Hard fighting shifts to region of the Marne, near Rheims
The battle line extends along the Marne salient as German forces try to hold Americans in the woods and slow British advances. French and American troops push toward Fere en Tardenois and La Fay.Reports note heavy artillery, gas shells, and repeated German withdrawals as Allied forces push deeper into the forested sector around Rheims and Chateau Thierry.
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Ems Maria
Veurtan Wood
Ierpween
Oure
Chateau ‘Thier
Aisne-Maarne
Associated Press
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Ponay
Oulehy-le Mhauteu
Beyomd
Aviso
Fere-en-Tardene
Sapona
Fere
Ris
Forest of
Ria
U-Boat Murders Survivors at Sea
Santander July 26 The French cargo steamship Lydien torpedoed by a German submarine off Aumaya two dozen miles west of San Sebastian. Of the 46 crew only six reached shore alive. the rest were murdered after abandoning ship in lifeboats and on a raft to hide evidence. This follows the Llandovery Castle incident and occurred within Spanish territorial waters. The Cemps says Alexander Kerensky, the former Russian Premier, will not travel to that.
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London Times
Washington
Copsright
The
Public Ledger Co
Santander
Lydien
Aumaya
San Sebastian
Llandovery
Llandovery Castle
Paris Official Reports Detail WWI Front Moves and Prisoner Counts
The communiqué notes reciprocal artillery actions south of the Ourcq with no infantry clashes. French forces on the Marne bank captured Reuil and Savarges farm, pushing the foe to southern edges of Binson Orquigny and Villers-Sous-Chatillon. On 25 July 700 prisoners were taken at Villemontoire and Oulchy le Chateau region. Champagne operations followed the German offensive on the 18th and 16th, with local assaults yielding a 1500 meter eastward advance near Suippes and reconquest of Main de Massigen along with 1,160 prisoners, 200 machine guns and 7 guns won.
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Reuil
Savarges
Binson Orquigny
Villers-Sous-Chatillon
Villemontoire
Oulchy-le- Chateau
Champagne
Suippes
St. Hilaire Grande, Souain
le Mesnilles Hu
British repulse attacks along Ave tay wood and Vieux Berquin
London reports a morning hostile assault on posts in the Ave tay wood north of Albert was repulsed. A night raid near Vieux Berquin was driven off with losses. Early this morning a few prisoners were taken during the enemy’s unsuccessful attack on Me teren positions.
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London
Avetay Wood
Albert
Vieux Berquin
Meteren
Hebuterne
Morris
Somme
Bovelles
War updates from front and allies report gains and losses
Reports from Paris London and Berlin July 24 to 26 detail French and British actions in the Somme and surrounding fronts. French forces claim captures at Villemontaire Oulchy le Chateau and hundreds of prisoners with machine guns. British lines report enemy assaults repulsed at Hebuterne Meteren and protection of gains with 34 prisoners. German dispatches cite counter advances and repulsed attacks along the Oureq Aisne Marne front with aerial losses noted.
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London
War Office
Albert
Aisne
Marne
Oulehy-le-Chateau
Oerts
Oureq
neeles-sur-Marne
Forest de Ris
Rheims
Vrigny
Champagne
Suippes
Seuain
Paris
Havas
Geffard
Adarse
Fire at Mailinckrodt Chemical Works Wrecks Ether Stock
A blaze at the Mailinckrodt Chemical Works in St Louis on July 26 destroyed 230000 quarter pound cans of ether for use by the American army in France. Two girls and a fireman were likely fatally injured as explosions followed the fire causing about 125000 dollars in damage. Investigators traced the fire to a spark from an electric soldering iron.
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Pershing
St. Louis
France
Mailinckrodt Chemical Works
Kaiser Approves Sacrifice Of Half a Million Men
Rome reports Gen. Ludendorff pressed the Kaiser to accept large losses during a recent German drive, claiming he was ready to sacrifice half a million men as the Berne dispatch noted. The line underscores wartime severity and high command dynamics.
