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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
1
The Atchison Globe notes that wartime conversations among children occur as a means to engage adults, while suggesting the war has taught many women the difference between a fur long and a furlough.
Across the front the Allied offensive draws praise for American and Australian troops in an attack south of the Somme near Villers-Bretonneux. The article notes high fighting spirit, effectiveness, and bravery, with American losses totaling 603 army, 542 marines. 286 killed or died, 303 wounded, 116 missing or prisoners. Also reports the death of ex mayor Mitchel of New York in a crash at Gerstner field when the safety belt failed.
Casualties of the army and marine corps in the American Expeditionary Forces increased by 703 last week to total 11,086. Deaths reach 4,414 with 291 KIA at sea. wounded total 6,169. Army deaths 4,? Marines 487. Missing numbers incomplete in the fragment.
An official dispatch from Switzerland describes fighting in Moscow between Bolshevik forces and revolutionary socialists after Count von Mirbach the German ambassador was killed. It notes 6 percent bodies recovered, with estimations of 140 to 200 dead in the wreck of a river excursion steamer near Peoria Illinois.
The Murman coast population on the Kola peninsula reportedly broke with Russia to join the Entente. A US–supplied stock arrives at Murmansk as German forces push toward Kola. Allied naval forces guard supplies along the railroad as Wilson’s White House policy shifts in the east.
Italian troops claim victory at Piave Delta after five days of fighting they crossed to the left bank and shattered Austro Hungarian resistance in the mouth of the Piave. The Italian forces advanced to the right bank of the Neva Piave from Grisolera south of the river and took 400 prisoners. A counteroffensive near Chiesanuova was repulsed in heavy fighting along the Prensela valley and the Brents.
London reports a new provisional Siberian government with popular support will oppose Bolsheviks, seek liberation from Bolsheviks, avoid foreign intervention, pursue universal suffrage, provincial councils, labor bureaus, land redistribution, and economic control. Pekin dispatch notes counterrevolution spreading as Bolsheviks retreat west from Sktutsk toward Mongolia.
Allied troops press the campaign in Albania with over 1300 prisoners taken and extensive materiel captured. The advance along the Adriatic left wing spans about 16 miles in three days, aided by British monitors. Italian cavalry maneuvered north of the Voyuse river, flanking Mala Castra ridge and destroying Semini river bridges to the north.
German ambassador Count von Mirbach to Russia was assassinated in Moscow by two men who gained entry by deception. After a brief argument, a pistol shot and hand grenade explosions occurred, and the ambassador died almost instantly.
Washington reports a new pension bill granting pensions of 123 months to widows of soldiers and sailors from the Spanish War or Philippine Insurrection. The widow's income must not exceed 250 dollars per year. The measure passed the House and was sent to conference.
The German war office admitted the capture of Hamel, with forces from Anstedlians aided by Americana securing the town. The report notes the development as a significant wartime gain with strategic impact for London operations.
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