19 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Army casualties totaling 73 killed or died of wounds and 9 missing, 58 wounded while Marine losses reach 27 with 16 killed in action. General Pershing's communiqué confirms yesterday's successful attacks on the Aisne and the Marne by American and French forces.
Night falls on the western Rheims island with Allied confidence high after eighty hours of fighting. The American force, though small relative to the total, has shown extended open warfare with localized actions and swift initiative, earning a share of praise from French allies.
London reports the French between the Aisne and the Marne took 16 000 prisoners yesterday. Advices say the French are advancing and Germany may need to adjust lines unless they withdraw promptly.
London reports a British submarine attack left the transport Baron sunk with twelve survivors reported by the admiralty. One British crew member was killed in the incident and the attack resulted in multiple casualties across the fleet.
Citizens are urged to join a city wide tribute tonight at 6 o clock as whistles bells and fire sirens mark five minutes of patriotic demonstration honoring the victory on the Aisne Marne front. The Short Line and city sirens will lead the salute.
The U S cruiser San Diego was torpedoed by a German submarine ten miles off Fire Island New York this morning but remains afloat. Steamers stand by and the Navy Department reports no confirmed loss of life at this time.
Corn and oats price report dated July 19 from Chicago shows corn at 1.5214 and oats at 705.
Colonel Roosevelt receives a rousing welcome in Saratoga New York as bands play and crowds cheer. He asserts that sinking the Lusitania would have forced U.S. war months earlier and claims Russia would have collapsed the war with wider Allied victory.
Sentences of dismissal from the army for Second Lieutenant Joseph Wilson son of the secretary of labor and First Lieutenant Charles Flandreau after a gambling raid were commuted by the president to three months confinement in camp.
Late dispatches indicate Soissons has been retaken by Allied Amexforce in the Chateau Thierry Rheims front cleanup. Secretary Baker said no official word yet, but the city seemed under Allied control despite no confirmation from Washington. About a half million Yankee troops are believed engaged in the rapid advance.
A Bannock county draft list names forty nine reclassified registrants ordered by the local board to report for physical examination at 7 a m on Wednesday July 24. The roster includes Edward J. Ranger Loran Johnson Geo Joel Rucker Nick Kannell Roy Leonard Pellom Warren M. Baxter Reed Miltenberger Howard Winder Midgley Roy Edmund Miller and others. The names span multiple common local surnames and middle initials.
Herbert Hoover arrives at a British port on July 19 as American food controller during World War I era, signaling a key moment in food relief efforts and Anglo American cooperation.
American forces captured Vierzy six miles south of Soissons during a push to straighten the Soissons Chateau Thierry line. North and south towns fell with no resistance in places, while clocks in two southern villages were stopped at 4 45 indicating the bombardment began.
Washington reports eight divisions of American troops are likely in allied fighting on the Aisne Marie front with General March. The move will not delay the major allied offensive planned for later this year. Troops from three recently seized corps and National Guard units such as the New England Rainbow and Sunset divisions are involved, with selections from multiple states totaling about 500000 men.
American and French forces push their spearhead between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. They seized several towns overnight and progressed further this morning. German reinforcements arrived from the north but a major counterattack did not develop by early afternoon as Americans hold the plateau southwest of Soissons after heavy artillery broke the German assault.
L Homme Libre says it will not reveal exact prisoner and armament counts but asserts equivalence to Germany’s claim of 13 000 prisoners captured on July 15. The publication notes the German figure and the Paris source give conflicting totals.
Report states more than a hundred guns captured in the allied attack on the Marne and Aisne lines. Despite German reinforcements, the allies advance capturing many prisoners. French gain ground south of the Marne near Queilly. Italians seize Moulin D Ardre between Rheims and the Marne.
US and French forces drive toward Soissons along a five mile front from Buzancy to the Aisne and Marne line. American troops take prisoners and matériel. French seize heights near Fontenoy and advance toward Mont de Paris as Vierry falls. The offensive continues with counter efforts by German troops along the Ouroq valley and at Vierzy.
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