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Kaiser
Rome
Ludendorf
Berne
Ckelsex
Americans and French Win at Bruyeres Near Fere France
Reports from July 26 describe Allied gains in Champagne with Gen. Gouraud's forces retaking Main de Massiges and Catchy Le Chateau. French and American troops recaptured Bruyeres, three miles from Fere, after heavy street fighting and rock-cut fortifications, signaling a shift in the Marne salient.
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Bruyeres
Fere
British Armed Cruiser Marmora Sunk by German Submarine
London July 26 The British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Ten crew members are missing and presumed dead. A British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore Wednesday and sank with thirteen missing. Naval records show no Marmora cruiser. the vessel may be the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company steamship Marmora of 10509 tons, built in Belfast in 1903, 530 feet long with a 60 foot beam.
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London
Admiralty
Marmora
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Belfast
Robbers Strike Jewelry Store in Chicago Heist
Four men stole thirty thousand dollars in jewels and five hundred in cash from J. M. Sandack's jewelry store in Chicago. They threatened Sandack his son and daughter with pistols and escaped after ransacking the shop.
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Chicago
J. M. Sandack
Sandack
Japan Accepts American Plan to Aid Czech-Slovaks in Siberia
London reports Japan has decided to accept the U S proposal to assist Czech-Slovak armies in Siberia. The aim is to support the allied effort without threatening Russia's sovereignty, with troops to be withdrawn once objectives are met. Provisional Siberian government at Omsk proclaims independence and cancels Bolshevik decrees.
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Tokyo
Wilson
Siberian Republic
London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
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Siberia
the Times
United States
Russia
Associated Press
Omsk
Reuter
Peking
Siberian
Duma
Vladivostok
Aul
Entente
State Department
Pershing to Promote Generals Reward for Bold American War Work
The article notes Pershing’s plan to promote lieutenant generals as a reward for American divisions’ strong performance on the Aisne and Marne fronts. It highlights the rapid rise of officers like Gen. Liggett, the improving French view of American leadership, and the urgent need for corps commanders to lead large forces in ongoing operations.
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Bullard
George
BROWN
Washington Post. Co
Aisne
Marne
Pershing
United States
America
Picardy
Hunter J. Liggett
France
Americans Too Bold Lose More Men Than French
London July 26 Reuters reports a comparison of French and American troops in the ongoing battle. The French have four years of hard steady training and prize five Frenchmen for every dead German, sacrificing willingly but preferring to kill with less loss. They admire American valor yet their methods are slower and more surgical, with France leaving fewer men behind.
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London
Reuter
France
Barres Sees German Attack Prepared at Tardenois Front
Paris dispatch from July 25 1918 notes Maurice Barres French critic beliefs that Ludendorff is gathering forces for a major counteroffensive near Soissons Chateau Thierry front. Allies push eastward beyond Oulchy le Chateau while German plan to turn tide centers on Tardenois and Vesle with heavy reinforcements.
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Ludendorff
Tardendorff
Tardenois
Vesle
Marne
Dormana
Oruilly
Dormans
Paria
Treloup
Chiasins
Oulchy
Rheims
Four Women Killed as Interurban Hits Auto Near Royal Oak
Four women died instantly and a fifth was fatally injured when a Detroit United Railway interurban struck their automobile four miles north of Royal Oak Michigan last night. The deceased were Mrs Bailey Mrs Benjamin Mrs W T Mathews and Mrs Charles T. a fifth woman sustained fatal injuries. The parties were all residents of Detroit and the crash occurred on the rural road leading to Royal Oak.
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Mich
Ffth
Detroit United Railway
Royal ‘Oak
Iics
Memobers
Benjamin
Ca. Bailey
W. T. Mathews
Charles T
Lull Favours Allies In Marne Sector War News
Allied and American forces hold the initiative amid a strategic lull in the Marne sector. German forces are limited to defense while the allies plan renewed offensives, with Foch and his troops poised to strike when ready.
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