Aisne Marne battle rages with heavy artillery duels
Allied forces face intensified German resistance as counteroffensive efforts unfold along the Aisne Marne front. French American artillery shell both sides while renewed fighting shifts to villages near Montdidier Amiens and Soissons. Allies report progress on flanks and capture of several villages with thousands of German troops and hundreds of guns lost.
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Allied drive yields rapid advances on Aisne Marne front
In the first five days of the Franco American counter-offensive on the Aisne Marne Champagne front, forces advanced five to ten miles and captured about 25,000 German prisoners along with nearly 600 guns and thousands of machine guns. They forced the enemy across the Marne and seized Chateau Thierry and multiple villages, disrupting the Soissons Oulchy Le Chateau Chateau Thierry line of communications and placing German railways in the salient under heavy artillery fire.
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Major Roosevelt Wounded at Marne Front
Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr was shot in the left leg at the start of the allied counter drive on the Aisne Marne front. He went over the top with a battalion, helped direct the wounded, and refused to delay a surgeon, insisting others be carried first and riding in an ambulance with the driver to spare more seriously wounded men.
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Aisne-Marne
Roosevelt
Germans Using Deception on Aisne Front Night Trick
On the Aisne front in July the Germans twice used aircraft bearing allied markings to mislead American air forces. An observation plane joined an allied squadron and suddenly attacked American craft, then fled. Later another pursuit plane repeated the ruse.
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Aisne-Marne
Red Cross Workers Wounded Near Front
Three American Red Cross workers were wounded while aiding wounded soldiers on the advance fighting line in Paris on July 23. Named are J. L. Butterfield of New York W. A. Fox of Buffalo and George B. Carr They were hit by shrapnel fragment from an exploding shell or shell fragment.
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Plans Completed to Aid Russia War Effort
Washington notes joint allied action to assist factions opposing German rule in Russia. Proposed measures include economic aid, seed and machinery for agriculture, food supplies, mining and factory reconstruction help, and a nonaggressive multinational troop presence to protect foreign interests. No Russian government to be named. provisional steps may recognize a Czech-Slovak setup.
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Germany Nervous Over War Outcome Signals
Reports from Bern dated July 23 describe widespread German nervousness about the war’s result. Deputy Held in the Bavarian land tag says Germans are less inclined to seek peace. Deputy Dirr blasts Chancellor von Hertling as diplomats being ignorant. Munich dispatch notes a 10 percent increase in postal and telegraph rates.
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Cholera Toll At Petrograd Surges In July
July report from Petrograd notes nearly 500 cholera deaths daily in the Russian capital as health authorities warn of continued spread. Copenhagen figures accompany the update showing concern over Baltic region health.
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Weather forecast for New Haven and region July forecast
Government weather report from New Haven on July 23 predicts partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday. For Connecticut, fair tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy, little temperature change, winds gentle to moderate from the southwest, high pressure over the Middle Atlantic and a broad trough from Utah to Montana. Observations show varied conditions across locales including Hartford 76 clear and New Haven 80 clear.
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