24 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces press the German line across the salient from Boissons to Rheims as reserves arrive. Rain slows combat near Sols and Rheims, delaying German retirement and limiting the Crown Prince's forces’ retreat in the area.
Berlin's Vorwaerts cites a six point peace center proposal for Spain, including no indemnities and seas freedom, plus a fourth Liberty Loan drive set for Sept 28 to Oct 19, 1918, with Russia mobilization noted in Moscow reports.
Airmen report German lines showing retreat indicators up to the Vesle river, outlining General Mangus' troops advancing on the western salient.
Americans on the Aisne and Marne July 24 drive the Germans from large areas north of Chateau Thierry and beyond Chatelet Forest. Allied advance shows a considerable jump with German rear guard resistance and machine gun positions. American cavalry supports operations north of Chateau Thierry and near Epida.
Allied forces advance around the Marne and Aisne over the last two days as German divisions fight to hold a single railway line. If the line from Fismis to Fere en Tardenois is cut, Germans in the Rheims salient could be pocketed, with notable retreats and losses announced amid plans to form six new infantry divisions in July.
He urges conserving national resources and using home made merchandise while arguing against placing unnecessary burdens on the railroads. The remarks emphasize local self sufficiency and reduced reliance on external supply chains.
The giant White liner Justicia of two thousand tons was torpedoed and sunk off the north Irish coast near Belfast. It carried a crew of six to seven hundred. four hundred crew members have landed. Eleven crew members reportedly died. no passengers were lost. The Justicia was returning to an American port after delivering troops.
July 24 Paris report details repulsed counter attacks near Vrigny five miles southwest of Rheims. Heavy artillery exchanges persist between the Aisne and Marne rivers north of Rheims as German forces engage Allied positions in the region.
British and American forces drive at the Crown Princes army in Flanders while German reserves move in. Reports from Marne July 24 describe Allied pressure on the German line with rising concerns over fresh German reinforcements.
Amsterdam reports that two hundred social revolutionists were shot by Bolsheviks. The murder of Count Von Mirbach, the German ambassador, is cited as the motivation and Berlin confirms the assassination claim.
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