British Drive Drives Deep as Wotan Line Falls
Paris dispatch reports French troops cross the Somme near Epenancourt and gain an east bank foothold, while British forces press from Peronne toward Douai and Valenciennes. Canadians aid the Drocourt Queant push as the Wotan line is shattered and German resistance collapses.
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Paris
Somme
Epenancourt
war office
Canal du
Nord
London
Peronne
Sensee River
Haig
Ytres
Bertincourt
Beaumetz-les-Cambrai
Baralle
Rumaucourt
Lecluse
France
Associated Press
Drococurt-Queant line
ceme
Canal du Nera
Drocourt- Queant line
Wotan
Hindenburg
War Report Details British Gains Near Peronne and Lens
British and Allied forces advance along the Lys and Scarpe fronts after a heavy enemy defeat. Haig notes progress from the Peronne to Lens region, with captures at Richebourg St Vaast, La Bassee Road, Estaires, and Wulverghem. German resistance wanes as canals and flooded lowlands hinder retreat.
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Lens
Field Marshal Saig
France
London
Marabal Haig
Peronne
Sensee
Utrea
Beaumetz-lez-Cambrai
Barall8
Rumanicourt
Lecluse
Equancourt
Lys
Richebourg-St. Vaast
La Bassee Road
Estaires
Givenchy-lez-La Basses
Steenwerck
Wulverghem
Yanks Clear Nests and Capture Big Guns North of Soissons
American forces near Terry Sorny north of Soissons clear machine gun nests and consolidate positions as Gen Mangin visits, praising the sector and French cavalry and tanks. Air battles and artillery activity continue along the Vesle front with German fires around Flames and Longueval. Two 105 millimeter guns captured eastward are turned on the German army, with trained crews using enemy guns and ammunition.
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Vesle
Pablo Ledger Co
France
Terry Sorny
Soissons
Terny Sorny
Mangin
Soissons f
Preas
Veef
Aisne
Chuizel
Bdrvonyal
Longueval
Fritz
Associated Press
Juvigny
Marne
Reuter
Pont Rouge
Laon
aunshine
Soklin
Tokyo
Japanese war office
Trans Baikana
Semenos
Soklui
Boija
Bolja
Bavarian Crown Prince Disagrees With German Command on Offensive
Dispatches from Switzerland report Crown Prince Rupprecht I of Bavaria fully disagreed with General Ludendorff over the last German offensive. He opposed continued action due to limited means and weak strategic position and favored retirement. The prince reportedly returned home on a long vacation as Bavarian troops faced the conflict.
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Switzerland
Rupprecht I
Bavaria
Ludéendorff
Pacifist Leaders Claim German Majority Sought Peace Plan
Pieter Jellies Froejatra quoted in Nyadaglist Allehanda says German reichstag majority leaders in January tried to unite with England’s pacifist leaders to push peace on Wilson’s principles. The interview was conducted in Lucerne as reported in Stockholm on September 3.
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Stockholm
Pieter Jellies Froejatra
Nyadaglist
Allehanda
Lucerne
England
Wilson
French Liner Pampa Sunk with 4 Missing
Paria reports the French steamship Pampa of 4471 tons was torpedoed on the night of August 26-27 while en route from Bizerta to Salonika. Four Serbian soldiers among 359 aboard are missing. Canadian dispatch later notes 159 sailors from Norwegian schooner Bregmar and others survived after being rescued off Grand Banks. Two guards from the American steamer Joseph Cudahy were rescued off the Spanish coast. most crew and guards are accounted for.
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Paria
Havas
Pampa
waa
Bizserta
Saloniki
Bregmar
Luyenburg
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Joseph Cudahy
Navy Department
William J. Herman
Henry Beckman
San Francisco
armed guard
Palace at Sofia Partly Blown Up
An informant reports that revolutionary elements blew up part of Sofia's royal palace last night and forewarns of an imminent Bulgarian revolution. The dispatch notes Bulgarian army weariness, mutinies, mass political meetings in camps, and desertions amid allied successes in France.
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SOFIA
London Times
Washington Post
the
Public Ledger Co
Herne
Rome
France
Macedonia
al eecarian
teenahea
Allied and German War News on Lens Fall and Gun Power
A Washington dispatch reports Lens fell to Allied forces, a severe blow to Germany but not a rout. Officials say Drocourt Queant switch line loss is less decisive, while Lens loss signals future Allied strength aided by American manpower and a vast gun program.
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Washington Poet Co
Lens
Drocourt-Queant
Sir Douglas Haig
teuton
Washington
puble
Germany
Drocourt-Quecant
Messine ridge
Hindenburg
Drecourt-Queant
Lena
France
America
Crowell
munitiona
United States
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Russians Aid Czech Forces Near Ussuri Front
Special Cable from The London Times reports Czech troops advancing from Baikal toward Verneudinsk and approaching Chita with three-column movement. Russian and Czech forces cooperate along the Ussuri border while rail lines are rebuilt after retreating enemy damage.
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London Times
Washington Post
the
Public Ledger Co
VlndivosteR
Baikal
Verneudinsk
Petrovsky
Chita
Selinginsk
Kiachts
newa P
Siberia
Volga
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Siberian provisional government
Lake Baikal
Ussuri
Allied push and New Hampshire primary results mix in Sept.
The report notes a con alized position held against a counter attack with heavy losses and allied guns effective at Oboserakaya. In Concord New Hampshire Gov. Henry W. Keyes leads the Republican U S Senate primary with 4 363 votes from 127 of 236 towns while Eugene Reed and Albert W Noone trail with 902 and 276 votes respectively.
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Oboserakaya
Concord
N. H
Henry W. Keyes
United States
Henry F. Hollis
Rhugene E. Reed
Albert W.Noone
Peterborough
Key
New York Seizes 10 000 Slacker Suspects In Draft Sweep
More than 10 900 suspected draft evaders were herded into armories in New York and nearby cities as the largest slacker hunt since the war began unfolds. Officials say 25 to 30 percent may be willful slackers while government agents and volunteers press to complete roundups across New Jersey and Westchester.
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New York
United States
Westchester county
New Jersey
Charles F. Dewoody
New York bureau of investigation
Department of Justice
Bomb raids hit Rhine targets as British air force strikes
The British independent air force dropped fifteen tons of bombs on German military works in the Rhine provinces in the last 24 hours. Three raids targeted the German airdrome at Buehl with hangars demolished and direct hits scored on several targets. Ehrang railways near Treves and Searbruecken Burbach works and railways also suffered direct hits from high level bombs.
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London
British independent air force
Rhine
Buehl
Ehrang
Treves
Searbruecken
Burbach
London Firemen Face Possible Strike After Police Stand
London officials warned of a fire brigade strike following the police walkout. The firemen's union demanded a labor recognition reply by September 8, hoping for a satisfactory answer to avert drastic action.
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Labor
London
fire brigade
national union of corporation workers
ministry of labor
Outwitted by Fog and Fear: German Offenses Reassessed
Paris reports a German retreat north of the Somme and the Aisne as Allied pressure grows. The article contrasts German offensive tactics with French doctrine under Foch and Petain, noting repeated German failures and a decisive French counteroffensive beginning July 18 near the Marne.
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Paris
Alsace
Foch
Petain
Marne
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Dorguies
Bracourt- Queant
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Quean
Doignies
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Vely
Official War’ Reports
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Noyon
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Biache-St. Vaast
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G. O. P. Senate
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