Allies Drive Through Aisne To Marne In Six Mile Push
Paris reports that American and French forces seized more than twenty towns in a six mile advance from Aisne toward the Marne. Cavalry was used, guns captured, and Soissons came under American artillery fire as Allied troops pushed toward Belleau, Comchamp, and Chaudun, with over a dozen towns recaptured and thousands of prisoners reported.
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War Office
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Cyans
Jay
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Rheims
French and American Forces Break German Front North of Marne
Official War Reports from July 18 describe a 45 kilometer French American advance between the Aisne and Marne. They claim major gains including recapture of over 20 villages, thousands of prisoners, and significant material. Haig notes a Yorkshire raid near Robecq with 30 prisoners. Berlin confirms a French American counteroffensive north of the Marne with ground captured.
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Rheims
Aisne
Marne
Am- Dieny
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Troesnes
Bouresches
Soissona
Chaudun
Villers Helon
Noroy-Sur-Quur
Berlin
London
American forces regain Vaux line and halt gains near Chateau Thierry
Gen Pershing reports in a War Department communique that American troops fully recaptured the south bank of the Marne near Chateau Thierry and repelled repeated enemy assaults near Vaux with infantry and artillery fire. An aircraft was shot down, and Allied lines near Vaux withstood gas and bombardment during July 14 to 15. British lines near Villers-Bretonneux advanced, with two field guns captured and other improvements noted, while raids south of Hebuterne and Bucayoy met resistance.
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Americans Take Vierzy as French Push at Soissons
Allied forces, including American divisions, capture the town of Vierzy six miles south of Soissons and push three miles beyond. French and American units report 4,000 prisoners and 80 German guns seized in the region west of Boissons, with continued advances along the Ourcq and Marne fronts.
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Boissons
Swims the Marne to Save Wounded and Wins Cross
Gen Pershing awards the distinguished service cross to Lieut Walter R Flannery of Pittsburgh for swimming the Marne under heavy fire on June 3 and rescuing wounded soldiers unable to cross the river. He also receives the French war cross. Other DSC recipients include Lieut Joseph J Brown, Sergt James Hyde, Corps Henry Willard for Belle Wood gallantry and Sergt Charles Cunningham for driving off an enemy raft in Alsace after being wounded.
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F Pershin
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James Hyde
Henry Wilk Lard
Bellewood
Charles Cunniyham
Alsace
Guard Smashed Huns Off Officers Homes in Capital
The 1918 war feature recounts the Rainbow and Twenty Sixth divisions’ fierce defense near Lorraine and on the Marne. It highlights volunteer guards proving mettle, regulars and Marines adding laurels, and the Allied counterattacks that blunted Germany’s fifth major offensive.
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Washington Post Co
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Pease
National Guard
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New England
Clarence Rodwards
Havel
Cholera Reports Rise in Stockholm and Shipping Halt
Six new cages of Asiatic cholera reported in Stockholm over a few days. Copenhagen to London press notes that steamship service between Copenhagen and Stockholm has been halted. A case aboard a ship reaching Gefle is noted, with Swedish seaport activity disrupted.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Empress Weeps at Number of Wounded in Rhine Hospitals
Geneva dispatch reports the German empress and Prince Joach im visiting Strassburg hospitals crowded with Prussian wounded from the Marne offensive. Savarian and Saxon wounded are being moved inland as new wards open in Cologne and Mannheim. Wolff Bureau notes German losses as significant.
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Roosevelt Denied Run for New York Governor Rally Sparks Clampdown
At Saratoga Springs July 1 Roosevelt addressed the Republican State convention amid cheers but urged no stampede toward his nomination. Attorney General Merton Lewis said he would withdraw if Roosevelt ran, while an anti Whitman round robin circulated. Roosevelt asserted the Lusitania sinking was the firing on Sumter, calling for loyalists to back troops. He left the hall to renewed ovations, continuing on the ninth page.
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Japan Accepts U8 Intervention Plan And Aid
Tokyo papers publish the US proposal to send troops to Siberia with Japan joining. Plans aim to aid the Czecho-Slovaks and provide economic help to Russia. Reports say Japan will cooperate and dispatch small contingents. some leaders favor larger moves to counter German influence and protect national interests.
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