Lloyd George congratulates Haig on victory in field message
Premier Lloyd George sent a field message to Field Marshal Haig praising the brilliant victory by the third and fourth armies. He extolled General Byng General Rawlinson and all officers and men, lauding the courage that resumed the offensive and the smashing of the enemy defensive system with American aid.
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London
Lloyd George
Marshal Haig
Foch
Byng
Rawlinson
Germans in Wild Rout After Cambrai's Fall
German forces retreat in disarray along a 20 mile front east of the Cambrai St. Quentin line as Anglo American and British units pursue. Thousands of prisoners captured with hundreds of guns and war materiel seized. By last evening, Bertry lies 10 miles east of St. Quentin canal with Le Cateau within four miles of capture.
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Cambrai-St. Quentin
Cambrai
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Bertry
St. Quentin Canal
le Cateau
Germans Routed in St. Quentin Sector
Anglo French forces drive German rear guards from St. Quentin area. First army advances about five miles east of St. Quentin and takes about 2000 prisoners in the retreat.
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St. Quentin
Fleeing East of Le Cateau Causes Devastation Across Country
Worn by retreating forces east of Le Cateau the army leaves a devastated landscape behind, with communities coping as opposition lines shift and wartime hardships deepen for civilians.
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le Cateau
Allies Push South as German Retreat Advances
British and American forces overrun many towns and villages as they press toward Fresnoy le Grand and Bohain. Units seize guns and war materials while closing on key German supply lines. General Foch’s strategy appears to bend the German line in a large converging maneuver.
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Bertry
Bohain
Fresnoy-le-Grand
Foch
Rouge Bouquet Poem Honors Kilmer and Buried Valor
The poem honors Sgt Joyce Kilmer of the Fighting 69th who fell in elite combat near the Vesle River. It portrays a fresh grave in a wood named Rouge Bouquet and memorial lines in a field of war the hero’s memory. The piece connects his death to patriotism and celestial tribute. The second excerpt reports on the German line breach in the Cambrai St Quentin sector with Bertry as a key forward point, indicating the scale of the breakthrough.
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Joyce Kilmer
69Th” Regiment
New York
Vesle River
Kilmer
America
France
St. Michael
Patrick
Brigid
Columkial
Allied advance pushes Germans toward Belgian border in WWI
Allied forces including French and American troops push German lines eastward from Rheims toward the Meuse and Belgian border. French incursions cut deeper near St. Quentin and Berry-au-Bac while American units cross the Suippe and reach the Aire corridor. Rumors say Turkish cabinet changes and a pro allied grand vizier may emerge.
Huns Burn and Pillage Across Front
Reports from the front describe German destruction spreading from the south to France and Belgium. Laon Douai Cambrai St Quentin Lens are cited as ruined or evacuated with cities torched and mines flooded as Germans recoil after advancing.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Laon
Douai
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Lens
Armistice odds rise as Allies close in on German lines
Allied forces drive through Cambrai and St Quentin as Ludendorff seeks any respite. The German retreat threatens a split in the army, with Foch poised for a decisive blow while American and British units close in from multiple fronts. Germany teeters toward a demanded armistice.
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Prince Max
Ludendorff
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Foch
Meuse
Germany
Wilson
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Squeeze in Champagne Battle Continues as French Hold Line
The Champa gne fighting intensifies with French troops advancing from the Aisne near Vaux les Mouron to defend the Suippe River at Bazancourt. German forces press the attack amid a widening clash as of Oct 9 according to the Associated Press.
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Champagne
Associated Press
Aisne
Vaux Les Mouron
Suippe
Bazancourt
Germans Fail To Tenably Hold Front East Of Argonne
North of St Etienne on the Arnes River the enemy launched a vigorous assault on Gouraud’s positions Tuesday, but gains were limited and German casualties rose. German plans are deranged as Allied pressure spreads along the Champagne front with the Grand Pre gap nearly closed by the latest American advance east of the Argonne forest.
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Rheims
Meuse
Verdun
Cambrai-St. Quenton
Valenciennes- Sedan
Rhine
Sedan
St. Gobain
Laon
Lafere
St. Quentin
Berry-au-Bac
Champagne
Argonne Forest
St. Etienne
Arnes
Gouraud
Suippe
Foch
Germans Rallying on Sissonne Line as French Artillery Sidesteps
Reported movement notes German forces in Champagne driving north toward Vouziers and Rethel. French artillery shells long lines while German attempts to hold the Sissonne line north of the Aisne threaten a possible general retreat if reserves cannot stiffen the defense.
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Champagne
Vouziers
Rethel
Sissonne
Aisne
Turkey May Surrender Within 48 Hours Reported
London dispatch cites Evening Standard saying Turkey likely to surrender within 48 hours as disintegration grows in Constantinople, with British authorities in possession of corroborating information.
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London
Turkey
Evening Standard
Constantinople
Germans Captured by Franco Americans at Verdun
General Pershing reports Allied forces driving the enemy from Verdun with steady advances on both sides of the Meuse and the capture of more than 3000 prisoners.
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Washington
America
Verdun
Pershing
Meuse
Liberty bonds promotional pitch promises 4 14 percent yield
An advertisement touts Liberty bonds as a superior alternative to money in the bank with a stated yield of 4 14 percent and a call to buy today.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Liver Purge
Dr F M Edwards for 17 years treated many women with liver and bowel ailments using a simple recipe of common vegetables in olive oil named Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The olive colored tablets are said to stir distant bowels and carry waste from the body. Thousands of users, both sexes, take them as a substitute for calomel to stay in good condition. 10c and 25c per box.
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F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
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