30 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces press the Soissons Rheims salient with the west flank advancing. Americans withstand a German counterattack by the Fourth Prussian Guards around Sergy and Vere en Tardenois, taking prisoners and capturing trenches and guns as French and Australian units push forward near Amiens and Rheims.
Official war bulletin reports violent engagements along the Marne front with German resistance stiffening. Allied forces claim ground captured near Buzancy Grand Rozoy Cugny and in the Ourega area, with 450 prisoners taken. further gains north of Fere-en-Tardenois and south of Villers-Agroy-Aiguizy. German attacks west of Fere-en-Tardenois repelled with heavy losses.
Day reports from Paris Rome and London describe Allied pursuit north of the Marne with German rear guard actions and prisoner captures while artillery activity occurs in the Fella Brenta valley and Piave river sectors. Australian forces conduct a local trench operation at Marlincourt with prisoners and casualties. German statements note withdrawals and rearguard actions around Pere en Tardenois and Verdun area.
In late July war dispatches describe two successful Canadian raids south and north of Gavrelle with few prisoners. British front artillery activity noted. German and Austrian reports recount repulsed British attacks north of Lys and Villemontoire, and Albanian front counter pressures with costly assaults.
The Italian steamer Giuseppe Garibaldi, 4,000 tons, was destroyed by an explosion 200 miles off the Brazilian coast. Six crew members were killed. the remainder were rescued by the English ship Ardgrange. Italian consul reports a dynamite bomb placed aboard by Ger. Built 1896, 340 feet long, 44 feet beam, owned in Genoa.
Tandon reports the convoy system, in operation about a year, shows only about 3 percent losses among convoyed ships. More precisely, one ship out of nearly 200 has been lost, evidencing strong effectiveness of the scheme.
London reports allied positions in the Rheins-Sesssons pocket with a shifting front. The line stretches from Bligny to Grand Rozoy and joins the southward line from Soissons. A key change west of Fere-en-Tardenois shifts the front, with German retirement noted near Oulchy-le-Chateau and adjacent areas.
August Bach, a machinist at the naval gun factory, and Charles E. Olson of Rockville Centre, N. Y., are jailed on espionage act charges. Bach, arrested last Thursday after a torpedo blueprint vanished from the navy yard, appeared before Judge McMahon and is held for grand jury action. Olson’s arrest is not tied to the yard case. Bach, a naturalized citizen born in Alsace Lorraine, says he is French and has a wife who left the city for Fort Wayne with her parents. Bach’s room search yielded nothing of significance to the government.
Amsterdam reports a monarchist conference near Kalash and Stiles resolved to form centers across Russia to restore the imperial regime before March 1917. They seek Ukraine and Great Russia reunification under Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch. Kiev reports resumed Black Hundred activity. Ukrainian government orders arrest of ex War Minister Peshura and ex Minister of Commerce Porsch amid revolutionary machinations.
Dr. von Seydler, former Austrian premier, named director of the emperor's cabinet in Vienna. He gains powers as confidential secretary to the emperor, advising on governance while not directing policy. Vorwaerts notes the appointment signals strong imperial trust amid postwar tensions.
Omsk government agrees to supply food for an expeditionary force while negotiations continue between Siberia and the United States. Japan grants £50,000,000 for a strong army. Siberia to provide Japanese troops. Czechs capture Schmakova. arrests include machine guns and 200,000 cartridges. Proclamations from Gen Horvath assert control of Siberian departments amid shifting power.
Wynkes-Barre Pa July 29 police chiefs Ralph Daley of West Wyoming and Edward Brennan of Wyoming were shot and killed near there while attempting arrests. State police and civilians search for two men believed involved. Brennan was killed as he tried to take the suspect.
An official French dispatch notes German papers report Ferdinand of Bulgaria traveling abroad for health reasons. Neu Freie Presse cites a possible dignitary en route. Vienna says the copies are tired of illness and prospects look poor.
The American expeditionary forces clash with the Frussian Guards near Sergy four miles east of Fere en Tardenvs, with the Prussian Guards beaten to a standstill. Pershing’s defense is praised as a stonewall while army experts credit German military efficiency for their onslaught. Baker lauds American public response and urges continued effort as Allied advances press in the Soissons and Rheims region.
A French commander lauds an American division largely from Massachusetts in a July report. From July 18 to 25 near Chateau Thierry the unit advanced 77 kilometers, seized German positions, captured cannons and machines guns, and took 200 prisoners. The Germans retreated as American tenacity and French cooperation impressed observers.
U S Marines landing in Vicentillo province Santo Domingo faced bandit attacks. Three Marines wounded ten bandits killed and several wounded. Captain Charles F Merkel commanded the detach ment. A bandit raid near Santa Fe wrecked stores. leader wounded by police. Marines at Gazin July 23 killed and wounded and captured 60 horses. Another detachment at Gato repelled by 30 bandits with four bandits killed. Names of injured not announced.
Coventry England July 29 strikers at munition plants decide to resume work immediately. Meeting adopts government offer of a joint inquiry and reserves the right to sit with local union representatives. Government to withhold calttering notices and vows no victimization. Brewingham also reports strikers returning to work after the action.
Copenhagen dispatch claims Turkey severed relations with Germany, prompting cautious U S officials to assess the potential political crisis in Constantinople. Reports cite cabinet tensions over Bulgaria’s territorial adjustments and factions led by Talaat Pasha and Enver Pasha, with fear Berlin’s influence could wane if Turkish leaders act.
New York July 29 Bruno Opper mans a German was arrested on his farm near Englishtown New Jersey and brought here today by Department of Justice agents as a dangerous enemy alien A wireless outfit and a high flag pole were found on the place earlier when U boats were operating off the New Jersey canal The farm is secluded in the pine belt The Feeders events found in his home German made out to Reintich
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