Huns Counter Heavily French in Major World Drive
Allied forces press the German line along the Soissons Reims arc as French and American troops push toward Fere en Tardenois and Vesle. German rear guards withdraw in an orderly retreat, with pockets remaining along Ville en Tardenois and surrounding sectors.
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Firomly
Gureq
Vismes
Vesie
Soissons
Qoureq
Grand Rozey
Buzaney
Reims
Mont Sans Nom
Chambercy
Ville-en-Tardenois
Saint Gemme
Oureq
Vesle
Fere-en-Tardenois
Reims-Soissons
Bligny
Chambrecy
Ville-en- Tardenois
Villers-Agron-Alguizy
Saint Germmy
Labrillerie
Roncheres
Clerges
Sergy
Meurey Farm
Givray
Wales
Grand Ruzoy
Allied gains from German retreat hinge on key Paris line
The narrative notes that the German retirement along the north front reaches Fere-en-Turdenois and emphasizes the restoration to Allied use of the Paris-Chateau Thierry-Chalons railway. This railway is deemed crucial for supplying the Champagne front and shaping future military developments.
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Soissons
Fere-en-Turdenois
Paris-Chateau Thierry-Chalons
Champagne
Wilson as Arbiter on Erin Irish Question Debate
London July 30. John Dillon proposed referring the Ireland question to President Wilson. Edward Shortt said Britain must act firmly in Ireland due to a hidden military system in the southwest. Instructions targeted railways bridges and communications. explosives were secretly imported. Asquith urged the government to seek a settlement despite the hour.
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London
Horse of Commons
Ireland
John Dillon
Wilson
Dillon
Edward Shortt
Herbert H. Asquith
Maxim unveils 9500 ton ship to withstand torpedoes
Baltimore July 50 Hudson Maxim inventor of smokeless powder says he completed drawings for a 9500 ton ship he believes no German torpedo can sink. The Emergency Shipbuilding corporation has accepted the plans and construction will begin at once. Bread strikes reported in parts of Austria and Germany.
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Taltimore
Germany
Berne
Austria
Pacifist Allinson Sentenced to Fifteen Years Hard Labor
Brent Dow Allinson poet and conscientious objector was given fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor by a military court martial in Rockford Illinois for desertion. The sentence may include dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay with possible transfer to Fort Leavenworth. Critics note his publicity driven defiance of draft and army authority.
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Brent Dow
Rockford
Brent Dow Allinson
Allinson
Fort Leavenworth Federal Prison
Washington
Allingon
Mariel Odile
Loro
T. W. Allinson
Henry Booth Settlement House
Americans Repel German Fourth Division in Two Mile Front
Allied forces, including Americans, halt a major German counterattack between Nesle and Sergy after a heavy bombardment. The Prussian Guards suffer heavy losses as U S machine gunners cripple German push. Sergy remains in Allied hands amid ongoing fighting near Fere en Tardenois and Seringes. The German crown prince retreats toward the Crise and Aisne as lines shift toward Ardre.
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France
Nesle
Sergy
Fere-en- Tardenois
Germany
United States
Seringes
Fere-en
Allies Push Through Fere-en-Tardenois After Gas Attacks
French and American forces cleared Fere-en-Tardenois and moved northeast crossing the Oureq after facing heavy machine gun defenses at Croix Rouge farm and Oureg. They pressed forward in a brutal fight with hand to hand combat as gas shells rained on the Marne and Ardre valleys.
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Paris
Soissons-Reims
War Office
Fere-en-Tardenois
Aisne
Crise
Veste
Une
Ardre
Reims
Clizy-et- Violaine
Ris
Champ Voisy
Oureg
Croix Rouge Farm
Pere-en-Tardenois
Oureq
Boncheres
Villers-Agron
Uine
Artilleries
Salient
Marne
Teutons and Turks Have Played Quits
London reports relations between Germany and Turkey severed by Constantinople information. France dispatch notes King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abroad for health. Bulgarian elite say war weariness grows. Defection of Turkey would end Germany’s Mittel-Europa plan and remove the sultan’s threat to Egypt and India.
