Hishop
Baron von Richhofen
Anirmal
England
Goodby
Bis
Lieut Baer Claimed 17 Planes Down Before Capture
Fort Wayne dispatch reports Lieutenant Frank Paul Baer one time American airman now prisoner of war in Germany. Major William Thaw of the 103d Aero Squadron says Baer personally downed seventeen enemy planes before being forced down May 22. He is credited with nine kills and eight more vouched for by squadron mates.
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Fort Wayne
Ing
Frank Paul Baer
Germany
William Thaw
103D Aero Squadron
Emma Baer Dyer
Baer
Baor
Thaw
Mezergues French ace wounded in air combat
Lieutenant Mezergues, famed French air ace who escaped from German captivity and resumed combat, was seriously wounded in an air fight. The Havas Agency reports his attacker and a bomb thrower on Mezergues’s machine were killed in the engagement.
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Mezergues
Germany
Paris
The
Air Service
Ind
Havas
Casualty List Reveals 106 Army Navy Casualties
Washington dispatch tallies 106 casualties with 62 killed in action 3 from disease 48 severely wounded 2 wounded undetermined and 1 prisoner. Names listed include lieutenants James S. Timothy and Jerome Goldman sergeants Freeman and Peters and numerous corporals from cities such as Holyoke Detroit Brooklyn and Chicago.
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Acton
Ryman
Earl
Lancaster
Goldman
Jerome
St. Ul
Timothy
James S
Leutenant
Highland Falls
Jackson
Robert H
Roslingdale
Musa
Jankowiak
Alexader A
South Bend
Ind
Kelly
John J
Holyoke
Mass
Feden
Thomas E
Gray Court
Ryder
Brooklyn
Shoemaker
Jethro
Clem
Mnally
William J
Honsnas
Alfred M
Croteau
Louis
Frost
Elvin A
Clearmont
Wye
Gajda
Jan
Detroit
Gledmill
Herbert F
Sillard
Utah
Harsch
Charles H
Stockport
Whgenast
Herbert R. Rome
Ina
Sen Oe
Teaa
Allied and German fronts and Russian crisis loom
The report notes French and American attacks in Chateau Thierry standing out against German failures near Rheims while signaling an impending Russian crisis. Lenine’s faltering government may collapse, potentially benefiting the Allies as a new Moscow regime could force Germany to divert forces east.
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Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Marne River
Russia
Lenine
Germany
Moscow
Ambulance Units Reach Italy Amid Allied Push
Thirty U S Army ambulance units arrive in Italy and are welcomed by Deputy Romeo Galanga. The arrival marks a reinforcement to medical services supporting frontline operations during the ongoing campaign.
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U. S
Italy
Rome
United States Army
Romeo Galanga-Stuart
Teutons Again Try Air Raid on Paris
Paris endured a third night of German air raids with several enemy formations, bombs fell near the city, eleven people were killed and fourteen injured in last night’s raid. alarms sounded late evening and the all clear came after midnight.
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Teutons
Paris
2 American YMCA Workers Are Cited For Bravery
June 23 Lowe reports that W. D. Howall of Detroit and Rev. Murrey Bartleth, once chaplain in the Philippi Islands, are cited for bravery. Howell’s account notes Howall aided in removing the wounded and gassed, conducted burial services, and set an example of leadership and courage under heavy bombardment.
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Lowe
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