06 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
1
About 200 men in the Signal Corps will graduate from the Camp Stanley school around mid August. The graduates amount to roughly ten percent of entrants. Some receive commissions immediately and are assigned to units, others go to other schools for specialized signal corps training in radio, electricity, and signaling.
With Americans and French patrols along the Vesle north bank, engineers built bridges under heavy shellfire and machine gun fire. American troops pressed toward Fismes and Mismes, gaining footholds on the north bank while German rear guard actions slowed progress. Captured stores, abandoned planes, and hostile positions reveal German withdrawal pressures as Allied forces push east of the Vesle toward the Aisne.
A fragment from page one recounts a hospital ship attack in which Mrs Long of the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps is swept away after being caught between the vessel and the hull. Witnesses say she disappeared at sea as the boat drifted. The piece also notes wartime corps work and a tonic advertisement fading into the page.
No Creole Hair Dressing claims to revive color glands and gradually darken gray or faded hair to a natural dark shade. It is described as not staining the scalp, easy to apply, and suitable for hair, beard, or mustache. Sold by drug stores or $1.20 direct from Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co. Memphis, Tenn.
Units on the Vesle weather a gas bombardment as Allied lines endure attacks from German gas shells and machine guns. American and French heavy guns respond with repeated salvos while the enemy uses light gas, gas throwers, and night bombardment. South winds blow gas back and forth, but American troops maintain control along the river in harsh conditions.
AP reports on the Lheims-Soissons line showing stabilized fronts as Crown Prince Rupprecht withdraws from positions along the Vesle canal. French and British troops consolidate evacuated zones near Somme Vicardy while artillery duels resume along the Vesle and German efforts to hold ground face renewed pressure.
German long range bombardment of Paris continued today as of August 6, with new fire reported across the city. No details on damage or casualties were provided in the brief dispatch.
Washington Aug. 0 Army and Marine corps casualty figures released today by the War Department show 498 additional casualties, bringing total American losses since the start of American arrivals in France to 16,400. The latest list, mainly wounded, includes 81 killed in action and 6 died of wounds, with 813 wounded severely. Notable is Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt reported dead and buried. The Marine list adds 7 killed in action and 8 died of wounds, with 211 wounded of undetermined degree among 140 total. Southerners named among the wounded and killed include Private William A. Guinn of Ink, Ark., and Sergt. Harry N. Lacey of Lancaster, Tex., among others. A separate War Department list contains 250 killed in action and 48 died of wounds, with several Ark and Tex names among the dead. Also reported, New Orleans newsman Lieut. David J. Ewing killed in action.
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