Lull On Front as British Push Spur 85 Mile Advance
Allied forces widen the western front under Field Marshal Foch with a fresh push along the Scarpe sector east of Arras. Monchy le Preux Guemappe and Wamcourt fall to British action while German lines are pierced to two miles, as Mangin and Haig’s forces press toward Bapaume and the Vesle region amid heavy rain and continued counterattacks.
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Foch
Julian Byng
Scarpe
Arras
London
International News Service
Monchy le Preux
Guemappe
Wamcourt
Marshal Foch
Amiens
Rawlinson
Debny
Montdidier
Ludendorff
Tenth Army
Mangin
Oise
Aisne
Noyon
Coucy le Chateau
Soissons
Chaulnes
Coteuil
Bapaume
Somme
Hindenburg
Vesle River
Sonssons
Vesle
Vesse
International
Fampoux
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Array
Neuville Vitasse
Monchy Les Preux
Waicourt
Hemmel
Henin
Croisilles
Mary
Favereuil
Avesnes le Bapaume
Eaucourt
Martinpuich
Mametz
Carnoy
Ricourt
Chuignes
Debay
Fresnoy le Roye
Ajlette
Germany Faces Manpower Crisis Amid Frontline Struggles
Paris reports indicate a growing manpower shortage in Germany as Austro-Hungarian units appear on the west front. Foch presses advance before German morale can be restored, with estimates of July losses around 200000 and 90000 permanent losses cited by Henri Bidou. Allies have taken about 80000 prisoners in the last two weeks.
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War Office
Voges
Rove
Beaugrainge
Ailette
Aisne
Vosges
Germany
Ludendorff
Foch
Henri Bidou
Paris Journal
Somme
Soissons
Chauny
Peronne
Weather forecast for New Haven area and region
New Haven forecast shows local showers this afternoon or tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler conditions. Connecticut expects local rain or showers and cooler, with moderate west to northwest winds. Observations list many cities with cloud cover and temperatures. Hartford and nearby areas show rain while New Haven registers 72 degrees and cloudy. Prussian War Minister admits defeat in Berlin Morgen Post interview, signaling possible German retreat.
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Washington
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Morgen Post
Cromwell Receives French Relief Medal in Paris
William Nelson Cromwell of New York receives the French gratitude medal for relief work in Paris. The Aug. 26 ceremony honors his humanitarian efforts during wartime.
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Paris
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Advance by Allies Looms Amid Stubborn German Resistance
British forces drive a widening advance along a 30 mile Somme front with heavy captures. Since August 8 nearly 50,000 prisoners and 700 guns have fallen to British hands. Bapaume area fights intensify as tanks aid encirclement efforts while German reinforcements stream from Flanders amid reports of disarray behind their lines.
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Bert Ford
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Somme
Ancre
Grandecourt
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Thiepval
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Foureaux Woods
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Miraumont
Chef le Grand
Flanders Front
Germany
Ost Coeneng
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