16 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
1
American counter attacks pushed Germans back to the Marne river with about 1500 prisoners and brigade staff. The action held along the 50 mile front including Vaux as American fire and infantry halted German attempts while French reports praised American efforts and noted penetrations near Rheims.
On July 15 American and French forces halted a German crossing attempt on the Marne near Jaulgonne. Five German divisions engaged the bank with pontoons but were driven back by a strong American counterattack and artillery fire. About 1500 German prisoners were taken as the turning movement pushed the enemy toward the railway line.
The official Paris release describes German offensives near Rheims continuing in fierce fighting with assaults south of the Marne and Allied counterattacks on the west bank of the river. British lines near Villers Bretonneux report minor progress and 328 prisoners taken at Ridgewood. Italian and German reports note multiple aerial losses and renewed artillery activity across the Alpine front, with sporadic attacks north of Monte Grappa.
Camp Meade Md July 15 With the safe arrival in France of a large portion of the Ninety-seventh division National army Gen Kuhn commanding New Yorkers and men from parts of New England West Virginia Virginia District of Columbia and Maryland 17 008 in all will take the place of the thousands of men from Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia who have gone across When all the new selects apportioned to Meade arrive this will be the largest cantonment in the country with nearly 60 000 men Some thousands of colored men from the South are to be trained here and organized into several fighting units Work of erecting barracks for 11 000 signalmen has begun Great storage warehouses are being constructed at Admiral
Paris and London dispatches detail a German offensive near Rheims and Montmirail with limited gains. French and Italian forces counter with stubborn defense and reserves, while American troops are credited with aiding in repelling crossings near Fossoy. Severe fighting continues along the Marne and Champagne fronts as entente observers grow cautiously optimistic.
Elation in government circles as Associated Press dispatches confirm American troops along the Marne repelled and counterattacked the German offensive. Credit for stopping the heaviest assault goes to the First American Army Corps with French aid near Rheims and Italian divisions reinforcing the line. Officials, including Secretary Baker, express cautious optimism as reports say the Germans were held and driven back across a wide front.
Allies push on amid a paused German offensive as U S troops rush to the front. The Murman coast remains in allied hold while Paris sets a goal for a new drive in the ongoing campaign.
A Wabash passenger train en route from St. Louis to Detroit derailed four miles east of Pullman Michigan after a brake beam broke. Conductor Cook and two Black men were killed, another Black man fatally injured, with local responders and investigators commencing the fatal accident inquiry.
An 1818 Washington Post summary notes that U S officers in France are being produced at a rapid pace through multiple schools run by General Pershing’s staff. The effort is framed as meeting urgent needs of the expeditionary army with trained leaders, including junior and senior officers, to counter the German offensive.
Five German airplanes modeled after American machines wore American insignia and attacked a sausage near Chateau-Thierry. They fired at the balloon and it burst into fumes. American pursuit planes pursued, all still fighting near the front.
Allied forces occupy the Murman coast in northern Batesia under Entente protection after pushing from Kem toward Torok as Bolsheviks withdraw. Czhecho-Slovaks seize Kazan, 430 miles east of Moscow, expanding control near the Volga while tensions rise with Bolshevik protests and Russian requests to withdraw Allied detachments.
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