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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
6
Roving reports claim Germany maintains lines from the Somme to the Oise while British and French forces push in the Picardy plain. French advances threaten the Ribecourt sector and Lassigny massif with tentative gains noted near Ribecourt and Lassigny, though official confirmation is lacking.
The French capture Ribecourt marking progress toward freeing the region between the Somme and the Oise. The drive aims to open the Oise valley route to Noyon, with rail and canal parallels, as French forces push through wooded hills despite German resistance and gas attacks.
Washington reports reveal American Consul General Poole in Moscow witnessing consulate violations and staff arrests. He destroyed his code book and papers, handed affairs to the Swedish consul, and demanded safe conduct for himself and associates.
London reports twenty one German aircraft were shot down and ten driven out of control in aerial operations. Six British planes are missing after the encounters while British and American squadrons jointly attacked an enemy airbase destroying six aircraft near hangars and causing casualties.
Army officers anticipate another offensive against German positions in Flanders or between the Oise and Soissons as the advance slows. General March reports the German retreat has halted with lines still more than 50 miles from Paris at all points.
The report describes a perilous situation for Roye and Noyon with German forces retreating toward the Oise valley while French operations press near Lassigny and Noyon. Allied shells pound Chaulnes and Roye as northern front lines potentially shift from Soissons to Rheims, with Britsh and French actions northward near Ypres to Albert and a renewed push along the Vesle against Fismett where initial German gains were reversed by a counterattack.
After the Avre battle the French state that Fochs strategy and allied generals have in three weeks wrested from Germany what took four months at great cost. They report freeing Montdidier and threatening Paris, clearing the Chateau Thierry pocket and restoring crucial Paris rail links.
Washington reports Vienna citizens paid up to 40 crowns for leaflets dropped by Italian aviators in giant Camoroni planes over the Austrian capital. An official dispatch says the cabinet congratulated the air service on the feat. Aviators noted Vienna residents fought in the streets to possess the leaflets.
Amsterdam reports German newspapers show perturbation over Russia's impact on Germany. The Vossische Zeitung in Berlin warns of inexorable fate driving Germany toward a new war with Russia unless a remedy is found immediately. Descriptions of the embassy's retreat from Moscow to Pskov appear as a sign of strain.
Edward W. Pickard reports the Allied offensive east and southeast of Amiens where British Fourth and French First Armies push beyond initial lines. U.S. and French forces cross the Vesle amid German resistance near Fismes, taking prisoners and matériel while tanks lead advances and Foch refuses to let the enemy rest.
Allied forces including American British and French troops gain ground Monday along the Somme Oise front. Bray Sur Somme falls with British taking Proyart and Chauines positions. French seize Gury north of the Oise while pushing toward Noyon as German losses mount and up to 40000 are reportedly captured. Air and artillery continue heavy bombardment of German pockets.
Gas discharged on the water by a German submarine off the middle Atlantic coast overwhelmed six men at the coast guard station and lighthouse on Smiths Island North Carolina. Navy officials say the attack appears deliberate and marks a new form of frightfulness with no casualties or property damage reported on American shores.
In New York twelve indictments charging 19 individuals and two firms with supplying defective army raincoats to the government were returned in federal court. Several accused face previous indictments alleging commissions paid to federal officials who aided them in obtaining contracts.
A World War I era dispatch notes Britain's forces in France capturing prisoners while Allied casualties appear comparatively light. The report emphasizes the unusual ratio of prisoners to casualties, highlighting a battle where prisoners outnumbered the Allied deaths or injuries.
Pensacola Florida officials report three student aviators at the United States training school were instantly killed when a seaplane with double Liberty motors plunged into the bay during a practice flight from the local aviation station. No cause was determined.
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