Allies Drive German Forces Along Broad Front From Dutch Border
Allied forces including British French American and Belgian troops push along a two hundred mile front from the Dutch border to east of the Meuse. Haig seizes Lequesnoy and advances toward Mauberge while Americans cross the Meuse near Montmedy. British and French press toward Valenciennes Avesnes and Maubeuge as German positions withdraw to Marle Montcornet and along rail hubs and supply lines near Meuse.
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Associated Press
Meuse
Oise
Aisne
Marle
Montcornet
Haig
Lequesnoy
Mauberge
Montmedy
Valenciennes
Maubeuge
Morinal Forest
Aulnove
FOGH WILL TELL TERMS TO TEUTONS
London reports the Allies require Germany to apply to Marshal Foch for an armistice. Diplomatic briefs say terms signed at Versailles on Monday are in Foch hands for presentation to German commanders on the Western Front. How the Germans will be informed remains unsettled.
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Teutons
Associated Press
London
Germany
Marshal Boch
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Washington
United States
Versailles
Foch
Berio
Wilson
Americans Hold Meuse Front Amid Bitter Fighting
American forces on the Sedan front report bitter action along the Meuse. Patrols again crossed the river at Brieulles on improvised bridges under German bombardment, bridging from Lainauville to Stenay as the engagement continues.
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Sedan
Associated Press
Meuse
Brieulles
Portoon
Lainauville
Stenay
British Capture Fortified Town Near Valenciennes
Allied dispatches report British forces advancing southeast of Valenciennes have captured the fortified town of Vequesnoy. Associated Press notes German efforts to strengthen the Meuse line north of the American front continue with intensive night work.
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Verdun
Associated Press
Meuse
iLondon
Hibig
Valenciennes
Vequesnoy
French Advance Near Guise Take Vergues-sur-Samire
Paris reports French forces continue operations against Germany in the Guise region and have captured the village of Vergues-sur-Samire, northeast of the area.
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Paris
Guise
Vergues-sur-Samire
Bolshevik Government Seeks Peace Talks With Entente
Petrograd reports the Bolshevik government has handed neutral ministers a note to be sent to the Entente nations. The note calls for opening peace negotiations to end hostilities between the Allies and the Soviet government.
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London
Petrograd
Russia
Copenhagen
Influenza cases rise daily in Monroe area
The influenza situation is spreading daily with 31 new cases and 5 diphtheria cases reported for the 24 hours ending Monday afternoon. Most influenza cases are in West Monroe, with a smaller number in Monroe, indicating the epidemic is gaining a foothold there.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Italian Navy Flags Trieste After Landing Troops
Italian naval vessels landed troops on the Calamitan islands Lissa Lasrosta and hoisted the Italian flag at Trieste a dispatch later reported Italian destroyers also landed troops at Fiume.
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Rome
Lissa Lasrosta
Trieste
Fiume
Interallied Conference Closes With Armistice Terms Agreed
Paris reports the Interallied conference at Versailles completed its labors and reached a complete agreement on armistice terms. Lloyd George departed for London while Premier Orlando headed to Rome.
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Paris
Versailles
Lloyd George
London
Orlando
Rome
Allies Likely to Accept Armistice Terms, Times Reports
London reports the Paris time that Allies agreed on armistice conditions for Germany and that French front successes suggest Germany will accept. The dispatch notes the Paris vantage and the implication for the war’s end.
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London
Germany
Times’ Paris
Draft Registrants Trained for Limited Service En Route Camps
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced 18,200 registrants in Washington were physically qualified for limited service and to be trained for camps. Enlistments allowed until November 20 with trades and occupations listed. Forty six states were asked to respond.
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Washington, Navy
Crowder
Short Senate Session Opens After Recess Standoff
Washington November 5 A one minute Senate session was held with four Democrats and two Republicans present due to leaders' failure to agree on an election recess.
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Washington
Senate
Allies ignore Bolshevik armistice talks in Russia
Washington observers report that Bolshevik government efforts to negotiate withdrawal of Allied and American forces from Russia gain little attention. The Associated Nations refuse to recognize Lenine Trotzky regime and say talks must be with the Russian government at Omsk, the only authority Allies acknowledge.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Associated Nations
Lenine-Trotzky
Omsk
Army Break in Disorder Warns German People
Vienna State Council appeals to Germans in Austria noting danger of army breakdown into disorder as non German district soldiers return home and German troops demobilize. It warns of unemployment hunger and misery as prison camps are deserted and foreign guards quit, creating countrywide unrest.
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Amsterdam
State Council
Vienna
Austria
War Industries Board fixes cotton compress price
The price fixing committee sets 15 cents per hundred pounds to compress cotton for loading seventy five bales per 36 foot freight car. The order takes effect immediately and runs through July 1919, with representatives of cotton compress companies in attendance.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Prisoners in German camps named in reports
Washington reports prisoners in German camps include Lieut. Grady Touchstone of Laurel Mississippi in good health at Hagen Reserve Hospital and Lieut. James Leake of Columbus Mississippi at an unknown camp.
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Washington
Hospita
Hagen
Grady Touchstone
Laurel
Miss
James Leake
Columbus
Italians Capture Vast Austrian Prisoners and Booty
Washington reports that Austrian prisoners captured by Italians before the armistice are estimated at 599,000. The loot includes about 250,000 horses and other booty.
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Washington
Municipal Wharf Nears Completion and Fire Truck Deal Discussed
The Monroe city council met with Mayor Apgar as presiding officer and discussed funding for gravels and payrolls. A city wharf project showed near completion with payments to Blodgett Construction Co. and Massing, while fire engine notes were renegotiated and a new 750 gallon pumper offered for 11 500 with state refunds to be applied to equipment purchases.
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R. Mitchell
RR. O. Morrison
Blodgett Construction Co
Frank Masling
Massing
Powers
la France Fire Engine Co., Inc
American LaPrance Fire Engine Co, Inc
Wane
American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. Inc
City of
Monte
Blane
Aken
Protest Rallies for War Amid Humiliating Peace Talk
London reports a Berlin Sunday demonstration before Bismarck’s monument favored continuing the war. A resolution protected against accepting humiliating peace, cited by a Copenhagen dispatch to Exchange Telegraph, quoting the Berlin Tageblatt.
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London
Bismarck
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tageblau
Germany claims no right to complain over air raids
Washington November 5 The action of German military forces in past air raids on defenseless towns in France Belgium and England and hospitals precludes serious attention to Berlin's protest against aerial operations, say diplomats and observers.
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Washington
France
Belgian
England
Seriou
Lerlin
Millions vote as Democrats and Republicans claim victory
As the nation votes on Congress, governors, and local officers, leaders from both parties express confidence. The House stands at 214 Democrats to 209 Republicans with several seats unsettled, while the Senate counts 52 Democrats to 44 Republicans amid war and postwar reconstruction debates.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Congress
United States
France
Republians
Maine
Alaska
Hawai
Philipines
Porto Rico
Contol
House
Senate
Othe Campeien
Wilsoe
Hous
Panthead
Bahama
Robaeon
Arkansas
Ransdell
Louisana
Simmons
North Carolina
Sheppard
Texas
Martin
Virginia
W. J. Harris
Senator Hardwick
Georgia
Representative Ufle
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