Allies Wipe Out German Salient In Picardy Campaign
Allied forces press flank advances along the Arras to Oise sector driving back German lines. British and French troops en circle Albert and Lassigny, with French gains around Lassigny and Ribecourt. By Aug 15, 30,344 German prisoners taken since Aug 8, British and French progress reported. heavy artillery activity between Avre and Oise fronts.
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German retirement near Albert could lead to surrender
London reports the German retirement near Albert may be followed by surrender of gains from their March 2 Picardy offensive, according to the Daily News military critic.
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Picardy
Daily News
Estimate of German Losses Reported by Paris Commentator
Paris correspondent Henri Bidou estimates German losses since July 18 at about 350,000 dead or wounded and 70,000 prisoners, in a conservative military commentary published today.
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Henri Bidou
Lieut Putnam Decorated for Downing Ten German Planes
Paris Aug 15 Lieut David Putnam of the Lafayette escadrille credited with ten German aircraft was decorated with the French military medal. The citation praised his spirit and skill in constant danger. Putnam from Brookline Mass is a descendant of General Israel Putnam. Also Lieut Gilbert N Jerome of the American aviation service, previously missing in action, died in battle July 12 per Red Cross message to his mother in New Haven Conn. Hartford Aug 15 Trinity Training Unit report on Poors College student army.
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Flover S. Luther
Trinitty College
McCain
Poors College
Roofs ripped from apartment houses in New York storm
A fierce Aug 15 wind storm along Riverside Drive and the upper West Side caused extensive damage to two apartment buildings, ripping roofs, shattering windows, and blowing away cornices. A foreign warship anchored in the Hudson dragged its anchor and was towed to safety by six tugs. No injuries reported.
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Germans Begin Retreat From Vesle Front Near Aisne
On the Aisne Vesle front Aug 15 at 3 pm American forces observe German shells under 105 mm indicating withdrawal from the Vesle to the Aisne. Germans may hold along the Vesle under pressure as Allied attacks intensify. A super airplane raid with seven men and five engines is reported along with a new airborne flare lighting large areas. Raids lasted all night. lighted districts, machine gun fire, and both sides conducting photographic operations in clear weather.
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Otani Leaves Tokyo for Vladivostok to Lead Siberian Expedition
General Otani, aged 63, travels via Hiroshima to Vladivostok to direct Japanese expeditionary forces in Siberia. The move follows the capture of Tsing Tau and places Otani as ranking commander of allied operations in the region.
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Austrian Plot Aims to Desert US Army Ring Expanded
In New York on August 15 authorities expected further arrests as the investigation into an Austrian plot to induce desertions from the U S Army widened. Five soldiers from Camp Dix were urged to desert, prompting a government inquiry that could stretch to every cantonment. Arthur Sacher, an Austrian, was seized and held by federal authorities as a ring leader in the conspiracy.
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Willimantic Dark For Hours
Willimantic suffered a four hour blackout when high tension lines to the Rockville Willimantic Lighting plant failed after a storm near Were Massachusetts. The city lost electric service as power from New England Power Company was disrupted, leaving residents without light.
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Russian Consul May Come Home From Moscow
Open hostility by the Bolshevik government to other American consular representatives in Russia prompts Consul General Poole at Moscow to seek a safe exit. Poole and staff are believed en route to Stockholm as Americans in Bolshevik areas seek safety or relocation while Archangel’s North government cooperates with Allied diplomats. News notes strengthened anti-German feeling in Ukrainia and growing Bolshevik weakness.
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Stockholm
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Archangel
North
David R. Francis
Vladivostok
Ukrainia
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson Visit House Cottage
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived at Magnolia Massachusetts by special train for a long weekend with Colonel E M House at his North Shore summer home. The trip was kept quiet with no advance notice and involved discussion of international affairs including the Russian situation.
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Washington
Grayson
Colonel House
Registration Day areas set for 1918 draft in Local Board
Men in Division 22 who turn 21 by August 24 1918 must register on that Saturday between seven a.m. and nine p.m. Registrants from East Hampton Portland and Durham go to Portland Town Hall while East Haddam Haddam Chester Deep River Ivoryton Essex Killingworth register in Deep River and Clinton Westbrook Old Saybrook go to Old Saybrook Town Hall. Commemorative services for the 1812 Fort Dearborn Indian massacre announced in Chicago. Weather report details fair conditions forecast for New Haven area with cool air from high pressure over the lake region.
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