French Take 2,200 Huns In Mile Advance On Aisne
Paris dispatch reports French north of the Oise reached the western outskirts of Lassigny and captured Pimprez on the Noyon road. They took Morsain near Soissons and 2,200 Germans prisoner while British forces seized Roye station and advanced on Merville, with operations threatening Chaulnes and surrounding fronts.
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Associated Press
Paris
Oise River
Lassigny
Thiescourt Wood
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Morsain
Haig
Merville Road
London
Lys Salient
Merville
Paradis
Les Puresbecques
Mereville
Freld Marshal Haig
Chaulnes
Merleville
Lithons
le Hamel
Ribecourt
France
Carlepont
Noyon
Pimpres
The
Oise
War front updates praise French and British gains on Aug 15-19
Official reports from Paris London and Berlin detail Allied advances between the Oise and Aisne including Fresnieres Morsain Pimprez Dres htcourt and Merville, with 2 200 prisoners since yesterday. Haig notes continued progress and heavy fighting near Lihons Herleville and Merville, while German lines north of Roye repel attacks with light British casualties. Additional French success threatens German batteries near Chavigny and Juvigny as Soissons area operations yield large prisoner captures.
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Berlin
London
Oise
Aisne
General Headquarters
Chaulnes
Roye
Beuvraignes
War Office
Roys
le Hamel
Ribecourt
Lassigny
Soissons
Little River
Outtersteene Ridge
Merrin
Somme
von Borhins
Raye
Scarpe River
Paris
Matz
Fresnieres
Thiescourt
Pimprez
Dreshitcourt
Czrlepont
Tontenoy
Morsain
Haig
Lihons
Herleville
Merville
Lys Salient
Paradis
Les Puresbecques
Outtersteenwag
Chaulmes
Chavigny
Juvigny
Audignicourt Tavine
Namp' Ce
Carlepont
Fontenoy
Nampcel
Audignicourt
Nouvron-Vingre
German press forecasts retreat to regain initiative on front
Paris dispatch reports German newspapers urge a retreat on the western front to give Gen Bundendorff room to maneuver and reestablish the initiative. They claim reinforcements from Austria cannot restore command, as Marshal Foch maintains the edge and American forces in Picardy are growing toward a first class army with air support.
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Paris
Havas
Bundendorff
Austria
Marshal Foch
H Fgily
L. Homme Libre
Picardy
America
France
Baker
War Department
Jana
March
United States
Insular
Gen. Pershing
Kahn
Respublican
California
Germany
Gunerta
Russia
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Dent
Huns With Hands Up Fire Guns With Feet
Special war dispatch reports German troops using a surrender ruse near Fismes. A machine gunner allegedly shouted kamerad and fought with a foot operated attachment as Americans closed in. The incident underscores German desperation and the refusal to take prisoners in certain cases.
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Don Martin
Washington Post
N. Y. Herald
France
Fismes
Kamerad
New York Herald Co
Excess Profits Tax Clash in House as Debate Rages
House Ways and Means and Treasury clash over a 386 million revenue bill amid disagreement on excess profits tax rates. Kitchin and McAdoo push talks, with a tentative plan for an 8 percent excess profits exemption and 3,000 dollar base, while Treasury resists raising excess profits taxes. The committee plans possible 8 to 10 percent deduction and keeps stamp tax on playing cards at eight cents per pack.
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Kitchin
McAdoo
Bill
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Suumitung
Committee
Treasury
The
Americans North of Vesle Advance Gains Reported
American and French forces north of the Vesle River pushed their lines forward at several points early Monday morning with light infantry gains. German patrols west of Bazoches were repulsed by American troops as heavy guns, said to be the largest used since reaching the Vesle, blasted toward the Aisne region with reports of German concentrations beyond.
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Veele
Vesle River
Bazoches
Veste
Aisne
Euppilea
Germany
Ex Gouvernor Prouty Killed in Canadian Train Crash
Former Vermont governor G. H. Prouty died when the car he rode in was struck by a Grand Trunk train near Waterville Quebec in dense fog. The chauffeur J W Bloy was unconscious with a concussion. Prouty, who served in both Vermont chambers and as lieutenant governor, was en route from Newport to Lenoxville.
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Sherbrooke
Que
G. H Prouty
Vermont
Grand Trunk
Waterville
Prouty
Newport
Lennoxville
J W Bloy
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Charles A. Prouty
Division of Public Service
Federal Railroad Administration
Huns Fear Propaganda Counter Offensive urged by Berlin editor
Amsterdam reports Count Ernst von Reventlow chief editorial writer of Tages Zettung Berlin urges an effective counter offensive against German propaganda. He cites pamphlets titled The Happiness of the Future A Peace Teague of Nations and articles praising revelations of Prince Lichnowaky one reproducing a letter from Dr Wilhelm Mushion to former chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg.
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Amsterdam
Hrnst von Reventlew
Tages Zettung
Berlin
Agein
Germany
Count von Reventlow
Lichnowaky
Wilhelm Mushion
Krupos
Dy, von Bethmaenn-Hoil
U-Boat Actions Off Nantucket Sinkings and Prisoner News
Survivors of the San Jose landed in Philadelphia after a German submarine sank a British steamer 300 miles northeast of Nantucket. Capt. Evans of the British steamer Penstone and eight crewmen from the Norwegian San Jose were held aboard the U-boat for eight days before being landed. The Nordhav, another Norwegian bark, was sunk 125 miles southeast of Cape Henry. 26 crew escaped in boats and were rescued by an American warship. The article notes increased U-boat activity along the coast, with mines and cable cuts, and discusses evolving naval defenses and torpedo reliability amid wartime reporting.
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Nordhov
Virginia Capes
Philadelphia
Nantucket
Mexico
Boston
David Evans
Penistone
Brvans
San Jose
Eee
Ryena
Thareres
Cant Fivans
Evans
Nordhav
Virginian
Capes
Atlantic
Navy Department
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Berntsen
Cape Henry
Washington Post Co
New York
Akon
Japan Seizes Rice and Silences Press in Turmoil
An imperial ordinance orders seizure of all rice stacks and places them on the market. Newspapers are banned from reporting rice riots while provincial news fades. Interior Minister Mitunosaya says disorders are abating as editors protest curbs on free speech. The public turmoil over rice grows politically charged. In Hong Kong a flood left 5,000 homeless and 256,000 without adequate food. Red Cross assists with relief.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Mituno Saya
Constitutional Party
Rica
Hong Kong
Tung-Elang
American Red Cross
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Bellesk
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U. S
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Crowder
House Committee On Military Affairs
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Oregon
House Committee
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Beker
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Kentucky
iGen Crowder
McKenzie
Mlinois
Ft Owill
Senate Committee On
Lunn
Boken
Representative Kahn
Levy
Vesle
Treventlew
League of Nations
Achnowsky Pamphileta
Europe
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Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Albert W. Fox
Oere
Frederick H Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
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