Allied Drive Seizes Armancourt and Tilleloy Near Roye
British French forces grip key positions south of Albert and near Roye in a major offensive. German prisoners topped 40,000 and about 700 guns were captured as Chaulnes remains in German hands. Local fighting continued on the Picardy front with gains near Mericourt and Inehem and improved lines along the Flemish front between Morris and Vieux Berquin.
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Etinehem
Merris
French and British War Updates From August Front
Paris reports heavy cannonading in Marquivillers and Merville with a static line between the Avre and Oise rivers. London says British forces gained ground on the Picardy front capturing Armencourt and Tilloloy near Roye, repulsing a German counterattack near Lihons, and pushing east of Robecq and between Vieux Berquin and Merris.
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Germans Throw In Fresh Troops On Picardy Front
London reports state that additional German divisions have been deployed along the Picardy front, bringing total identified divisions to thirty one. British forces recaptured Lihons, while Chaulnes remained in enemy hands and French advances along an eighteen mile front pushed toward Lechelle and beyond. German casualties were placed around thirty thousand with roughly four hundred fifty guns captured, as fighting intensified southwest of Roye and near Bray where lines now run east of Rainecourt.
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Roye
Captain Bridgman First German Plane Down Over France
In an Aug 11 report from the American front near Xivray on the Toul front Captain Ray T. Bridgman of Lake Forest Illinois and a companion engaged two German machines in a 28 minute duel. Bridgman scored a final lucky shot that downed a bowing Hun aircraft, then resumed action this morning against German lines.
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Lake Forest
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Meriden Priest Lawrence Guinan Dies After Illness
The Rev Lawrence A Guinan pastor of Holy Angels Church South Meriden and St Bridget's Cheshire and a Cheshire reformatory chaplain died at the rectory in South Meriden after eight months of intestinal illness. Born in Hartford about 50 years ago he studied at St Charles College and St Mary's Seminary Baltimore and was ordained by Cardinal Gibbons 24 years ago. He served Plymouth Mass then 13 years at St Rose's Meriden before moving to South Meriden ten years ago. Surviving are two brothers and three sisters. Funeral at Holy Angels Church Wednesday at 10 with Hartford burial.
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Weather report for New Haven and region
Government weather bulletin from New Haven dated August 12 forecasts partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday for New Haven and vicinity, with fair weather and light variable to mostly west winds for Connecticut. Observations show varied cloudiness across major cities, including Hartford, Boston, and Chicago, with showers reported in several districts and Pensacola recording 3.02 inches of rain.
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British Aviators Do Great Work In France Drive
British air operations with the allied Picardy offensive report unprecedented activity. Six hundred British planes engaged. 126 enemy machines downed in two days, with many more destroyed by pilots who did not return. Helicopters not involved. Tanks, cavalry, and air forces shown as a linked, efficient fighting system. Aircraft delivered ammunition, attacked guns, destroyed transports, and helped infantry advance amid intense combat and heavy enemy defense.
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France
Picardy Front
Amiens
Air Service
England
Saken
Air Headquarters
Peronne
Eronte
Sub Treasury Report Shows Bank Gains in New York
New York Aug 12 The sub treasury gained 443000 from banks a actenay making the cash net positive for the day and signaling liquidity improvement across the financial sector.
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