Airmen Attack German Bridges South of Marne
A London Times special cable reports heavy fighting south of the Marne near Chatillon and Dormans as German forces breach the river and the French and American troops fall back to new lines. The Western sector near Rheims sees intense bombardment and attempts to cross the Marne, with French defense and counterattacks shaping a costly early phase of the big July offensive.
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Cert
Chatillon
Gerald Campbell
London Times
Washington
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Public Ledger
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Clouda
Dormans
Fossey
Rheims
Wey
Montagne de Rheims
Pau
St Flar Re
Ppne
Vesle
Nefivat
Hay Prt
Chateau Thierry
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Fossy
Conde En Bria Hast
Pompelle
Champagne Plain
Magssiges
Argonne Forest
Moronvillers
London
Prunay
Evening Standard
Crezancy
Rheima
Reailly
Bohm
Credit to French Intelligence for Early German Failures
The Washington Post reports on July 16 that French intelligence anticipated the German offensive near the Marne. French artillery pre-empted the attack with heavy gas shell bombardment, delaying German advances east of Rheims and safeguarding key crossings. The piece lauds General Foch and French troops for holding lines and inflicting losses on the invaders.
British Front on Alert as Shelled Back Areas in France
British forces in France hold the line as allied troops show readiness for any move by Von Mindenburg's masses. Back areas including Popperinghe Viamertingha Dichebusche Hastebrouck Nieppe Forest Hamal the Vaire Wood and the gomme valley were shelled fairly heavily last night. The Querpenberg was hit by high explosives today. German air activity is low as they face supply and manpower pressures on the front.
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von Mindenburg
Popperinghe
Viamertingha Dichebusche Hastebrouck
Nieppe Forest
Hamal
Vaire Wood
Gomme
German Drive In Champagne Fails Amid Heavy Losses
Reports from July 16 describe French forts at Prunay and Vesle holding firm as German assaults along the Marne front push with multiple divisions near Rheims. American and Italian forces heroically countered, with fierce fighting around Souain and Brunay, while German casualties are described as exceptionally high and officers brutal in tone as their elite corps suffer heavy losses.
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Brunay
Torpedo Attack Off Spanish Port Palamos Near Barcelona
The Provence, a French transport, was damaged but not sunk by a German submarine. The attack occurred in Palamos harbor near Barcelona on April 13. Lieut Regalado of the Spanish navy was arrested amid investigations into possible German influence on officials. The U boat fired from 500 yards offshore as the Provence commander avoided returning fire to spare the town.
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Associated Press
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Barcelona
Floloch
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Lieut Regalado
Toeut Regalado
Petit Parisien
Provence
Italians Gain Ground in North Grappa Front
Rome reports lively actions in the Grappa area with Italian detachments gaining ground. 94 Austro Hungarian soldiers captured and seven machine guns seized, two posts at Brenta valley retaken, a few prisoners taken. Aerial combat continuous with twelve enemy aircraft downed.
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Rome
Grappa
Italian War Office
Brenta
Not a Gun Lost in the Champagne
French Headquarters reports that no gun was lost in the Champagne as airmen supplied precise enemy crossing points and offensive timing from July 16. Air reconnaissance guided artillery to concentrate on the Marne area, yielding heavy German casualties and revealing troop concentrations on the right bank.
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Verdun
Somme
Champagne
Marne
Rheims
London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Albanian Villages Taken in Eastern Theater Raid
An official statement reports on July 15 Serbian troops raiding Bulgarian trenches in Albania along the Devoli right bank. Villages Rastani Prostani and Vina were occupied and repnop pances pushed toward the Holta River source. Prisoners captured total 620.
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Vetremk
Albania
Devoli
Rastani
Prostani
Vina
Holta
Privonera
Americans Hold Marne River Bridgehead in Fierce Clash
Details from July 16 describe American troops resisting German crossings from Fossoy to Jaulgonne, fighting amid heavy shellfire. Volunteers carried ammunition under fire after horses were killed, pushing supplies by hand to the guns as German forces were driven back.
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London Times
Washington Post
Gopsright
The
Public Ledger Co
France
Fossoy
Jaulgonne
Marne
Americans Hold Marne Front Against Strong German Assault
Allied forces on the French front near the Marne faced heavy German pressure as fourteen German divisions attacked western positions near Montmirail. French and American troops counterattacked vigorously, taking many prisoners while preventing a German breakthrough toward Chalons and Rheims.
