14 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
1
Provost Marshal General reports 24,090,000 registrants under selective service, with projections of a 5,000,000 army by June. Committees of the Council of National Defense urge women to support the effort as questionnaires move to next week.
President proposes government operation of plants that refuse War Labor Board rulings and bars workers who do not return to work from war employment. Bridgeport machinists at Smith & Wesson seek to challenge the arbitral decision as the plant is commandeered by the War Department. Continued on Page Six.
Chancellor von Hertling says Germany and its army chiefs oppose annexations and favor an understanding with the Entente. He calls for restoration of prewar possessions, including colonies, then evacuation of occupied areas and Belgian return, with no further conditions. Payer argues disarmament and continued U boat limits, warns American shipping needs will grow, and notes food and coal shortages while the East remains open to supplies.
Paris dispatches quote Petit Parisien and Figaro critiquing the Kaiser’s speech to Krupp workers. They describe a shift from grandiloquence to a whimpering tone and call the remarks a sneer toward slaves amid a mood of bitterness. An Essen dispatch notes the Kaiser’s grave look and gray hair, yet a defiant gleam in his eyes.
The New York Times reports from The Hague that the Brandenburg type German airplane recently landed with wings covered by three thin layers of wood instead of textile material. The extra weight was saved by removing wire stays, and the craft reportedly flew well as Germany faces textile shortages.
British and Dominion troops including Lancashire and Yorkshire regiments and New Zealanders struck from Havrincourt toward Gouzeaucourt. They captured Havrincourt Wood, a spoil heap near the Canal du Nord, and took over 1,000 prisoners plus several officers. The action continued with hard fighting from Bucquoy to Trescault as attackers pressed beyond the Hindenburg line.
American forces pierced the St Mihiel salient and captured about 8,000 German troops as they collapsed from the south and east. The advance was swift with limited resistance and surprising German surrender. Officers taken ran high in number and the success was described as complete in air and ground.
American forces report 13,300 prisoners captured as the St Mihiel salient is secured and enemy withdrawals continue. The area now includes Herbeuville Thillot Hattonville Saint Benoit Xammes Jaulnay Thi court Vieville as Pershing’s lines tighten.
Major General Sir Frederick Maurice discusses strategic rail logistics in aiding Pershing’s offensive. He notes the southern St Mihiel attack on the Moselle Meuse ridge aims to cut off German defenders, with a western subsdiary assault and coordinated French breach at Fort du Camp du Romains.
Washington officials say Pershing’s victory at St Mihiel is a turning point and a wedge for a larger encircling move aimed at Metz. About 12 000 German prisoners are reported in the tally with seven divisions implicated, as patrols push to probe the new front toward Metz. The evacuation reportedly completed without serious incident amuses officers according to German statements.
Allied gains at St Mihiel shorten the front from forty to twenty miles and free important roads. Verdun to Nancy area communications improve as the captured city and nearby towns suffer little damage. The salient is erased with enemy backs to the Wotan Hin denburg line as American and French forces advance toward the Moselle from Verdun.
London reports 12000 per taken by Americans with many captives. Sixty guns counted. entire salient captured and front reduced from about forty to under twenty miles. American line extends from Pagny to Hattonville along Meuse heights. Most towns left undamaged. Verdun to Nancy rail line and Thiaucourt to St Mihiel railway left intact aiding Entente.
The text describes numerous captives who openly attacked high command as making bad judgments. It notes they were unprepared to resist a force sent against them, and mentions a sector sending for reinforcements.
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