Bapaume Storm Center of British Attacks
British and German forces clash along the western front from the Copeuil river near Arras to south of the Somme with Bapaume as the focal point. The Germans rush reserves to defend the town while Bray and Miraumont see fighting and cannon captures are reported south of the Somme. Raids in Lorraine and a limited sea clash off Dunkirk accompany a tense diplomatic fallback as Spain and Germany spar over submarine policy.
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Associated Press
Copeuil
Arras
Somme
Bapaume
Miraumont
Ancre
Bray
Vegle
Lorraine
French War Office
Dunkirk
France
Spain
Germany
Berlin
Madrid
Mary
Croiselles
Arras-Bapaume
Givenchy
Field Marshal
Haig
Draft law passed by 336 to 2 in House
The draft bill extending conscription to men 15 through 45 passed the House 336 to 2 after three days of debate. An 18 to 20 year deferral was defeated. amendments on occupational exemptions and congressional exemptions failed. The bill moves to the Senate for early passage.
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Washington
House
War Department
Dent
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Gregg
Texas
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Chinormian Dent
House Military Committee
Paker
McKenzie
Baker
British Advance Near Bapaume Racks Up Prisoners and Key Towns
British forces press toward Bapaume with heavy fighting and rapid gains. Bray Thiepval Grandcourt are captured, over 2000 prisoners taken, Thiepval ridge secured, Miraumont fallen after outflanking. Avesnes-Les-Bapaume nears Bapaume as American and French units advance around Fismes and Crecy.
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Bray
Thiepval
Grandcourt
Miraumont
Haig
Albert
Hoover says sugar ample for households with existing ration
Food Administrator Hoover announced there is plenty of sugar to cover domestic and allied needs, provided the two pounds per person monthly conservation limit remains in place.
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Washington
Hoover
Major Ream Killed in Flying Circus Mission
Major Wm R Ream flight surgeon for the British American flying circus based in San Diego Cal died when an airplane piloted by Lieut Wesley Renner crashed near Effingham NL during a tour from Indiana to St Louis. Lieut Benner was seriously injured. The squadron reported other planes landed safely amid rain and wind.
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ST. Louis
Wm. R. Ream
San Diego
Cal
Indianapolis
Wesley Renner
Metuchin
N. J
Effingham
Benner
Lieut
Lieut. Benner
Marshall
Terre Haute
Martinsville
Ream
Fitz Morris
British Flying Corps
Cincinnati
3000 Trained Pilots Highlight Air Plan for War
Senate hearings reveal Major General Kenly says 350 squadrons are planned while 13 American squadrons with 273 machines are in France now. Potter notes 25 000 planes by 1919 target with 18 000 to 20 000 deliverable, and Nash predicts De Haviland machines as the likely January delivery. Friction between services and critical remarks about information policy surface amid blunt testimony.
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Washington
America
Kenly
Division of Military Aeronautics
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Colorado
France
William C. Potter
Gen. Pershing
W. Nash
Nash Motor
Gen. Kenly
Army
Navy
Pershing
de Haviland
Baker
Committee On Public Information
Reed
Missouri
George Creel
The
Information Committee
Expert Keeps Tab on Every Enemy U-Boat
London reports detail Ensign Murphy at a US naval air station who tracks German submarines using maps, strings, and pins. An example features Ensign Schieffelin and Lieut. Roger Cutler in a mission that sighted and attacked a U-boat, with six survivors.
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London
T. 1. Murphy
Committee On Public Information
United States Naval Air Station
Iis
Murphy
E. J Shieffeln
New York
Yale
John Jey
Schieffelin
Roger Cutler
Harvard
Schiettlin
Batte
Schiefflin
Cutler
Huge Tax Levy Bill Whipped Into Shape
Washington reports the $8.1 billion revenue bill, the largest tax levy in U.S. history, will be debated by the house Ways and Means Committee and brought to the floor on September 3. Final treasury estimates suggest possible use of consumption taxes to raise additional revenue beyond the measure.
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Washington
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
The
Treasury
Four Calls For Army Service
Four draft calls issued by Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder require 186 773 men to entrain for training camps August 30 through September 6 1918. The orders divide quotas by state for general military service white and colored and limited service white with entries for Illinois Iowa Missouri Texas and others.
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Wastitington
Crowder
District of Columbia
Llinois
Custer
Michigan
Ilinois
Grant
Illinois
Towa
Dodge
Iowa
Missouri
McArthur
Texas
Seven Killed as Steam Pipe Bursts on Transatlantic Transport
At Atlantic Port on Aug 25 a steam pipe burst aboard an American transport docked for repairs. Seven coal passers in the ship’s auxiliary room died from scalding. several others were injured. Naval authorities offered little detail on the cause. A later unconfirmed report said four naval reserve men were trapped and killed.
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Atlantic
Naval Reserve
Americans Break Orders to Fight With Canadians
A letter from a Canadian machine gun unit commander recounts American gunners left behind during a British front attack. Unsanctioned by their colonel, they joined the assault on the German front, fought beside the Canadians for two days, and one arrives for possible decoration.
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Associated Press
London
Distillery Fire Destroys Green River Plant in Owensboro
A blaze at the Green River Distilling plant in Owensboro Kentucky from a trash pile consumed the site by 10:30 pm. It destroyed 43 000 barrels of whiskey and caused losses exceeding 3 million dollars with about 6 750 000 dollars in potential US tax revenue. the fire spread through warehouses and the still house. The distillery is owned by Montaigne Co and led by president J W McCulloch.
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Owensboro
Green River Distilling Company
United States
J. W. McCulloch
Montaigne & Co
New York
British and American units report gains on the front
Haig says progress along the frontier with Bray captured and hundreds of prisoners. French sector notes American advance to Soissons Rheims road and captures of about ten prisoners south of Crecy au Mont. Air actions include nine German planes down and a balloon burned with heavy bombardment near Anizy le Chateau and Mortier forest.
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Avesnes-Les-Bapaume
Bapaume
Fismes
Soissons-Rheims
Crecy-Au-Mont
London
Vield Marshal Haig
France
Bray
Paris
Soissons Rheims Road
War Office
Ailette
Aisne
Crecy- Au-Mont
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Brancourt
Landricourt
Mortier Forest
Berlin Bulletin Reports Allied Lines Withdrawn
Berlin bulletin dated August 25 states our lines withdrew as British forces extended attacks north toward Arras and south beyond the Somme near Chaulnes. It says German forces under Von Below and Von Der Marwitz repelled a strong enemy assault despite being outnumbered.
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Berlin
General Headquarters
Arras
Sommar Fur Ag Chaulnes
von Below
von der Marwitz
Haig advances on Thiepval front in major WWI push
British forces press toward Thiepval and Bapaume in France as Haig reports continued victories. Allied gains include occupation of Thiepval Key, edge of Avesnes-Les-Bapaume, and Croiselles with heavy German losses and growing German disarray. Field reports note yards gained along Scarpe and a pushing front.
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Presa
France
Field Marshal Haig
Thiepval
Germans suspected retreat along Vesle front as Allies advance
Aug 24 reports say German artillery activity diminished north of the Vesle suggesting a possible withdrawal south of the Aisne. Allied pressure from Soissons and the Nank movement threatens the Germans, with minor patrol clashes and one American prisoner taken.
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Associated Press
Vesle
Aisne
Soissons
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Orven
WHIG
Kentucky
British
la Boisselle
Thiepval Key
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