Belgians Reclaim Coast as Allies Push Toward Ghent
Allied forces seize Bruges and eight miles from Ghent as German retreats accelerate. French Belgian troops advance east of Courtrai while Turcoing Roubaix fall to British hands. Zeebrugge and Bruges suffer massive fires from German destruction. Lisbon dispatches note Belgian civilians urged to evacuate as fronts shift.
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Zeebrugge
Turcoing
Roubaix
London
Brugge
North Sea
Germany
England
Calais
Ghent
Bruges
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Meuseuver
Foch
Disyatches
Devaze
Thielt
Scheldt
Belgium
Amsterdam
Havre
Courtrai
Audenarde
Lille
Douai
Haig
Valenciennes
Valencinnes
Oise
Serre
Anguilesrt
Champagne
Argonne
Gouraud
Grand Pre
Vouziers
Aisne
Vauziers
Boult Forest
Austria Plans Federal Reorganization Rejects Polish Union
Emperor Charles proclaims a federal reorganization of Austria to honor national wishes and ensure peace. He states Austria will become a confederate state with local autonomy for each nationality and notes Trieste will be treated separately. The plan excludes uniting Polish Austrian territory with an independent Polish state.
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Vienna
Austria
Wharles
Poland
Trieste
Lille Liberated as Paris and Lille Rejoice in Deliverance
Paris and Lille celebrate the British entry and liberation of Lille after four years under enemy control. Civilians flood Place de la Concorde and Lille streets, shouting joy and singing the Marseillaise. Germans stripped valuables and stripped towns as they retreated, with many villages emptied and mines flooded.
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Paris
France
Lille
Place de la Concorde
Alsace-Lorraine
Haig
Toney
Eendarmes
Maan
Ardéa
Iseghem
Planes Will Beat Germany Says British Authority
Lord Syden Bow, British authority on fortifications, in a message to Major General Kenly, asserts that 10 000 airplanes now are worth more than 500 000 troops and can compel Germany to terms with less transport and effort.
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Washington
Lord Sydenbow
Kenly
Military Aeronautics
Germany
Big Fight On The Flu In Chicago
Chicago health commissioner orders mass inoculation to curb Spanish influenza and pneumonia. Public schools to host vaccinations day and night starting Monday. Mayo Foundation shipments of serum and vaccine to enable 100000 injections daily. Total cases reach 1970 with 402 pneumonia. 187 pneumonia and 244 influenza deaths reported. epidemic crest expected next week.
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Chicago
Robertson
Mayo Strothers’ Foundation
Mochester
Minn
Scheme Fake Truce Drafted in Berne Meeting
A Paris correspondent reports a October 7 Berne gathering of top German figures and propaganda press to prepare for evacuating Belgium and French territory. They outline a three to five month window for withdrawal and renewal of armaments, expecting friction within the Entente and a spring 1910 restart of war framed as a national struggle.
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Paris
la Liberge
Berne
Switzerland
Belgium
Russia
Wilson Receives Czech Edict of Independence
The Czecho-Slovaks present their declaration to President Wilson softly severing ties with Austria-Hungary. Professor Masaryk signs as head of the new provisional government.
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Washington
President Wilson rejects Austrian armistice offer
President Wilson in Washington on October 19 rejects Austria’s proposal for armistice and peace talks. He says Austrian nationalities must have liberty, signaling a stance against ceding independence.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mutinous News From Berlin and London Amid War Cabinet Sessions
Reports from London Basel and Amsterdam describe suppressive police action against a Berlin Independent Socialist protest singing the Marseillaise. Officials deny contact with Austrian statesmen while Reichstag schedules delay and von Scheer arrives to confer with leaders.
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British
Foreign Office
Switzerland
Havas
Disputch
Basel
Berlin
War Ministry
Unter den Linden
Cologne
Volke Zeitung
Imperial Palace
Zurich
Entente
Germany
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Hun “War Cabinet
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Wild Enthusiasm in Paris as Clemenceau Proclaims Allied Victories
In Paris the chamber of deputies erupts as Premier Clemenceau announces fall of foudal and Tourcoing and occupation of Bruges. The aged leader struggles to speak while deputies chant "To the end" and applaud. He says the victory opens grand hopes and that soldiers are making liberty triumph over tyranny.
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Paria
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Foudal
Tourcoing
Descbanel Bul
Bruges
Panic spreads on Berlin Bourse in Europe
Advices from Berne Switzerland dated October 19 report frightful panics are in progress on the Berlin Bourse as the stock exchange continues to reel from uncertain market conditions and investor fear.
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Berlin
Berne
Switzerland
Engineers Fight To Drive Germans From Hill No 299 Northwest Verdun
American engineers joined the assault near Cunel and Hill No 299 northeast of Verdun, storming the crest and northern slopes. They led the breakthrough after heavy infantry fire and then dug in, later mopping up Bois Chauvicency and Bois Chatillon while taking prisoners.
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Veriun
Cunel
Verdun
Iting
Soissons
Bois de Chauvicency
Bois Chatillon
Grandpre
Bois de Legem
Visitors barred from Great Lakes station without Liberty Loan badge
Chicago October 19 Capt William A Moffett, station commandant, ordered that visitors to the Great Lakes naval training station on visiting day must wear a fourth Liberty Loan button. He said anyone not buying a 850 bond has no business at the station and should not mix with enlisted sailors ready to risk their lives.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
William A. Moffett
Jews Seek Admission to League of Nations at Peace Conference
A Vienna mass meeting on October 14 urged including Jews in the league of nations with equal rights and representation at the peace conference, according to reports received from Paris.
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Vienna
Paris
League of Nations
Greeks Reoccupy Regions of Greek Macedonia
Greek troops completed the reoccupying of Greek Macedonia regions held by Bulgarians and Turks as of Thursday.
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Macedonia
Saloniki
Greek Macedonia
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