Allies Sweep Huns in Picardy Take 17000 Prisoners and 300 Guns
Allied forces advance in Picardy and Somme regions report 17,000 German prisoners and nearly 300 guns captured. Beaucourt and Le Quesnel fall as British and French troops press the Amiens Somme line and rout German forces toward southeast of Amiens. Armored cars and tanks disrupt supply, while prisoners and matériel flood the advance.
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Picardy
London
Somme-Ancre
Amiens
Haig
Pierrepont
Arvillers
Rosieres
Rainecourt
Mercourt
Beaucourt
la Quesnil
Somme
Berlin
Avre
Morcourt-Harbounnieres - Caix - Fresmoy -Contoire
France
Associated Press
Somme River
Jeree
Paris
Contour
Hangest-en-Santerre
Hangest
Chaulnes
Nesses
Ham
Roye
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Paris-Amiens
Paris- Verdun
Marne
Roye and
Perronne
British and French advance on the Somme fronts
In official reports the British and French forces push forward along the Somme front near Hangest and Arvillers, capturing villages and expanding the rail line’s freedom for Allied use. Canadian troops seize Warvillers and joint operations cut off a large German force while fighting around Chipilly and Chaulnes.
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London
Montreal
Somme
Two Airmen Drown in Colon Bay Plane Crash
First Lieutenant Thomas R. Evans of Santa Cruz California and Corporal George D. Sensey of Ridgefield Park New Jersey were killed when their aircraft crashed into Colon Bay. The plane sank in forty feet of water trapping the men inside the wreckage and they drowned.
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Colon
Aug
Thomas R. Evans
Santa Cruz
Cal
George D. Sensey
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Colon Bay
Victory Near Vesle As Yankees Cross River at Fismes
Reports from Paria and Paris detail American forces crossing the Vesle at Barochees and near Fismes, taking prisoners and pushing toward the Rheims Soissons highway. Germans defend from caves and trenches on Vesle heights as Fourth Guard and Crown Prince Rupprecht divisions bolster resistance.
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Paria
Hawassee
Fismette
Vesle
Rheims- Soissons
Fismes
Alsne
Vesle Heights
Germans in Fismes Sector Use Red Cross Gear and Tree Guns
Reports describe Germans in the Fismes area using Red Cross brass and manning machine guns from trees. When approached by Americans the soldiers allegedly cry kamerad, then dive and are met by bayonets. A torpedo struck a Dutch ship.
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Mnes
Fismes
Red Cross Brassaré
Twan
Dutch Ship Koningen Regentes Sunk by Torpedo Denial
Amsterdam reports the Dutch cross-channel steamer Koningen Regentes was struck by a torpedo in June and sunk off the English coast. No torpedo parts were recovered, so nationality of the attacking submarine remains unproven. The captain claimed torpedoing, sparking Dutch anger toward Germany, which Berlin denied. British admiralty also rejected the British blame charge.
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Amsterdam
Dutch Shipping Council
North Sea
Holland
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
SINK ANOTHER AT GAPE SHELLED TWO SHIPS AT ONCE
Survivors from the Stanley L. Seaman report a German U boat torpedoed and sunk the schooner 110 miles east of Cape Hatteras on August 5. Captain McAloney and eight crewmen survived three days in the Gulf Stream after launching from the wreck. The U-132 fired with bombs, looted the ship, and sank it while communicating in English. Other vessels, including the Merak and a lumber schooner, were sighted in subsequent German attacks near the Diamond Shoals lightship. A coaster named the Hollet was said to be afloat but damaged. a Canadian report described the Hollet as beached and salvageable.
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Newport News
Stanley L. Seaman
Crowell & Thurlow
Boston
Cape Hatteras
W. C. McAloney
Gulf Stream
McAloney
New York
Diamond Shoals
North Carolina
Atlantic
Hoilett
Canadian Atlantic
Newfoundland
Gladya M. Hollet
War Department to Study Draft Dependency Rules in Marriage Context
Secretary Baker signaled possible automatic deferred classification for married men under a broadened draft law extending ages to 46. The plan would modify dependency rulings, reduce compulsory self declaration, and avoid wholesale family disruption while preparing a manpower bill for early Congress consideration.
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Washington Post Co
Baker
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Wife of Polish Officer Held for Further Examination
New York report says Countess Sonia Szaniawska, believed wife of a Polish officer in France, was taken to the enemy alien bureau for questioning and detention. She is alleged to have connections with Hungarian groups under suspicion, including Julius Firnitzer, former president of the Trans Atlantic Trust Company. Born in Galicia in 1888, she came to America in 1915 after first marrying Zackowna. after his death she wed Count Szaniawska.
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New York
Sonia Szaniawska
France
Wile
Julius Firnitzer
Trans-Atlantic Trust Company
Pirnitzer
Galicia
Zackowna
Ssanlawaka
Belt Clew In Murder New Theory As To Slayer
The belt used to kill 15 year old Eva Hoy at Burke Station Virginia may exonerate Lou Hall a married man held in Fairfax county jail while authorities seek the real killer. Hall’s belt does not fit him or belong to Eva and Sheriff J R Allison investigates Mrs Hall wardrobe for matching belt clues. Sheriff suspects a possible stranger or recent escapee linked to the case. Another arrest warrant for Wilbur Wooster a 17 year old negro youth for attacking a negro girl may influence the Roy murder case.
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Eva Hoy
Burke Station
Lou Hall
Hall
Peter Roy
Fairfax County
J. R. Allison
Allison
Occoquan
Wilbur Wooster
Roy
Flanders Retreat Begun by Germans
Allied war office reports German forces evacuating positions in the Lys valley on the Flanders front. British troops now hold Locon Le Cornet Hale Quentin Le Petit Paict and Lesart. North of Kemmel the British executed a local operation advancing the line on a stretch of over 1000 yards.
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Chauines
Chipilly
Somme
Chaulnes
Lonnon
Ine Wrermanga
Lys
Flandera
War Office
Locon
le Cornet Hale
Quentin
le Petit Paiciut
Lesart
Kemmel
French protest over Chinese appointment to Vatican
The French government objects to a Chinese minister at the Vatican and a papal nuncio in Pekin, arguing it violates the Tien-Tsin treaty of 1858 that recognizes a French rectorate over Chinese Catholics. Rome reported July 10 that China wished to establish diplomatic ties with the Holy See and the pope approved the appoint ment of Tal Tohets-Linae to the Holy See.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Vatican
China
Rome
Tal, Tohets-Linae Myster
Holy See
French Mosquito Tank Leads War Effort In Marne Drive
Renault built agile six ton tanks dubbed mosquito ones, crossing trenches with a tail to drag over ditches. Each two man unit moves at up to 8 mph, with a 16 horsepower engine and fresh air system, enabling longer sustains. Tanks operate in pairs and squadrons, supporting infantry and constructing bridge sledge links.
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Renault
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Cross
Herbert Baily
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