British Reach Baku and Picardy Gains Across Front
British forces reach near Baku oil city area on the Caspian Sea while Canadians advance in Picardy taking Damery and Parvillers villages northwest of Roye. French gains between the Matz and Oise rivers north of Ribecourt are noted as German positions are evacuated north of Albert and Beaumont-Hamel.
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Baku
Oil City
Caspian Sea
Picardy
London
Damery
Parviliers
Roye
Field Marshal Haig
Proyart
Somme
Paris
Matz
Oise
Ribecourt
Berlin
Puisieux
Beaumont-Hamel
Albert
France
Associated Presa
Humbert
Reuters
Gury
Thiescourt Wood
St. Claude
Beonvillon
Betval Village
Pleasier de Roye Park
Tidescourt Massif
British and French advance on Montdidier Albert front
British and French forces report progress from the Picardy front. Patrols between Albert and Ayette pushed forward, capturing prisoners and machine guns as Allied lines tightened east of Rainecourt. Paris notes heavy artillery activity between Avre and Oise with an enemy Champagne raid yielding no result.
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London
Rainecourt
Albert
Ayetts
Arras
Merville
Bahecq
Scherpenberg
Flanders
Fourth Army
First Army
Montdidier-Albert
Paris
Avre
Oige
Champagne
Marquis
Lassigny
Rainsecourt
Chaumnea
Picardy
War Office
Ayette
War progress report from Paris on August fifteenth
Official dispatch from Paris describes daytime operations in the wooded and hill region between the Matz and the Oise. It reports capture of Attiche farm and Monolithe farm northwest of Ribécourt after energetic enemy defense and mentions taken prisoners.
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Paris
Matz
Oise
Ribecourt
Train kills seven in auto near Middle River Maryland
Seven people riding in a car were killed when it was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train on a siding near Middle River. Victims include driver Joseph Selling 29 and children Katie Hant 30 Charles Bollman 7 Frederick Bollman 6 Dorothy Norris 6 Elsie Norris 9 Evelyn Hanzlik 8. The group had invited Miss Hant for a ride.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middle River
Joseph Selling
Katie Hant
Charles
Frederick Bollman
Dorothy
Elsie Norris
Evelyn Hanzlik
Selling
Miss Hant
Hant Farm
Turkeys Move Toward Baku Oil Port Amid Caucasus Turmoil
British and Allied troops push toward Baku to defend the Caspian oil port as Turkish forces advance from Batoum. Russian Armenian troops hold the city amid Brest-Litovsk aftermath, with prospects to cut enemy access to sea routes and aid Czecho-Slovaks and loyal Russians. London dispatches note a 700 mile Bagdad to Baku march and fragile supply lines.
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Enzelh
Persia
Baku
London
Caspian Sea
Enzel
Washington Post
Phila
Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Bagdad
Germany
Turkey
Batoum
Dokuchaieff
Caucasus
Brest-Litovsk
Draft Work Starts on 25 Million Draft Registrants
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced plans to register 13 000 000 additional men under the selective service age extension to 18 45 years. Congress may pass the bill soon and registration could be held as early as mid September to have 2 000 000 men ready for training by October.
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Congress
March
United States
France
War Department
House
Senate
Clase 1
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Chamberlain
Administration
Lightning Strikes YMCA Camp Hut at Camp Humphreys Va
A severe thunderstorm struck Camp Humphreys near Washington August 15 damaging the YMCA main building and uprooting five trees. A prior strike hit the observation tower flagpole last week. Camp leaders and staff, including J W Reynolds, adapted by moving singing to the building. Waterlogged grounds forced Third regiment officers to build a pontoon bridge to reach offices.
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Camp Humphreys
J. W. Reynolds
Washington, D
Weasels
Ford
Neil
New York
Reynolds
Third Regiment
Maj. Allen
Planes Bomb U-Boat Off North Carolina Coast
Navy report recounts seaplane and patrol boat attack on a German submarine off Virginia and North Carolina. The U-boat reportedly submerged after bombs and depth charges. bubbles were seen, and no further appearances followed. Cape May survivors of the Dorothy Barrett were picked up, with the schooner sunk near 26 miles off shore. The Penistone casualty list includes one killed and several wounded. the captain was later captured by the U-boat.
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Cape May
Navy
N. J
William Merritt
Merritt
Geftiana
Tes Place
Portsmouth
N. C
North Carolina
Ruiter
Newport News
United Fruit Company
Virginia Capes
Fred
Penistone
Nantucket
Mass
Benjamin Davies
David Evans
Cavivor Howella
Evans
New York
Provincetown
Howells
U S Forces in Siberia Join Allies Advance on Vologda
News from 1918 reports American troops from the Philippines arriving at Vladivostok as the United States joins allied operations in Siberia. British and Japanese forces, plus Czecho-Slovaks and loyal Russians, push toward Archangel and Vologda amid Bolshevik resistance and growing Russian unrest.
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Siberia
Vologda
The
Washington Post Co
Twenty-seventh
Philippines
Henry D. 8Tyer
Vladivostok
Baker
America
Russia
Archangel
Pabershskala
Newa
Baku
Otant
Moscow
Germany
United States
Enine
Trotzky
Kronstolt
Petrograd
Wilson
Associated Press
London
Pabereshkaala
Omega Bay
London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Co
Evyening
Lord Northcrliffe
Murman Coast
Lenine
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