Evidence of German weakness in diary reveals waning strength
A wartime dispatch reports growing dissatisfaction in German ranks as Allied counteroffensive on the Marne shifts momentum. Diaries claim Germany’s military power peaked and is now declining due to manpower and resource strain, with Germans losing air superiority and morale amid Allied bombings and advancing American troops.
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Bert Ford
I. N.S
France
Germany
Marne
Western Front
Ness
A! 1
British French Armies Make Major Gains At Amiens Front
Allied forces on the Picardy front cross the Avre and press toward the Luce valley aided by tanks. The advance reaches up to four miles with villages Moreuil Demain Ablaincourt Morlancourt recaptured. French report say German prisoners equal to a division taken.
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Earle C. Reeves
London
Avre
Luce Valley
Amiens
Picardy
Moreuil
Demain
Ablaincourt
Morlancourt
Cerizy
John McHugh Stuart
Paris
Albert
Montdidier
Heat Wave In New York Kills Thirty. Over One Thousand Affected
New York reports estimated thirty deaths from the extreme heat with over a thousand rendered ill as the East endures the worst heat wave on record. Thermometer readings reach 81 degrees at 10 a.m. and mark a drop from the previous high. A German Zeppelin commander, Captain Strasser, is reported killed in action off the southeast English coast.
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New York
Copenhagen
Strasser
Engand
Pewspapers
Boat claims another victim near Cape Hatteras
Washington reports the German submarine that sank the Diamond Shoals lights on Monday struck again Tuesday. The Merak, 6052 tons, was torpedoed and sunk southwest of Hatteras at 1:50 pm. the crew was rescued. Submarine chasers and destroyers pursue the raider.
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Washington
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hattias
Tucday
Merak
Hatteras
Atlantic
Packing Concerns Assailed By Federal Trade Commission
The FTC report to President Wilson accuses Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson of monopoly and restraint and urges government control to restore competition. The document, held since July 5, was released today with presidential authorization. It warns producers competitors and consumers are at the mercy of packers and calls for government seizure of transport assets through the railroad administration.
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Washington
Swift, Armour, Morris, Cudahy and
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Aroad
Sayen
Constituent Assembly Revolts Against Bolshevik Regime
A dispatch dated August 5 reports that members of the northern region's constituent assembly revolted against the Bolshevik regime and formed their own government in Amara Vologda Archangel Novgord Viatkah and Kazan districts. Allied missions evaluating Archangel entry.
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Washington
Constituent Assembly
Amara
Vologda
Archangel
Novgord
Viatkah
Kazan
Francis
State Department
Murmask
Kandalaska
Fleets Stand Ready For German War Dogs
London August report says when the German fleet moves the American and British navies will be ready for complete satisfaction. Representative Lemuel Pratt of Tennessee, chairing the House Naval Affairs Committee, comments on the readiness.
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D. R. Edwards
T. N.S
London
Lemuel Pradgett
Tennessee
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Hydroaeroplane Drops 3000 Feet Over New York Bay
In New York on August 8 a hydroaeroplane descended from over 3000 feet into the bay near Governors Island. Engine trouble caused the mishap but both aviators escaped injury and resumed the flight within about thirty minutes.
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New York
Governors Island
Pershing Reports Troops Cross Wesle Road East of Bazoches
Gen Pershing states in a War Department communique dated August 7 that American forces crossed the Wesle east of Bazoches and reached the Rheims Soissons highway. He says hostile counter attacks broke down under our fire.
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Washington
Wesle
Bazoches
Theims-Soissons
Pershing
War Department
Vesse
Rheims-Soissons
Yankees Advance Amid Terrific Machine Gun Fire
Allied forces push forward against well fortified German positions on Veske slopes as Sammie artillery and infantry assaults break enemy lines. Reports describe heavy fire and successful advances under tough conditions.
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Yankees
Veske
Americans Cross Vesle at Fismes Bazoches Front Battle
Americans forced crossings of the Vesle river between Fismes and Bazoches on Aug 9 with four hours of artillery prep. The right wing crossed in strength while the left faced heavy fire near Bazoches. By dawn the left wing advanced west of Fismes and repulsed German counterattacks as engineers built bridging under fire. The river crossing at Vesle stood 25 feet wide and heavy shelling preceded renewed assaults. Continued fighting planned.
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Newton C. Park
I. N.S
Aisne-Vesle
Vesle
Fismes-Bazoches
Fismes
Bazoches
Veste
Allies Open New Drive East of Amiens in Picardy
Charlton reports a fresh Allied offensive across a wire front near Amiens with British Fourth Army and French First Army at dawn. He notes surprise for the Germans, possible American cooperation, and moves from the Aisne Marne field toward Picardy as the push continues.
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Frank Charlton
IL N. 5
Aisne
Flanders
Amiens
Picardy Plains
Fourth
First Army
Sir Douglas Haig
British Great Headquarters
French War Office
Marshal Ford
Marne
Boraches
Morizel
Avre
Aisne-Marne
Picardy
Renewed Anglo France Onslaught Reaches German Salient
Afternoon dispatch reports heavy gunfire heard 80 miles distant as villages fall in renewed attacks. Allied forces press from the apex of the German salient amid intense bombardment and advancing fronts.
Allied Forces Drive Big Picardy Offensive Across Front
Reports from Paris and London describe British and French troops driving into German lines on the Picardy front near Amiens. Thousands of prisoners are reported as the Fourth British Army and First French Army push forward from dawn, with progress declared satisfactory and the operation continuing.
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London
Picardy
Amiens
War Office
Haig
Marne
Paris
French War Office
American Troops Engage in New British Offensive
Washington reports American units brigaded with the 81st are in action in a major British offensive before Amiens. The Bard division, said to be Illinois troops, was in the action on the Picardy front though Pershing’s direct command was confirmed later. Officials say the current drive aims to remove a German menace from the British front and threaten a retirement on the northern front, with some officers noting possible German plans to strengthen resistance on the Vesle and keep forces on Picardy.
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Washington
Amiens
Pershing
March
Picardy
Vesle
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