Huns Retreat on Vesle and Canal du Nord Crossed
British and French forces push German lines along a wide front from the Vesle to Bourlon Wood with Canal du Nord crossings near Peronne. Desperate German resistance seen in front of Bourlon and Cambrai as troops advance north of Arras and lens.
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VESLE
Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Ypres
Lens
Arras
Peronne
France
Associated Press
Canal du Nord
Perdnne
Arras-Cambrai
Ruyaulcourt
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Haigs
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Neuille-Bourjouval
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Moietains
Mananecourt
Etriecourt Lens
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Beaugles
Grandru
Mondescourt
Appilly
Ailetta
Marizelle
Manicamp
Ailette
Aisne
Soissons
Buoy-le-Long
Moncel
Chasemy
BreneHe
Vauhberlin
Vaurcere
Blanzy
Bashlieux
Paris
Oise
Noyon
war office
Chapitre wood
Chevailly
Crisolles
Allette
Mackensen Army Seen Ready to Strike on Western Front
London reports no German counter stroke yet on the western front. Prisoners speak of a large army led by General von Mackensen poised to attack the Allies, though its exact location is unknown. The force is said to be prepared to strike if Ludendorff loses ground.
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London
Montreal
Ludendorff
von Mackensen
Haig reports Allied advances on Canal du Nord front
Official statements describe English and New Zealand divisions forcing a passage on a wide front north of Moislains, capturing Menancourt Etricotourt Royaulcourt and parts of the Hindenburg line. German lines near Soissons Vesle and Aisne show enemy retreat while Allied forces press toward Libermont Esmery Hallon and surrounding Bois-ds-lHopital.
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London
Haig
Walsh
Canal du Nord
Moislains
Menancourt
Etricourt
New Zealand
Royaulcourt
Havrincourt wood
Demicourt
MBoursies
Moeuvwres
Hindenburg line
Lys
Paris
Oise
Vesle
Libermont
Esmery-Hallon
Bois-ds-l'Hopital
Americans Raid Longayon Bomb German Lines
American airmen bombed Longayon twice and attacked German lines with about 30 aircraft in raids across Lor raine. The Wednesday dispatch notes the daytime and overnight bombing efforts by American forces against German positions.
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Lorraine
Associated Press
Turks shell Germans in Abu Tellul engagement
London reports German prisoners claim Turkish artillery deliberately fired on German infantry during the Abu Tellul action and ignored repeated signals for ceasefire, while a Turkish prisoner says his regiment inflicted heavy German casualties in the attack.
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London
Universal Service
Usoplyana
Abu Tellul
Germans Move Toward Aisne and Vesle Fronts
Allied forces push to the Vesle crossing near Bazoches and Fismes as German retreat accelerates north of the Oise and along the Aisne. French cavalry reach near Guiscard while capturing and advancing from Crisolles toward Coucy le Chateau and Bucy le Long.
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Reuters
Somme
Oise
Guiscard
Noyon
Allette
Coucy-de- Chateau
Juvencourt
Lenilly
Clamecy
Braye
Aisne
Bucy-le-Long
France
Noam
Associated Press
Canal du Nord
Guisecard
Noyon-Ham
Crisolles
Coucy-le-Chateau
Soissongs
Soissons
Rheims
Vesle
Shelly Terny Sorny
German retreat likely after Canal du Nord push
The front is pinched and Germans seem forced to abandon positions north of the Somme. Prisoners indicate orders to hold canal and Soissons plateau at all costs, with German losses. French progress threatens Ham and Somme lines, suggesting a retreat to the St Quentin La Fere line as American patrols report minor engagements and tear gas shell use on the Vosges front.
