Desperate Fight Raging East of Soissons in WWI Battle
Paris dispatches report the German drive along the Vesle near Fismes forcing French and British to fall back while reserves rush up to counter. American forces near Cantigny resist renewed German attacks, holding ground as reports describe the widening front and stiff Allied resistance along the Aisne and toward Montdidier and St Thierry.
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Paris
Vesle
Fismes
Soinsona
Aafft
Mon Ys
St. Thierry
Rheims
Soissons
Montdidier
Cantigny
Jerday
Lot St. Thierry
War News Highlights From Across America and Europe
Reports from New York on textile war orders and a civilian cloth shortage, Washington unions forming a single express company, Madison notes Roosevelt on preparedness, Muskogee detentions tied to dynamite plots, and San Francisco on Mooney’s re sentencing. Frontline dispatches describe U S advances with German positions breached, tanks in action, and troops optimistic as battles continue.
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New York
Washington
Union * Express
United States
We Adeop
Wells-Fargo
Nis
Madison
Wis
Roosevelt
Muskoger
Okla
William Rogers
United States District
Downey
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Germans Build Rail Line From Finnish Front to Petchenga
Moscow dispatch reports German engineers laying a railway from the Finnish frontier to Petchenga Bay on the Moormanek coast. An Archangel note in Nase Slovo cites ongoing operations in Macedonia with artillery duels near Lake Dofran and the Vardar river sector. A French detachment scored a surprise success southwest of Glevgheli, while a German assault on Serbian trenches southeast of Gradeannea was repulsed.
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Fresa
Petchenga Bay
Moormanek
Archangel
Nase Slovo
Army of the East
Lake Dofran
Vardar
Vetre- Aix
Glevgheli
Gradeannea
Canada training course opens for U S armed forces
In Ottawa on May 29 a four week program at Chateau Laurier opens to train Civilian workers to instruct disabled American soldiers. Whittier Americans have enrolled for the course.
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Canada
Ottawa
Chateau Laury
Brilliant Mountain Operation Reported as War's Largest
A terse dispatch claims the operation on the mountain is the most brilliant of the war. Details are scarce with the forty hour time frame and fighting described in minimal terms.
Italians Capture Presena Basin in Tonale Drive
Italian Alpini seized the Presena basin northwest of Trent after fierce fighting in the Tonale region. Austrian entrenchments yielded to a bayonet thrust as ground conditions favored slippery ascent and glacier crossing during the high Alpine battle reported from Rome and Ausacinterd press dispatches.
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Laka
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Tanale
Toniin Mountain
Camontca
Paradise Pass
Conduct of U S Troops Praised in Picardy Offensive
War department officials praise American troops for the March assault in Picardy, noting speed and precision in the Cantigny capture and the successful consolidation of territory. They expect a potential large-scale counteroffensive and highlight continued resilient actions by Pershing’s forces.
German Gain Admitted in Aisne News Battle
London May 29 Several morning papers withhold comment on the battle in the Aisne sector admitting Germany made a substantial initial thrust while others doubt the seriousness of the threat The situation recalls prior thrusts and the responses that followed with continued Allied resistance and strategic recalibration.
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Aisne
Germany
German victory claimed as reserves praised in war dispatch
Enigmatic telegrams from Amsterdam report Emperor Willan praising a splendid victory south of Laon on the Aisne front. Messages claim German forces crossed the Aisne, approached the Verte, and that British and French were routed. Copenhagen dispatch notes Berlin press predicting a new German offensive at Chemin des Dames and surprise at Allied dispositions.
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Aisnes
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Copenhagen
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Berlin Prensa
Chemin Des Dames
Uie
Foch
Train wreck near ApMington leaves four dead
A central anger train No 1 wrecked near ApMington 491 miles west of Waterloo early today. Four persons killed including Engle and Fireman Galvinaus Bath of Waterloo. About 20 injured, with clerks among the dead. Train was moving at a moderate speed into high water when the wreck occurred.
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Central Anger
West Pound
ApMington
Here
Engle
Ted Alderman
Galvinaus Bath
Waterlool
Swat Rapids
Parkersburg
Tasay
Govet
Aplington
Itche
Sreman
Bigyas
Americans Behave Like Veterans in Montdidier Fight
Paris May 29 General Foch has the situation well in hand as French reserves reinforce the line. American troops in the Montdidier sector are praised for veteran like conduct in their first major independent action, boosting early Allied prospects as German efforts are slowed. Berlin tones down war reports while Dutch press note cautious optimism about Allied gains.
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Cantigny
Ametiga
Gerous
Ture
Paris
Deutenant
George E. Butler
Indianapolis
Cneiied
Foch
Galaton
Montdidier
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