French and Americans Gain Two Miles on Aisne Marne Front
Paris reports major gains for French and American forces on the Aisne Marne front with a two mile advance in the center, recapturing Epieds and pushing beyond Courpell. British gains near Rheims are noted, while overall fighting, counterattacks, and German losses of about 180,000 men since July 15 are highlighted.
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Aisne-Marne
U. S
Courpois
Armentieres
Brecy
Chatelet Wood
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Paris
War Office
F Epieds
Trugny-Epieds
Epieds
Courpell
London
Ottawa
Wrigny Wood
Rheims
Frenc
France
Associated Press
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Chateau Thierry
Chatelet
Germen
Mpied
Tisue Marne
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Trugry
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Siong
Marne
Fenatollv
Vladivostok Made Seat of Horvath Government
Reuter dispatch from Harbin dated July 12 reports Gen Horvath will aid the Czecho Slovaks and form a government to administer Nikolsk and Vladivostok with Vladivostok as headquarters. The move is expected to proceed toward Vladivostok soon, with Grove Park Inn Asheville NC noted as a famed resort.
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London
Reuter
Harbin
Horvath
Nikolsk
Vladivostek
Vladivostok
World War I Paris and Berlin official reports July 24
The Paris bulletin says Ourcq to Marne attacks continued with gains on left and center, capturing guns and matériel, advancing near Brecy and Courpoil with prisoners. fighting rages near Epieds and Trugny Epieds, and a bridgehead established at Treloup. Berlin via London notes a quieter day with partial engagements south of the Ourcq and Rheims.
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Ourcq
Marne
Armentieres
Chatelet Wood
Brecy
Epieda
Trugny-Epieds
Courpoil
Fere
Charteres
Jaulgonne
Treloup
Rheima
Bois de Rheims
Courmas
Montdidier
Mailly Raimieval
Aubvillers
Berlin
London
Soissons
Rheims
General Headquarters
Qureq
Red Cross Woman Finds Son Among Wounded
A New York Red Cross worker in Paris recognizes her son, a wounded American lieutenant, among refugees and battlefield casualties. Her reunion follows a hospital transfer after she learned he was injured by shellfire. The mother, a prominent social worker, has long aided refugees in France.
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Red Cross
Paris
New York
American Red Cross
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Youms Liutenant
Amerin
pMond
Dirigible Explodes At Norfolk Base in Fire
A main brace failure on a large dirigible caused a fire at the Norfolk naval air station. The gas bag and main hangar were destroyed and a dozen aircraft damaged while several crew members sustained minor injuries. Pilot and student struggled to land before the blast. Captain Bellinger said station work would continue and salvage operations would proceed.
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Naval Base
Naval Air Station
Mullencus
Barforkh
Atao
Bellinger
Gerongutias
One Rail Line Left As Germans Hold Salient
Allied forces press the Aisne Marne pocket as German reserves crowd the Salient. Gen March said only one railway line remains for heavy material, with Foch rushing heavy artillery and planes to crush the pocket while Germans try to withdraw from Chateau Thierry and Soissons. The wedge pocket spans about 30 miles at the base and 20 miles deep with up to 400 divisions identified in the ring.
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Aisne-Marne
Chateau Thierry
Marne Sallents
War Department
Gen March
March
Soissons
Nanteuil
Ourea
Baznches
Voesle
Chateau ‘Thierry
Marne
Chatelet Forest
Epieds
Lmited Salient
Kaiser in Chateau Thierry to See His Men Go to Paris
Special correspondent reports the Kaiser visited Chateau Thierry on June 2, two days after German forces entered the town. He watched what they planned as the triumphal march toward Paris along the Paris Metz road, with his staff present and German celebrations noted.
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Kaiser
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Washington Post
New York Herald
France
Paris-Metz
N.Y
Germany’s peace ideas via Spain seek to keep gains east
Berlin backed peace suggestions to Spain outline no western annexations, upholds treaties with Russia and Roumania, and calls for a round table to settle the Balkan, colonial, and seas questions. Officials warn this pacifist appeal aims to shape terms before a formal conference and not reflect government policy.
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Germany
Vorwaerts
Berlin
West
Roumania
Belgium
Balkans
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Russia
Brest-Litovak
Jasay
Wilson
Great Britain
France
Alsace-Lorraine
U.S. Thrift in France Builds Massive Salvage Depot
George Rothwell Brow reports on a vast U S salvage operation in France run by 25 staff officers and 5 000 men across 200 000 square feet. The depot handles 10 to 15 carloads daily, salvaging clothing equipment and even battlefield finds to reduce wartime costs and conserve resources.
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United States
Germany
France
Wilson's Siberia Plan Awaits Japan's Green Light
President Wilson has finalized the U S plan for participation in the Siberia expedition to aid Russia. The plan awaits Japan's formal reply received through the American ambassador Morris. The strategy reportedly includes an American economic mission and occupation of Vladivostok by allied forces with Japanese administration, but no direct military intervention in Russia.
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Wilson
United States
Russia
Japan
State Department
Tokyo
Morris
Department
Vladivostok
Peace Offer to Italy Made Through Socialists
Central Empires send peace overtures to Italy via international socialists reports Rome cables. German and Austrian socialist newspapers reach Italy through Switzerland and broadly advocate peace. Italian papers denounce the move as a concealed effort by military powers to act under socialism.
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Italy
Rome
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Smith Heads Ticket to End 3-Way Governorship Fight
Alfred E Smith of Newark chosen to lead a full New York State ticket at a formal convention aimed at party harmony after a three cornered primary threat from independent candidates William C. Osborn and William Randolph Hearst. The ticket includes Smith as Governor with Harry Walker, Franklin J. Bard, Bird 8 Color Kings, Charles Is Morschiuser, Jacob G Ochen, and Dwight GB Lady aWsh ington in senior posts, amid Seabury led calls for party unity and protest at Tammany influence.
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Alfred E Smith
Newark
Democrats
William Cchurch Osborn
William Randolph Hearst
Hia c
New York
Harry Walker
Bayonne
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Bird
Kings
Charles Is Morschiuser
Dutchess
Jacob G Ochen
Westchester
Ingineer
Dwight GB
Lady aWshington
Samuel Seabury
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Tammany Hall
William ¥ Cooke
Albany
William H Kelley
Committee of 42
Syracuse
William Church Osborn
Harry C Wadlkxer
Binghamton
George R. Sunn
Schenectady
Smith
John J Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York County
Thomas F Smith
Tammany New York
Sinking of Justicia Signals New U-boat Campaign
The Justicia, a 33,000 ton British troop liner, was sunk off the Irish coast by German U boats while returning from overseas with American troops aboard. Reports say eighty ships have faced U boat attacks as destroyers and net defenses helped keep the ship afloat for 24 hours. official details remain scarce as British and American authorities assess convoy needs and strategies.
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Navy Department
Sima
Pershing
Lfe
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Juetiria
Berlin
Carpathia
Barunga
Baker
Daniela
Admirl Sims
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