Valenciennes Falls as Allied Forces Advance in Flanders
Paris reports the inter-Allied council approved armistice terms for Austria and Italy while Valenciennes likely fell. French and American troops pushed about 10 miles along the Scheldt front, capturing 19 villages and 900 prisoners as Serbian forces neared Belgrade defenses.
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Italy
Weat
Belgrade
Paris
inter-Allied Council
Versailles
Diaz
Switzerland
Geneva
Vienna
M. Beney
Pasitch
London
Valenciennes
Flanders
Scheldt
Becke
Ghent
Semendria
Thas
Pojega
Lys
Haig
Audegarde
Deynze
Nazareth
Escaut
Melden
Helden
Ecke
London denies secret armistice clauses with Turkey
London reports no truth to rumors that the Turkish armistice includes clauses granting sovereignty over Armenia. Public ownership of street railways is urged in New York by Richard McCulloch, with others pushing higher fares to sustain operations.
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London
Turkey
Armenia
Foreign Office
New York
American Electric Railway Association
Richard McCulloch
United Railways Company
St. Louis
John J. Stanley
Cleveland
Organize
Ion
Thomas N. McCarter
Newark
N. J
Smash German Front as American Army Captures Villages
Nov 4 reporting Pershing's First Army pushing along the front with French aid. After heavy artillery, American infantry seized Champigneulle, St Georges, Landres et St Georges, and the Lan D'Huy farm, taking 2,500 prisoners with initial resistance fading after brief machine gun fire.
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Pershing
Verdun
Champigneulle
St. Georges
Landreset-St. Georges
Lan D’huy
Bois Des Loges
War Losses Reach Sixty Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Two
The war department reports 322 American Expeditionary Forces casualties with all wounded in action. The total U S losses climb to 60 472. Northwest names listed include Privates Gilbert C Miley Lake Andes Frank M Wiltzy Frederick S D P Thomas Kelly Forbes N D. Gilbert O Bakke Fertile Minn. Charles Glockner St Paul Leonard Lane Chaska Minn William H McCoy Kimball Prairie Archibald R Keeler Fingal N D Christopher C Reimann Midland S D.
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Washington
War Department
Northwest
Gilbert C. Miley
Lake Andes
Frank M. Wiltzy
Frederick
Thomas Kelly
Forbes
N. D
Gilbert O. Bakke
Fertile
Minn
Charles Glockner
St. Paul
Leonard Lane
Chaska
William H. McCoy
Kimball Prairie
Min
Archibald R. Keeler
Fingal
Christopher C. Reimann
Midland
Czech Troops Seize Oil Trains to Germany
Czech forces seize two trains carrying oil to Germany and halt all food shipments to Vienna and Germany. Weser Gazette reports passenger and merchandise traffic between Austria and Germany stopped.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vienna
Weser
Austria
Allies Capture 700 Guns in Italian Drive
Rome reported that Allied forces in Northern Italy have captured more than 700 guns as prisoners taken mount in the drive against Austro Hungarians. Vast booty is also seized as the advance continues.
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Rome
Italy
Gradual Isolation of Germany Noted in London War Report
London observers describe Germany increasingly isolated as allies desert or surrender and their armies face internal turmoil. The commentary frames this as a decisive turn in the “colossal drama of victory” and suggests the war’s end nears, though some doubt persists about immediate outcomes.
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Germany
London
North Dakota War Efforts and Local News Chronicle
A sweeping digest from Fargo to Mandan details influenza impacts, draft movements, civil service notes, and relief drives. Notable items include Judge J. C. Johnson infected, North Dakota war work quota rising to 1 012 500, and Jewish relief fundraising exceeding 50 000.
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Mandan
J. C. Johnson
Morton County
Fargo
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Belfield
Alex Kordonowy
United War
Jamestown
James River
Stone
Washburn
Minot
North Dakota Teachers’ Association
Dickinson
Valley City
Bismarck
Bessie Johnson
Porto Rico
County Auditor
Anderson
H. B. Curtiss
Jaimestown
State Normal School
Camp Custer
Michigan
Hebron
Martin Gandel
Mott
Ashley
John H. Wishek
State Council of Defense
Fraser
Adjutant General
Steele
H. A. Wehlitz
Hunter
Freemont
Cal
M. F. Steele
North Dakota Agricultural College
Tower City
Duluth
Charles Gustafson
Park River
E. Smith Peterson
Cleveland
Williston
France
W. L. VanHorn
Casselton
Edgeley
Stev
H. P. Cooper
Devils Lake
Elbowoods
Deborah Hall
C. L. Hall
Dakotas
United States
Health Department
L. B. Matthiesen
Newport News
Norfolk
Nitro
Virginia
Nancy A. Ordway
Washington, D. C
J. W. Hallowell
Herbert C. Hoover
Mayville
Mayville State Normal School
Harvey
O. E. Blanding
North Dakota Flood Control League
F. R. Strong
Milner
Herbert Hard
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Valenciennes Falls
Venetia
Danube
Udine
Livenza
Motta
Satile
Tisza
Budapest
U. S
United States Food Administration
Troartead Jans Howell
Graham and Reee
R. R. Howell & CO
Minneapolis, Minn
Nobby
Anson A
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