French Nine Miles Border Crossing Reported
Paris reports French cavalry crossed the Belgian border with an advance of over nine miles at certain points. Berlin notes American forces continued violent east Meuse attacks and extended their bridgehead near Dun. Haig says British troops advance and enemy retreats, capturing Tournai and Antoing while a second British army nears Renaix. Washington confirms Allied gains as American units co operate with French along the Meuse capturing Mouzay Jamatz Louppy sur Loison Remoiville Moirey Chamornt and Manheulles.
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Foch Reads Terms To German Envoys In Railway Car
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch spoke the allied armistice terms in a railway coach to German plenipotentiaries led by Erzberger. German observers requested a suspension of hostilities which Foch refused. Delegates stayed at Rethondes as Weygand Wemyss and Sims observed the proceedings.
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Rosslyn Wemyss
Britash Admiralty
William 8. Sims
Arrest Order Issued for Archduke Max in Vienna News
Amsterdam reports on November 10 that orders have been issued for the arrest of Archduke Max, brother of Emperor Charles, who recently departed the Hofburg with heavy trunks, per Vienna newspapers.
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Imerial Hofburg
Message From Prince Max On Royal Changes
A German wireless report from London dated November 9 1918 says Prince Max of Baden has abdicated the throne and that a regency will be set up with Deputy Ebert as imperial chancellor. A bill for general suffrage and a constitutional assembly is proposed to decide Germanys future government. Also reports say Emperor Williams son-in-law the Duke of Brunswick abdicated.
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Brunswick
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Duke of Brunswick
Who's Who In Royal Mix-up
Deputy Ebert named imperial chancellor per a German wireless message. Friderich Ebert, socialist leader and Reichstag main committee president, played a central role in declaring the people’s right to decide their fate. Also notes the abdication of Brunswick's Duke Earnest August and his royal marriage in 1913 with three sons.
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Berlin
Earnest August
Duke of Cumberland
Victoria Louisa
William
Ernest August
Australia Denied Peace Table Seat Protest by Premier
London dispatch reports Australian Prime Minister Hughes protesting peace terms at the Australian club. He says Australia was not consulted before the war and objects to losing sovereign tariff powers and no provision for war debt indemnities or retention of German islands. His remarks drew cheers.
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Australia
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France
Belgium
Italy
America
German Troops Enter Tyrol After West Front Retreat
Amsterdam reports that German troops crossed into Tyrol and Salzburg from the west. The Neue Freie Presse notes Austro Hungarian authorities protested to Berlin and Vienna over German passage through Austrian territory, warning the armistice could be endangered. Austria-Hungary is said to be powerless to hinder the movement, which could turn Austrian soil into a war theater.
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Salzburg
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Berlin
United States
Austria-Hungary
Pershing advance continues against machine gun fire
Allied forces report steady progress east of the Meuse north and south of Damvillers with continued resistance from machine guns. Artillery and small arms exchanges marked the Meuse line from Sassey to Waldencourt through the night.
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Pershing
Damvillers
Meuse
American Expeditionary Forces
Sassey
Waldencourt
Indictments in Signal Corps Branch Probe
Chicago details three indictments in the aircraft inspection branch probe to expose alleged frauds by Clarence I. Hogue Lucian M. Simpson and E. J. Comer. The charges include falsified payrolls, improper use of government funds including automobile pleasure trips, and approval of unqualified inspectors to conceal the misdeeds within the army bureau.
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Clarence I. Hogue
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E. J. Comer
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Army
John
Germany to Accept Armistice Terms Likely by Monday
Washington reports Germany has not yet announced its decision on armistice terms presented by Marshal Foch. Officials fear delays due to events in Berlin including Emperor William’s abdication which could prompt a modification request, though acceptance or rejection is still due by Monday at 11 o clock French time.
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Germany
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Berlin
William
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Wilson
White House
Prince Maximilian
Uns
Five Ambulances Rescue Narrowly Missed German Line
Allied dispatch reports intense US resistance on the Sedan front with heavy machine gun fire and difficult terrain. Five American ambulances accidentally entered German lines northeast of Lion-Devant-Dun and were captured, later rescued with four prisoners and three guns returned. American forces controlled both sides of the Meuse and held Remoiville wood, crossing Mouzon to secure a double-sided line from Viller-Devant-Mouzon southward.
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Associated Press
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Lion- Devant-Dun
Meuse
Remoiville Wood
Mouzon
Villers-Devant-Mouzon
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Turn Guns On Crowds In Revolt In Germany
Nov 9 reports say six German battleships anchor off Flensburg directing guns at revolutionists while bombardment is anticipated. The battleship Koenig, after resisting surrender, is captured. Berlin announces uprisings in Hanover Cologne Brunswick and Magdeburg with some mutineers not in control. Stagdeburg garrison resists. Amsterdam dispatches claim revolt spreading in western Germany reaching Cologne and banks in Berlin suspend payments.
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Associated Press
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Magdeburg
Berlin
Stagdeburg
London
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Germany
German Chancellor Calls On Exiled Germans To Stand Firm
Maxis Baden amid resignation appeal urges Germans abroad to remain steadfast as war worsens. He notes Germany fought bravely and endured, but its allies abandoned it in the fifth year, insisting the nation must find new strength within.
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Kaiser Abdicates as German Empire Falls in Revolt
William Hohenzollern abdicates the throne after thirty years in power as Germany devolves into revolt and ruin. Crown prince renounces rights. regency to be led by Prince Maximilian and Chancellor Ebert. European rulers also toppled or dying. armistice terms unsettled. Allied forces advance across France as German front weakens and Berlin faces financial strain.
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Associated Press
William Hohenzollern
Prussia
Berlin
Kaiser Abdicates in Germany Fails to Surrender
The U S government wireless stations reported a radio message from the Nauen tower announcing Kaiser Wilhelm II abdication. The German chancellor Prince Maximilian of Baden issued the decree. the crown prince to renounce, with a regency to be set up and Ebert to become chancellor in the interim. No German government notice had reached Washington yet. President Wilson awaited word on post abdication leadership. The armistice terms remain undecided and the Allied plan proceeds toward surrender terms not yet released.
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