Ground Shifts in Somme to Oise Allied Advances Reported
German front trenches at Beaumont Hamel Serre Puisieux au Mont and Bucquoy found untenable as British action along the Somme to Arras drives back the lines. French assaults north of the Oise push gains on the Picardy plain while Lassigny Thiescourt plateau and Ribecourt change hands amid unconfirmed reports of Lassigny capture by the French and Australian gains between Bray sur Somme and Etinehem.
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French Forces Break Through between Oise and Somme Front
French troops capture Ribecourt and push toward Noyon seizing high ground between the Matz and the Oise. The advance opens a rail and canal route through the Oise valley amid heavy German resistance and gas attacks. Noyon lies about six miles northeast.
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Lassigny
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Amazing Train of Events in Russian Affairs
Washington reports from American Consul General Poole in Moscow reveal a tumultuous sequence of actions. Poole witnessed the breach of the French and British consulates, arrests of their consuls and staffs, and he destroyed his own code books before turning over consular duties to the Swedish consul. He demanded safe conduct for himself and associates.
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Washington
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German planes put out of business in air attack
London reports twenty one German airplanes brought down and ten driven out of control in an official statement on aviation operations. Six British aircraft are missing after the engagements. British and American squadrons cooperated in an assault on an enemy air base destroying six machines near the hangars and causing several casualties.
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London
New Allied Drive Anticipated by Army Officers
Army officers expect a new operation against German lines likely in Flanders or between the Oise and Soissons as the pace of the advance slows. General March notes German forces have been forced back to over 50 miles from Paris at their nearest point.
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German line in peril as Roye Noyon position strains
Allied shelling pounds Chaulnes and Roye while French forces press toward Lassigny and Noyon. German rearguard fears capture in the Roye Oise pocket and eyes retreat along the Oise valley toward Noyon. Fresh Allied pressure and river-line actions on the Vesle and Fismette flash across the front.
Rapid Allied Success After Avre Advance
After the Avre battle the French Army under Marshal Foch rewrenched German gains in three weeks, a feat rivaling four months of earlier efforts. Counter-offensives cleared the Chateau Thierry pocket, moved on Epernay and Paris, freed Montdidier, and secured the Paris to Chalons and Paris to Amiens rail lines, boosting Allied troop mobility.
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French and British Link Solidify Front Against Germans
The report says French armies in the center and the 72 to the east remain unified preventing any rupture of the line or junction with the British. German plans to drive wedges into allied lines are in jeopardy as heavy losses and material setbacks threaten dislocation of their strategy.
Austrians Fight for Leaflets Dropped from Air
Vienna residents paid up to 40 crowns for leaflets dropped by Italian aviators in giant Caproni planes. The dispatch notes Vienna crowds battled for possession of the leaflets and Rome praised the air service for its success.
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German Press Perturbed Over Russian Situation
Amsterdam reports German newspapers show perturbation over Russia’s influence on Germany. The Vossische Zeitung warns that inexorable fate drives Germany toward a new war with Russia unless a remedy is found. The Berlin paper calls the embassy’s move from Moscow to Pskov a retreat from Russia.
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Allied Forces Cross Vesle in Fierce Fighting Near Fismes
Edward W. Pickard reports the British Fourth Army and French First Army push from Amiens area across the Vesle against heavy German resistance. They seize ground, capture prisoners and matériel, with Fismes strongly held by German fire.
Allied advance continues on Somme Oise fronts in WWI push
American British and French forces press the Germans from Somme to Oise with gains at Bray Sur Somme Proyart and east of Fonquescourt. French capture Gury near Lassigny as casualties and German prisoners mount with unofficial estimates around 40000 taken. Allies intensify bombardment and air attacks on German positions along the pocket.
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Gas attack by submarine overcomes Coast Guards
German submarine dumped oil gas off the North Carolina coast hitting six coast guard and lighthouse men at Smiths Island. Officials call it a new form of frightfulness and the first direct effort by raiders to threaten Americans on their shores.
Raincoat Indictments Return In Federal Court
New York twelve indictments charging 19 individuals and two factories with furnishing defective army raincoats for the government were returned in federal court. Several defendants face prior charges alleging commissions paid to federal officials who aided them in obtaining contracts.
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New York
Prisoners Captured vs Allied Casualties in France
In a wartime note the British Army in France is praised for its paradoxical balance between prisoners taken and Allied casualties. The article highlights that total Allied losses were far smaller than the count of captives, remarking on strategic aims beyond prisoner counts.
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Three Student Aviators Die In Seaplane Crash
In Pensacola a training seaplane with four Liberty motors plunged into the bay during a practice flight from the local aviation station. Three student aviators were instantly killed. No cause was assigned by officials.
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