British Reach Albert Recaptures and Advance in Somme Drive
British forces recapture Albert and push two miles forward along a six mile front from Bray to the Somme. Fierce fighting persists along the Arras Albert railway embankment as Germans retreat, with 1,900 prisoners reported and fresh German divisions rushed to stabilize the line near Miramont and Achiet-le-Grand.
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Bapaume-Arras
von Below
London
Albert
Amiens
Ancre
Bray-Sur-Somme
Field Marshal Haig
Arras-Albert
Hamelin Court Trench
Bray sur-Somme
Miraumont
Achiet-le-Grand
Courcelles
Moyenneville
War reports from the front echo Allied gains and German responses
The dispatches describe Allied advances from Bray sur Somme to Albert with captures and prisoners. British and French lines push toward Quierzy and the Divette, while tanks and aircraft hammer enemy positions from Arras to the Somme. Prisoners exceed three thousand with scattered units remaining in action.
French Drive From Oise Front Pushes Toward Noyon
French and Allied forces advance along the Oise front toward Lassigny and Noyon, capturing Pommiers, Thiescourt, and other villages. German retreats grow disordered as Mangin Humbert and Mangin’s corps press forward toward the Ailette and Divette rivers, with thousands of prisoners taken and substantial terrain gains cited by Paris and London correspondents.
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Paris
Divette
Evricourt
Quierzy
Staubin
Selens
Bagneux
Epagny
Bieuxy
Vauxrezis
Pommuiers
Aisne
Oise
Mangin
Humbert
Thiescourt
Lassigny
Soissons
Evricqurt
War Office
Pommiers
France
Associated Press
Coucy Forest
Ailette
Bretigny
Noyon
Chauny
Bourgignon
St Paul-aux-Bois
Quincey
Coucy-le-Chateau
Plemont
Mars
Allette
le Plemost
Thiencourt
Cannectancourt
Vijle
Olfse
Sempigny
Brotigny
Bour
Buignon
Bt. Paul-aux-Bois
Le"Quingy-Bagse
Pommieres
Somsons
Lansing sisters decorated with French War Cross
The Misses Emma and Katherine Lansing of Water Town New York, sisters of the American Secretary of State, were decorated with the French War Cross for conspicuous heroism. They served in the American Red Cross canteen at Epernay during bombardment and aided in the hospital, becoming the first Red Cross canteen members to receive this honor.
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Paris
Emma Sr
Katherine E Lansing
Watertown
American Red Cross
Epernay
Hindenburg Admits Setbacks Amid Call for Firm War Stance
Amsterdam reports Marshal von Hindenburg addressing the third regiment of guards, via Tages Zeitung, admitting recent setbacks but urging resolve. He asserts the war’s fortune favors Germany, notes enemy weariness, and pledges continued hard policy to achieve an honorable peace.
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Amsterdam
Marshal Hindenburg
Guards
Tages Zietung
Berlin
U S Transport Cubore Reported Torpedoed
New York August 22 A report says the American steamship Cubore a 7151 ton vessel owned by the Ore Steamship Corporation and serving as an army transport was torpedoed in European waters while returning from a European port no details were available on the attack or fate of the ship and it was described as a new vessel launched at Sparrows Point.
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Oise
Presa
Lassigny
Deville
Chasseurs
Plessier de Roye
Plemont
New York
Cubore
The
Ore Steamship Corporation
Army Transport Service
Europe
United States
de Haviland
Condithops
Albert W
Washix Post Ge
State Department
Rob Wimbrie
Petrograd
Mgr Imbrie
Russia
Germany
Er P
Imbrie
Peele
Moscow
Mickayat Genie
Tchitcherin
Japan
Lenine
Spain Sees United States Leading In New World Era
Spain awakens to a U S victory in World War I and predicts America will guide future world affairs. Articles from Azorin and American coverage highlight U S army transport, unity, and influence, arguing Spain's future hinges on U S friendship and leadership in politics, economics, and spiritual matters.
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United States
Europe
Washington Post
New York Herald
Madrid
Spain
Habana
Germany
America
Manila Bay
Santiago
United States of America
Atlantic
France
San Sebastian
Azorin
Republic
North America
Larra
Draft age battle looms as 18 to 36 foes clash
Debate rages over exempting men under 36 from military service as the house pushes the man power bill toward final passage tonight. Senators and representatives clash over the McKenzie amend ment authorizing 18 to 19 and 19 to 20 calls, while labor opposes the measure and Secretary Baker faces questions.
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House
Senate
Chamberlin
Oregon
Representative Dent
Alabama
McKenzie
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Black
Texas
Chamberlain
Reed J
Kirby
Gore
Dent
Baker
War Department
Representative Kahn
Beaker
Kahn
Gen March
Western Front
France
Husted
Blunders On Aircraft Start War Claims Debate
A Senate aviation subcommittee report brands the U S aircraft program a series of failures and delays. It cites waste, lack of American built fighters and heavy bombers, and criticizes control by car makers while urging a separate aeronautics department and intensified production. The document argues for urgent scale and reliance on Allied cooperation to end the air deficit.
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Senate Military Affairs
Beatetts
America
Department of Aeronautics
War and Navy
Smlian
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Official War Reports
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Charles
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Havas
Guay
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Concy-le-Chateau
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Varennes
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Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
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U.S
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Lendere
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