Allied Lines Hold As German Offensives Fail Across Front
British French and Italian forces repel Teutonic attacks in Cambrai Quesant and Courieres wood. Berlin admits limited gains as Haig reports heavy losses for the attacker. In Russia Kaledin faces mixed reports of victories around Rostov-on-Don while Korniloff battles Bolsheviks near Bielgorod and Moscow.
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Verdun
Berlin
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
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Korniloff
Bielgorod
Moscow
Petrograd
Serbia
Germans Renew Assaults on Italian Front Between Brenta and Piave
German forces under General von Below reinforce and press a major drive along the Italian front between the Brenta and Piave rivers. A temporary foothold was gained on Monte Spinancia amid heavy Italian counterattacks while snow and mist hinder operations.
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Brenta
Piave
Monte Spinancia
Gould Again Is Promoted to Sergeant in Army
Camp Dix Wrightstown New Jersey December 18 Kingdon Gould earned his second promotion today to sergeant and joined the intelligence office as a division interpreter. He has studied several languages.
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Camp DIX
Wrightstown
N. J
Kingdon Gould
National Army
Intelligence
Americans Battle Germans as Air Squadron Attacks
The report describes American engineers under heavy bombardment in a crater field turning to rifles and grenades as British and French forces advance. German aviators reportedly targeted American headquarters while a bomb wounded officers in a street, and two American soldiers died of gunshot wounds in hospital.
Insurance Men Will Work for War Savings
Fraternal insurance society representatives in Washington pledged support to the government war loan effort. They agreed to form war savings associations among members and to invest only in United States securities going forward.
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Washington
Fraternal Insurance Society
McAdoo
United States
Suffragists Plan Direct Action If Suffrage Fails
Washington December 13. The National American Women Suffrage Association begins its annual convention with a recommendation for direct action in congressional elections next year if the federal suffrage resolution is not enacted this session. Carrie Chapman Catt reads an open message to Congress as Secretary Lane and Representative Jeanette Rankin address the meeting.
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Executive Council
Congress
Carrie Chapman Catt
Lane
Jeanette Rankin
National American Women Suffrage Association
Falls Fatal for Lowell Gas Worker After Furnace Accident
Patrick Moroney aged 50 a Lowell Gas Company employee was fatally burned when he fell against a furnace at the plant tonight He died before removal to the hospital He lived at 24 Rock street Lowell.
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Patrick Moroney
Lowell Gas Company
Rock Street
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