Pershing Force Surges Through Forest to Front Near Fere
Paris dispatch reports Franco American troops broke through the Forest of Fere and moved within six kilometers of Fere en Tardenois. Allied forces repelled German counterattacks along the Mezy to Fere line as battles raged north of the Marne and on the Oureq front. The tally includes 700 prisoners taken in the Villemonttoire region and Oulehyde Chateau area, with 1,100 prisoners and 200 machine guns captured overall in champagne theater.
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Franquet Farm
Aisne-Marne
Marne
Oureq
Reims
Reuil
Savarges
Binson Orquigny
Villers Sous-Chatilion
Villemonttiere
Oulehyde-Chateau
Champagne
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Soualn
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Maassiges
Foch
Besuvardes
le Charmel
Pershing
Oulchy
Lact
France
Oulchyte-Chateau
Furether
Villemontoire
Cauvertis
Kelis
General Gouraud recovers posts as German advance stalls
Reports describe Allied forces under General Gouraud regaining most advanced positions abandoned July 14 as German assault wanes. Main de Massiges, eastern German front, returns to Allied control amid heavy German casualties. Washington notes Foch will rush hundreds of thousands of American troops to France, aiming for a summer autumn counteroffensive.
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Gouraud
Washington
Marne
Foch
France
National Army
Belgium
War Department
Fast Mail Herald Suspends Publication During War
East Moline paper the Fast Mo line Herald stops printing as many staff and crew join the war effort. The paper, founded fourteen years ago, will resume after the war, due to widespread staff shortages and production difficulties.
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Moline, IN
Moline Herald
Herald
Allied leaders honor Hoover amid war food pledge and ship needs
Premier Lloyd George lauded Herbert Hoover at a dinner honoring him for feeding Europe, noting America’s triumph in saving millions from want. He warned the allies face shipping limits as American troops grow and demand for tonnage to carry provisions and vessels increases.
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Ooter
Victor Boret
Silvio Crespi
Lloyd George
Hoover
America
Great Britain
Germany
Battefield
American Republic
Kent
Wilson Calls for End to Lynchings Across Nation
President Wilson denounces mob rule and pledges to defend democracy as lynchings target pro German suspects. He warns that any who countenance mobs betray the United States and imitate German behavior, urging governors and citizens to stop this disgraceful evil.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Robert B. Praeger
Collinsville
Tfl
America
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Roumanian King Orders Land Divisions Among Peasants
Jassy dispatch reports King Ferdinand orders apportionment of land to peasants under the 1917 law, promising division of vast estates among those occupying them in Romania.
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London
Roumanian Press Bureau
Jassy
Ferdinand
Ukrainians Defeat Germans and Rise in Russia Crisis
A July dispatch from Moscow reports a large peasant rebellion in Ukraine led by about 75,000 armed peasants advancing on German forces toward Kiev. In White Russia peasant riots increase with German deaths, while Lenine warns that world support is needed for the revolution. Simbirsk falls to Czecho-Slovak troops as the Turkmen Republic proclaims alliance with Russia.
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Kaiser
Kiev
Russia
Washington
Vologda
Moscow
State Department
Ambbassador Francis
London
Ukraine
White Russia
Stockholm
Amsterdam
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Bertin
Soviet Republi
Germany
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Simbirsk
Volga
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Samara
Turkestan Republic
British strike threat from Lloyd George stance on absent workers
London July 27 Premier Lloyd George warned that workers absent from munitions factories on or after Monday will be treated as having placed themselves outside the munitions industry. Protection certificates would expire and such men would be liable under the military service act.
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London
Lloyd George
U S Fatality Rate Remarkably Low
Gen March touts low death rates among American expeditionary forces in World War I. Secretary Baker and March report eight per thousand killed in battle and equal deaths from disease, saying this is the lowest rate in world history. German losses are not estimated.
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Washington
Soissons-Reims Salient
House Miilitary Committee
Baker
General March
Marek
Aviator Killed in Curtiss Plane Crash at Buffalo Field
Buffalo july 27 J Lawrence Dunham pilot from Brockville Ontario died when a Curtiss aircraft fell from about 1000 feet at the Curtiss flying field James Ralph Doolittle residing at the University club in the city was probably fatally injured in the same crash with the machine going wrong high in the air and crashing to the ground
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. Lawrence Dunham
Brockville
Ont
James Ralph Doolittle
University Club
Curtiss Flying Field
Supplies From Far East Intensify Global Tensions
A distant supply line crisis sparks warnings that nations are in an ugly mood as governments scramble resources from the Far East. Officials caution that shortages and diplomatic strains could reshape trade and security priorities worldwide.
Yanks in Italy Join Italian Army Front Service
A dispatch from the west reports Germany and Russia clashing over supplies. Food in occupied areas is scarce and even German sympathizers in Russia hesitate to surrender provisions, risking Russian starvation.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Allied troops begin arriving in Italy to join fronts
General March announces that trained American combat troops have started to arrive in Italy. The move integrates French English Russian and American forces with Italian units on the Alps front and ties Italian troops to other nationalities on the west front and in the Balkans, boosting morale across armies.
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Washington, BD. C
March
America
Italy
Alps
West Front
Balkans
Franco American Army Drives Huns from Woods Near Chateau Thierry
The Franco American army northeast of Chateau Thierry reports driving the German forces out of the wooded area they had used to cover the retirement of their main army from the Soissons Rheims salient. The woods provided a defense for the enemy as they withdrew.
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France
Chateau- Thierry
Soissons-Rheims
Indicts 21 in Beef Theft Ring
Twenty one individuals including butchers purchasing agents and truck drivers were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on conspiring to embezzle and dispose of beef sent to the United States army. The Western Union Telegraph Company was also indicted for mailing related messages.
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New York
United States Army
United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Germans compliment Fech as able leader
German military commentators praise Allied commander General Fech, after admitting his successes. The Vosische Zeitung of Berlin calls him an able leader, noting the shift in German public reportage since the gains abroad.
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Amsterdam
Fech
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Hin
Zeppelin Falls in Flames Near Batheim
A zeppelin crashed in flames near Batheim close to the Holland frontier as reported by Central News from Amsterdam. The incident occurred July 27 and involved this airship’s destruction along the German frontier.
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London
Batheim
Amsterdam
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