British and French Push In Major Front Near Arras
On a six mile front southeast of Albert to Grandcourt east of the Ancre British and French forces drove forward after heavy fighting. Achiet-le-Grand and Bihucourt were captured, with many German dead and prisoners reported. Haig said ground was gained to two miles depth as Germans suffered heavy losses and a German counterattack was repulsed.
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London
Albert
Grandcourt
Ancre River
Field Marshal Haig
Achiet-le-Grand
Haig
Bihucourt
Achiet-le- Grand
Ipauie
France
Preess -Victoriou
Torentiver
Ancre
Somme
Byng
Raw
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Deel
Azan Esample
Goamuecourt
Somiewcourt
Gomiecourt
Aobert
Beaucourt
Ahert-Arreg
Derry-Deequereile
Boyelies
Hapauma Road
Hamelineour
Hrvillers
St. Lager
Croisilles
Atepianes
Ervillers
S T. Teger
Goemiecourt
Bapaume
Achtet-la-Grand
Ap Oniiy Ag
Hamelincourt
Boyelles
Boiry-Becquerelle
Bibucourt
Irles
Trask
Wilson
Clark
Olney
Massachusetts
Paris
Belleau Wood
Washington Post
Phila
Public Ledger
The
Daily Mail
Harbin
Ussuri Rver
Manchuria
Bolshevist
Lake Hangka
Magduria
Allied offensives advance along Somme and adjacent fronts
The official reports detail vigorous Allied advances on a 30 mile front from Lihons to Mercatel, and villages including Herleville Chuignes Chuignolles Gomie court Ervillers Hamelincourt Boyelles Boiry-Becquerelle, with gains east of the Ancre. Prisoners number in the thousands while heavy German casualties are reported.
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London
Lihons
Mercatel
Somme
Herleville
Chuignes
Chuignolles
Echo of Bertha: will Yankee accent be heard soon
Paris dispatch in special type notes an enigmatic inquiry about Bertha the echo and whether its message will carry a Yankee tone. The item frames the question as a prompt from L Heure about a forthcoming echo attributed to Bertha and possible American influence.
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Paris
L'Heure
Germans Restive On Vesle Front News
On the Aisne Vesle front the Germans show restiveness and possible retreat behind the Aisne. American fronts press toward Vesle while enemy batteries and machine guns fire heavily and reconnaissance intensifies. Allied observers report multiple fires between Aisne and Vesle as air activity increases.
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Vesle Front
Aisne- Vesle
Universal Service
Aisne
Mangin
Soissony
Vesle
Government breaks port paralysis with soldiers loading ships
In Montevideo in August the government sent soldiers to load vessels, ending a port shutdown caused by striking workers who refused to heed a government demand to return to work.
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Montevideo
French Troops Cross Divette River Near Evricourt
Paris reports indicate French forces crossed the Divette near Evricourt and pushed east of Bagneux while advancing between the Oise and Aisne. Debeney praises gains, notes 10,000 prisoners taken and 220 cannons captured as Mangin’s troops report 5,000 prisoners.
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Paris
Matz
Oise
Divette
Evricourt
Ailette
Aisne
Bagneux
Crecy-au- Mont
Petain
Aifette
Noyon
Roge
Debeney
Mangin
Crecy-au-Mont
Soissons
Guay
Pont St. March
Sempigny
Coucy-le-Chateau
War Office
Manicamp
Morlancourt
Air Chiefs Faith Votes in Draft for 1919 Fleet
Senate aviation subcommittee reports on wartime aircraft program delays and missteps. It urges continued confidence in the Aeronautical branch and industry to build a strong air force in 1919. Allies faced similar issues. Britain and France had errors too. The piece notes few aviation engineers available at start. 3,600 were needed, so automakers filled gaps.
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Subcommittee
Britain
France
Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
Senate Military Committees
Aeronautical
Army
America
Senate
War Department
Great Britain
Czechs Capture Berchmendinack Near Lake Baikal
A London dispatch reports that Czecho-Slovak forces in Transbaikalia seized the town of Berchmendinack south of Lake Baikal and defeated Bolshevik troops. Reports from Amsterdam say Red Guards hanged 310 Czech prisoners in Simbirsk as reprisal.
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Associated Press
London
Robert Cecil
Transbaikalia
Berchmendinack
Lake Baikal
Amsterdam
Red Guards
Simbirsk
Volga
Moscow
Hamburg Nachrichten
Petapoff
Red Guard
Murmansk
Petrograd
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Dr Brum Visits President Wilson in White House Meeting
Uruguay foreign minister Baltasar Brum arrived in Washington with a special mission and was presented to President Wilson by Secretary Lansing. The visit followed exchanges between Brum and Lansing, with plans to tour Mt Vernon and other sites in the United States.
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Baltasar Brum
Uruguay
United States
Wilson
Lansing
White House
Brum
Mt. Vernen
Ort
Four More Ships Sunk With Three Dead 23 Missing
News arrives of four additional ship sinkings by German submarines near New York and off Toulon. Lake Eden West Bridge and Culture were torpedoed in August with 16 crew missing on Lake Eden. no fatalities aboard Culture. The Band y, a British passenger liner, was torpedoed near Malta but reached port. the U boat commander was sunk by patrol boats. A Swedish freighter was warned off American trade after being boarded off the Atlantic coast.
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Navy Department
Lake Eden
U. S. S. Weat Bridge
West Bridge
Jans FP. Neilsen
Denmark
William I. Porter
Toulon
Rttah
Bandy
Malta
Sicily
New York
Diomed
Boileer
Liver Poal
Admiralty
Atlantic
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