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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
8
Entente troops continue gains against the Germans with Cambrai in flames. In Flanders Belgian and British forces advance from Dixmude to Armentieres, capturing towns and severing lines of communication to German submarine bases on the North Sea.
Allied forces press the offensive from Cambrai to St Quentin breaking through Hindenburg line positions. French and American troops advance north of the Aisne while British and Belgian units win key gains. artillery activity rises on the Italian front as Foch may launch against Austria Hungary. Damascus nears isolation as Palestine forces circle. Austro Hungarians retreat in Albania as Bulgaria appears isolated. German losses in France and Flanders mount with many prisoners and guns captured.
Department of Justice agents will resume draft slacker raids within a few days in about a dozen cities in the East and on the Pacific Coast. The roundups will target men who failed to register on September 12, with ample belated registration opportunities provided.
War Department release lists one officer and ten soldiers in German prison camps including Private Human Wolfe of Chelsea Mass who was previously reported killed in action. Second Lieutenant Albert B Holbrook of Rockland Me is now listed as dead. These are the only New England names in the update.
A wartime call urges citizens to support the armed forces by purchasing bonds. It emphasizes timely action while the army is achieving victories and frames bond buying as essential national funding and morale support.
A list of local trades and firms with agents and addresses including Lumber H W McDonough 88 Broad St Charles S Farquhar 36 Federal St Hood Rubber Co Watertown MA, street railways F Sullivan 245 State St, tobacco Richard E Traiser 116 Merrimac St Haymarket, undertaker P J McArdle 91 Chelsea St Charlestown, Western Union C Ames 175 Congress St, wool Charles F Avery 256 Summer St.
War bulletin portrays a decisive turn as the Allies push along the Hindenburg line. Ludendorff faces a broader retreat with German forces massed against the Americans on the Meuse and the German border in sight. The week of Oct 1 to Oct 6, 1918 is hailed as pivotal.
Allied dispatches report German forces on the Argonne to Moselle front showing strain while trying to reinforce shattered units. Fires behind lines indicate fuel and supplies burning as transport moves north, with some battalion detachments filling holes in regiments. Tanks possibly to be deployed for the first time in this action.
American and British forces push beyond the St. Quentin-Cambrai road amid heavy explosions. General Gouraud reports capturing prisoners and guns east of Rheims along with rail cars. Germans defend the St. Thierry massif while Berthelot’s units move beyond Revillon.
American troops push along the extreme left edge of the Argonne forest near Cierges as heavy combat rages. The fight concentrates around Cierges where Germans bring in reinforcements to counter the attack. Germans shift wire and burn supplies behind their lines while the only notable gain is a shallow advance on the American left.
Budapest newspapers report the Austro Hungarian government seeks peace in cooperation with Germany. A crown council met Saturday to authorize military measures for defense while aiming to secure a peace that preserves the monarchy’s territorial integrity at the earliest possible moment.
London report shows September losses among British forces reaching 94 937 officers and men. Officers killed or died of wounds 1 899, wounded or missing 6 573, total officers 7 472. Men killed or died of wounds 14 914, wounded or missing 72 551, total men 87 466.
After the big night the ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the smart morning remedy for gas sour risings and stomach derangement. It urges use after meals or at the first sign of distress and claims rapid relief, appealing to banquet scenes and heavy foods with a 50 cent box price.
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