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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1931
Page
15
Disjointed wartime document urges exhaustive oil and artillery sourcing from all sources including Orient and France. Warns of delays and demands shipping under war department control to hurry troop deployment and disrupt enemy gains in Belgium and northern France. Mentions battles and troop movements with dates around 1945.
Reports describe the Painleve cabinet's fall and M. Clemenceau forming a new ministry on Friday. Observers cite public disillusion with the supreme war council and disloyalty charges against French officials as major factors. The French units in the front praised American volunteers and stressed comradeship amid shortages.
The French leader Clemenceau prioritizes clearing red tape and fighting scandals as he seeks to shape a new ministry. He pushes mobilization talks with Mikerensky, highlights urgent need for motor transport, and notes US reliance on French trucks amid equipment shortages.
Report outlines how a vast amount of cargo space, estimated at about 1,000,000 tons, remained under Allied and Norwegian control. The Inter Allied Charters Executive, with British Admiralty influence, restricted charters unless approved, withholding bunkers to compel compliance. France and America faced barriers, while London served as the information hub amid reluctance to aid rivals.
Fragmentary notes from November 24 1917 reveal doubts over tonnage to transport 24 divisions, with estimates of over 2 million tons needed beyond 600 000 tons. Officials balked at loading inefficiencies and home delays, while observers pressed for action to deploy troops and organize independent weapons.
A wartime dispatch describes aging leaders debating strategy for a major offensive. It details Allied plans around Cambrai, tank concentrations, and coordinated thrusts by French and British forces as weather and news from the front shape the opening actions. General Byng is reported guiding the morning briefing and monitoring progress.
A fragmented report traces a visit to Frospita amid developing battlefield activity. General Bycx and Major Wotkan led a modified serie while a patrol reached a field hospital. Wounded officers and casualties were described as arriving for medical care and potential evacuation as troops moved toward a line of engagement.
Wartime narrator records chaotic battle moments with wounded soldiers and tank advances. He notes British gains, German resistance, and a shattered wire entanglement as tanks broke through. Reports a bridge blown, cavalry hesitation, and ongoing offensive with heavy casualties and limited thrusts.
A brief report notes a decisive win with varied success and lighter impact than British hopes. It boosts Western Front morale as allied efforts aim to offset the Italian defeat. The piece hints at forthcoming pieces about Colonel House and allied conference. Music and dancing scenes appear in related ads.
Professor John Taylor Thomson of Princeton University will address the Princeton Association at a luncheon in the Milmm building, then speak to the Ban Antonio Empire of the Association of Petroleum Geologists. He is noted for studies on costs, oil, and energy resources.
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