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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
8
German U boats sunk the mail steamer Leinster in the Irish Sea with 600 lives lost. Reports say 530 others are missing after an unannounced attack. Survivors describe boats shelled and lifeboats fired upon as U boats push new destruction in St Georges Channel.
Dublin reports that the mail steamer Leinster was struck by two torpedoes in the Irish Sea, believed to have caused about 600 deaths with only around 150 saved. Survivors said the second torpedo hit amidships after a first blast, many boats and passengers swept away. The captain and two stewardesses perished as rescue ships rushed to the scene.
Captain H R Cone of the American Naval Air ship Service was aboard the Leinster when it was sunk by a German submarine. He sustained a broken leg and was listed among the passengers. Inch Rain at Eagle Pass reported one inch of rain, the heaviest in six months, with widespread rainfall over the county and into Mexico.
San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Saturday cloudy and unsettled with variable winds. East Texas generally cloudy with rain and east winds. St Louis area 60s with rain and east winds. Chicago partly cloudy with southwest winds in 60s to 70s. Wynnewood city around 60s and 60s mainly cloudy. New York cloudy with northwest winds in 50s to 60s. Washington 44 and 40s to 70s with a high near 76.
London report says Chancellor Maximilian's peace offer angers Emperor William and spurs a sovereigns conference. Wil liam summons rulers to Berlin for consultation before replying to Wilson. Berlin reaction shows Reichstag backs peace move. German press discuss lessons and Wilson plan.
Berlin oriented article argues German deception misled the people into submarine warfare. It claims if Wilson had been known as peace mediator and the 1916 1917 Washington steps more open, Germany would have pursued a peace without conquerors. It singles out von Bethmann Hollweg’s government as the source of policy failures.
AP report from London notes German forces begin evacuation of the Chemin des Dames north of the River Aisne and south of Laon as Allied pressure increases. The Hunding line behind Laon is turned, with French and American forces advancing in Champagne near the Argonne Grand Pre area. American units clear a pocket near Sivry on the Meuse northwest of Verdun.
Northwest of Verdun Oct 11 heavy artillery began before daylight with American bombardment in the region west of the Meuse. German return fire followed. Fires are reported in towns behind the lines, believed started by American shells.
American forces advanced east of the Argonne forest capturing Sommerance Chevieres and Mare during Thursday night fighting. The ridge of Dame Marie was stormed with substantial prisoner gains including a colonel and two battalion staffs as the attack pushed toward Negemonri Woods. Air operations involved over 350 planes bombing multiple towns.
Special Cable reports Rheims, once a booming city, now a charred shell as American forces push from the Champagne front. The boulevard lies bare, trenches mark the roads, and graves and a captured tank are the only signs of past glory. Trench rats roam the ruined streets.
Washington reports General March announces American troops overseas surpass 1.9 million and a plan for eight billion dollars in Liberty Loan support. He notes Allied advances near Aumont, Meuse operations, and lists divisions in actives on the Western Front.
Berlin-based report on Yowfik Pasha as grand vizier and Izet Pasha as war minister claims the Turkish cabinet seeks peace for the people. It notes Enver and Talaat Pashas as key Turco German alliance pillars and hints at a policy shift amid rising events in Turkey. President Wilson arrives in New York for Liberty Day observances.
British forces under Generals Rawlinson Byng and Horne seized St Hiliare les Cambrai Avesnes and St Aubert and took many prisoners. Debeney's army crossed the River Oise east of St Quentin threatening Guise as Allied troops meet fierce machine gun resistance north of Le Cateau.
Anglo American forces extend front near Cambrai. British Third and Fourth Armies report rapid advances of 1 to 4 miles with heavy machine gun resistance and German retreat. Vaux Andigny Le Cateau Solesmes and surrounding towns captured. civilians liberated as River Selle crossed north of Le Cateau and operations continue toward St Vivast St Aubert and Saillers.
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