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Bulgaria
London
Germany
Turkey
Constantinople
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegrap Company
Washington
France
Ferdinand
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Egypt
Lodia
French report lauds American division at Chateau Thierry
An official French report praises the American Twenty sixth division largely from Massachusetts for four and a half miles of gains July 18 to 25 near Chateau Thierry. It notes a bold flanking move on July 20, capturing cannons, prisoners, and terrain despite heavy German fire, and commends American tenacity and coordination with French command.
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Washington
New England
Massachusetts
Chateau Thierry
Monthieres
T Perret
Gonettrie Farm
Laval-Mardier
Fere
Fere-en-Tardenois
Jaulgonne
United States
France
Rationing Begins August 1 for Oil Sugar Bread and More
On July 30 the authorities announce oil and sugar will be rationed starting August 1 with customer registration at shops. Bread macaroni rice and charcoal are already under rationing.
Russ people call for uncle of czar
Amsterdam July 30 Monarchist congress at Kiev plans centers across Russia to restore the imperial regime and reunite Ukraine with Great Russia under Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaeviteh. Reports say Black Hundred activity is rising as crowds mourn the former emperor with crosses of St. George draped in crape. Bloody fighting follows a mass in Kiev as monarchists clash with Bolsheviks.
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Amsterdam
Kiev
Russia
Ukraine
Great Russia
Nicholas Nicholaiviteh
Black Hundred
St. George
Nicholas
Consider Tax on Luxuries in Revenue Bill
Washington July 30 The house ways and means committee drafts an $8.9 billion revenue bill proposing a tax on luxuries. Increased rates on personal and corporate incomes and excess profits are set, with treasury estimates placing luxury tax revenue at about $2 billion.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Seventy-One Divisions in the Movement Reported
American troops are forced from Cierges and Beug Neun positions as French forces continue gains. The report notes a broad deployment and shifting frontline positions with ongoing operations in the area.
Von Mackenson Seized Command In German Front
Paris reports German counterattacks across the whole front with American forces pushed from Cherges and Beugneux. French gains north of the Oureq continue as Ludendorff is replaced by von Mackenson amid intensified fighting and reinforcements to halt Allied advances in the Rheims-Soissons salient.
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Journal
Paris
Cherges
Beugneux
Oureq
von Mackenson
Ludendorff
Rheims-Soissons Salient
Speed Draft Training Plan Aims to Save Time and Money
The National Security League will launch training for the draft with 281 branches nationwide. Provost Marshal General Crowder and Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell back the plan run by a committee on preliminary training draft. Retired officers teach tactics while clergy and physicians address morality and health. Armories parks and playgrounds will host classes.
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New York
National Security League
League
General Crowder
J. Franklin Bell
Marines kill Haiti bandits in Santo Domingo
Three clashes between U S marines and Dominican and Haitian bandits in Santo Domingo reported to the navy department. One marine corporal and two privates were slightly wounded. About twenty bandits were killed, several wounded and others captured.
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Washington
United States
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Allied ships sink 25 U boats in month record
An officer of senior rank in the royal naval reserve said allied warships and destroyers sunk 25 U boats between June 15 and July 15. He arrived at an Atlantic port en route to Japan after two years in the North Sea and called it the best monthly record since submarine menace began.
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New York
Royal Naval Reserve
Atlantic
Japan
North Sea
American Warships Based On This Side Increasing Quickly
London July 80 Sir Brie Geddes first lord of the admiralty told the American Luncheon club that more than 20 American warships are based on this side and that Roosevelt, American assistant secretary of the navy, assured this number will rise faster in the future than in the past.
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London
Brie Geddes
The
Admiralty
Lucheon Club
Roosevelt
Coventry Strike Mass Meeting Resumes Work Immediately
In Coventry on July 30 a mass meeting of munition plant strikers voted to resume work at once. The decision followed union discussions and the workforce returning to assignments.
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Coventry
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