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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
8
French forces push toward Laon eight miles from the railway hub as General Petain's army overruns lines. Retreating Germans abandon war stores and transport, leaving behind a dozen cannons including several howitzers.
French forces push toward Laon eight miles away after securing Monkey Mountain east of Soissons and much of Pinon forest. They now face the Aisne Canal while German ranged orders from prisoners show morale problems and questions arise about a possible further retreat.
The report details Austro German pressure on the Italian Front from Monte Rombon to the Bainsizza plateau with Italians resisting and claims of enemy losses, German victories, and large prisoner counts. It also notes a renewed German counterattack near Ypres repulsed by British and French artillery, French planes downing five German aircraft, and a Russian front retreat with destruction along a 15 mile retreat corridor.
The Brazilian steamship Macua formerly a German vessel was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. Twenty four men were rescued and the captain was taken prisoner.
A call to readers to invest in government bonds as a way to support national financing. The advertisement urges widespread participation among the public.
Premier Lloyd George's government lost its first Commons vote on a petroleum production bill. An amendment removing a nine pence per ton royalty was carried 44 to 35, a procedural setback not seen as endangering the cabinet.
Jacob von Horn, former officer of the German cruiser Geier, arrested by Bureau of Naval Intelligence agents in New York tonight and sent to Ellis Island for internment. He had previously entered the United States before the war declaration and sheltered in Honolulu Harbor to avoid British and Japanese warships.
Rio de Janeiro reports parliament will vote tomorrow to authorize the government to declare a state of war with Germany and to pass all necessary wartime legislation.
AMSTERDAM reports from Berlin that the German Emperor does not consider Michaelis resignation necessary, implying Michaelis will likely remain chancellor.
Captain von Salzmann of the Vossische Zeitung argues Germans should abandon the belief in a U S Japan war and expect Japan to join a Paris economic accord. He notes Washington negotiations with Viscount Ishii hint at arbitration over China and a post war business war with Germany as a focus.
A speaker derides passive neighbors and calls for decisive action in a national moment. He urges leaving debt, embracing mental and spiritual bankruptcy as a form of voluntary assignment to the nation.
Haig reports a second heavy German counter attack south of Houtholst forest was repulsed. Gloucester Worcester and Berkshire troops conducted successful raids between Roeux and Gavrelle with German casualties and a captured machine gun.
Petrograd reports German withdrawal on the northern Russian front continues with vanguards losing touch in areas where retreating troops destroyed bridges roads and buildings. The Germans have fallen back about 15 miles near the Riga region along the Pskoff highway and Little Jaegel River.
Petrograd dispatch details how sympathizers aided German forces in the seizure of Oesel and Moon islands in the Gulf of Riga. Commissioner Vishnevsky, who escaped by open boat, portrays officers rallying troops and notes that several leaders, including General Martinoff, died by their own hand as surrender arrived.
Kronstadt evacuees move from the naval base as authorities shift civilians out of Petrograd toward Moscow. The measure appears to be a military precaution amid the government relocation.
London reports the death of Sir William James Herschel, discoverer and developer of fingerprint identification. Born in 1833, he was the grandson of famed English astronomer Sir William Herschel.
German attacks on the Werder peninsula near Tomba were repelled by Russian artillery. The war office stated the effort failed yesterday with no landings achieved.
A Harvard alumnus urges revoking honorary degrees given to Count Bernstorff during his ambassadorship. Harvard itself reportedly did not place him on its favored list. The piece notes ten other U S institutions honored him, with a 1913 degree. The column ties moral effort to war bonds.
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