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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
4
Paris Nov 9 The Associated Press reports Marshal Foch keeps relentless blows on Germany. Signs show a new Scheldt retreat and French forces reach the Meuse along a 15 mile front. German options are armistice or invasion as French troops advance.
Associated Press reports from London that British forces seized Maubeuge fortress and push east beyond the Avesnes Maubeuge road. British troops in Flanders cross the Scheldt north of Tournai and hold the east bank, with Avesnes and western Tournai partially occupied in Haig's official communique.
Maubege, a once mighty fortress guarding the Namur Charleroi route, sits on both banks of the Sambre. Founded in the seventh century, it endured fame from pre 1800 battles and was captured by Germans after heavy fighting with British and French in August 1914, near the Belgian border south of Mous and about midway between Namur and Charleroi.
November 9 report from the Meuse front details American troops pressing forward despite intense German fire. The assault aims to secure key positions along the line with armored support and infantry momentum. Strong local units and logistics challenge progress as weather and terrain test daily advances.
Robert J. Collier, publisher and head of P. F. Collier and Son, died suddenly at his home in New York City. Official word cites heart disease. He led Collier’s Weekly, supported aviation prizes, and helped promote Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace purchase.
Washington reports the American First Army under General Pershing advanced 80 miles in eight days. The 387th (Ohio) under Major General C. S. Farnsworth and the Ist under Major General W. H. Johnson were identified as operating with the British inlanders. March condemned the armistice publication as harmful to the U S military program and noted delayed supplies due to New York stevedores walkouts. The AEF’s reorganization into two field armies brought changes in corps commanders including Dickman and Cray Coote.
The excerpt names Merals Sixth Corps led by Major General William M M Wright and the Seventh Corps commanded by Major General Charles H Mencher, indicating a divisional or operational context within Civil War era forces.
In Port Ewen near Kingston New York a series of explosions at the Grenade Loading Company plant killed one employee and seriously injured 15 others including several women. All 50 workers in the building were injured to some degree. Property damage is estimated at about 530,000. A young woman reportedly dropped a tray of grenades causing a blast that toppled a piece of the facility.
Cancelled orders for 40,000 barrels monthly of aviation gasoline to the government by Mid Continent Refiners. The move aims to increase gasoline supply for commercial consumers unless exports absorb the extra. Japanese navy to spend about 2.7 million dollars annually in the U S for materials for its battleship fleet, per Te Kodach engineer commander.
Paris dispatch reports Germany's armistice delegation, led by Erzberger, briefed by Marshal Foch on Allied conditions inside a railcar headquarters. Details show German understanding deepening as demands are outlined, with initial refusals to suspend hostilities and arrangements for lodging near Compiegne.
General von Winterfeld, chief German armistice mission representative, met Marshal Foch to discuss terms for cessation of hostilities. He previously served as German military attache in Paris and survived a 1913 auto crash during French maneuvers. The report notes his wartime travel near Compiegne and Rethondes and nearby German lines five miles from those positions. Garfield Grants Partial Light-Use Relaxation Starting Sunday under national fuel rules.
Paris reports the German response to allied armistice terms will arrive by courier, possibly via wireless. leaders in Berlin may authorize plenipotentiaries to sign. German chancellor Prince Maximilian may inform Reichstag leaders before ratification amid hopeful Paris mood and preparations for celebration.
Fragmented OCR notes suggest reports that Kaiser is in final talks as “Supreme War Lord” before armistice terms. References to Foch, Palestine, and daily government updates appear in a chaotic wire-served pane, with multiple garbled phrases about demands and timing.
Mrs Stokes, arrested Monday in York on legal registration charges, is discharged Friday by authorities. The brief notice notes release and completion of legal processing without further details.
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