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France
Associated Press
Dormans
Montmirail
Rheims
Chalons
British Push Steadily Forward East of Amiens
British forces pressed their advance east of Amiens after sharp fighting in the Villers-Bretonneux sector, the war office reported. German guns fired through the night southwest of Albert and at other points along the northern British front.
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London
Villers-Bretonneux
War Office
Albert
Austrian Chief Dismissed In Vienna Shakeup
Vienna reports Emperor Charles dismissed Field Marshal Conrad von Heetzendorff, the Austro Hungarian chief of staff. Rumors say Conrad fell from favor after the Filave disaster. Berlin sources once linked Otto von Buelow to a plan as generalissimo on the Italian front, but this was denied amid Austrian protests.
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Universal Service
Vienna
Conrad von Heetzendorff
Conrad
Charles
Filave
Berlin
Otto von Buelow
Teuton
American casualties listed from expeditionary forces action
Casualties reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces include killed in action wounded and missing across ranks from sergeants to privates. Names with home towns from Newark to Syracuse and Washington appear, along with Marine Corps losses and a listed prisoner.
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Ertcan
Hitlea
John Hanley
Newark
Jacob B Means
Syracuse
Frederick J. Fagan
17Th Street Northwest
Washington
Alfred H. Hutchison
Gregory
Oak. Forest
Knowlton
Bradley
Moe
Ernest T. Man
Mewburgh
Alex Mensurati
Maria Ruconigh
Casero
Austria
George Turcotte
Fall River
Mass
Vernon Wymer
N. Baltimors
Ohio
Sergio F
Marine Corps
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German Offense At Marne Fails To Gain Ground
Paris dispatch notes German forces of about 70 divisions, 950000 men, with 35 engaged. Allied lines hold, Marne bridges under heavy fire, two pontoon bridges destroyed, French army reports 1000 prisoners.
Wounded in Action List Includes Many Names
A cablegram relay reports numerous individuals listed with locations across the United States as wounded in action severely. Names include Charles Kryszewski Jersey City Benjamin Tyson Brooklyn George Williams Detroit and others from Ohio Indiana Illinois and beyond. The tally mentions Edward Hopkins Crescent Ohio and John Maxfield Palmyra Illinois among a long roster of service members.
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Lucius Hampton
St Matthews
Ralph Perry
Cushing
Okla
Bernard M Sponsky
Bakerton
M J Ward
Philadelphia
John G. Gillen
Johnsonburg
George D Grigsby
Looksba
Edward
Lassus
Fort Wayne
Ind
William P Doyle
Syracuse
N . Ellis R Evans
N. Y
Luther M. Gaudren
Bushton
Kan
Maas
Peter Gianakopoulou
Kiparissici
Greece
Alvin B Gilliam
Charleston
A. Louis G Howard
Crawfordaville
Mimer P Lennon
Portage
Wis
Roy EB McConnaghy
KE Bernard
Tex Palsy
Maffe
Ricci
Province of
Caserta
Italy
Bartholomew
J Mahoney
Boston
Charles Marshall
Milwaukee
Charles F Mansey
Chester
Semil Morgan
Charles Kryszewski
Jersey City
Benjamin R. Tyson
Brooklyn
George & Williams
Detroit
Claude C. Edwards
Hallisaw
Ohio
George Fleischer
Staten Island
Henry H Kelly
Kerrville
Tenn
Arlynn M_ Price
Addingdon
I Lyte
Stephenson
Lebanon
Odin A Thomagen
Chicago
Stanley R Williams
Sanatomis
Kans
George W Barker
Los Angeles
Edward K Hopkins
Crescent
John A Maxfield
Palmyra
Chauncey F Morrison
Keokuk
Iowa
Rusagell J. Multina
Farmington
Harry B. Scott
Irwin W_ Sokoll
Herbert C_ Tuttle
Kingfisher
Mark W. Wade
Parsons
Corporain
Anthony S Kowalak
Bay City
Mich
Joseph
Toutson
Salem
Herbert McK
Ann Arbor
Alban
Lewis
William J. O Brien
Cincinnati
Davia E Proctor
East Cambridge
Mass
Alvin H Schlumpberger
New Ulum
Minn
Charles W Steinkamp
New York
John W Winston
Memphis
Eneea
Edgar R Anderson
Cedartown
2D C MEN DIE IN ACTION REPORTS FRANCE DEATHS
Sergt Maj Geary and Frederick J Fagan are reported dead in France. Geary, age 47, of 47 T Street Northwest, and Fagan are named in the casualty notice confirming their deaths in the current fighting.
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Geary
F. J. Fagan
France
Serat
William J Geary
T Street Northwest
Frederick J. Fu
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