British Sweep Forward Near Bapaume and Thiepval
British and New Zealand forces push toward Bapaume, taking Cojeul and advancing on Thiepval ridge as Haig reports success and heavy fighting along the front. Germans resist with reinforcements while British guns and prisoners mount on the outskirts.
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Bray
Albert
Ed Tarward
Germany
New Zealand
Bapaume
Lonpart Wood
Bavarians Oppose Prussian Plans Amid German Tension
London dispatch reports growing friction between northern and southern Germany as Bavarians condemn Berlin policy and Prussian leadership. Munich Post warns against monarchies imposed on recalcitrant peoples, urging a strong German military overrule in both East and West to avoid perpetual war.
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Germany
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Hohenazellern
Mecklenburg
Finland
Armenia
Munich Post
August Theodore
Friederich Heinrich Wilhelm
Venice Raider Caught In Night Sea Assault
A large enemy sea-l plane attempting to bomb Venice last night was hit by an antiaircraft barrage and fell into the sea. It was towed ashore only slightly damaged. The pilot and two gunners were captured.
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Home
Venice
Allied War Reports Highlight Advances and Prisoners
Official communiques from Pershing and Haig detail gains on multiple fronts. American outposts between Fismes and Paronds retook positions after a local skirmish, while bombers struck Conflans yards. British and Australian forces push near the Somme, taking Bray sur Somme and framing advances around Albert, Thiepval, and Miraumont with hundreds of prisoners.
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Conflans
London
Heigz
Somme
Bray-sur-Somme
Blast Aboard Big Transport Kills Seven
An Atlantic port report says seven men died and others were injured when a steam pipe burst aboard a large American transport at a dock. Fourteen coal passers were in the auxiliary coal room. four or more naval reservists were said trapped and killed. The ship, formerly a German liner, had been dockside under repairs and was preparing to sail for France with men and supplies.
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Atlantic
Naval Reserve
France
American Troops Reach Soissons Rheims Road Front
American forces on the Vesle Front report gains north toward the Soissons Rheims highway as Germans burn property and withdraw north of the Vesle. Prisoners say morale is low and a negotiated peace is the likely aim, while Fourth Guard Division is withdrawn after heavy fighting near Fismes.
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Paris
Ailette
Aisne
Crecy-au-Mont
Fismes
Souissona-Rheims
Anzy-le-Chateau
Brancourt
Landricourt
Mortier Forest
Diablo Wood
Tanney
Toul
Veslé
Soissons-Rheims
War Office
Fermer
Soissons
Vesle
Veale
German false assault tales fanned by Berlin press
Secretary Lansing warned that Berlin media circulated false American transport sinking reports to buoy German morale amid Western Front reverses. The Zeitung am Mittag published a neutral-country dispatch claiming 14 U S transports were sunk, with 702 drowned, allegedly produced with Wilhelmine backing to mislead readers.
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Washington Post Co
Lansing
Zeitung Am Mittag
Berlin
May Bar Germans From Coast Zone
New York August 24 Federal authorities consider a barred zone along the New York port ocean front and 35 miles down the New Jersey coast to bar Germans and other designated aliens. Proper individuals will receive permits to reside or conduct business within the zones amid submarine contact suspicions.
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New York
Atlantic
Teuton
New York Port
New Jersey
Capt Boy-Ed Joins Fleet After Leaving Berlin Post
London reports Capt Boy-Ed former German naval attache at Ashington has retired from his post heading the press section of the naval department. He has joined the high seas fleet. His successor to Capt scheiba is named in a Berlin telegram to the Sologne Volks Zeitung.
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London
Boy-Ed
Ashington
Cval
Berlin
Sologne Volks “Zeitung
Scheiba
Senate panel hears Kenly on aviation gaps for France
Testimony from Maj. Gen. Kenly before a Senate military committee outlines an American plan for 354 complete aircraft squadrons and 13 273 machine air units in France. Pershing sought 26 000 planes by July 1 1919 with delivery hopes at 18 000 to 20 000. Baker examined over exaggerated captions while aviation aims face delays and debates over De Haviland and Spad models.
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Senate Military Committee
Senate
Kenly
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Military Aeronautics
Senatore Thomas
Colorado
France
William C. Potter
Pershing
Army
Navy
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Missouri
George Creel
Tee
Co. V. Nash
Nash Motors Company
John Dy. Ryan
de Haviland
American Army to Begin Lorraine Drive Reported by Teaton Papers
Paris reports, via L Echo de Paris circulated in Swiss sources, that large American forces are concentrating in the Vosges on the Lorraine front and that an American offensive is said to be imminent.
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Paris
L’echo de Paris Learna
Switzerland
Vosges
Lorraine Front
Zeppelins Sighted Wrecked After North Sea Storm
London reports two Zeppelins seen wrecked off Sandefjord Norway after a violent Friday storm. Crews were aboard but lost control of the airships, believed to have come down in the North Sea.
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London
Sandefjord
Norway
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
North Sea
Submarine Attacks Off Eastern Canada Coast
Reports say a German submarine attacked vessels off the extreme eastern coast near Cape Hatteras and the North Carolina area. Several small craft were sunk while passengers were moved at sea to other steamers. Transferred passengers were later picked up and heading toward Savannah area ports.
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Savannah
Associated Press
Tybee Istana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Tesw
Canadian Atlantic
Coas
Atlantic
Universal Service
Washington Flier Downed Three German Planes in Lorraine
Lieutenant Donald Hudson of Washington D C is credited by French authorities with downing three German airplanes on August 1 near Saponay, adding to the four American aces. In a 20 minute duel he fought a German battleplane, then outmaneuvered two more, landing behind American lines despite engine trouble and pursuit. Other aces listed include Douglas P. Bell, Edward Keubacher, John McArthur, and Ralph O’Neil. McArthur was reported missing.
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Associated Preas
Lorraine Front
Donald Hudson
Paul Hudson
Washington
D. DC
Hudson
Saponay
Ie-Afdition Lut
Liemty Douglas Pbell
California
Edward V. Keubacher
Columbus
Ohio
John McArthur
Buffalo
N.Y
Ralph. O'Neil
Denver
Caro
Mcarthur
House Passes Man Power Draft Bill Amid War Policy Debates
The House approved a man power draft bill by 336 to 2, sending it to the Senate for early consideration. Debate centered on work or fight provisions, exemptions for Congress, and exemptions for metropolitan police. Amendments aimed at broad exemptions failed as administration supporters defend War Department draft authority amid looming conferees talks.
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Washington
Representative Gordon
Ohio
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Senate
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Thoftes
Colorado
Wilson
Sheppard
Texas
Dent
Representative Black
Madden
Ilinois
Clark
Florida
Thomas F. Smith
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