Airmen Assist Tanks In Big British Offensive
London Aug 10 One hundred fifteen British and German air planes were downed in one day of fighting with five German observation balloons shot down. Forty light German machines destroyed and seventeen driven down out of control while fifty British machines were reported missing. Our airmen cooperated with infantry, artillery and cavalry, supplying ammunition and signaling gun positions as tanks advanced. Our planes attacked trains, bridges and junctions, dropped smoke to conceal tanks, and aided the retreating enemy with bombs and machine gun fire.
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London
Picardy Front
Iswo
Shipping Board Awards 24 Wood Cargo Vessels Contracts
Washington August 10 Contracts for 24 wood cargo vessels ranging from 2 500 to 4 500 tons were let by the Shipping Board for the week ending August 3. The action was announced this afternoon.
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the Shipping Board
Weather Forecast for Washington and Western Pennsylvania
Fore cast until 8 p m Sunday. Western Pennsylvania unsettled tonight and Sunday with likely local rains.
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Pennsylvania
Allies Wreck Havoc Behind Enemy Lines in Fresh Drive
A new Allied attack drives into enemy lines eighteen miles from the present front, heavy cannon fire pounds the bombardment area, and captures reported bring total prisoners since July 18 to over 57,060.
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Ham
Montdidier Captured as Allied Forces Advance on Picardy
Paris reports capture of Montdidier after Allied surround and fighting on the Picardy front. Dispatches note more than 24,000 German prisoners since August 8 and over 400 guns seized as fronts push toward the Somme line.
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Montdidier
Picardy Front
Arlier
London
International
Somme
Davenscourt
Saul
Americans Help British In New Picardy Offensive
American troops join British and French forces in a major push along the Picardy front from Albert southward toward Montdidier. Allied forces report capturing thousands of German prisoners, key positions near Chaulnes, and rapid gains including four miles by French units in six hours southeast of Montdidier.
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Two Enemy Planes Shot Down by Henry G. Wae5
American forces on the Aisne Vesle front report morning actions with 100 German prisoners taken near Fismes and repulsed German bombardments west of Rheims. Hand to hand fighting yielded some German casualties and additional prisoners. a German raiding party near Bazoches was repelled.
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Bazoches
Montdidier German Support Pot Entrenchments Key The Picardy Front
Montdidier, a principal German support position on the Picardy front, is strategically crucial as eight highways and four rail lines converge there. The Avre river town, taken by Germans in their first major offensive starting March 21, sits at rail routes from Amiens Chaulnes Roye and lines entering from the southwest and southeast.
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Harvard athlete Major James McKenna killed on Marne front
Major James A. McKenna Jr., former Harvard oarsman and baseball player, killed July 28 while leading troops crossing the Marne near Villes-Fere. He served with the old fighting 69th now the 165th Infantry and was a prominent New York National Guard officer.
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Villes-Fere
Howard Carsman
New York
James A. McKenna
France
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165Th Infantry
Lloyd George lauds American guns in Picardy drive
Premier Lloyd George lauded Americans for their “brilliant qualities” as he announced that Allied forces have captured from 200 to 400 German guns in the drive on the Picardy front at Newport. The Prime Minister’s remarks triggered widespread cheering.
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London
Lloyd George
Newport
Picardy Front
Allies Rally To Drive The German Front Further
Washington reports Gen March urges keeping the offensive as Allied forces press the Germans. He cites extension of draft ages and fuller manpower use, while noting the 27th Division's likely role with British units in Flanders and Rainbow Division praised for crossing the Ourcq. About 1.5 million Americans in France, with plans to speed manpower and supply under the new bill.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
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America
Laughing Troops Forge Ahead In Great Allied Advance
British forces pushed 1–4 miles on day two of the Amiens front counteroffensive with Mehari court to east of Pierrepont line. Canadians broke through and French progress along the line. Over 20,000 Germans captured, including 600 officers, plus large supplies and a captured troop train. Tanks aided the advance as air bombardment harassed retreating forces.
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British airmen sink German destroyer near Zeebrugge
London August 10 British air men sunk a German destroyer eight miles northwest of Zeebrugge in the North Sea, the Admiralty reported today. Enemy mine sweepers were heavily bombarded in that district.
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