Allies Drive in Aisne Salient Near Fismes and Reims
French American and British forces push along the Alsne Marne front with advances toward Fere en Tardenois, Fismes, and Reims pocket. German positions shrink as entente guns shell key towns and a potential trap for the crown prince's army forms.
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Pere-en-Tardenais
Soissons-Reims
Fere-en-Tardenois
Gueux
Mery V Premecy
Relius
Reims
Fisines
Fismes
Veste
Cineux
Mery-Premecy
Fismes- Vargny
Soissons
Encore Allies
Franco American Troops Advance in Forest de Riz Region
Reports say several fires burn as Franco American units push rightward to Forest de Riz. American forces progress with advances against two towns, with names withheld until later communiques. German machine gun nests were found in a large church area, while allies seize a strong farm position in Forest de Fere.
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Forest de Riz
Paeach
Forest de Fere
Casualties in Today's List
Washington July 26 188 American expeditionary forces casualties announced by the war department include 32 killed in action 6 died of wounds 3 from disease 3 from accident and other causes 12 severely wounded 1 slightly wounded 16 wounded undetermined 2 missing 2 imprisoned. Marines attached to the American expeditionary forces report 64 casualties with 20 killed in action 8 died of wounds 38 severely wounded and 3 missing in action.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps Headquarters
Stettinius to Tour Front and Allied Forces
Paris July 26 Edward R R Stettinius second assistant secretary of war of the United States will join the interallied munition council. He will inspect the American front visit French and British armies and possibly the Italian front. Accompanying him are Samuel L Felton W S Gilford and Charles Day of the Emergency Meet Corp.
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Paris
Edward RR. Stettinius
United States
Samuel L. Felton
W. S. Gilford
Council of National Defense
Charlies
Emergency Meet Corporation
Tokio Press Banned From Mentioning Siberian Troop Movements
A Tokyo dispatch reports the Tokyo press is forbidden to mention any troop movements toward Siberia. The order suppresses references to military mobilization and follows secrecy directives issued in the city.
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Tokio
London
Siberia
Allied Sub Fires On American Vessel By Mistake
An American submarine was fired upon off the New England coast by an armed vessel believed to be an Allied transport. One shell penetrated the hull but did not explode. no injuries or major damage occurred and the sub reached port under its own power. A formal notice later named James Keeley as special representative for foreign educational work with offices in London and Paris.
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Washington
North Atlantic
New England
Navy Department
United States
Poormal
James Keeley
The
Chicago Herald
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Keeley
London
Paris
Allies Push Desperate Counter Stroke Near Soissons and Reims
Washington reports a continuation of the Allied counter stroke with American and French troops driving south of Soissons and Franco British Italian forces advancing near Reims. The race against German forces under Boehm centers on the Marne salient as Germans risk capture and supply routes are disrupted.
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Washington
Soissons
Reims
Marne
Wrigny Wood
German Austrian Offensives Target Italy and Albania
March reports indicate a new German Austrian army will be formed for an offensive against Italy with German troops arriving in Austria. Rome says Austrian command will curb French and Italian advances near Berat after Albanian front victories influence Slav and Balkan populations.
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Oureq
Bazoches
Veste
Italy
Austria
Rome
Berat
Albania
Venna
War Tax Bill Under Preparation in Ways and Means
The Ways and Means Committee plans to report an $8 billion revenue bill by August 26 ahead of reconvening on August 19. Leaders expect House passage before September 10, with focus on raising about $3.2 billion from excess profits tax. committee discussed rates but no agreement reached. Senator King asks Baker to name army officers with government-contract ties. A submarine launch at Fore River plant ends with a late-summer setback.
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Washington
Kitchin
House
Ways and T Means
Congress
Ways and Means
King
Utah
Baker
Senate
United States
Senators Reject Kaiser Peace Plea Amid War Struggles
In Washington on July 26, Senators denounced Germanys peace offers as a tactic to delay total victory. Democratic Whip Lewis warned against German propaganda while Sherman urged defeating Germany outright. The talks touched on potential peace avenues via Italy and concerns over strikes and production slowdowns.
