British Breakthrough on Ten Mile Front in Gray Morning
British forces under General Byng launch a pre dawn assault from the Ancre to Moyenneville advancing two to three miles with heavy tanks amid mist and smoke. Prisoners number around 200 from German divisions, with guns captured as the Dranoutre ridge front comes under attack. Also Beatrice Duke of Newark pleads guilty to wearing US Army officer uniform and is sentenced to 20 days.
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London
Ancre
Moyenneville
Haig
Courceies
Achiet-le- Petit
Moyenville
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Ancreg River
Third Army
Byng
Achiet-le-Petit
Achiette-Grand
France
Adinfer and
Puisieux-au-Mont
Arras
Albert
Beaucourt
Dranoutre Ridge
Koudekot
Locus Hospice
Second Guards
Downing
Hartford
Conn
Beatrice Duke
Newark
N. J
United States District Court
United States Army
Allied gains shorten French battle line by fifty miles
Washington reports that allied successes last month reduced the front from Reims to the North Sea by more than 50 miles. General March notes the line now runs under 200 miles from 250, and lists 82 American divisions arriving in France. The named units include the First through Ninthty-third divisions with many in between.
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Washington
France
Reims
North Sea
March
Use of sugar in army vast
Washington reports massive government food purchases for troops in cantonments and in France. Since last September the army food administration has bought 225 million pounds of sugar and 75 million cans of tomatoes.
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Food Administration
Washington
France
British ship losses in July totals in July report
British shipping losses in July reached 176 479 tons with allies and neutrals adding 136 532 tons. British losses exceeded new construction by 84 531 tons as 7 718 898 tons of vessels sailed from British ports in July.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
Brish
Big Guns of U. S. Hammer Hun Line
On the Vesle front and in the Woevre sector American patrols fought German units in strong efforts. Lieut. Robert Z. Cates of Spartanshuro, 8 C., credited with destroying a Fokker. The Tour front saw a German raid repulsed by counter barrages and rifle fire. No American casualties reported.
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Rivne-Vesle
Vesle Front
Robert Z. Cates
Spartanshuro
8. C
France
Woevre
Tour
First Act of Jap General Reviews US Troops in Vladivostok
General Otani, head of the allied forces in Siberia, arrives in Vladivostok and plans to review American soldiers landed there as his first official act. Czecho Slovak leaders depart Vladivostok for Washington and Tokyo to press for more aid to Siberia.
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London
Otani
Siberia
Vladivostok
Japan
Daily Mail
Washington
Tokyo
Lassigny Captured as French Drive on Oise-Aisne Front
Paris reports Lassigny fell to French forces with Mangin and Foelv's units pushing from Vinmorez toward Chiry-Ourscamps. Sempigny already lost, Noyon base endangered. several villages liberated and eight kilometers gained at some points. On the right wing near Soissons, French reach high ground north of the Aisne with more prisoners taken.
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Oise-Aisne
Paris
Ine
Soissons
Aisne
Matz
Oise
Noyon
Coucy-le Chateau
Camelin-e dle-Fresne
Bierancourt
St. Aubin
France
The
Laval
Pommiers
Mangin
Revenue Bill Advances As House Adopts War Tax Plan
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee near completion of the 8 billion dollar revenue bill adopting a McAdoo style 50 percent war profits tax with a flat 10 percent exemption. Excess profits tax rates rise from 35 percent for 8-15 percent profits to 70 percent above 20 percent. The taxes are made alternative and the treasury to choose the higher yield in each case. The schedule is tentative pending final bill incorporation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Commlttee
Treasury
Executed Russian Officers Reported by Moscow Letter
Amsterdam dispatch notes that among 15 000 officers arrested in Moscow some hundreds were shot. A August 14 letter by Dr Alfons Paquet, printed in the Frankfurter Zeitung, says officers who renounced citizenship and took German or Polish passes were released on German consul request while the rest were sent to a concentration camp with artillery. The prisoners included many former generals and colonels and faced brutal conditions.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Alfons Paquet
Frankfort Zeitung
Montanan Sunk By Torpedo Off Foreign Waters
The Montanan a 6690 gross ton American cargo steamer serving the army quartermaster was torpedoed and sunk on August 16 in foreign waters with eighty-one survivors and five missing including three civilians and two naval armed guards. Navy officials expect the German raider Triumph to be captured or destroyed, as patrols and guards tighten around the Grand Banks fishing region.
