Thousands of German Prisoners Reported in British Advance
German prisoners swarmed along the Scarpe in France as British forces pierced the Hindenburg line. Canadian troops pressed forward despite stiff resistance near Dury and Bruay as tanks and rapid artillery aided the advance. An exhausted German major and staff were captured at Dury with several battalion commanders nearby.
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France
Hindenburg
Hindenburg Line
Bapaume
Boffecourt
Bruiasy Switch
Dury Hill
Dury
Break in Hindenburg Line Expands Beyond Seven Miles
In France the Hindenburg line break above Queant now extends past seven miles from Etaing to the north. American troops hold trenches near Ypres as Germans prepare counter moves. British advances south east of Cagnicourt, along the railway west of Queant and east of Riencourt encounter mediocre resistance. Paris reports the Chemin des Dames edge at Laffaux hill with Germans defending Laon area as counterattacks north of the Aisne fail.
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France
Queant
Etaing
Ypres
Signa
Cagnicourt
Riencourt
Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Laffaux Hill
Soissons
Laon
Aisne
Americans Rip Way Open for Soissons Gain
American artillery battered enemy lines as French forces attacked northeast of Soissons on September 3. The fighting featured American units leading assaults and a French tank crew joining the fight after abandoning their disabled vehicle. Lieut. Col. Harris led a solo charge to capture a German machine gun nest and earned a gallantry recommendation.
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France
Soissons
U.S
Harris
Terry Soray
Alto
Briton Killed by Red Troops at Petrograd Embassy
Bolshevik troops occupied the British embassy in Petrograd and shot an Englishman during a general examination of houses after the murder of Bolshevik interior commissary Uritski. Also noted, the S S West Haven was sunk by a submarine 400 miles off Halifax, and a local Minute Men meeting was announced for West Seattle's Hiawatha fieldhouse at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Pravda
Uritski
Washington
S. S. West Haven
Halifax
Navy Department
Hiawatha Fieldhouse
West Seattle
New Draft Rules Slow to Arrive
Seattle readers learn that draft rules are unsettled as Sept 12 approaches. City Registration Clerk William Gaines outlines registration for men 18 to 45 at residence precinct polling places with Sept 12 locations likely matching the Sept 10 election sites. Officials expect later classification by questionnaire for new registrants.
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Seattle
William Gaines
Gaines
Frederick & Nelson Opens New Seattle Store
Crowds gather at Frederick & Nelson as Seattle's largest department store debuts at 9 am on Priest Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The auditorium features rose and gray decor, a 46-star service flag, and a lifesize Gen. Foch painting by F. Tamada amid wreaths from merchants and staff. A nursery area provides care for infants with a maid in attendance.
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Seattle
Frederick & Nelson's
Priest
Fourth
Fifth Aves
Frederick & Nelson
Gen. Foch
F. Tamada
Wothers
Pershing Reports American Advance Above Aisne Line
North of the Aisne American forces push forward despite stiff enemy resistance. General Pershing reports the village of Terny Sorny taken with nearly 600 prisoners and two 105 caliber guns and 78 machine guns captured. North of the Vesle hostile attacks west of Fismes were repulsed with losses.
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Pershing
Aisne
Washington
War Office
Terny-Sorny
Alene
Terny- Sorny
Vesle
Fismes
Balkan Front Action Report Captures Enemy Salient
Salonika September 3. General Sarrail announces increased Balkan front activity. The communique reports the capture of a whole enemy salient north of Alkakmah and an enemy airplane shot down near Serres.
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Salonika
Balkan
Sarrail
Alkakmah
Serres
Human Fly to Climb Building amid Fund Drive
Jack Williams, known as the human fly, was set to ascend the L. C. Smith building at 2 15 PM under government permission. Marines collected donations for the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund as authorities in Butte detained Williams and his manager Tom Calloway on a word from federal agents. Mrs Hogue said her husband was persuaded to speak against local pro the elections. advisers exploited his ignorance, dragging him into the case.
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Jack Williams
L. C. Smith
United States Marines
Our Boys In
France
Williams
Cecil Hogue
Tom Calloway
Butte
Mrs. Hogue
Valenciennes Is New Goal Of Gen. Haig
British forces press along the Arras Cambrai road forcing German evacuation from Queant and Lens. Haig develops a circling movement toward Cambrai to sever German supply lines and threaten Valenciennes, aiming to trap Hindenburg’s forces and cut off stores.