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Senate
Germany
Lewis
Miners
Russia
Ust
America
Kaiser
Wiliam
Sherman
Illinois
Far East
Italy
Belgium
Rommania
Serbia
Great Britain
France
Baron von Husarek Named Austrian Premier
Vienna July 26 Baron von Husarek former minister of education appointed to the Austrian premiership succeeding Dr von Seydler whose cabinet resigned recently The chamber of deputies rejected a Czech impeachment resolution against Von Seydler and Count von Toggenburg with a 215 to 162 vote
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Vienna
Fire Devastates Forest Park Amusement Grounds
A massive blaze struck Forest Park in Chicago early today, destroying nearly twenty structures and concessions. Fire crews from three villages battled the flames as losses reached about 250000 dollars and the grounds were partially wiped out.
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Chicago
Forest Park
Kaiser Calls Rulers for Big War Conference
Berliner Tageblatt reports a grand council of war to include German sovereigns and military chiefs, noting German censorship of French communiqués and warning against underestimating American infantry. Frankfurter Zeitung critic argues Foch’s plan counters German strategy at Reims.
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Berne
Berliner Tageblatt
French War Office
The
Hague
Foch
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reims
Hindenburg
Arthur Empey Discharged From Army as Captain
Arthur Guy Empey, author and soldier, recently commissioned a captain in the national army and assigned to the adjutant general's corps, was honorably discharged. No reason was stated.
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Washington
Arthur Guy Empey
National Army
Adjutant General's Corps
German Lines Could Fall At Any Moment Positions
German lines endure heavy pressure as Allied advances threaten breaches along multiple sectors. Front reports indicate tense standoffs with fortifications holding, yet the pace of gains suggests decisive action could occur soon.
Pocket Is Closing in Marne Salient
Special to The Evening Journal reports Allied forces in France tightening control of the Marne pocket. French and Allied flanks have pressed forward, severing communications to German supply bases to the north and indicating the German position may fall at any moment.
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France
Marne Salient
French Capture Oulchy le Chateau and Montoire in WWII Drive
Paris reports Oulchy le Chateau the key German supply center near Fere En Tardenois has fallen to French forces. The village of Montoire was also taken, giving Allied guns a clear sweep over Fere En Tardenois and its German supply base.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Oulchy le Chateau
Fere En Tardenois
Marne Salient
Montoire
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Salient
Wilson Denounces Lynchings as German Influence
President Wilson issues an appeal to stop lynchings in the United States and says the mob actions imitate German practices. The remark, reported from Washington on July 26, frames lynching as un American and counter to wartime values.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
300000 to Join Big Strike
London reports show 162000 munitions workers involved in the strike movement with Sheffield quitters increasing concern. The trades union advisory committee met with Churchill on munition issues as the war cabinet contemplates drafting strikers of military age if the stoppage persists. Leeds delegates totaling about 100000 agreed to cease work Tuesday without embargo removal.
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London
Evening News
Exchange Telegraph
Sheffield
Trades Union Advisory Committee
Churchill
War Cabinet
Engineering and Allied Trades
Leeds
Bolshevik Government Calls Allied Landing on Murman Coast War Act
A Moscow dispatch to Lokal Anzeiger says the Bolshevik government regards the Entente troop landings on the Murman coast as a declaration of war and promises counter-measures. The report notes Berlin's paper as the source.
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Arctic
Berlin
Amsterdam
Boloshevik
Moscow
Lokal Anzeiger
Murman
Ward destroyer sets new record at Mare Island yard
Washington reports a new world record in destroyer construction at Mare Island California in the commissioning of the Ward thirteen days after keel laying and seventeen and a half days after first plate was laid. The Ward was launched within fifty days of keel laying, far faster than the former two year national standard.
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Washington
Mare Island
California) Navy Yard
Navy Department
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Lardenois
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Soelssons
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Mass
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England
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Battle of the Marne
Empey Out OF
Oulchy
Man Supply Base
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