French Break Up German Counterstroke Near Roye
French and British forces push along the Oise and Scarpe fronts. Mangin’s French army advances about three miles with Beuvraignes captured near Roye. La Quenotiere to Veraponta line reported as French progress continues against stiff German resistance. Local gains include Vierhoek and La Couronne while mustard gas in a ravine is reported neutralized by French forces.
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Roye
Scarpe
Beuvraignes
Foch
Flanders
Arras
Scarpe River
Panmpoux
Lys River
la Epinette
Merville
Vierhoek
la Couronne
French Aerial Support Helps Break German Line At Carlepont Front
French aviators flew low through cloud cover to direct artillery and harass German positions south of the Oise. The Germans resisted fiercely in the hills near Carlepont Caise and Lombray, where strong positions and rapid fire guns slowed the advance, but the Four a Verre and Croisette farm were finally captured after heavy fighting.
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Veraponia
Tartiers
Camelot
Oise
Carlepont
Caise
Lombray
Four-a- Verre
Croisette
British Bag 21 Planes In Air War Report
London reports twenty one German airplanes shot down by British air crews and four balloons destroyed. Seven British aircraft are listed missing. British bombing planes dropped fifteen and a half tons of bombs on German targets including Bruges docks and an aerodrome at Phatempim.
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London
War Office
Bruges
Phatempim
Aid of Pershing Injured in French Collision
Major Baker of General Pershing's staff and a lieutenant accompanying him were injured when their automobile struck an ox cart near Alzon ne and Montolien in Aude. They were thrown into a roadside ditch and both officers sustained serious injuries.
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Carcassonne
France
Baker
Pershing
Alzonne
Montolien
Department of Aude
Labor parade to march 100000 in New York on September 2
Ernst Bohm, corresponding secretary of the Central Federated union, announced that more than 100000 organized labor men will march in New York on September 2 as part of a win-the-war parade.
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New York
Ernst Bohm
Central Federated Union
Americans capture sixty Prussians without a shot
Near Fismes France on August 21 American detachments captured sixty Prussian machine gunners after finding their positions by prisoner report. The Prussians, who had waited to surrender, deserted their posts and offered little resistance. General Pershing reported minimal artillery activity aside from the Wesle and Vosges fronts.
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Vesse
Fismette
Fismes
Gerimany
Washington
War Department Daa de
Pershing
Wesle
Vosges
Explosion at Krupp works kills and injures thousands
Paris reports a June blast at the Krupp works killed or injured about six thousand, based on letters seized from prisoners captured on the Picardy front.
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Paris
Krupp
Hundreds of Russians killed in food riots and martial law
Reports from Petrograd describe a riotous clash between Lettish guards and workers over food scarcity. Martial law was proclaimed as rioters shouted anti-German and anti-Kremlin slogans outside the Smolny institute. Japanese troops reportedly landed at Nikolaievsk to protect Allied nationals amid the upheaval. A Prague manifesto from the Czecho Slovak national committee calls for unity and rallying to liberty, asserting strength to join free nations of the future.
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Lettish Guards
Czecho
London
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Kremlin
Smolny Institute
Nikolaievsk
Tien Tein
Amur River
Vladivostok
Washington
Prague
Narodni Listi
Czechs Restoring Parliament amid Great Unrest in Warsaw
Dispatches report Prague near dissolution with a revived parliament to decide the nation’s fate. In Warsaw, German patrols sweep streets, arrest suspects tied to Polish secret groups as unrest grows. zudem reports say entente troops withdraw from Archangel area and Bolsheviks blow up the Trans Siberian Balka tunnel.
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Washington
Switzerland
Warsaw
Lomea
Plozk
Association of the Polish Arty
Registration totals show 158 011 for new wartime class
Washington dispatch reports revised estimates from the provost marshal general indicating 158 000 young men who turned twenty one since June 5 must register for military service next Saturday. It lists state by state tallies with Pennsylvania leading at 18 583 and New York at 14 082.
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Washington
Murshal
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Government seizes over a million pounds of gluten for export
A. Mitchell Palmer announces seizure of 1 057 000 pounds of vitalized wheat gluten in New York. The stock, valued at about 8 200 000 in prewar terms, was found in June in a local warehouse ready for shipment to Germany via Switzerland. It will be sold at public auction.
