French break two mile front near Soissons in renewed drive
Allied dispatch reports French forces attacking southwest of Soissons from the Retz forest north of Longpont, advancing around two miles and taking Chavigny farm with several hundred prisoners. The action links to earlier St Pierre Aigle operations and widens the front toward Lenggont, amid heavy German resistance and ongoing influenza among troops.
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Hamel
Pershing
Colla Prible
Monte Grappa
Soissons
Retz
Longpont
Chavigny Farm
St Pierre
Lenggont
Veosmuikern
Amblenny
Chigton Sester
Amert- Toohetwren
Marne
Canaa Hone
Lafayette Air Squad Killed In Combat Over Sotgsons
Two Lafayette flying squadron members Alan Ash Chicago and Warren Hobbs Worcester were killed in separate incidents while American airmen fought over the Marne front. Reports describe dramatic dogfights, several German planes shot down, and American pilots including Sumner Sewall, James Meisner, Hamilton Conlidge, and others in action with casualties and escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Ash
W. T. Hobbs
Lieut
Harwood
France
Associated Press
Chicago
Lafayette
Warren T. Hobbs
Worcester
Masa
Marne
International News Service
Figmes
James A. Meisner
Brooklyn
Hamilton Conlidge
Boston
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Mouthiers
Sewall
Poles Sinking Austria at Crossroads of War and Peace
From Geneva analysis at Berne July 71 Austria faces ministerial crisis with no majority to make Galicia two provinces. Poles hostile, Slavs oppose, Germans intransigent. negotiations with Germany stalled. army cannot advance or retreat. empire at a crossroads with all roads blocked. Emperor Charles’s precarious position noted amid suspicions of German sovereignty. Eleven survivors tell of Augvald sinking after submarine attack. three drowned. survivors drifted eleven days, subsisting on seaweed and rain water. rescue on July 4 aboard the liner.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Berne
Journal de Geneva
Austrea
Austria
Vienna
Galicia
Germany
Charles
Associated Preas
Atlantic
Augvald
Baltimore
Ocean
ISS
Virginia Flyer Drops to Death in Leck Field Crash
Belleville July 8 Lieut Richard H Fawcett 22 of Alexandria Va was killed instantly when their airplane spin crashed about two miles southeast of Leck field A cadet Lester H Cox of New York City was slightly injured Cox walked two miles to summon an ambulance and Fawcett was brought to the field where physicians declared him dead Cox is in the hospital with injuries Physicians expect he will recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Lil
Richard H. Fawcett
Alexandria
Lester H. Cox
New York City
Leckfield
Lieut
Fawcett
Cox
War bonds and French aid cited in 1918 Washington Post piece
The 1918 Washington Post article lauds American support for France in World War I, noting debts of gratitude and the shared war purpose. It reports on U S soldiers' reverence for Lafayette, bonds to preserve liberty, and American motives beyond aiding France, while foreshadowing broader wartime solidarity themes. It also covers a separate New York case where Edward A. Rumely is arrested for perjury connected to German payment schemes and the Mail and Express Company affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Somme
Rad
Sailly-Laurette
Beet
Rnit
Europe
Washington Post Co
America
United States
Lafayette
Uncle Sam
Yorktown
Associated Preas
New York
Edward A. Rumety
Mail and Express Company
Hehers
New York Evening Mail
Lewis
A. Mitchell Palmer
Henry J. Stoddard
Meatless Weeks Face German Food Ration Plan
Amsterdam reports Berlin plans meatless weeks beginning in August as part of food regulation measures. Reichstag debate highlights shortages, unemployment, and calls to curb grain exports to Austria. Officials cite milk and fat supply risks and foresee meat ration reductions until reserves recover.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Berliner Tageblatt
Reichstag
Matzinger
Center Party
Austria
Wils
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Herr von Waldow
German Food Regulation Board
Azores
Erin
Preach to Fedays Issue Page and War Notes
A compact index page highlights multiple wartime items including moves in Congress on anti wire service bills, Pershing’s fighting reports, and Baker’s wax council ending. It notes Allies’ plans to aid Russia, plots affecting Ireland, and new governance items in Venice and Albania along with domestic topics such as food shortages and local finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Moscow
Russia
Ireland
Senate
Pershing
Baker
Albanie
Hans
Venice
Trial Opens Over Irish Brigade Plot Eyed by Germans
London July 8 The court martial for Corps Dowling who landed in Ireland from a German collapsible boat opened today. Prosecutor Bodkin outlined a German plan to form an Irish brigade from British prisoners and to back it with Teutonic force. Dowling pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding a hostile force recruiting others and participating in a landing attempt. The case details a broader German offer to Irish in America and a motive to win Ireland independence.
