Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line Ends Ludendorff Advance
In September 1918 General Ludendorff ordered a retreat to the Hindenburg line as French and Allied offensives shattered his Western Front positions. Foch pressed the lines near Noyon while Canadians broke the Wotan line at Arras and Americans aided the French north of Soissons. He then destroyed supply depots at Lens and ordered loot moved to Germany.
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Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Somme
Foch
Noyon
Oise
Aisne
Wotan
Arras
Soissons
Lens
Germany
Peronne
Mt. St. Quentin
Field Marshal
Haig
Scarpe
Siegfried
Croisilles- Moeuvres
Cambrai
Liege
Maastricht
Wise
Charleville-Montmedy
Avesnes
Spa
Mangin
Vesle
Marne
Amiens
Paris
Channel
Nancy
Verdun
Tenth Army
Mane Mangin
Albert
Byng
Bapaume
Siefield
Ham
Fisme
Hermann Line
Hindin-Brunhilde
Rex Treat
German Retreat and Reorganization After August Battles
General Ludendorff describes the August retreat of Ninth Army behind the Oise and center behind the Ailette, the shifting of units to the Siegfried line, and Haig's northern push toward Arras. He notes heavy losses, morale strains, and planned new defences including the Hindenburg line, Antwerp-Meuse line, and measures to economize manpower while preserving key units.
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Scarpe
Vesle
Siegfried Line
Arleux-Moeuvres
Lys
Hindenburg Line
Bruges
Ecloo Canal
Courtrai
Scheldt
Valenciennés
Solesmes-le-Cateau-Guise
German General Staff Notes Strain on Army Fronts in 1917
The narrative describes German forces in 1917 facing stretched fronts from Finland to the Murman railway and St. Petersburg. It notes limited reserves for the west, ongoing plans against Baku, and difficulties reinforcing Crown Prince Rupprecht and von Boehn. The author laments growing enemy strength and disintegration homeward, urging withdrawal of battle-worn Seventh Army units.
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Crown Prince
Rupprecht
von Boehn
Bapaume
Peronne
Somme
Ham
Noyon
17Th
Count von der Goltz
Finland
Murman
St. Petersburg
Baku
Dual Monarchy
Ludendorff Plans to Bomb Paris and London
Ludendorff announces intentions to burn Paris and London with incendiary air bombs. The plan was abandoned not from mercy but due to German weakness and Allied air reprisals. The story continues in tomorrow's Post and Sunday editions.
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Ludendorff
Paris
London
Tomorrow’s Post
Daily
Sunday Post
Expert analyzes Ludendorff story in Boston Post feature
Colonel Robert Goetz West Point graduate and U S Army Field Artillery discusses General Ludendorff Own Story. He has served on the staff of General Edwards and was assigned to the department of military defense at Harvard. He visited France to study offensives at Flanders Chateau Thierry the Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel.
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Robert Charles Goetz
Field Artillery
Boston Post
Ludendorff
Clarence BR. Edwards
Goetz
West Point
Post
Department of Military
Harvard University
War Department
Pribei
France
Flanders
Chateau Thierry
Meuse-Argonne
St. Mihiel
Goetz Analyzes Ludendorff Retreat on the Aisne Front
Colonel Goetz reviews the German withdrawal after the Vesle and Amiens actions, noting Ludendorff’s miscalculations, the impact of Allied offensives from Paris to Verdun, and the strategic use of the Oise valley and tanks in shaping the retreat and defense on the Hindenburg line.
Demolition Progress at the Revere House Site
Workmen tear down the historic Revere House leaving only exterior walls. Demolition advances rapidly with the Prince of Wales suite and the famous Grotto area already reduced, and a new building to rise on the landmark site in a few days.
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Revere House
Prince of Wales
Edward
Americans on the Vesle Hold Off German Retreats
In a wartime analysis, American forces advance on the Vesle as German Ninth Army falls back behind the Aisne. Ludendorff’s strategy is blamed for destructive actions in Lens while Allied gains rise with more U.S. troops entering the line.
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18Th Army
Siegfried Line
Crozat Canal
St. Quentin-La Fere Line
Oise
Ninth Army
Seventh
Vesle
Aisne
Fismes
Soissons
von Carlowitz
Faupel
Prince Eitel Frederick
Ludendorff
Rumors of Lenine Assassination Circulate in Paris
Paris reports a Bourse rumor claiming Nicolai Lenine the Russian Bolshevik premier has been assassinated. Previous attempts and shootings against Lenine are noted with past injuries and narrow escapes, including events in 1917 1918 and reports from Copenhagen Zurich and Berlin.
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Paris
Nicolai Lenine
Lénine
Copenhagen
Zurich
Lenine
Soviet Information Bureau
Direct Boston to Far East Service Sails Forward
The Lake Faulk, built for the United States Shipping Board, will arrive in Boston around Oct 8 to load bar steel and merchandise for Kobe Japan and Manila. John Emery & Co Inc will operate the line, marking the first direct Boston to Orient link in years.
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Boston
Far East
Lake Faulk
Superior
Wis
United States Shipping Board
Kobe
Japan
Manila
New England
John
Emery & Co., Inc
Orient
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Erich von Ludendorff
Cuts
Nouvron
Ailette
Ninth
Laon
Soissons-Chauny
Biache St. Vaast
Monchy
Bellecourt
Arras- Cambrai
von Kuhl
von Pawelsz
17Th Army
G. H. QO
Marle
Hermann
Hunding- Brunnhilde
Sissonne
Gallwitz
Michael Line
Woevre
Moselle
Pagny
Antwerp-Brussels-Namur
Meuse
Antwerp-Meuse
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Ministry For War
Don Cossacks
Austria
McClure
Great Britain
Hutchinson & Co
The
London Times
Spain
Messrs. Selx & Bariel
Italy
Fratelli Treves
Canada
Australia
Iolland
Russia
Scandinavian Countries
C. R. Edwards
Department of Military Science
Nujol Laboratories
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
B’ Way
N.Y
Mig
Ajol
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