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Valenciennes
Gen. Haig
Field Marshal Haig
Cambrai
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Maubeuge
Haig
Bolsheviks Defeated in Siberia as Allies Advance
Peking dispatch reports General Semenoff announcing the capture of Oloviana from Bolshevik forces by a turning movement. The victory comes as Allied troops push further into Siberia taking prisoners and four machine guns.
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Peking
Siberia
Semenoff
Oloviana
Trial Set for September 26 in Bouck Case
William Bouck Northwest organizer for the Nonpartisan League and master of the State Grange pleaded not guilty in federal district court before Judge Jeremiah Neterer. He is under federal arrest on charges of making disloyal statements.
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William Bouck
Northwest
The
Nonpartisan League
State Grange
Federal District Court
Jeremiah Neterer
The Confessions of a War Bride serial begins
A Star readers are invited to begin reading The Confessions of a War Bride today on page 6. The piece promises intimate glimpses into a woman's heart and her inner yearnings, reflections, hopes, and love.
U S Nation Recognizes the Czechs Fight Common Enemy
The United States acknowledges Czech resistance and solidarity against a shared foe. Officials highlight collaboration among Allies as a key element in wartime strategy and morale.
Czecho Slovak government gains de facto belligerent status
United States recognizes the Czecho Slovak National Council as a de facto belligerent government and ready to establish formal relations to aid the war against Germany and Austria Hungary. Allied advances press German lines from Arras to Soissons as Franks and Americans push near the Vesle and Aisne fronts.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Lansing
Italian Troop Ship Reaches Northern Port
Italian troop ship arrives at a northern port signaling movement into the northern zone. It suggests a landing possibly on the Siberian coast or in the allied Arctic region.
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Tientsin
Siberian
Arctic
Germany Admits Allied Gains Near Coucy Le Chateau
Berlin via London reports the war office admitting Allied advances in a wood area west and south of Coucy Le Chateau. The enemy pressed back our forward lines from the Ailette as several attacks between the Ailette and the Aisne failed.
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Berlin
London
Coucy- Le-Chateau
War Office
Ailette
Aisne
Haigs Troops Break German West Front Record
British forces capture Queant and Lens as the Queant switch line falls. Wulverghem falls to the British, with about ten thousand prisoners. Advancements push along the Arras Cambrai road as towns including Bussy Doignies Velu Berthincourt and Rocquigny are seized. Lens becomes a key coal center and strategic rail junction for the Allies.
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Bapaume
Arras-Cambrai
Doignes
Lens
Arras
Wulverghem
Flanders
Armentieres
Chemin Des Dames
Aisne
Haig Announces Capture of Queant Line and 10000 Huns
Marshal Haig reported British and Canadian forces broke the Drocourt Queant line and entered Pronville Doignes and Berthincourt. About 10 000 prisoners were taken in the area, Queant was occupied, and the enemy retreated southward toward the last remaining sections of the Wotan line. The advance continued along the Arras Cambrai road and in Flanders Estaires fell to advancing troops.
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court-Queant
Field Marshal
Haig
von Hindenburg
Pdenburg
Arras
Cambrai
Drouai
Wotan
London
Drocourt-Queant
Marshal Haig
Pronville
Doignes
Berthincourt
Queant
Hindenburg
Pied Dury
Villers Les Gagnicourt
Gagnicourt
Riencourt Lescourt
Arras Cambrai
Flanders
Estaires
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Nesle
Peronne
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Mannes
Germany
America
Red
Balkans
J. W
T. Mason
United Press
New York
Bolshevik
WM. Bouck
United Presse
Star
Dispatch
William Philip Simms
Seissons
Armentiers
Plummer
Ger von Arnim
Von
Ludendorff
Ruencourt
Hans Burn
St. Quentin
Noyon
la Fere
BY John DE Gandt
Coucy LeChateau
Crecy-Au-Mont
Canal du Nord
Coucy Forest
Guiscard
Ham
HAIGS
Aman
Regs
Bussy
Doignies
Velu
Rocqui
Buissy
Loulverghem
Tromville
Droco
Rocquigny
Queant Line
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