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New York
Germany
Switzerland
A. Mitchell Palmer
Allen Property
Draft bill amends draft age limits amid anti strike protest
Washington August 21 The House Military Affairs Committee approved a manpower bill with an age based call limit and spared eighteen and nineteen year olds until all older registrants are called The panel adopted an amendment to bar calling under twenty until no older men remain This action followed protests from Frank Morrison AFL secretary and opposition from Gen March and Provost Marshal Crowder The committee plans to report the bill to the House with minor amendments and the House leadership aims to take it up Thursday
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Washington
House
War Department
Dent
Clark
Senate
March
Crowder
Baker
McKenzie
Illneis
Steel Trusts Back Thomas Amendment Target Labor
A historical report states steel companies and other large trusts back the Thomas amendment to gain a stronger hold on organized labor and influence policy.
Saving in shut sugar bowls
New York reports abolition of open sugar bowls in restaurants and hotels since the sugar shortage began. The federal food board says this saves many tons of sugar, about half a pound per customer per month. Those who still keep bowls are labeled unfair to compliant places and lacking patriotism.
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New York
Federal Food Board
Food Rioters Burn Houses in Japan Rice Unrest
Tokyo reports rice price disturbances easing nationwide except in the north where mobs burn houses. The rice exchange says thirty houses were burned in the Tsumlye prefecture on Thursday and several homes were set afire at Sendai.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sendal
Rice Exchange
Tsumlye
American troops arrive in Liverpool amid cheers
A fresh contingent of American troops landed at Liverpool and were warmly welcomed, officials announced. The arrival follows a steady stream of Allied forces moving toward key fronts, with the city greeting the soldiers in a cordial reception.
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London
Liverpool St
Flyer Falls in Flames at Scott Field Fatality
Allan R. B. Johnson of Fort Allegheny Pennsylvania was killed when his airplane caught fire three thousand feet above Scott Field and plunged to the ground in flames.
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Allan B. Johnson
Scott Field
Belleville
Allan RB. Johnson
Fort Allegheny
Two Submarines Sank Off U S Coast
Navy report says a captain of an American steamer rammed and probably sank a submarine near Winter Quarter shoal off Virginia coast. The crew spoke German as friends, but the captain kept course despite claims of friendship. The steamer returned to port with a damaged bow and water in the hold.
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Washington
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
Atlantic
John Crosby
Crosby
GOES OVER THE TOP ONCE MORE HAYS THE HUNS ON A WIDE FRONT
A frontline action described as going over the top again with a wide advance on the enemy line. The report notes no artillery preparation before the assault, reflecting a bold but costly tactic. The narrative emphasizes repeated infantry-led breakthroughs against opposing forces.
Raiding U Boat Captures and Raiders Sink Ships
British forces under General Byng attacked north of the Ancre River at daylight and surprised German lines. French troops gained ground, captured prisoners, and took towns as the advance continued with satisfactory progress along a broad front.
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London
Byng
Ancre River
German U-boateam raider Triumph sunk three ships
Canadian Atlantic ports report a German U-boat seized the German trawler Triumph and fitted it with guns and crewed by sixteen. The raider has already sunk three vessels and is operating under German control.
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Triumph
Gun Duel With U Boat Ends In Drift Toward Port
A ship describes engaging a U boat at sea. The 400 foot vessel with 17 knot speed fires on the submarine as the narrator acts as spotter. After twenty six shots the U boat drifts broadside and the crew escapes to port, claiming a kill.
Freed After Hunger Strike By Suffragists In DC Jail
After six days on a hunger strike, 23 suffragists were released unconditionally from the District of Columbia Jail. Some were serving 11 day sentences. Liberated prisoners were moved to the National Woman's Party headquarters where a denunciation of Doctor Gannon, fifth physician, was issued regarding their treatment.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Lafayette Park
National Woman's Party
Gannon
Kaiser Karl Refuses Austrian Troops for Western Front
Zurich Aug 21 rumor says Emperor Karl refuses to send Austrian troops to the western front. Dispatches report an unconfirmed sighting of an Austrian division behind German lines on the west front. The claim notes 15 divisions were demanded.
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Vienna
Western Front
Zurich
Karl
Tanker Ablaze Off Atlantic Coast Reported Abandoned
A tanker enveloped in flames was seen off the American coast by a British steamer from South American ports. The crew was believed abandoned. The vessel was thought to be a U boat victim, though no submarine was sighted by the steamer.
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Atlantic
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