British and French Open Major Offensive East of Amiens
Allied forces led by British and French troops launched a wide dawn offensive southeast of Amiens along a 22 mile front from Albert to Montdidier. Reports say early progress with French First Army and British Fourth Army pushing from Morlancourt toward Marcelcave and La Motte en Santerre, seizing villages and taking prisoners and guns.
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Fourth Army
France
Associated Press
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Five firms named in meat industry monopoly report
The Wade Commission urges the president to break a perceived monopoly by five firms in meat, cold storage, and transport. It calls for government ownership of rolling stock, refrigerated rail cars, and cold storage facilities, plus open markets and uniform charges to restore competition.
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Sinking of Morak off North Carolina reported
Navy department records confirm the unmanned American steamer Morak was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras near North Carolina. The attack leaves 19 crew unaccounted for while the captain and 23 crew were landed at Norfolk.
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Marine Insurance
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Manivera
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United States Shipping Board
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Navy
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Morak
North Carolina
Navy Department
Attacking Heavily With The British Army In France
Allied forces push into the Avre Luce valley as British and French troops attack German positions south of the Ancre river. The assault spans the front near Amiens with heavy bombardment and a guiding air support, aiming to surprise German defenses. Prisoners taken amid progress on the Alers Montdidier front as rain hampers operations.
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Associated Press
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New Albanian Front Commander Leads Franco Italian Advance
General Eranchet Eopesey is named commander of French forces on the Salenthi front in Albania. He leads Franco Italian troops advancing now in Albania, guiding operations with the allied forces.
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Eranchet Eopesey
Salenthi Front
Albania
Navy unaffected by new draft
Washington August eight extension of the draft system to the navy is not necessary at this time says the navy department. Rear Admiral Palmer, chief of the bureau of navigation, told the senate military committee the navy has nearly all needed men and enlistments would not be affected by changing army draft ages. Enlistments total about 420,000 with roughly 200,000 accepted for merchant marine crews. If the present bill is enacted the navy could recruit 10,000 men a month.
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Bureau of Navigation
Senate Military Committee
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Front reports mixed WWI combat across northern front
Marshal Foch holds positions north of the Vesle as crossings along the Rheims to Soissons line face stubborn resistance. Artillery duce remains intense from Soissons to Rheims with German guns possibly retreating from the Aisne. East of the forest north of St Venant British patrols seize 20 prisoners. Italian front sees continued artillery fire. Bulgarian attack repulsed in eastern Albania. Malan cavalry takes seventy Austrian prisoners in the west. In London bread price surges spark unrest in Austrian towns with protests in Vienna Prague and Graz.
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Rheims-Soissong
Soissens
Rheims
Aisne
Soissons
No Americans in new offensive on British front
Dispatches report American troops involved in the Franco British thrust south and southeast of Amiens. Some units in Cantigny sector are said to have participated in the operation and then withdrawn weeks ago. possible American brigading with Belgian and French forces noted, with a hint of presence with the French First Army. In a separate item, Judge Becker of Wisconsin was convicted on charges of utterances deemed unpatriotic.
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