Americans Repel German Cavalry After Marne Clash
In France near the Marne the Americans fend off a German cavalry charge east of Toeing as the line holds on a rise behind chalk colored hill. A combined infantry and tank counterattack follows as American troops drive back riders and horses with machine guns rifles and cannons. A separate Navy image shows a swift watercraft under construction at San Francisco before launch.
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J. Tavlot
France
Chalons
Germans plan Austrian blow against Italy
Rome July 8 reports that Austrian forces under German leadership are mobilizing for a major offensive against Italy. The dispatch notes German planning, with references to preparations and a large scale operation.
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Italy
Rome
Austria
Heavy cannonading heard off coast near Provicestows
Heavy cannonading reported off the coast at noon as naval forces hunted a submarine. A haze hid the scene while a marine vessel attacked and destroyed the tug Perthmanboy and game barges on Sunday.
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Perthmanboy
British Continue Taking Ground Northeast of Hebuterne
July 22 reports indicate Tritms troops gained ground yesterday northeast of Hebuterne and north of Albert, with sid Hale noted.
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London
Tritms
Hebuerne
Albert
Sid Hale
Capt Fred A Lievallen Describes Jerry Not Wild About Yanks
Capt Fred A Lievallen writes from France about his voyage to the frontline camp and a German attack. He notes the brutal war conditions, the vast trenches and fortifications, and encounters with the enemy as his regiment moves toward combat while recalling the journey and sickness aboard ship. He mentions the term Jerry used by soldiers and reflects on the danger and awe of the warfront.
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Fred A. Lievallen
Jerry
Barn Fire At Plarching Place Sparks Military Police Suspect
Fire destroyed a large barn at the Plarching place near Pendleton today, with 40 by 60 feet structure burned and tools lost. Military police pursue a tall man in a white hat and corduroy trousers suspected of starting the blaze, amid several recent suspicious barn fires in the county.
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J. W.W
Waller Mantlig
Larness
Liev Kamet
Pendleton
OML P
Mr. Stubbs
Caion Grain Agency
Carioad
HH. W. Collies
Tn Almnour
Poemileton
Christopher
Joluaeen Harn
Gherking Wat
Kuper Place
July Movement Over Seal 10 Be 300000
Washington July 2 Secretary Daniela orders the Ordnance Bureau to probe the failure of bombs dropped by seaplanes in an attack on a submarine menace. Officials seek to determine if tampering or faulty fuzes caused the failure while guidance notes place Newport as the fuze location. Government plans to take over Cape Cod canal due to submarine threat with troop shipments to France continuing. The movement totals about 200,070 units.
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Spellhoand
Roche
Debrin
Hein
Tarme
Washington
Daniela
Daniels
Newport
San Diego
Cape Cod Canal
Frante
June Registrants Classified by Boards
A partial list of 1915 elite regiverante names appears in the record, returned as a continued item on page 4. The public notice enumerates involved boards and stakeholders, indicating ongoing registration activities and which registrants are categorized under specific boards.
Dramatic Battle Scenes Behind Front Lines
In France the Americana report ferocious fighting behind the lines as units push forward while supply difficulties persist. Civilians welcome captured Americans, who enter Chateau Thierry amid broken streets and shellfire, with German troops timing artillery along the northward line.
Soissons Rheims Salient Struck By Attacks
London reports German assaults on the Soissons Rheims salient with villages burned and a possible general retirement toward the Vesles river line. Fierce fighting along the front from Soissons southward, with American forces clearing Barbillon wood and driving Germans north of Chateau Thierry.
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Soissons-Rheims
Salient
London
Vesles
Rheims
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Barbillon Wood
Barbillon
Marne
German supply line cut in front near Chateau Thierry
The War Department reports that the German line of communications between Soissons and Chateau Thierry has been broken and parts of it are now in American possession. This line had been the Germans chief supply route for the Chateau Thierry region, and its disruption partly accounts for their retreat.
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Washington
War Department
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Marne crosses widen as Americans push toward Bezu
FOE ARTILLERY FEEBLER PARIS July 22 The Marne has been crossed at several new places near Verneuil Prisoners increase rapidly German artillery feebler hourly. WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE July 22 The Americans advanced from the Marne beyond Bezu and pressed toward the Soissons Rheims salient as Franco American British forces pinch the ends. Heavy fighting in Grissoles Beza and surrounding areas with infantry aided by artillery and machine guns. Aviators report machine gun fire from Eples forest suggesting German guns may stand there. Weather perfect.
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Paris
Marne
Verneuil
Fred Ferguson
France
Bezu
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Chateaugne
Grizelles and
Beza
Grissoles
Eples
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Ammiucan Distroyio
United States Navy
Omar San Francisco
Sint
Charlotte
Frances
Mike
Poreet
Tienes Ranch
Thornecy
Navy
Anit Ik
Rolyong
sarTreer
Grissolles
Persey
Pripee
Merthiveael
Bae Liberte
Boavardes
Cates
Soleus
Perth
Ient
Thierry
Pianos
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