French Gain 500 Yards In Night Assault On Front
The French advanced 500 yards between Montdidier and the Oise River in a night offensive. British raiding parties supported the attack while German lines were penetrated at several points. Paris announced raids north of the Avre and between the Oise and Marne with prisoners taken.
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Frank Chariton
M.S. Cable
Picardy
Castel
Montdidier
Oise
Foch
Balkan
Ofervia
Servia
Monastir
Balkans
Berat
Elbassan
Albania
Skumbi
Germany
Palkans
Paris
Porte Farm
Antheuil
Montdidier-Oise
War Office
Avre
Marne
Champagne
London
Flanders
German Field Marshal von Hindenburg Dies After Stroke
General Payton C. March reports the death of Field Marshal Hindenburg after a stroke. He notes a fighting force in France now organized into three army corps, each with 225,000 to 250,000 men, ready for duty. No増兵 sent to Italy.
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Payton C. March
Italy
Two Flyers Survive Fall At Scott Field
Belleville Ul July 13 Lieut Juan Elbon of Mount Vernon and Cadet Wilder Clark of Cambridge Mass are expected today to recover from serious injuries after their plane fell 100 feet during a practice flight at Scott Field.
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Bellevide
Juan Elbon
Mount Vernon
Wilder
Clark
Cambridge
Mass
Scott Field
Weather outlook for Washington
Fair tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer conditions on Sunday. Forecast emphasizes pleasant summer weather and no precipitation.
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the Weather
Washington
Seaman Commended For Heroic Rescue At Sea
Seaman second class of the U S N R F was commended by Secretary Daniels for rescuing shipmate Harry William Erickson from drowning after leaping overboard from the U S S Cambridge on June 27 1918. Erickson enlisted August 31 1917 at East Chester New York. President Wilson urged Senator J Hamilton Lewis to seek re election in a separate note.
Not only men but supplies being rushed to the west front
Washington July 13 America s fighting forces in France today are organized in three army corps each with 225 000 to 250 000 fighting men. Gen Peyton C March chief of staff announced three corps and detailed commanders giving names and divisions. He said troop movements overseas continue at a high rate and the total American force in France now stands at 1 100 090 non combatants excluded.
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Washington
America
France
Peyton C. March
United States
March
Hunter Liggett
Robert L. Bullard
Omar Bundy
26Th National Guard
Clarence Edwards
New England
42Nd National Guard
Chas. F. Menohar
Rainbow
Pacific Coast Guardsmen
23Rd Nation
Ww. G. Haan
Comanding
Michigan
Wisconsin
National Army
Camp Upton
New York City
B. Duncan
35Th National Guard
William M. Wright
Kansas
Missouri
82Nd
William Burnham
Alabama
Georgia
Tennesee
30Th National Guard
George W. Read
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
District of Columbia
28Th National Guard
Pennsylvania
Regular Army
C.C. H. Muir
Third Army Corps
Joseph T. Dickman
J. E. McMahon
Gen McRae
Delaware
New York
Camp Dix
National Army Division
Adelbert Crokite
New Jersey
Virginia
Camp Meade
George Bell Jr
Illinois
National Guard
John F. O’ryan
New York State National Guard
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Draft Evasion Roundup Opens Amid Chicago Drive
Chicago July 13 more than 1200 draft evaders are in local police stations after two days of a federal drive. The effort has led to 156000 questioned and over 10000 detained while checking registration and related compliance with the law.
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Chicago
Bills Would Celebrate Bastile Day in Washington
One bill and two resolutions in the House urge the nation to observe Bastile Day, the French holiday, with the Senate already approving a Walsh resolution asking Lansing to send greetings to France. Sigel introduces a bill to make Bastile Day a permanent legal holiday in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Hastile Fas
House
Walsh
Lansing
Senate
Sigel
New York
France
Representative Bar
Federal agents seize on warning drive through week
The report notes an immediate service yesterday following a trick and lists others sent for immediate training as slackers. The drive is to continue, according to federal agents, into the early part of the coming week.
Hertling outlines Belgium policy in Reichstag speech
German Chancellor Hertling says Germany does not intend to keep Belgium after the war. He calls occupation a bargaining pawn for future negotiations and pledges Belgium’s restoration as an independent state after the war with friendly relations.
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Belgium
Hertling
Reichstag
Reuter
Copenhagen
Berlin
War aims and peace terms dominate Hertling speech
Washington reports emphatic admin circles reject any shift in war goals. The Reichstag address is read as a sign of weakness and a willingness to seek peace only if Germany can still dominate Russia. Hertling’s stance is seen as a challenge to Tirpitz sentiments while Bavaria’s king voices guarded hopes for honorable peace and assurances against renewed aggression.
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Washington
von Hertling
Germany
America
Reichstag
Russia
Wilson
Tirpitz
London
Hertling
Belgium
Star
Hindenburg Dies in 71 Amid War Storms and Rumors
Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, chief of staff of the German army, dead at 71 after a stroke following a stormy May 16 interview with the Kaiser about the Western Front. Spa origin, health had long been questioned. his death seen as a major Allied morale shift.
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London
von Hindenburg
Germany
Reuter
Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Spa
the Hague
Paul von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Berlin
Masurian
East Prussia
Warrio
Tannenburg
August Call for Selectives Issued by Crowder
The Provost Marshal General Crowder issued the first August call for selectives. It covers 11 989 white and 144 colored men with grammar school education. They will train as gas engine men electricians blacksmiths and more in 28 states with mobilizations from August 1 to August 28.
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Washington
Crowder
Bolsheviki Captured On Murman Coast By Allied Forces
Copenhagen July 13 Twenty thousand Bolsheviki soldiers were captured by anti Bolshevik troops on the Murman coast according to a Varode dispatch to the Den Steign. The captured were later allowed to return to Moscow. The Murman coast borders Finland in northern Russia and is controlled by forces hostile to the Bolshevik regime.
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Copenhagen
Murman
Varode
Tiden Steign
Moscow
Finland
Russia
Yanks Halt German Raid Near Chateau Thierry
United States soldiers repelled an attempted German raid in the Chateau Thierry region. The enemy machine was shot down as defenders held their positions under heavy fire.
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Chateau Thierry
German Raid Rebuffed Near Chateau Thierry
Gen Pershing reports a failed German raid against American lines in the Chateau Thierry region with losses. American aviators shot down an enemy plane near Thiaucourt. German activity and gas use were noted on July 9 and 10 while American artillery pounded German positions along the Marne.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
War Department
Thiaucourt
Marne
Germany Faces Another Winter War Weariness in July Dispatch
Geneva reports a traveler cites two chief topics in Germany: Americas wartime troop success in France and Germany's diplomatic collapse in Russia. Strikes are frequent, police sympathize with strikers, the rich can buy food, and the nation cannot endure another winter of warfare.
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Geneva
America
France
Germany
Russia
Whea
Stern's Operations to Be Investigated by Commission
Paris reports a French commission was sent to England to probe the operations of an importer accused of linking with the enemy. Stern, once a resident of New York City, is connected to the case and under scrutiny.
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Stern
Paris
England
New York City
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