Italian forces check renewed Teuton crossings Piave
Rome reports Italian engineers opened flood gates to drown Teutons near Venice as renewed Piave River crossings were repulsed. Berlin says German troops advance in northern Italy with no change on the lower Piave. French and British troops move toward Italy under General Fayolle. Foch temporarily commands.
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Piave River
Berlin
Rome
Piave
Sile
Venice
Washington
Nice
France
Italy
Fayolle
Foch
War Office
Zenson
Monte Tomatico
Feltre
Teuton
Meletta d’Avanti-Monte Fior-Monte Castellgoberto
Frisone
Brenta
Cismon
Monte Roncone
Zensan
Veechig-Piave
Fonzaso
Lowest mark for U boats as losses shrink in week
London reports only one British merchant ship over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine last week, the lowest toll since Germany began its submarine campaign. Five vessels under 1,600 tons and one fishing boat were also sunk in the period.
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London
Germany
Two Soldiers Die in Cave-In at Camp Bowie
Fort Worth reports two artillerymen killed and two seriously injured when a pit they were working in at Camp Bowie caved in. The accident occurred November 15. Officials said rescue squads recovered the bodies and rushed the wounded to a field hospital.
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Camp Bowie
Tex
Fort Worth
Lloyd George outlines interallied war council in Paris
Premier Lloyd George explained the proposed interallied council formed with Britain France and Italy would have no executive power. Final military decisions would stay with allied governments while the council would monitor operations and coordinate plans. The move triggers sharp criticism and fears it could threaten general staff control.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Europe
Morning Post
The
Globe
New
International Council
William Robertson
Marshal Haig
Regulations Put Into Effect for Draft Classification
Washington announces new rules by Provost Marshal General Crowder effective November 20. All exemptions and discharges under the first draft are canceled and all registrants will be classified starting December 15. Local boards will use nine to eleven postal card forms and distribute questionnaires daily for 20 days.
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Washington
Crowder
Definition of Draft Classifications and Deferments
The text explains draft classifications and their effects. Class 1 and 2 exhaustion governs the timing of temporary discharges. Class 8 offers a temporary exemption until Classes 1 and 2 are exhausted. Class 4 becomes liable after 1, 2, and 8 are exhausted. Class 5 grants exemption or discharge. Deferred classification equals temporary discharge.
No Rail Road Strike as Brotherhoods Accept Mediation Plan
Washington reports no railway strike or major dispute as President Wilson is authorized by Brotherhood representatives to propose a settlement on wages. Brotherhoods favor mediation and support compulsory arbitration during the war, while railroad presidents back arbitration.
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Washington
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Anen
Judge Chambers
Board of Mediation and Cancilation
British drive Turks back in Mesopotamia retreat near Tekrit
An official London statement says Turkish forces withdrew 80 to 50 miles north of Tekrit, 97 miles from Baghdad, with British troops returning to pre Tekrit positions. British forces also attacked Turkish lines in Palestine, pushing the enemy seven miles. In France, Miss Miriam E. B. Knowles of Yardley Pennsylvania died November 11 of scarlet fever, per General Pershing.
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Mesopotamia
Tekrit
London
Bagdad
Palestine
Washington
Miriam EB. Knowles
Yardley
France
Pershing
Two Austrian Suspects Held Near Municipal Electric Plant
Norriston Pennsylvania November 16 two Austrians were arrested for acting suspiciously around the Municipal Electric company plant one is said to have been disguised authorities hold the pair as they investigate possible espionage linkages with the plant workers and security.
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Norriston
Municipal Electric Company
Villa Not Leading Bandits In Northern Mexico
Mexican embassy officials in Washington state Villa is not in command of marauding bands. They say he is in Durango hiding and recovering from a wound. They downplay the Ojinaga assault as the work of a small band of bandits.
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Washington
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Villa
Durango
Ojinaga
Kerensky forces hold Moscow as Petrograd battle rages
Reports from Petrograd indicate Kerensky’s mixed detachments are near Petrograd while Moscow remains under his control. Stockholm cites troops not surrendering and holding Gatchina, Tsarskoe Selo recaptured by soviet forces, with casualties reported in the thousands as violence subsides into an armistice.
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London
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Kerensky
Stockholm
Haparanda
Sweden
Finland
Washington
Moscow
Rome
Chicago
Neve
V Petrograd
Gatchina
Tsarskoe-Selo
Lenine
Trotzk
Mouravieff
Dagens Nyheter
U S Troops Hit by German Shells in France
American trenches face shell fire with several casualties amid heavy artillery duels. American and French patrols ambush a German unit in No Man's Land, snipers increase activity, and German paper shows photos of captured Americans.
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Sammies
Pollus
No Man’s Land
France
U. S
No Man's Land
Amsterdam
U S Flag First Over Top At Vimy Ridge
J J Allen from St John New Brunswick reports a small American flag led the assault at Vimy Ridge. He pinned the Stars and Stripes to his coat, fought through multiple wounds, and kept the flag from capture during the Canadian charge.
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St. John
N. B
Vimy Ridge
J. J. Allen
Allen
French Take Prisoners In Reconnaissance Near Aillette
The official war report says French reconnoitering parties near Aillette took prisoners while a heavy bombardment around Courieres on the Verdun front marked the only notable activity. Haig reports British forces repulsed reconnoitering parties near Polderhoek wood and north of Dixmude blew up enemy shelters. a raid north of Bixschoote was driven back.
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Paris
Aillette
Verdun Front
London
Marshal Haig
Flanders
Polderhoek Wood
Menin Road
Dixmude
Bixschoote
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Admiralty
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Emanuel Catalona
Stephen Caga
Casa
Annie E. Dyke
Ann Morgan
Aisne
Tsarkoe-Selo
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