Italians Repel Renewed German Piave Crossings
Italian war office says renewed German efforts to cross the Piave are repulsed and enemy crossings at Zensen are being enveloped. Italian engineers flood upper Piave and Sile rivers to hinder Teutons. Monte Tomatico lines withdrawn and artillery shells halt advancing columns. Berlin reports southward German advances in northern Italy with no change along the lower Piave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piave River
Berlin
Rome
Piave
Sile
Venice
Washington
Nice
France
Italy
Fayolle
Foch
War Office
Zensen
Monte Tomatico
Feltre
Meletta d'Avanti-Monte Fior-Monte Castellgoberto
Frisone
Brenta
Cismon
Pivve
Monte Roncone
Quere Ohss
Zenson
Vpiave
Veechig-Piave
Fonzaso
Lloyd George Explains New Interallied War Council
London reports Premier Lloyd George described an upcoming interallied war council formed after the Paris conference. It would have no executive power, with strategy and troop movements remaining with individual governments. The plan aims to survey the war as a whole and coordinate operations if needed amid criticism and fears it may undermine the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Lioyd George
Continent
Europe
Morning Post
The
Globe
New International Council
William Robertson
Field Marshal
Haig
Lowest mark for U boats sinks ships in week
London reports a single British merchant vessel over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine last week, the lowest tally since Germany began its submarine campaign. Five ships under 1,600 tons and one fishing boat were also sunk during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Two Soldiers Die in Cave-In at Camp Bowle
Two artillerymen were killed and two more seriously injured at Camp Bowle near Fort Worth when a pit they were digging collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Bowle
Tex
Fort Worth
British Drive Turks Back After Tekrit Position Change
British forces in Mesopotamia withdrew 80 to 50 miles north of Tekrit then returned to their original line as planned. In Palestine, British troops attacked new Turkish positions and drove the enemy back about seven miles. In France nurse Miriam E Knowles Yardley Pa died November 11 of scarlet fever per General Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mesopotamia
Tekrit
Bagdad
Palestine
Washington
Miriam E. Knowles
Yardley
France
Pershing
Cable
Two Austrian Suspects Held Near Norriston Plant
Norriston Pa November 16 two Austrians were arrested for acting suspiciously around the Municipal Electric Company plant, one believed disguised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norriston
Municipal Electric Company
New WWI Draft Regulations Announced by Crowder
Washington nov 16 announced new draft rules taking effect nov 29. Crowder says all exemptions and discharges are canceled and all registrants will be classified starting dec 15. Local boards will use 8 percent questionnaires daily for 20 days and classify men in five economic priority classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowder
Classification of Draft Classes and Temporary Discharge Rules
The excerpt explains how different draft classifications work under local board rules. Class 2 grants temporary discharge until Classes 1 and 2 are exhausted, Class 4 becomes liable after Classes 7 and 8 are exhausted, and Class 5 provides exemption or discharge. The term deferred classification equals temporary discharge.
No Railroad Strike Looms as Wilson Accepted Plan
Washington reports there will be no railway strike as President Wilson is authorized by railway brotherhoods to offer a settlement plan on wages. Brotherhoods favor mediation and support compulsory arbitration during the war, while railroad presidents back arbitration and mediation terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Cone
Brotherhoods
Judge Chambers
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Villa Not Leading Bandits in Northern Mexico
Mexican embassy officials released positive information that Pancho Villa is not directing marauding groups. He is reportedly in Durango recovering from a serious wound. They downplay the Ojinaga assault as the work of a small band rather than a major raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Villa
Durango
Ojinaga
Ojingga
Kerensky at Capital as Moscow Battles Rage
News from London Washington and Chicago detail Kerensky mixed detachments near Petrograd and fighting around Moscow Gatchina and Tsarskoe Selo. Reports claim heavy casualties with 2000 killed or wounded and a possible coalition government emerging in Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Gatchina
Tsarkoe-Selo
London
Perograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Kerensky
Petrograd
Stockholm
Haparanda
Sweden
Finland
Washington
Tsarskoe-Selo
Lenine
Troizk
Mouravieff
Dagens Nyheter
Americans Hold No Man's Land Against German Shells
American troops in France report casualties from German shelling of trenches and successful American artillery fire praised by French commands. An ambush near the German lines killed or wounded several enemy soldiers, while patrols and sniping increase on both sides and German illustrated papers publish photos of captured Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
U. S
No Man's Land
Itubush
Gere Mits
Amsterdam
American flag tops Vimy Ridge feat by Canadian forces
St. John New Brunswick reports that a small American flag was carried over Vimy Ridge during the famed Canadian charge. D J Allen, returning wounded troops, says he pinned the Stars and Stripes to his coat and kept it through the battle, though he was wounded three times and saved the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vimy Ridge
St. John
N. B
D. J. Allen
Allen
French Take Prisoners Near Aillette In Recon Patrols
Paris reports French reconnoitering parties near Aillette took prisoners while a heavy bombardment hit the Courieres region on the Verdun front. Haig states British troops repelled reconnoiterers near Polderhoek wood and north of Dixmude, with raids near Bixschoote repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aillette
Verdun Front
London
Marshal Haig
Flanders
Ines
Polderhoek Wood
Menin Road
Cerman
Dixmude
Bixschoote
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teuton
Chalmers Watson
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Adc. Geddes
NEW War Council
U.S
General Crowder
Paterson
N. J
Uender
Emanuel Catalona
Stephen Caga
Casa
Annie E. Dyke
Annie FE. Dyke
Ann Morgan
Aisne
Sammies
Pollus
No Man’s Land
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!