Enemy expected to make a new stand at the Vesle River
On the Aisne Marne front resistance grows stronger as a heavy battle is anticipated along the line of present positions. Reports say German forces engage in violent hand to hand encounters with American troops, receiving stiff resistance and cold steel in fierce clashes.
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Vesle River
Aisne-Marne
Earle C. Reeves
I. N
London
Vesle
Frankfurter Zeitung
Soissons
Villemontoire
Hartennes
Fere-en-Tardennois
Ville-en-Tardennois
Thilais
War Office
Yanks Continue Thrust Northward In Aisne Marne Front
Allied forces push north with heavy artillery into German positions along the Vesle and Ourcq fronts. American units report advances at Seringes et Nesse and Hill 184, with German counterattacks repulsed and both sides exchanging heavy fire as final positions shift near Pere en Tardennois.
Friction Grows Between Turkey and Germany
Washington reports rising friction between Turkey and Germany with no open break yet. Turkey has warned against Cassian Sea oil region domination and talks stalled by Hakki Pasha’s death, while officials foresee potential Allied advantages despite no immediate developments.
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Washington
Berlin
Turkey
Germany
Italy
Allied Lines Advance In Southern Albania Tuesday
Austrian war office reports Allied forces in Southern Albania advanced front lines at many points on Tuesday. Vienna dispatches say Albania lies on the western end of the Macan front and the advance was confirmed in morning advice.
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Albania
Amsterdam
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Allies Close on Soissons in Renewed Drive from South
Allied forces press toward Soissons from the south as German troops concentrate against French lines east of Ourcy La Chateau and north of the Ourcq river. American troops fight fiercely near Fere en Tardenois while Pershing's men seize Seringes et Vesle, expanding the wedge into the German front near Bazoches and Fismes.
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Paris
Quichy-Le Chateau
French War Office
Ourcq
Fere-en Tardennois
Seringes
Ourchy-Le Chateau
Oureys
Fere-en-Tardennois
Searages
Alesnil St. Georges
Montdidier
Bois le Prétre
Meusé
Perthes-es-Hurlus
Soissons
Ourcy-La Chateau
Ourcy River
Bougeneux
Grand-Rozoy
Braisne
Seringes-et- Vesle
Aisne-Marne Sailent
Villie-en- Tardennois
Romigny
Ville-en-Tardennois
Rheims-Dormas
Ville-en- Tardennois
Aubilly
Ardre
Vesle
Rheims-Soissons
Aisne
Marne
Battle 10 The Death Battle Develops Outlook
March clarifies developments in the present battle prompting AlMes to revisit earlier objectives as plans reinforce.
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March
AlMes
Rapid Retreat of Germans in Western Front
Washington reports a grim shift in the western front as German aims fall away. Allied forces including the Rainbow Division push beyond Fere-en-Tardonnais while the battle becomes a destruction duel. Six new divisions will be raised as casualty lists are expedited to public release.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
Staft New
Rainbow
Fere-en-Tardonnais
Soissons-Rheims
United States
Dickman
War College
General Staff
Outilook
March
Logan
Kearney
Beauregard
Travis
Dodge
Sevier
National Army
War Department
Pershing
Rheims
John L. Hines
Uncle Sam Ready to Take Over National Wire System
Washington July 31 Postmaster General BurleGon announced final plans to take charge of the nation telegraph and telephone networks at midnight under a presidential proclamation. A formal statement on the subject was expected later today.
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Washington
Burlegon
British Capture 14 500 German Prisoners Since March 24
Parliament announced that by March 24 British forces had taken 14 500 German prisoners on the western front in the last few days following Germanys initial offensive. The British tally was revealed in the House of Commons this afternoon.
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London
Lens
Bethune
Flanders
War Office
LaBassee
House of Commons
German Field Marshal Eichorn Assassinated in Kiev Plot
Reports from Berlin allege the German commander in Ukraine, Field Marshal Hermann Von Eichorn, was killed in Kiev as part of a revolutionary conspiracy. The adjutant to the military leader and several anti German factions are linked to the event, with Moscow rumored to influence reactions.
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Hermann von Eichorn
Kiev
Berlin
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Ukrainia
Russia
Count von Mirbach
Moscow
Dressler
von Eichorn
Ryazan
Eichorn
Communist” Committee
Rotterdam de Courant
Karl Welfferich
Frankfurter Zeitung
London
Reuter
Irkutsk
Siberia
Wages Boost For Rail Shop Workers Amid War Strikes
The railway administration fixed wage increases for shop workers as part of a general order expanding raises for other employes. Eligible workers with four or more years of service earning under 60 cents per hour will gain 8 cents, with graded steps up to 62 cents for those with under four years. Apprentices start at 25 cents with staged raises through three years. Street car workers in 19 cities will see 34 to 40 percent increases, with minimums set per city. The actions come as U S labor tensions rise and anti German sentiment grows in central Russia following recent assassinations.
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Washington
Railway Administration
Carmen
Cearmen
McAdoo
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
Ukrainia Cedes Bessarabia to Roumania Report
Berlin reports Ukraine consents to cede Bessarabia to Roumania in exchange for commercial concessions. Rome reports Austro Hungarian harbor works at Pola bombed with fires near submarine and aviation stations.
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Ukrainia
Bessarabia
Roumania
Berlin
Copenhage
Rome
Pola
Open Break Between Bolsheviki and Allies Feared
Washington July 31 The open break between the Bolsheviki government in Russia and the Allied powers may be forced at any moment. Officials say the Lenine Trotzky regime’s attitude warrants readiness for the worst and the State Department seeks full details on Ambassador Francis and other diplomats leaving Vologda for Kandlak a Lapland and on orders to quit Archangel. Continuous reports exist but withheld until facts are secured.
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Newton
Nevin
U.S
Washington
Russia
Lenine- Trotzky
State Department
David R. Francis
Vologda
Kandala
Lapland
Archangel
Francis
Moscow
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Frank Charlton
M. S. Cable
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