Allies Break Through Front Near Meuse and Tagliamento
Allied and Italian forces push forward across the Meuse Ardennes and Livenza front as Americans French and Italian units seize villages and take thousands of prisoners. Sixty thousand Italians held by the enemy are released to work on defenses. British gains push Germans back near Seheldt along a broad front.
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Tagliamento
London
Livenza
Brenta
Ancona
Fourth
Fonzaso
Bologna
Filtre
Carole
British Mons
Garrett Named Speaker Pro Tem in House
Washington November 1. Representative Garrett of Tennessee Democrat was elected speaker pro tem to allow Speaker Clark to return to Missouri for the election.
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Washington
Garrett
Tennessee
House
Clark
Missouri
Bulgaria Proclaims Republic After Monarchy Abolished
Bulgaria announces a republic after King Ferdinand abdicates in favor of Prince Boris. Unrest drives withdrawal from the war as soldiers and workers grow restless and the monarchy is overthrown. Boris expected to satisfy public opinion with the succession.
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London
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Demands that Turks aid minefield clearance at Dardanelles
Paris dispatch reports hoped for armistice terms include surrender of Germany and Austria high commands and Turkey to British. London notes Turkish cooperation to clear minefields in the straits as Allied vessels prepare to pass, with concerns over remaining German garrisons and possible Russian Black Sea fleet resistance.
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Paris
Turkey
France
Italy
Germany
London
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Black Sea
The
Express
Maj William Dean Dies at Camp Dodge
Major William Dean, famed West Point football star, died at Camp Dodge Des Moines Iowa from pneumonia brought on by Spanish influenza. He had been taken ill Friday and remained in critical condition until death. His parents reside in Los Angeles.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
William Dean
Major Dean
Los Angeles
War department approves six projects for housing 9000 men at Kearney
The War Department authorized six projects costing 2,359,063 dollars including new buildings at Kearney California valued at 1,194,928 dollars to accommodate 9000 additional men.
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Kearney
Cal
Wassington
War Department
Fire Destroys Chloride Distilling Building at Kingsport Plant
A fire followed by explosions leveled the chloride distilling building of the government chemical plant at Kingsport Tennessee. Estimated damage exceeds 100000 dollars.
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Bristol, Tenn
Government
Kingsport
Tenn
Austrian Fleet Surrenders to Southern Slav Council
In Vienna and Pola chaotic shifts erupt as the National Council seizes power. Crowds cheer a republic while Habsburg insignia are destroyed and the Austrian fleet surrenders to the southern Slav council. Budapest also reports a successful revolution and Hungarian national council takeover. Prague reports orderly state formation with railway and postal appointments and seizure of lines toward Bodenbach.
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Tageblatt
Berlin
National Assembly
Diet
Weisskirchner
Hungarian Independent Party
Budapest
National Council
Prague
Bodenbach
Lemony
Allies to Black Sea opening back door attack
George Nicoll Barnes in London said Allied ships had passed through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea aimed at Germany's eastern front. He stated Aleppo would be the Arab capital and Turks would stay in war until Aleppo fell, with other Arab needs to be secured.
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London
Navy
Germany
George Nicoll Barnes
Dardanelles
Barnes
Black Sea
Bunube
Turkey
Mr. Barnes
Aleppo
Canadians Capture Valenciennes Base
Canadian troops have today captured the great German base of Valenciennes. The city had previously been encircled on three sides.
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Valenciennes
London
Italians and Americans land on Austrian Adriatic coast
Washington reports an Italian landing on the Austrian Adriatic coast near Pola. The landing party, protected by the Entente fleet, involved Italian and American forces operating together on the seacoast.
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Washington
Fortified Belgian coast line near Zeebrugge described
From Ostend to Zeebrugge the Germans built a continuous fortress line with numerous guns. Zeebrugge area shows unfinished fortifications, likely recent work, while Dlankenberghe remains largely undamaged but deserted and stripped of copper and iron.
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Flanders
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Zeebrugege
Dlankenberghe
Americans and French Advance on Ten Mile Front
London dated report says American and French forces after taking the heights between the Lys and Scheldt rivers are advancing along a ten mile front. They have reached a depth of ten miles and captured 19 villages with coordinated infantry artillery air support and tanks. New German divisions have been moved in to halt the advance.
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Meuse
Buzancy
Ardenne
Argonne Forest
Imecourt
Bayonville
Andevanne
Bois Des
Lys and
Scheldt
Mass executions in Don region under General Krasnoff
A wireless dispatch from London reports that during Krasnoff’s rule in the Don region thirty thousand Russians have been shot, a figure tied to the former Alexander Kerensky circle era and the Cossack leadership.
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London
Krasnoff
Alexander Kérensky
Don
Emperor William buys estate in Molde Norway
Emperor William is reported to be purchasing an estate at Molde on Norway's west coast. Norwegian sailors warn Germans over submarines. In Paris, the German empress is described as very ill and weak, haunted by thoughts of the Russian revolution and pressing for abdication.
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Christiania
William
Molde
Norway
Paris
Berne
Petit Journal
British to Punish Russia for Bloodshed in War Fallout
London reports the British House of Commons heard Lord Cecil say Russia’s government has shed blood beyond any prior regime. He cited arrests with no justice, widespread murder, brigandage, and recklessness in subsistence. Britain vows to secure justice for British subjects abroad when possible.
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London
Russia
House of Commons
Lord Maer Cecil
Tripri
Draft call for 200000 men to mobilize in November
Washington reports a new draft call prepared at the Provost Marshal General's office aims to entrain over 200,000 men for general military service. States will supply proportional numbers, with October suspensions due to influenza easing and entrainment of remaining October names likely finished before the November quota reaches the cantonments.
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Washington
War Work Urges U S Guns as Peace Talks Continue
Washington November 1 Major General William A chief of ordnance urged munitions workers not to slow their pace despite peace talks. He stressed that the nation remains at war and American troops in France depend on guns and ammunition. The ordnance department rejects peace talk and warns there will be no welcome peace without continued war effort.
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Williams
Ordnance
Washington
Wiliam
France
Ordnance Department
Yanks Down 21 German Planes Over Verdun Front
American pursuit aviators claimed victory over 21 German planes near Verdun with two American airmen missing. Early morning to afternoon combat, aided by clear weather, saw bombers strike several enemy troop concentrations in the Northwest of Verdun.
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Verdun
France Receives $200 Million Treasury Credit Increase
Washington reports a new treasury credit of 200 million dollars in favor of France raising France total credits to 2.805 billion and total allied credits to 7.782 billion.
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Treasury
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