Terrific Fight When Hill Is Lost Five Times
Paris reports that American troops halted a German advance near Neuilly wood and counterattacked to push the Germans back. On the Marne front Germans were repulsed after forcing a river crossing, while fighting raged between the Aisne and the Ourcq. The Germans captured Pennant and Lilly-la-Poterie, and advanced at Pernant and Newilly-la-Poterie, with French ground lost elsewhere.
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Paris
Champagne Salient
Neuilly Wood
War Office
Marne
Aisne
Oureq
Ourcq
Lilly-la-Poterie
Newilly-la-Poterie
Chateau Thierry
Pernant
Gurey
Silly Wood
Seferning Nevilly Wood
Nantens
Marne River
Jaulgonne
Bank of the Marne
Verneuil
Guren
Laconia
Missy
Tropanos Wood
Favroles Wood
Seo
Troesches
Ourea
Agaist Masloy
Neuilly la Poterie
Corcy
Mouresches
Masloy
Meuilly la Poterie
Kaulgonte
Neath
Wounded Americans Arrive at Nice Amid Allied German Fighting
Allied lines in France report fierce battles as fresh German divisions press between the Ourcq and Oise rivers toward the forest of Villers Cotterets. American troops join French forces along the Marne and at Nervilly wood, staging a counterattack that halts a German advance and inflicts heavy losses. Wounded Americans arrive at Nice from May coastal embarkations, while U boats remain scarce near the coast.
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Nige
France
Atlantic
Miosky Amali
Nice
Echooners
Hos
Washington woman suffrage moves forward in senate
Washington reports say woman suffrage for Hawaii was authorized in a Senate bill that passed and went to the president. Other dispatches note Irish 60,000 volunteer recruits, a YMCA war fund seeking 100 million, strike rumors among telegraph workers, and naval reports of five submarines or “underwater wolves” off the Atlantic coast. The Aisne battle shows French defense steady as German pressure ebbs, with continued artillery duels and raids on multiple fronts.
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Washington
Hawaii
Navy vessels scour sea as German subs sink ships
New York June 4 reports from shipping authorities say an American tank steamship was sunk by a submarine with few details released. The death toll on the Atlantic side appears to be easing as survivors are landed and more ships and crews are found. Navy officials say submarines may be returning to base and that coastwise shipping has suffered substantial losses while no cargo ships bound for Europe were sunk.
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New York
Germany
Carolina
Portes Rico
Auante
Grecian
Schooney
Jacob M. Waskell
Covernor Cobb
United States
Cbin
Sboard
Dorebeeter
Marchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Clyde Mner Huren
Samuel W. Hathaway
Boston
Avantic
Europe
Refugees Pour Into Paris Amid Food Aid and Shelter
Refugees from Alene al Murio districts flood Paris by train canal boat and other means. Red Cross teams feed the hungry then move them to St Sulpice shelters as roadside canteens aid troops. tents tote clocks, apples, rabbits, goats, sugar, and chickens amid chaotic relief efforts. German advances near Villers-Cotterets, Chateau Thierry, and Champlat meet stiff Allied counterattacks. British French troops jointly halt the enemy as Americans join near Neuilly and Paris front.
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Paris
Alene al Murio
y-Eur-Ousey
Red Cross
St. Sulpice
Te Interior
Tha
Associatedan Press
Villers-Cottereta
Chateau Thierry
Choissy Hill
Guts
Patrol In Desperate HighT With The American Army In Prange
An American patrol in the Prange area faced a large enemy patrol in a desperate engagement near Aucerviler in the Tamevilla sector. The Americans lost at least one man and engaged the enemy, attempting to surround and capture them. They fought continually and managed to extricate and return.
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Prange
Aucerviler
Tamevilla
Jenken
Pershing Reports Airplane Bagged In Battle
A June 4 report states General Pershing’s forces bagged an enemy airplane after it was shot down by Lt Sewall. The crew were taken prisoner. Heavy fighting raged along the Ourcq forest eastern edge and between Oureg and Mache valleys with German gains offset by French counterattacks. Villages Longpont Corey Fayvoles Troiscourt changed hands amid bitter engagement near Villers Cotterets.
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Washington
General Pershing
Seetlan
Sewall
Jung Owan
Woovre
Micardy
Vlanders
London
Nonh
Ourcq
Vilers-Calterats
Renter
France
Nora Honetul
Villera-Cotterelal
Oureg
Mache
Marnive
Longpont
Corey
Fayvoles
Troiscourt
Fayr Volrd
City of Columbus Safe in Atlantic Port Reported
News from Vineyard Haven and New York: the American tanker City of Columbus survived a German submarine scare and reached an Atlantic port. Earlier reports claimed sinking, but harbor arrival showed the ship intact and no crew ashore. Details remain limited as officials verify the incident.
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City of Columbus
Atlantic Port
New York
Jonn
Vineyard
Mesa
Tune
Germans Shell Lifeboats of Liner Carolina
New York June 4. Evidence shows the German submarine that sank the New York and Porto Rico liner Carolina shelled lifeboats brought to West Indian ports by a British steamer. A damaged motor boat from Catalina was found with a splintered oar and signs of machine gun use. Lewes Del June 3. A Catalina lifeboat with nineteen survivors, including two women, reached port. most were passengers, one engineer among the crew.
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New York
Porto
Caroling
West Indian
Dp. m
Cane
Ma Joop
HW York
Lewes
Del
Porto Rico
Coast Guard Service
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Mainstan
Y. C. A. War Council
Mikfolk
Ixpianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Baltimore
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Mass
Cial
Ateamis Carolina
New Jersey
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Norfolk
Forest of
Villers-Colter
Nrest
Mont Choissy
Alane
Mneve
Noyon
Soissons
Polains
Berlin
Cocherel
Rhelma
Tiheims
Toul
Luneville
Amer
Navy Department
Dacels
Department
Neares
Inc
Américas
Shington
Foch
Preme
Neuilly
Naval Service
Pershing
Tiaven
Learding
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