Fierce five hour battle with American Army at Chateau Thierry
Reports from the Marne front describe a five hour fight northwest of Chateau Thierry where American units attacked Douresches and Torey. About 300 German prisoners were taken, several machine guns seized, and American forces extended their front by six miles to a depth of nearly two miles. Wounded Americans were treated as French ambulances carried them toward Paris amid cheering crowds of French children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picardy
Jona
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Douresches Aml
Torey
Flya Americana
Taatines
Paris
Kugwo
John B. Flacken
Olney
Verey
Carl J. Milla
Visalia
Cal
Weuilly Wood
Red Crags
No Man’s Land
Russia
Germany
Marne
Fritz
Leiding
Tselveather
Madison Girman
Hvansville
Berlin
Floyd Gibbons
Chicago Tribune
A | Saget
Gbbbons Yeas
Night battle description of American forces in Europe
In darkness American and French troops fought stiffly to secure a railway station at Louresches and nearby river valley. German forces used machine guns and bayonets in desperate counterattacks while American marines bore the main casualties. despite heavy losses the attackers pressed forward aiming to reach their objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons’ Eyo
Appesttes
Louresches
Sta Uon
Naval Reserve Boy Goes Through To School
Roland M. Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs M H Thomas of 518 Twenty seventh Street, passed through Ogden en route to Chicago from the naval reserve training station at San Pedro California. He is one of twenty enlisted in the navy promoted and will continue studies for the naval officers reserve. His brother Clyde F Thomas is at the aviation school in Berkeley California, having graduated June 6 and awaiting assignment to a military school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland M. ‘Thomas
MH. Thoms
Swenty-seventh Street
Ogden
Chicago
Naval Reserve Training Station
San Pedro
Cal
Navy
I Naval Officers Reserve
M. H Thomas
Clyde FF. Thomas
Aviation Schigel
Berkeley
Anas
Ttho
American Forces Letter From France 1918
Louis McHugh an Orden boy with Allied forces in France writes to his mother and Alb from Somewhere in France May 6 1918 praising the voyage noting no seasickness and describing the scenery as wonderful despite the long journey and uncertain arrival details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis McHugh
Orden
France
Alb
War Garden Work At Camps Starts In War Effort
Plans to convert thousands of acres near U.S. camps into war gardens were approved by Col J C Fair, assistant to the acting quartermaster general. Some 8,000 German prisoners and conscientious objectors will be released to cultivate vegetables for the camps. The program began with a 400-acre garden beside Camp One, showing green fields and workers as French children follow with requests for cigarettes and letters from soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
J. C. Fair Hie
Ramare Wemueral
Women of American Patriots to Hear Driggs Address Sunday
At the bi monthly meeting of the Women of American Patriots, to be held Sunday at 4 in the city hall council chamber, Prof Frank SL Driggs of the State School for the Deaf and Bling will discuss the most important work for women today. Members express keen wartime interest and many are serving the country. attendance is expected to hear the address and join deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of American Patriots
Council Chamber
Frank SL. Driggs
State School For the Deaf and Bling
German naval expert predicts U boat threat to U S coasts
Amsterdam June 7 Captain von Kuellwetter naval expert for the Cologne Gazette greets the appearance of German submarines off the United States coast. He says no barred zone exists yet off the North American coast but the day could come when an attack against a large scale in North American waters becomes feasible. he notes Britain’s coastal defenses and German U boat tactics shaping a difficult enemy task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
von Kuellwetter
Cologne Gazette
Ile
North American
von Kuellweiler
Finglan
Fragmentary wartime note on torpedo boat destroyers
Fragmentary text references American deployment to Europe and shortages of torpedo boat destroyers, noting a perceived lack of experience and apparent transfer of most usable vessels abroad. The fragment implies strategic naval limitations during the wartime period.
Transport Fluded U Boats At Atlantic Port
A transport raced up the Atlantic coast under full steam with darkened lights to elude German submarines. Shore leave men reported wireless warnings of nearby U boats. Crewmembers said they asked American destroyers to meet the ship, two submarines were sighted in the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Leas
Submersibles Engage as Harbor Escort Fights Off Destroyers
The encounter began with an unidentified submersible marked by number moving into the harbor area. The submersibles and a transport vessel endured a twelve hour engagement, steering a zigzag course while staying within torpedo and gunfire range of American destroyers until the U boats submerged upon the approach of the destroyers, after detecting armed craft nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imot
Immediate Need for Engineers in Washington
June 7 report from the War Department announces an urgent call for engineers. About 2009 professionals will be selected by a special board of examiners, commissioned as lieutenants and captains, sent to camps in Virginia, and receive officer pay during a short training period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Virginia
Men aged 15 to 43 invited for draft board exams
Qualified men between 15 and 43 are invited to apply and await orders to appear before the examining board. In one of thirty three U S cities they will visit shortly. No man at draft age will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army draft law may be amended in Congress
Washington June 7 Senators Cummins and France of Maryland proposed amendments to extend the army draft law to men aged 43 to 48. The Senate military committee began action on the twelve billion dollar army appropriation and decided to hold hearings on the bill with Secretary Unker set to appear Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummins ¢ Town
France
Maryland
Todet
Senate
House
Unker
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Marines
Thatcher
Glenwood Park
Naval Reserve
Louis
Mell Baker
EL Jan
Col J. 9
Pale
Machine E
J. A. Butler
Boston
New England Surgical Dressings Committee
Bear Lake
Ing
Ideal Beach Amusement. Company
Jas
W. Neil
Waters
America
Europe
ARMY
Cummins
Food Commissioner
Ogden River Bridge
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!