Allies Gain Ground In Soissons Salient Attacks
French American and British forces struck two sectors of the Soissons flank and captured high ground north of Grand Rozoy and Meunder Wood while pushing toward Chamery and Fismes. About 600 Germans were taken prisoner as allied lines stretched from Nesles to Ville-en-Tardenois with support from U S artillery and Scottish divisions.
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Grand Rozoy
Beugneux-Cierges
Meuniere Wood
Fere
St. Gemme
Chamery
U. S
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Soissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Nesles
Ville-en-Tardenois
Ourcq
Hartennes
Fismes
Plessier Hulen
Grand Rozey
London
Tagey
Buzanes
Fere-en-Tarevnois
Dulahy-le-Chateau
Official War Reports From Paris and London
Official French reports describe Allied advances north of the Oureq near Plessier Huleu and the river with 600 prisoners. British notes claim patrol captures near Morris and continued artillery activity. German dispatches report fierce fighting northwest of Fer en Tardenois with little else to report.
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Paris
Oureq
Plessier Huleu
Grand Rezcy
Rougueux
Cramoiselle
Cramaille
Cierges
Mueniere Wond
Dormans-Rheims
Romigny
London
Morris
Berlin
Feren-Tardenois
American French Relentless Push Westward Frontline Tactics
The machine guns, with heavier pieces, were active to curb an allied advance. An American and French assault aims northeast to outflank Meuniere woods and sever the blunt salient between Lemingny and Cierges. The salient grew sharper as Americans moved from Cierges toward Seringes.
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Meuniere
Lemingny
Cierges
Seringes
German Propaganda Now Tells of U. S. Casualties
Amsterdam reports semiofficial Wolf Bureau dispatches heavy losses suffered by American troops on the Marne front. A telegram dated Wednesday says a captured American prisoner on July 20 described the First Battalion of the Third regiment overwhelmed east of Chateau Thierry on July 17. July 30 saw reinforcements as the Second Battalion of the same regiment moved to a July 30 attack west of Meuniere wood with 140 casualties reported.
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Amsterdam
Wolf Bureau
Berlin
Marne
Aass
Tirth
Chateau Thierry
Meuniere Wood
Escaped Two Hun Torpedoes Off Sandy Hook
An Atlante Port dispatch reports an early morning encounter 110 miles off Sandy Hook with a submarine. An American steamer crew observed the U boat fire two torpedoes, both missing, the second only a few feet from the stern as the ship swung. Shots were fired from the afterdeck. some claim a hit but no proof.
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Atlante
Sandy Hook
Plot to aid Teuton admitted in German plot case
New York police and Justice Department agents arrested Hans Jacobson and Court Courant, both German born, on a charge of supplying German agents with aircraft stabilizer plans and specifications. They confessed to working through Capt. Kranz von Papen, with Courant having access to the plans from a plant that manufactured stabilizers. The trio allegedly provided Von Papen and others with information on steamers shipping stabilizers to France.
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New York
Sug. L
Hans Jacobson
Court Courant
Department of Justice
Charles F. de Woody
Bureau of Investigation
Kranz von Fapen
Courant
Allied advance overcomes German lines at Marne salient
Reports from London and Paris describe a renewed Allied drive along the Aisne Marne front with American center gains at Seringes and successful exploitation by British and French units. German retreats tighten as Paris confirms ground taken and 600 prisoners reported in one sector. Casualty lists are now to be published promptly from France.
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Battie
Po'dine
Chamery
Marne Ifront
Associated Press
Vesle
Aisne-Marne
Sergy
Quentin Roosevelt
Seringes
Baker
Aisne- Marne
Paris
Wesle
The
Curey
Chalmont Butte
War Department
London
Berlin
Iis
Rheims
France
Gen. Pershing
Draft age expansion intensifies pressure on Allies
London dispatch reports Lloyd George urging unity with Britain and America on postwar policies and raw materials control. He warns sterner terms for the enemy and notes practical postwar trade limits. Baker outlines a U.S. plan to expand the draft to 19–40 or similar, with Congress to decide final ages and numbers, aiming to mobilize millions for victory.
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Britain
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Baker
Dent
Senator Chamberlain
Fire Wrecks Paper Plant in New York
A fire at George H. Millar & Co. paper and twine manufacturers on Lafayette Street destroyed nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of paper stock. No injuries reported and cause not yet determined. The blaze raged today as firefighters battled the flames in the plant facility.
