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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
7
London reports more than 17,000 Allied prisoners captured in the Somme advance by noon with over 200 guns seized. A German divisional general is said to have been captured as well.
Allied forces led by British cavalry and French troops advance across the Somme front driving toward Chaulnes and Meharicourt. Reports claim about 17 000 prisoners and many guns captured, with advances of five to eleven miles and heavy enemy losses.
Private Maurice Bair of Goldfield Nevada and Private Chester Gifford of Yerlington Nevada died of wounds. Marines Oscar K Rankin Lookout Idaho Arthur M Wiunderitch Salt Lake and Marine Albert Dahl Butte Montana were wounded or severely wounded. One was carried by assault. La Ningwile and hills beyond captured as French seize riches. B North Italian front reports raids and prisoner captures. British French forces push Germans back toward Teronne Roye road with advances and tank successes.
A terse report notes Vance and British building on the previous day's win as they pushed ahead in the latest contest. The brief focuses on the continuing momentum and key changes from the prior victory.
A dispatch reports King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria is mentally strained and unable to attend to state affairs for months. Paris dispatches note over 10,000 prisoners captured by French and British at Pleardy with substantial guns and matériel seized, per Marseille and Echo de Var.
Aug 9 London reports the turning point view of the year's campaign with American regiments praised as superior by newspapers and critics. Neath Wales notes Premier Lloyd George at the Welsh National Eisteddfod says the end of the tunnel nears and vows to fight on to the end without apology for past actions.
Paris reports Marshal forth has struck the Germans with a blow praised by the French public and army as effectively carved. The move aims to squeeze a salient near Nesle and is compared to the Marne counter offensive, threatening German troops south of Mantel and Noyon if successful.
Aug 9 dispatch from the Arctish Army in France reports rapid Allied advances after yesterday’s victory. French and British forces push forward as ground conditions hinder left flank, with Le Quentin reportedly captured and German retreat hampered by Allied air and bridge aims. Prisoners total 460 officers and 19 721 ranks.
Paris reports a war ministry statement detailing a French breakthrough with battles near Marler and Moreull. French forces crossed rivers and hills, advancing beyond storeull and threatening the enemy positions while British troops gained on the left. The day ends with a stated seven kilometer front expansion and renewed German focus to halt the assault.
General Kikizo Olena named to command the Japanese section and be the ranking officer of the Allied expedition in Iberia. General Otan to serve as effort commander in chief with allied governments’ consent. Major General Graves to command American units as part of the Allied command structure. General Olena, 63, long a soldier and veteran of the China war and Russo-Japanese conflict, previously led the garrison at Talog Tau.
Allied reports confirm Canadian forces captured Beaufort near Toirire, while Australians push along the Somme. Germans remain in Rosieres as Beltish lines weaken. With the American army, the offensive has recaptured over 1500 square kilometers and 200 towns, including Chateau Thierry and Fismes. The front shrank by about 53 kilometers as retreating German forces require more divisions. The Bulgarian king travels for health, contrasting the Kaiser’s habits.
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