07 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces improve positions with continued pressure on Picardy and Aisne-Marne fronts. Bad weather slows progress but French and American troops move up guns as strong German counterattacks are repulsed.
On the last day of the third week of the counter offensive the entente forces solidly establish new positions after beating off assaults north of the Vesle. Artillery activity increases along the Aisne east of Soissons as Franco American forces threaten the German right flank, prompting a pause to move up guns and munitions and to rotate troops.
International dispatches describe successful local Allied operations as they push positions south of the Aisne and on the Picardy front. French, American, and British forces gain ground near Montdidier and along the Vesle, repelling German counterattacks amid bad weather. One hundred prisoners taken east of Braisnes, and a railway station captured at City-Sassagne.
Shanghai reports that Czecho Slavs facing superior pressure fall back on the Usuri front amid Bolshevik advances in Siberia. The movement suggests a strategic retreat as Soviet forces push westward.
American aviators on the British front reported four German planes shot down in a single day and two more out of control, part of a total 40 German planes downed in the month. Four German machines were brought down by Yankee airmen during a brief return patrol after a quiet spell. One Chicago airman boasted four credited victories, with others at three, as British forces praised allied air effort amid brisk sky duels. The German assault on a 4,000 yard front near Villers-Bretonneux advanced about 500 yards, while ground fighting continued astride the July 31 Dobbie Bray road.
Paris article notes Uncle Sam's air fighters seek a lasting nickname. A purse funded by several aviators awaits the best suggestion before mid August as they prepare to face German airmen. Submissions include Airnats, planefools, canvasbacks, birds, highfliers, wingers, eagles, owls, liberty eagles, speed boys, liberty wasps, sky hawks, wise birds and winged devils. The effort parallels soldiers in search of a fitting moniker.
George Harris and Gus Lasperg were rescued from a stranded scow in the Niagara River near the cataract after an all night struggle. They were faint and nearly drowned from lack of food, saved by life lines to torpedoes and a breeches buoy from the Canadian shore. The tow line broke between the scow and a tug during dredging near the Hydraulic Co canal by New York state reservation, causing the accident as the scow struck bottom.
Munich protests Berlin seven ounce weekly meat allotment while Berlin asserts three quarters of ration is bone and Munich has plenty. Dresden joins the protest as authorities trade barbs. Also reports: a damaging eighty mile per hour gale hits Camp Gerstner in Lake Charles causing about one million dollars in damage. Sulphur suffers losses. Pope Benedict writes Irish bishops urging patriotic duties amid home rule tensions. Railroad administration considers ending liquor sales on all railroad property including stations dining cars and hotels.
London reports a double British push restoring Morlancourt ground lost yesterday and pushing along the Clarence river. Counter-attacks secured objectives with prisoners taken, patrols advanced the line, and a post north of Vieuxberquin was rushed. Hostile artillery was active east of Robecq and in the Dicke bush and Merville sectors.
Major George J. Rau of Hartford Connecticut, 102nd Infantry, was killed in action on July 23, with the death confirmed by a War Department telegram. Born in Germany in 1885, he served since 1900, rising from enlisted man to major, and earned the French War Cross for gallant action at Leicheprey during wartime service with Connecticut commands. His wife Mrs Ray was informed of the loss Tuesday afternoon.
Washington August 7 the eastern United States from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast endures a second day of abnormal heat with no relief in sight. Weather bureau predicts another hot day with little change in temperature humidity and no thunder showers. Unofficially showers may end the heat wave in two to three days though outlook is uncertain. Coolest areas remain around Lake Superior and New England while many federal offices close early. Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia suffer the most from the heat.
London reports an Amsterdam dispatch stating German sailors oppose submarine warfare as allied counter measures against U-boats grow more effective. Six months of agitation for halting the submarine war prompted talks of attacking officers or surrounding and sinking departing U-boats in neutral waters.
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