Germans Cross Marne Seizing 12 Miles South Bank
German forces crossed the Marne river on July 16 while French and American troops conducted counterattacks along the line west of Rheims. The advance secured twelve miles of the southern Marne shore, with heavy German losses and multiple bridges destroyed as aviators harassed the crossing.
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South Bank
Gland
Mareuil-Le-Port
U. S
Teutons
Rheims
Reuilly
Dormans
City
Prunay
France
Chateau Thierry
Epernay
Associated Press
Venteuil
Qeuilly
Pershing Praises American Fighters In World War I Order
General Pershing issues a courteous order praising American troops for bravery under fire. He notes their courage under modern warfare, effective cooperation with allied forces, and the sacrifice of those who fell in battle, setting a model for the American expeditionary corps.
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London
Pershing
American Expeditionary Corps
Official War Reports Parts July 116 Front Actions South of the Marne
The Allied and German dispatches describe renewed but repulsed attempts by German forces to advance in the Champagne and Marne sectors. British reports note initial enemy gains near Rebuterne but counterattacks and prisoner captures ensued. The Franco Italian line claims ground gains around St Agnan la Chapelie Montbodon and the Bourdonnerie region while defending positions along the Our and Marne valleys.
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War Office
St Agnan
la Chapelle
Monthoadon
Marne Valley
Marne
Tretmian
Souam
Champagne
Theims
Trunay
Moronvilliers Cormillet
Dealty
St. Agnan la Chapelie-Montboden
Bourdonnerie
Closmilon
Marnes
Rheims
Beaumont Sur Vesse
Pruna
Suippes
Tande
Crosnes
Tahure
London
Rebuterne
Albert
Locre
Americans Down Two Planes On Marne Front
In one of about a dozen air combats that morning an Abersphy of Maine shot down an enemy aircraft fifteen miles north of Dorman. Soon after George Robertson of Kansas City brought down a German plane within American lines in the same sector.
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Marne
Associated Press
Diring
Abersphy
Maine
Dorman
George Robertson
Kansas City
Americans Help Win Two Towns and Hill in France
Telegraphic war update reports American and French forces recapturing St Agnan Hill 223 and La Chapelle Monthodon near Chateau Thierry. Americans restrike positions on the Marne and push the Germans back with heavy artillery support and counterattacks. Red Cross war fund plea appears at end.
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St. Agnan, Hill 223
la Chapelle-Monthodon
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Hill 223
la Chapelle-Monthoden
Chateau Thierry
Vaux
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Lac Chapelle-Monthodon
Burian Sets Terms for Peace Talks as Austria Presses
Baron von Burian, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, signals readiness to discuss peace with Allied powers, endorsing Wilsons Four Points with caveats. He argues for mutual negotiation excluding demands to dissolve the monarchy and territorial changes, cites continued resistance to Entente propaganda, and warns enemies over Alsace Lor raine and other aims. The dispatch notes dual monarchy’s insistence on defending territory and readiness to engage with opponents under new terms.
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Baron von Burian
Vienna
Wilson
Alsace Lorraine
Trieste
Tréntino
Austria
Hungary
Entente
Baker to Front Again War's Center Centers on France
Article argues Secretary Baker should direct war effort from France rather than Washington. It notes the overseas army’s growing importance, Baker’s planned multiple trips, and a need for direct contact with expeditionary forces to speed decision making. The piece highlights the shift 3,000 miles and praises Baker for his prior on-ground inspections.
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France
War Department
George Rothwell Brown
Washington Post Co
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Atlantic
American Expeditionary Army
Grant
Gen Pershing
Kawachi Battleship Sinks After Explosion Off Nagasaki
Tokyo reports the battleship Kawachi of 21 420 ton displacement blew up and sank in Tokoyama Bay on July 12. Five hundred crew members died. Built at Kure in 1912, Kawachi carried 960 officers and men, was 500 feet long, 84 feet beam, 28 feet draft, and mounted twelve 12 inch guns.
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Tokoyama Bay
Nagasaki
Kawachi
Kure
Allies Retake Villages Amid Allied Advances
Germans retreat as Americans push forward in France with heavy aid from allied operations. Reports note a large German blow anticipated, while U S forces press the foe fiercely and targets include Bolshevik developments. War boards focus on steel and policy.
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Burian
Baker
France
War Board
Grips Steel
Commert
Canals
News of
Alexandria
Bombing at American Red Cross Hospital Kills Two
German aviators bombed the American Red Cross hospital at Jolly last night killing two enlisted men and wounding nine, including nurse Miss Jane Jeffery. The hospital remained in operation during the raid as doctors performed surgeries at four tables and operations continued despite explosions.
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American Red Cross
Paris
S Wheeler
Jouy
New York
Misa Jane Jeffery
Red Cross
Jolly
France
Childrens Bureau
Department of Public Health
Dorchester
Mass
German Troops Ready for Battle on Other Sectors
Special dispatch from London Times reports the German offensive planned across multiple sectors. It notes near Rheims the advance within seven miles of Epernay, crossings of the Marne, and American forces holding the left flank at Fosnoy Surmelin with a brilliant counterattack at Vaux taking about a thousand prisoners. No British troops are engaged yet.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
London
the Times
Rhheims
Rheims
Eperna
Marne
Fosnoy- Surmelin
Vaux
Germans Call Battle Storm of Peace Front Storm
Paris reports a major offensive on the Marne front described as a storm of peace. Elite German troops from the corps guards and Bavarian Saxon regiments engage along a sixty mile front amid thunder and lightning with Paris dispatches noting rising confidence.
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Marne
Imperial Corps
Bavaria
Wurttemburg
Saxony
Silesian
Prussia
Canadian Fliers Die in Crash at Leaside Camp
July 16 at Leaside camp in Ontario, Lieut. B Tait and Mechanic H Belford of the Royal Air Force were burned to death when their aircraft stalled during engine testing and burst into flames. The fatal crash occurred late tonight as the engine stopped and the plane ignited.
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Torontea
Ontario
Lieut
B Tait
H Belford
Royal Air Force
Leaside Camp
Proud of U S Army Confusion Quickly Stopped
The first great battle in France sees American units in action across the Marne line as German offensives meet stubborn resistance. General reports from Pershing and Bliss indicate Allied counterattacks helped stem the tide, with 50,000 plus U S troops engaged in the Marne sector and reinforcements arriving to bolster positions between Chateau Thierry and Rheims.
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Chateau Vtilerzy
Jaulgonne Tempien
Marne
Rheims
Hunter Liggetts
War Department
Vaux
Jaulgonne
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