French Drive Serious Blow In Allied Offensive Near Soissons
Paris reports capture of Villemontoire and Quichy le Chateau with four cannons and hundreds of prisoners. French forces advance south of Oulchy le Chateau and seize major positions. Americans press from Ourcq to Marne, nearing Fere en Tardenois while British operations expand west of Rheims. German counterattacks are repulsed. Japan agrees to Allied plan in Siberia. Austrian opposition to war aims seeks peace terms.
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Paris
Villemontaire
Quichy-le Chateau
War Office
Villemontoire
Oulchy-le-Chateau
Oureg
Prema Villemontoiré
Selasans
Guichy.le-Chateau
Ourcq
Marne
Jmnes
Fere-en-Tardenois
Ris Forest
Buzaney
Villemontairsly
Solusons
Chateau Thierry
Burancy
Ellies
Oulehy‘e
Chateau
Fasteen
Striana
Tod
Ourem
Gueux
Mery Premsey
Rhein
Marne Salient
Rheims
Meteren
Lys Salient
Hebuterne
Albert
London
Japan
Siberia
Marne Salient Under Threat as Allies Press Forward
Allied forces including French Americans and British push against the Marne salient, threatening the German position. Heavy shelling targets German sites near Sapanay and Fors-en-Tardenois as Germans defend retreat routes in a daylong bombardment and encirclement. The push continues despite German rear guard actions and persistent gas attacks in wooded sectors of Fere and Ris forests.
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Sapanay
Outchy-la-Chateau
Fors-en-Tardenoia
Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Uhix
Fere Anit
Ris
Foplar
Fere
Wagons and Tracks To Be Standardized
Washington July 26 manufacturers of farm wagons and racks were asked by the War Industries Board to standardize parts and envelope wood and other material for level and even use wherever possible.
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Washington
War Indusrirtea Board
Americans Need and Defeat Huns In France Action
American troops met and conquered the enemy near Epieds and Fruigny in a fierce clash. Germans briefly held Epieds before retreating amid continuous bombardment as Allied guns pounded the village. Americans enveloped the Germans, captured field guns, and pushed the line beyond Byleds toward Courtil. heavy fighting massed on the edge of the wood at Trugny. French and American exchanges note American firepower and recklessness. Pershing reports continued Allied advance from the Ourcq toward the Marne.
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London
Moteren Serim
Flanders’ Front
War Office
Hehuterne
Albert
Arres
Heferne
Meteren
Froops
Epieds
Frueny
Reuter
France
Nank
Altack
Lige
Trugny
Byleds
Courroll
Wilson urges end to mob violence in defense of democracy
President Wilson denounces mob action including lynchings as a blow to ordered law and human justice. He appeals to governors to act and to Americans to uphold democracy at home while supporting the fight for democracy abroad. Also reports Japan's acceptance of US aid to Czecho-Slovak forces and ongoing secrecy over negotiations.
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Washington
Wilson
South
Coutry
America
Germany
United States
Fierra
Americas Leader at Battle Front Pershing and Allied War Talks
General John J. Pershing leads American forces in Europe and directs allied war plans with General Foch. The piece praises American troops as battle ready and emphasizes food shipments and tonnage as critical to sustain the war effort. Premier Lloyd George warns that ships and supplies, not just soldiers, determine victory as America builds ships at a rapid pace.
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John J. Pershing
Pershing
Foch
Eurone
Germany
Lloyd George
America
American Republic
Great Britain
Finover
Antwerp Punished by Germans as City Faces Fines
Amsterdam dispatch reports Antwerp fined one million francs and its tudgemaster deposed by German authorities over recent events. Activist prisoners from Goottingra were beaten by locals for anti-Belgian propaganda. doctors refused care, labeling them traitors and leading to their deportation.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Belgique Dagblad
Goottingra
Cuba to Send One Regiment of Regulars to War
Cuba will deploy at least one regiment of regulars to France along with volunteers, under the military service bill adopted by the House. The measure proceeds to the Senate, and a decree by President Menocal forms an aviation corps to be formed in the United States.
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Cuba
Havana
France
Senate
United States
Menocal
Banquet Honors Hoover and Allied Food Ministers
London hosts a government dinner for Herbert Hoover the American food administrator Vietor Torct French official and Dr Silvio Croapl Italian food administrator J Rines British food controller presiding announced end of coupons for bacon and hay with US assistance premier Lloyd George praised Hoover as the man who could deliver the goods
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London
Herbert C. Hoover
Vietor Torct
Provisioni
Silvio Croapl
J. Rines
United States
Hoooyer
Idoyd George
Mr. Hoayer
Heroid
Call to American Women to End War Disgrace
Woodrow Wilson urges all American women and men to defend liberty and honor the laws of the United States. He appeals for energetic support to win the war, stressing reverence for national laws and loyalty to liberty.
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United States
America
Iberly
Giam
Muradvog
Woodrow Wilson
Rumanians Dying in Turkish Camps Report
The Romanian press bureau says the Spanish embassy's doctor in Constantinople reports about fifty percent of Romanian prisoners have died from typhus in Turkish camps.
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Rumanian Presa Bureau
Canatantinople
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