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Somme
Canal du Nord
Soissons
Ailette
Noyon
Guiscard
Noyon-Ham
Noyon-Chauny
Guisecard
Ham
St Quentin-La Fere
Hindenburg
France
Associated Press
Vosges
Woevre
British warn Soviets may be held as outlaws
London reports the British government telegrammed Moscow demanding reparations and punishment for those responsible for the Petrograd embassy attack in which Captain Cromie was killed. It warns Soviet leaders could be treated as outlaws if violence repeats. Lenine’s condition is critical per Moscow dispatches. Surgeons removed a bullet from Lenine’s body. The assassin of Uritsky is named Leonid Kannepressers, a former medical student. The Brest-Litovsk treaty talks and new Soviet gains are noted as well.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Petrograd
Cromie
Nikola Lenine
dispatch
Central
Lenine 4
Amsterdam
Moses Uritsk
peoples commissary for home affairs
commissariat of internal affaira
Berlin
Tagerblatt
Uritsky
Red Guards
Leonid Kannepiessers
medical school
Kannepressers
Uritzky
Izvestia
Brest-Litovsk
Pravda
Lenine
Authorities to extend inquiry into coal mine wages
District representatives of anthracite mine workers demanding higher pay were told by Fuel Administrator Garfield that labor department investigators will widen hearings on living costs in the anthracite regions to include relative wages of bituminous and anthracite miners and workers in other industries. He stated the government expects miners to continue work until the inquiry ends.
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Garfield
Department of Labor
Draft rules ready industries are protected
President Wilson approves new draft regulations to guide boards in selecting registrants next Thursday. A nationwide survey by the War Industries Board and Labor Department classifies industries into four groups and reserves exemptions for essential work. The system aims to keep core industries funded while individuals remain where their labor best serves the national welfare.
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ALBERT W. FOX
Washington Post Co
Wilson
Crowder
war industries board
Labor Department
Americans Free in Moscow Reported by Consular Dispatch
A State Department dispatch from Christiania says Vice Consul Imbrie and all Americans in Moscow and Petrograd are safe and at liberty. The Norwegian chargé at Petrograd relayed that on August 20 he saw and spoke with Mr Imarhye.
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Imbrie
Moscow
Petrograd
State Department
Christiania
Imarhey
Allies on the Last Lap Says Great French Chief
Paris newspapers publish a semiofficial statement from a French leader saying the allies are near victory. The chief notes superb allied efforts and that they are on the flat track toward the winning post.
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London
Montreal
Paris
Five Die In River Blast At Fox Island
Memphis memo reports a boiler explosion aboard Derrick Boat No 2 of Patton Tully Transportation at Fox Island on the Mississippi River. The death toll rose to five with engineer Joseph Harlan of Memphis dying at a hospital. His wife Mrs Harlan, serving as cook aboard, is critically burned and may lose her sight if she survives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Patton-Tully Transportation Company
Fox Island
Mississippi River
Joseph Harlan
Harlan
aobard
Wagner Tells of German Gold Backing Transatlantic Ships
New York on September 4 investigator Francis P Garvan said Richard G Wagner head of the American Transatlantic Company admitted under pressure that the fleet flying the State and Stripes was financed with German funds via Count von Bernstorff. He claimed American ownership until the end but acknowledged German support behind the venture and that ships aided German raiders.
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New York
American Transatlantic Company
United States shipping board
State and Stripes
Mitchel Palmer
Richard G Wagner
Milwaukee
Wis
threa
Francis P Garvan
Wagner
thal
Count von Bernsterff
Garvan
hal
shipping board
Navy Department
United States
South America
Bernstorff
Great Britain
von Bernstorf
Wagenknecht
Germany
Hugo Stinnes
Copenhagé
Albert Jensen
Stinmes
Bomb Blast Kills Four at Chicago Federal Building
Four killed and more than seven injured when a bomb exploded in the crowded federal building on Adams Street Chicago. The IWW was blamed by J Barry of the Justice Department though authorities arrested nine men and a woman nearby. The blast shattered windows, ripped a radiator into the street, and sent debris across several blocks as crews and ambulances swarmed to aid victims.
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Chicago
federal
Edward Kolken
Php J Barry
Department of Justice
IWW
I WW
Barry
K. M Landis
William D Haywood
Adams street
Commonwealth-Edison
Marquette
Great Lakes
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