Haig Foch Mangin drive shifts German line on fronts
British and French forces report fresh offensives across a broad west front. Haig’s troops attack north of the Ancre at dawn while Mangin’s advance northwest of Soissons gains ground, captures prisoners, and threatens the Rheims corridor. German high command suffers internal friction amid rapid Allied advances.
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Haig
Ancre
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Soissons
London
Paris
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Merville
la Touret
Rome
Kaiser
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von Hindenburg
Festubert
Lawe River
Letouret
Ancre River
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Lacre
Locre
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St. Aubin
Caisnes
Tales of Heroism of French Troops
Paris reports vivid accounts of frontline French units in the Aisne Oise advance. A patrol seized a German trench before being driven back, then retook it after a counterattack. A wounded lieutenant urged forward renewed assault and a lone gunner escaped captivity to turn his weapon on attackers.
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Paris
Aisne
Oise
Man Masqueraded as Woman Sparked Draft Action
East Corinth Maine residents confront Eugene Cody Norton after a twenty three year masquerade as a girl. His revelation led to draft board scrutiny for failing to register under selective service rules. The Union Baptist church protests. Norton and Abby Foster married in Augusta after a White Mountains trip. Norton's mother influenced his dressing as a girl in youth.
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Draft Board
East Corinth
Eugene Cody Norton
Union Baptist Church
Norton
White Mountains
Abby E. Foster
Augusta
Poland to Be Free King Choice For Free Poland
Austrian propaganda claims free Poland will be allowed to choose its own king after the two Kaiser conferences. The Austrian press notes unity on eastern and Polish questions and says Polish ministers will report to an extraordinary session led by Prince Radziwill.
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Zurich
Free Poland
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Poland
Council of Ministers
Radziwill
Spain’s Neutral Stance Stressed in Note to Germany
Spain replies to Germany over the destruction of shipping in Spanish waters, stressing neutrality while leaving settlement claims to the peace conference. The note recounts losses in ships and men, cites unheeded protests to Berlin, and says Spain has seized the equivalent of losses in the tonnage of German ships in Spanish ports due to critical shortages of life essentials.
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Madrid
Spain
Germany
Berlin
Italian submarine sinks large Austrian ship in Gulf of Quarnare
Rome reports the Italian submarine F-7 torpedoed and sank a big Austrian steamship after navigating a mine zone in the gulf of Quarnare and then returned safely to base. Separately, Reuters from Amsterdam says Czech-Slovaks have captured the town of Sadrinsk in Siberia.
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Rome
Gulf of Quarnere
London
Siberia
Sadrinsk
Reuter
Amsterdam
Progress on all fronts gains with Lassigny action
Report notes gains across fronts with Carlepont and Cats in allied hands. It cites ground won after sharpest fighting west of Lassigny and repulsed enemy surprise attacks near the Cham pagne.
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Carlepont
Lassigny
Champagne
Allied blowes to continue through winter on western front
Allied military experts expect the American British and French offensives to press on through winter. They cite Premier Clemenceau's reported remark to Senator James Hamilton Lewis that the war may end within a year. Naval bombing of German submarine bases in Flanders is reported begun with Ostend and Zeebrugge attacked.
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Washington
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Clemenceau
France
Lewis
London
England
Flanders
Admiral Sims
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Hindenburg
Will veto subway bill and indictments tied to traction plan
Chicago August 21 Mayor William Hale Thompson plans to veto the traction ordinance that would fund a subway system and city transit upgrades. State's Attorney Hoyne says grand jury has enough evidence to warrant indictments against aldermen and bribe-givers, though the decision rests with the jury.
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Thompson
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Hoyne
Grand Jury
Special Reserve Ration Adopted for Trenches in France
The subsistence division of the quartermaster corps adopted a special reserve ration for use in trenches and under fire line in France after careful study. Rations are packed in camouflaged galvanized iron tins hermetically sealed. each container holds about twenty five rations and weighs one hundred seven pounds. The ration is for emergencies. under normal conditions hot freshly cooked meals are provided to soldiers. Weather report from New Haven notes partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with generally fair weather in Connecticut and warmer temperatures. Observations from various cities show a range of clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures as a high pressure ridge sits along the Atlantic coast.
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Jacville
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New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pitts- Berea
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