British Capture Cambrai Defences
British forces hold Bourlon Wood and Bourlon Hill in the Cambrai sector as German counterattacks fail to dislodge them. Byng aims to press new assaults toward Cambrai after securing key positions. In Rheims area German efforts near Laon are repulsed, and attacks along Verdun front against Petain are also driven back with heavy losses.
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War Office
Byng
Bourlon
Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Prince
Rheims
Laon
Verdun
Petain
Haig Praises Cambrai Drive and Byngs Army
Field Marshal Haig issued a special order of the day praising the Bourlon position capture as a crowning success in the Cambrai operation. He credits tanks cavalry and all arms for the breakthrough and the opening of the way to further exploitation of the advance.
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Byng
Cambrai
Suc
London
Field Marshal Haig
Bourlon
British Third Army Advances Under Unprecedented Conditions
The third army reports bold advances over four days under novel conditions. Tanks operated in large numbers proving their value and aiding surprise. Infantry artillery aircraft and cavalry all cooperated with devotion. Sir Julian Byng and staff receive thanks for preparation and execution of operations with complete secrecy maintained.
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Royal Engineers
Signal Services
Transportation Services
Army Service Corps
Julian Byng
Italy
Flanders
No German Cash in Ireland Declares Devoy
Devoy declares there is no German cash in Ireland amid Sinn Fein plots. The statement, delivered in New York, comes as he reads a speech to counter perceived misrepresentation and address alleged revolutionary aiding.
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Ireland
United States Secret Service
New York
Sinn Fein
Irish Struggle Denied as German Plot by U S Leaders
A speaker charges New York newspapers under Lord Northcliffe and Chief Flynn of the secret service with a frameup against Irish nationalists. He claims Easter Week was not German financed and asserts Irish money funded the rebellion. He cites royal commissioners confirming no German funds and asserts forged sensational claims are aimed at destroying Ireland’s cause.
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Ireland
Germany
Federal Grand Jury
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Secret Service
Boston
Sinn Fein
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Dublin
Lord Wimborne
Augustine Birrell
Matthew Nathan
Kerry
DISSENSION AMONG THE BOLSHEVIK IN RUSSIA
Petrograd Nov 24 The autocratic methods of the council of national commissioners issuing armistice decrees without the central executive committee of the Workmen and Soldiers Deputies have sparked dissension. Friction grows between protesting members of the committee, notably the Social Revolutionists, and the council as the conflict ripens.
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Petrograd
Council of National Commissioners
Lenine Defends Armistice Negotiation Policy Before Executive Meeting
Lenin answered criticisms of the soldiers armistice order at a central executive committee gathering of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies. He said the move counters counterrevolutionary officers and fits democratic government aims enabling masses to act while soldiers may negotiate not sign. He denied Russia seeks a separate peace with Germany and warned allies would be consulted before any treaty.
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Lenine
Council of National Commissioners
Dukhonin
Russia
Germany
France
England
Attacks Easing on Italian Front As Guard Regiments Suffer Losses
The Italian front along the Piave shows little change with ongoing heavy artillery and scattered fighting. The Prussian Guard regiment suffered major losses as three battalions attacked Italian positions, while Italian aviators have downed 51 enemy aircraft in the last 30 days.
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Italy
Piave
American Mission Members Visit Lafayette Tomb in Paris
Colonel Edward M. House General Tasker H. Bliss and Admiral Benson led the American War Mission to Picpus cemetery and placed a wreath on Lafayette's tomb with the inscription From the American War Mission in Grateful Remembrance. No speeches were given. House met for a long conference with Premier Clemenceau while other mission members compared notes and held formal talks.
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Paris
Edward M. House
Tasker H. Bliss
Admiral Benson
Picpus
Lafayette
House
M. Clemenceau
Terribly Sick Woman Credits Vegetable Compound
A Madison Wisconsin woman Mrs Nenana F Blake says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her chronic back pains after three years and delayed surgery. She reports a healthy baby girl and urges other suffering women to try the remedy.
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Nenana F. Blake
Box 22
Madison
Wis
Mrs. Blake
Lydia fFinkham
Death Notice Edward J Farrell of Roxbury
Edward J Farrell beloved husband of Margrett Farrell died in Roxbury. Funeral from 162 Ward Street Tuesday November 27 at 8 am with mass at Mission Church at 9 am. Members of Marion Lodge No 68 A C U W invited.
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Roxbury
Edward J
Margrett Farrell
Davis
Ward St
Mission Church
Marion Lodge
402 Stars in St Marys Church Service Flag
A large crowd witnessed the unfurling of a service flag at St Marys Church Charlestown showing 402 stars. Gifted by the church sodality, the cross shaped stars include a surrounding complement. Postmaster William F Murray led the occasion with a short sermon by Rev John W McMahon.
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St. Mary's
Winthrop Street
Charlestown
Sodality of the Church
William F. Murray
John W. McMahon
St. Mary’'s
Flag unfurled by K Company members at navy yard
Frank Taylor of K Company 301st Regiment unfurled the flag with assistance from Edward J. Klouser a sailor. The trumpeter was Hugh B. Muir from the marine barracks at the navy yard.
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Frank Taylor
K Company
301St Regiment
Edward J. Klouser
Hugh B. Muir
Marine Barracks
Navy Yard
Supreme Court Recesses to December 10 After Opinions
The Supreme Court will render opinions tomorrow then recess for Thanksgiving. It will reconvene on December 10 to hear appeals from various states challenging the constitutionality of the draft law.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Italians Halt Teutons in All Day Northern Italy Battle
Italian forces repelled repeated Austro German assaults between the Brenta and Piave rivers. Despite heavy artillery prep and fierce fighting, no ground was gained and both sides paused to reorganize. Italian mountain batteries and crews showed extraordinary bravery supporting infantry counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Brenta
Piave
Meletta d’Aventi
German Plane Drops Bombs on Venice During Shelling
Venice reports renewed German air attack as bombs hit the cemetery water basin near San Marco and the Grand Canal. Several explosions damaged Carabinieri barracks and near Maestre but caused limited overall destruction as Italian forces hold along the Piave line.
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Associated Press
Piave
San Marco
Grand Canal
Carabinieri
Maestre
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