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Associated
Preas
London
Joseph Dowling
Tower of London
Corpl
Dowling
Lord Cheyleemore
Jaeliss
Germany
Ireland
Archduke Rodkin
Archibald
Friehmen
United States
Archibald Bodkin
Limburg Camp
America
Bodkin
Corm
Clare
Miasissippi
Ballyaline Pier
James O'Brien
Mississippi
Baltimore
Bowling
Iceberg Rescue From Bristol Bay Ends After 21 Days
Seattle reports Roosevelt led a rescue of over eighty cannery workers and 21 marooned men after a shipwreck near Bristol Bay. Capt. Blert and the crew returned to port amid praise for saving three vessels and the Packers Association ships involved in the incident.
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Seattle
Wash
Wanks
United
Beiten ‘Aslerien
Stegmer Roosevelt
Blert
Roosevelt
Vessela
Gil
Rode Hille
Isebsts
Anp Tacroms
Aineks Packers
Bristol Bay
Bix Fiuh
Uprising and Assassination Tilt Russia in 1918
Reports from Paris and London detail the Mirbach assassination and a strong Moscow anti Bolshevik uprising. German aims hinge on Russian resources with warnings of famine and economic upheaval if Entente aid to Russia falters. American policy debates progress at White House as engineers seek to reopen Siberian rail lines under guard.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Paria
Mirbach
Germany
Russia
Echo
Europe
Caucasus
Hohenzollerns
London
von. Mirbach
Moscow
H. Araloff
Social Revolutionists
Allence
United States
White House
Lord Reading
America
Wilson
Ante Spash- Jangton
Vladivostok
Kola
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Railroad Commission
John F. Stevens
Harbin
Manchuria
Nagasaki
Japan
Siberian
Bolsheviki Sovieta
Russians in Helpless State Declared by Czech Leader
Tokyo news reports Col. Vladimir Hurban of the Czech national council arriving in America and describing Russian collapse. He cites Viddivostok as a fortified camp run by German and Magyar prisoners, attacked by Czechs with hand grenades killing twenty. Kerensky’s labor conference remarks are dismissed by those aware of Russian conditions, portraying the people as unable to act.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Tokyo
Vladimir Hurban
coun_il
America
Viddivostok
Kerensky
Col. Hurtien
Wekivo
Europeak
Resse
Hational
Hon
Keronakyta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Retz Forest
Italy
Trench
Paris
Y & Sin
Villers-Uotrarerg
Todas
Haig
Soneema
Hag Teday Beveral
Therman Artilery
Sermeme
Alberton
Beaumont- Hamel
Netnune
Ahough
Sewell
James Wooten
Columbia
Cowart
Stephen Noyes
Harvard
Doodale
Cicuda
Waldo Heinrichs
Granville, C
Heinrichs
B. P. Harwood
Hutte, Mont
Fred A. Leuhr
Missouri
United Press
Toul Front
G. A. P. Hyler
G. A. Phyler
B. EH. Battle
Columbus
Ohio
Lieut. J. Williamson
California
Geneva
Ege
Augveld
Tit
Simoet
Hner
Etmer
Yarly
Deine
Becky
Gates Bergen
Wesk
Virginia Flyer
Illinois
U.S
E. A. Rumely
American Ambulance
Red Cross
George Rothwell Brown
Bernstorff
Albert
Avon
Dr. Rumely
Count von Bernstorf
Heinrich F. Albert
Rumely
Department of Justices
New York State Attoney General
I Rf
Albert and
von Bernstorft
Walter Lyon
Wall Street
Renskort, Lyon & Co
S& 5
McClure Newspaper Corporation
Rumelly
Messrs. Haya, Kaufmann & Lindheim
ReneKorf, Lyon & Co
S. 3. McClure Newspaper Corporation
Busch
von Bernstorf
Hermann Sielcken
Renskorf, Lyon & Company
S. S. McClure Newspaper Corporation
Lewie
Drs. Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louie Brewer
Rumety
M. Rumely Company
Laporte
Ind
Inter School
Iis
Ni Dame
University of Haldelberg
Retburg
Si Sane
Generatia
Feday
Britain
Bolsheviki
Tenton
Kaiser
Social Revolutionary
State Department
Francis
Vologda
Miitary
Washington
Vladivostoka
Kol
Col. Hurban
Czech Council, Digeredits Kerensky
Ray
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