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Washington
Naval Armed Guard
Navy
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Navy Department
David W. Johnson
Chester C. Eldridge
Triumph
Grand Banks
Coast Guard
Department
Raider Sinks Schooners Off Nova Scotia Coast
Admiral Benson reports a German crewed raider on the Nova Scotia coast offloading bombs from the Triumph. Vessels sunk include Una P Sanders EB Platt Andrew Francis J O Hara and Lucille Schnare with crews evacuated and photographed aboard the submarine.
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Una P. Sanders
Lunenburg
EB. Platt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Francis J. O'Hara
Boston
Lucille Schnare
Wallace Bruce
E. Pratt Andrew
Triumph
Una P. Saunders
Myhre
Trimoaph
Germanus
COLYN CHOSEN DUTCH PREMIER BY QUEEN WILHELMINA
London reports former war minister Colyn will become Dutch premier after Nolens and de Soveral Lohman failed to form a cabinet. Queen Wilhelmina summoned Colyn to Hetloo for final approval amid government turmoil. Four deserters from the U S army receive five years hard labor each at Leavenworth.
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Wilhelmina
London
Jonkheer Colyn
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nolens
de Sovernin Lohman
Colyn
Hetloo
Little Rock
Ark
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kaw
Jesse F. Blakely
C. C. Blake
Ir. Lea T. Martin
John W. Penrod
Kaiser Fears Revolt by Own People Across Germany
A captured secret German order shows General Ludendorff mobilizing officers and agencies to stamp out a rumored postwar revolt. It cites reports from Westphalia of soldiers returning home with weapons and urges searches and swift action by superiors to suppress dissent and secure travel and railway operations.
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France
Germany
Ludendorff
Prussian Ministry of War
Rhenish Westphalia
Req
British Hit Huns Again In New Drive
British forces launch another offensive against the Hun with renewed pressure and gains reported today. Allied units push forward securing positions and advancing on strategic targets amid ongoing operations.
French Make Gains In Twenty Mile Front
British forces renew a major offensive between the Somme and Ancre rivers with strong pressure north east of Merhille and the village of Neuf Berquin. About 3000 German troops were taken on Wednesday, and Allied losses are not yet known. An estimated 100000 German prisoners have been captured since July 18.
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Evening Journal
London
Somme
Ancre
Haig
Merhille
Neuf Berquin
Germans Force Back On Twenty Mile Front Near Lassigny
Special dispatch reports German forces forced back along a twenty mile front from the Lassigny positions to the Ailette river. The German hold on Lassigny is said to be greatly strengthened despite the advance of Allied troops.
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Paris
Lassigny
Ailette
German Army Orders Condemn Brutal Conduct and Investigations
Disclosed German directives demand enforcement of discipline even by force and extreme measures, including shooting, to compel obedience. A separate captured order condemns a German air attack where a German crew shot down a manned craft by mistake and then boarded the occupants, deeming the act unworthy of the German army.
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Cers
German daily argues American army could not reach 800000 in a month
Amsterdam reports Cologne Zeitung countersBlume and Liebert by citing statistics to calm fears of a large American troop surge. The article claims 40 ships sunk already and argues that initial manpower includes regulars plus 40000 adventurous volunteers, with future contingents from New England.
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Amsterdam
Blume
Liebert
Cologne Zeitung
The
Zeitung
America
Europe
New Kingland States
France Boosts Athletics in Army Training
Paris reports the French war ministry orders baseball as part of general army training. General Vinal requests Johnny Evers of Cubs and Braves fame to lead the corps in athletic instruction, and Evers departs with two well known ballplayers for the mission.
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Paris
French War Ministry
Vinal
Johnny Evers
Cubs
Braves
Evers
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Tanke
BIG Guns OF
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Hammer Hun Line
U. S. Vesle Line
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Yankees
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Foch
McAdoo and Kitchin
Kaiser
Nova Scotia
Benson
Canadian Atlantic
Lassigny Posi
HMS
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