British Line Yields for Tighter Hold in France
British forces resist fierce German drive across the front near the Somme. Dispatches state 49 German divisions identified, with estimates up to 90 involved. Berlin reports prisoners, guns, and village gains as British positions are evacuated in the Cambrai region while German forces press forward.
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France
Altho
Kaiser
Wilhelm -II
London
William
Amsterdam
Spa
Belgium
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Berlin
Fontaine Les Croiselles
Moeuvres
Fontaine-Moeuvres
Vaulx-Vraucourt
Morchi
Holnon Wood
Savy
Roupy
Somme
Crozat Canal
Cambrai
Demicourt
Flesquieres
Ribecourt
Terrific Battle Approaches Open Front
Terrific fighting on the western front as German forces push near St Quentin. British resistance holds north of the Oise while rumors point to French involvement and a potential use of the Entente army of maneuver. Fresh German divisions are entering the battle with reserves in place.
Western Front Breaks Defensive Zone War Report
The Courier notes a breakthrough in the western front defense as German offensives push near the southern end of the Arras to La Fère line. British and French troops fall back to prepared positions while Haig cites fresh German troops aiding rapid advances. Experts warn supply challenges and longer lines as Germans advance.
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Arras
la Fere
Paris
Haig
British War Office
St. Quentin
The
Somme
Hindenburg
Line May Bend But Not Break British Believe
London reports a cautious optimism from morning papers about the Allied line on the Western Front. They credit British intelligence with predicting enemy aims and timing and foresee ongoing heavy fighting beyond Cambrai as the offensive continues.
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London
Mary Bend
Western Front
Cambrai Front
Paris Bombarded by German Long Range Guns
Paris faced shelling from 240 millimeter guns since dawn, with about 10 dead and 15 wounded as distances fromfront to city executives suggested the front line remained distant. An air raid alarm followed, with several bombs dropped and casualties reported.
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Paris
ATR
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co Sold to Deere & Co of Moline
Negotiations for the sale of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co to Deere & Company of Moline Illinois have closed in a deal valued over two million dollars. Deere officers Frank Sifloway and P D Wharton completed the purchase, with George Miller and J E Johnson retiring from key posts as William Butterworth assumes the Deere presidency in Waterloo. The plant will expand under new management, employing over 1,000 workers with a daily capacity of 100 engines and 25 tractors, and orders on file total over two million three hundred twenty thousand dollars.
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Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co
John Deere & Company
Moline
Dil
Deere & Company
Frank Sifloway
FL Wharton
Waterloo
Iowa
George
HB. Miller
3. &. Johnson
L. W. Witty
Retuin
William Butterworth
Red Cedar
Iu Uder Way
Canada
George W. Miller
J. J. Weller
A. Eupton
O. W. Eckert
Harry Nauman
Pp. H. Conger
Richard Holmes
George B. Miller
Johnson
Witty
John Deere
United States
BRITISH TROOPS FIGHT IN HERCE FRONT LINES IN FRANCE
British forces press in on the Scarpe to the Oise front amid heavy fighting. Gas masks worn by the defensive army. advances byTentons Uprooted villages and shattered fields. Two sectors see the fiercest action northwest of Cambrai and southwest near Bullecourt and Hargicourt. German artillery massed, trench mortars loom large, airmen attack at low altitude as British gunners deliver fierce responses. Continuous fighting, but front trenches hold with heavy losses and high alert.
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Associated Press
France
Oise
Aiten
Cambrai
Bullecourt v. Hargicourt
Yiet
Canal
du Nord
Croiselles
Tba
Tle
Nin Man
Chine
no/man’s land
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Field Marshal Haig
Tayas
Gyher
Faris
Supreme Council
Versailles
North Sea
Adriatic
Courier and Reporter
Waterloo Bavings Bank
Waterloo Gasotina Engine Company
el Tovar Broadieat
Havana de
Olgar
Deere & CO
Moline, Ill
Deat
City
State of
Otto Borchert
Be, Johnson
Low
Herce
Tommied
No Man's Land
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