Entente counterattacks meet swift German setback on fronts
Wartime dispatches describe renewed German offensives on the Arras front near Monchy Preux and on the Aisne in the Cemy area, met with rapid Entente responses. In Bukowina Austro-German forces push Russian lines back, Czernowitz changing hands as Petrograd notes evacuation and retreats along the Dniester threatening Moldavia and Russo Romanian positions.
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Flanders
Arras
Monchy Preux
Bukowina
Vienna
Czernowitz
Petrograd
Kimpelung
Brussiloff
Bukowina Fee
Russia
Kimttan
Dniester
Zbrocz
Chotin
Moldavian
Moldavia
German Press Seen Things in Dresden and Berlin
A Dresden report cites Chancellor Michaliris saying white tie is needed to show strength while seeking peace and unity to bolster Germany. The Berlin paper argues Britain backs French aims, warning Entente exhaustion and English pursuit of continental gains will fail against a united German empire.
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Copenhagen
Conversa Donn
Dresden
Migharlis
Ho Howe
Germany
Michacha Intina
Heavy Gunfire Maintains Frontline Struggle in Flanders
Reported Aug 3 describes ongoing heavy artillery exchanges along the British front in France and Belgium with German batteries less active at dawn. Allied forces, including Australian and New Zealand troops, hold a frontline south of the Ypres Menin road as rain hampers operations and air observation. The Entente lines fortify and entrench despite weather, while German counterattacks at Hollebeke la Bassee remain repelled by British artillery. The piece warns of broader war aims and calls for unity against aggression.
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France
Belgium
Flandsers
Ypres-Menoin Road
Hollebeke-la Bassee Ville
Koortekeer
Tixehhoote
Teutons Capture Czernowitz Amid Repeated Front Shifts
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian troops entered Czernowitz the Bukowina capital after months of fierce fighting with Russians. The city on the Pruth, 149 miles southeast of Lemberg, has changed hands multiple times since 1913, with Russians occupying it in 1913 1914 1915 and Teutons again seizing it in 1916 and 1917 according to the dispatches through Amsterdam and London.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Czernowtz
Teutonic
Czernowiltz
Crownland
Czermowitz
Pruth
Lembere
Galicia
Herlin
London
Cirmowicz
Teuton
Thirty Disloyal Men Commit Murder and Depredations
Oklahoma City reports a mob of alleged draft resisters threatening violence near Sasakwa and Ada. Police fear arson and dynamite attacks on rail bridges as organizers seek to disrupt the draft. Two men fled to seek protection while the Working Class Union reportedly plans to mobilize.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Williams
Wewoka
Seminole County
Bheriit
Crosa
Francisco
Ada
Sasakwa
Basak- Fa
Sealllng
Gore
Oxtn
Russians Enter Chicago Amid War Frontier News
The Russian delegation, led by Boris A. Takh, was greeted by cheering crowds on arrival in Chicago. They toured the city and visited a military training camp as part of a broader wartime assignment. The day also saw discussions of postal franking privileges and ongoing federal probes into race riots in Cast AL Laure, with lawmakers urging clarity on civil rights obligations amid tense times.
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Chicago
Boris A. Takhmattef
Ensoya
Wabkington
Cast AL Laure
Wen
Perfidy of the Germans proved by Austria ultimatum timeline
Washington reports assert Germany knew of Austria's ultimatum to Serbia fourteen hours before Delgrade received it. Former Foreign Secretary Zimmerman allegedly admitted Germany's foreknowledge, contradicting German denials of consultation. The account ties Berlin to Austria's July Potsdam council and European conflict plans.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Delgrade
Frarhen
Foretenn
Berbin
Yee
Zimmerman
Ehe
Feld
Cobn
Potsdam
Europe
Thia
Alien Slackers Face Penalties Under New Ruling
Washington March 3. The House immigration committee agreed on drastic proposals targeting aliens who avoid military service. The bill would deport slackers who refuse service and bar entry or naturalization for those claiming exemptions. Aliens could be drafted for farm or industrial work as a duty.
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Washington, Ann
House Immigration Committee
House
Allied Victory Now In Sight In Belgium Slavery
Boston reports Baron Moncheur, head of the Belgian mission, to the constitutional convention on the third anniversary of Germany’s invasion. He recalls Belgium’s devastation and the seizure of resources, factories, and workers, describing mass killings and forced slavery as the tyrant’s infamy, while praising Belgian resilience.
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Boston
America
Baron Moncheur
Delgian Wa Misasion
Belgium
Germany
Albert
Fata
British Regain Lost Ground In Frontline Skirmish
British defense officials report partial ground restoration after German penetration along the Slonchy Le Preux area. On the Arras front in Fraver, Moochy Le Preux lies about two and a half miles south of the Arras Douai railroad. An American interpreter and another soldier were slightly wounded in France during training when a grenade fell near a novice grenade pile, alongside a French instructor who was injured. Emperor Charles of Austria received Dr. Macheelsx, the German Imperial chancellor, in audience, per Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News Agency.
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Arran
Fraver
jArras-Doual
France
Inierpreter
O& Hevienapt
Brutard
Michaelia
Vienna
London
Charles of Austria
Macheelsx
Thussday
Amsterdam
Heated spell ends as heat eases nationwide
Washington reports the heat wave subsiding across the country with cooler air arriving in the midwest and northeast while the far northwest hints at a return of warmth. Rain slows in the mid Atlantic and the southeast sees showers, with storms in Oklahoma and Kansas. New England and the middle Atlantic expect cooler conditions to continue and a slight rise in temps elsewhere. In Paris, Colonel William Satchell, head of the American air naval mission to France, is officially honored with a silver plaque at a ceremony.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
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Thoreday
Middle Atlantic
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Kansan
Oniakt
New England
Middle Atlantis
Paris
Ang
Willan G. Satitchell
American Aeronavile
France
Aerocick
Aiiver
Damas U S Tal Damas U S Tal East Lake City Incident
A man identified as Quatat T. W. Long tars, an admitted Industrial Worker of the World, sustained a bayonet wound to his back during an arrest by National Guardsmen at Dingham in Utah. The arrest occurred amid alleged anti government statements and expressions, with Long described as resisting authorities.
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East Lake City
T. W. Longtars
Ealt Lake Country
Dingham
United States
Crown Prince Fighting on Front Near Cerny
German crown prince troops intensified artillery bombardment near Cerny in the Alene region along a 1600 yard front. French officials report all attacks repulsed. Bad weather continues over the Belgian front.
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Cerny
Alene
Morale of Russian Army Improves on Front
The Times reports from Ruselan headquarters dated July 31 that morale in the Russian army has improved due to measures against desertions and panics. Restricted regiments have returned to the front as German offensives seem to push toward Kamenn I Podolaky en route to Odessa. Kirwin authorities arrest Ensign Krylenko of the central executive committee for circulating Bolshevik propaganda in the Eleventh army.
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Times
Ruselan
Eouthwest
William
Marshal von Markensen
Tamopol
Kamennies Podolaky
Odessa
Petrogradio Reuters
Dmiied
Kirw
Ensign Krylenko
Councill
Camanda
Italians Bomb Naval Station at Pula in Adria tic War Action
Italian war department reports large squadrons of Italian planes bombed the Austrian naval station at Pula on the Adriatic yesterday. The attack targeted the main naval works and military facilities, with confirmation of extensive damage to strategic installations.
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Thaliana Airpla
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Arernm
Pula
Tha Ehlef
Austria
Duneaty
Adriatic
Italan War Department
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