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New York
George H. Millar & Co
Lafayette Street
Rye Leads in Tennessee Senate Race
Incomplete returns from 25 counties, mainly in middle and west Tennessee, show Gov. Tom C. Rye ahead of John K. Shields by about 2,500 votes for the U.S. Senate. The governor’s race between Fase A. B. Roberts and Austin Peay is tight, with Roberts holding a slight lead.
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Nashville, Tenn
Middle
West
Tennessee
Tom C. Rye
John K. Shields
United States Senate
Fase A. B. Roberts
Austin Peay
Roberts
Civil War veteran recalls Grant’s stern command
A civil war veteran recounts a moment where Gen. Grant stood behind his troops and called out Casey for firing too many men, illustrating Grant’s firm leadership as soldiers prepared for battle and deployment overseas.
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Gen. Grant
Casey
Fresh Allied Reserves Surpass Kaiser’s For First Time
London reports that French forces captured bridging material north of the Marne after the German retreat. The article notes the Allies now hold a larger pool of fresh reserves than Germany for the first time since March 21, despite German overall numerical superiority on the front.
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London
Marne
Paris
Fall kills gas survivor during New York visit
Lieut John F Newton 25 from Sacramento California, on leave after being gassed at the front in France, fell from the sixth floor of an apartment house in New York today. He was visiting friends when he became dizzy and toppled into the courtyard. He served with the 117th engineers.
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New York
John F Newton
117Th Engineers
France
Newton
Sacramento
Cal
Charter of Hun Ships Is Halted
Santiago Chile August 1 Difficulties have arisen in chartering three interned German steamers the Memphis Alda and Westphalia arranged by Adolph Ortuzar who had contracted for the Memphis to ship saltpeter to Spain It was announced in April that negotiations had begun by Chile for leasing some German ships interned in Chilean harbors It was later understood Germany was ready to lease the ships to Chile only if used to carry cargoes to neutral ports In July the Chilean cabinet reportedly refused to ratify the negotiations.
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Santiago
Chile
Memphis
Alda
Westphalia
Adolph Ortuzar
Spain
Germany
Calls U-boats From Spain Intercepted Messages
Santander Spain Aug. Investigation disclosed that the German submarine 756 arrived under its own power and communicated with other U boats at sea. The Spanish government intercepted wireless messages from the 1754 after a French steamer was sunk. its crew were killed.
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Santander
Spain
Vommerder Heisser
Bulgarian Typhoid Fears Strike King Ferdinand
Travelers report a major typhoid outbreak in the Bulgarian army and at Sofia with thousands of casualties. Medical services are said to have collapsed as two outbreaks reach the royal palace prompting King Ferdinand to depart Sofia for Amsterdam.
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London
Bulgaria
Amsterdam
Hachinge Telegraph Company
Sofia
Sefia
Ferdinand
Royal
Allies Ready to Act in Siberia and Asia
Allied leaders push for swift action in Siberia with France Britain and Italy backing a mixed expedition to Vladivostok. Japan seeks command of the force and a guarantee of allied aid while the United States avoids explicit consent. Western powers stockpile weapons and supplies in Vladivostok and Tientsin as negotiations hinge on who leads and how much Japan supplies.
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United States
Ryley Grannon
Siberia
Vladivostok
Japan
England
France
Italy
Taetziche
Siberian
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Chiliabinsk
Aussia
Allied War Council
Great Britain
Russia
America
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Marne Front
Official War Reports
Champagne
Teuton
von Papen
Marne Salient
Pershing
Premier
National Union of Manufacturers
League of Nations
Amhrica
Agessen
Fie
Andrew’ Bonar Law
Exchequer
Congress
Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
Senate
House
Mr. Baker
Secretary Baker
Crowder
RYE
Shields
Adv
Kaiser
the Sunday Post
Magazine OF Fiction
Jack London
Jergy
Mrs
Jacques Futrelle
Ruthers
Clara E. Laughlin
Peter Moore
Cate
Wainwright and the
Sutile Gods’’ By
Margaret Cameron
Francis Lynde
Liberia
Tienntsin
Tientsin
Washington
Tokyo
Lima
Peru
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