Prussia Presses for Early Peace Amid War Deterioration
Special cable reports Prussia and Austria-Hungary seeking an early end to the war under pressure from Austria. German leaders fear backlash from civilian hardship and ongoing military defeats while Hapsburgs warn they cannot answer for the future beyond a swift peace. A peace movement among enemy powers appears likely.
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Edward Price Bell
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Renon
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Prussia
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Ludenhorft
Hindenburg
Didssia
Hapsburgs
Hoheai Vollerns
Hansburg
Hapsburg
Italy
Germany
Russia
Asia Minor
Persia
India
Dardanelles
Alyice-Lorraine
France
Belgium
Roumania
Serbia
Alsace-Lorraine
Southeas
Middle -East
German Press Warns of Shaken Morale After French Flanders Wins
Washington dispatch reports Cologne and Basel newspapers quote German officials noting growing Allied momentum in France and Flanders. They warn morale is irredeemably shaken, with leaders Hindenburg and Ludendorff blamed for past policy and a belief in German invincibility being broken.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
France
Flanders
Cologne
Basel National Gazette
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Loss of switch line seen as major German setback
London reports the break of the first Drocourt-Queant switch line after Allied advances, described as one of the war's worst German disasters. The breach threatens crucial German defense, risking evacuation of the French coal field and control of Douai Valenciennes and Cambrai, with major impact on German communications.
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London
Drocourt-Queant
Flanders
Douai
Valenciennes
Cambrai
Hindenburg
Telegraph
St. Quentin
French See Signs of Panic Amid Front Advances
Paris reports notable Allied successes as British forces breach the Hindenburg line between Vrovourt and Queaut and Mangin’s French troops push gains near Seuilly and Terny-Sorny. Analysts cite German command weakness and reserves strain while Mangin progresses daily on the southern sector between the Ailette and Aisne.
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Paris
Hothe
Muangin
Hindenburg
Vrovourt
Queaut
Oui
Fabry
Ludendorff
St. Quentin
la Fere
Cambrai
Ailette
Aisne
Mangin
Seuilly
Soissons
Terny- Sorny
Leuilly
Noissons
Hertling Retired as Solf Named German Peace Prospect
News from The Hague reports Chancellor Von Hertling’s retirement and Dy Solf’s appointment as German colonial minister in a likely step toward peace overtures. Dispatches note health issues cited for Hertling and Solf’s peace-oriented stance, while U.S. officials urge useful Christmas giving and restraint on hiring.
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W. J
San Antonio Light War News Service Highlights
The San Antonio Light touts its war coverage as unequal in the South with exclusive Associated Press and New York Times services. It lists correspondents from the London Times Chicago News and World Service including Gibbs James Eyre Bell Mowrer and Repington among others.
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America
San Antonio
NEW York Times Service
Philip Gibbs
France
London Chronicle
Edwin J. James
United States
New York Times-Chicago Tribune
London Times
Perry Robinson
Gerald Campbell
Herbert Sidebotham
Manchester Guardian
England
Ward Price
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
eVestta
Junius B. Wood
Edward Price Bell
London
Paul Ayres Rockwell
E. Percy Noel
Paul Scott Mowrer
Paris
A. R. Decker
NEW York World Service
Lincoln Eyre
Joseph W. Grigg
Col. Repington
South
British in Pursuit Capture Lens and Queant Towns
The British report capturing Lens after its evacuation by Germans. Haig's official statement notes Queant taken with Drocourt Queant line storms aided by Canadians. Over 10 000 prisoners were captured and towns like Doignies Vel Bertincourt Rocquigny fell under British control along a twenty mile front.
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London
Lens
Queant
Geran
Cambrai
Dangi
Field Marsh Haig
Drocourt-Queant
Entiy
Drocourt -Queant
Buitsy
Pronville
Haig
Doignies
Vel
Douai
Czecho Slovaks Recognized as Co beligerents by U S
Secretary of State notified Masaryk head of the Czecho Slovak National Council that the United States recognizes the Czecho Slovak armies as co belligerents in the war against Germany and Austria Hungary. Britain France and Italy had already recognized them. The Czecho Slovak headquarters are in Paris with territory including Bohemia Moravia Galicia and Austrian Galicia.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
TG. Masaryk
Ional Council
Russia
I Nraiey
Maly
Lansing
State Department
Wilson
Britain
France
Italy
Oregon
Paris
Bohemia
Moravia
Washington
American Forces Attack Between Oise and Aisne
Berlin reports Kvreneh forces aided by American and Moroccan divisions attacked German positions between the Oise and Aisne rivers after artillery prep. U S troops advancing north of Soissons reached the Bethune Soissons Roadway and held a line near Ter eny Sorny amid wire entanglements and heavy machine gun fire.
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Berlin
Oise
Aisne
German War Office
France
Betthune-Soissons
Acre
Jurvigny
Bethune- Soissons
Bethune Soissons
Prom
Bois de Beaumont
Bergan
Soissons
Permins
German Front Moves On Somme Regions Ham and Guiscard
Constant movements toward the rear of the German lines on the Somme front in the regions of Ham and Guiscard are reported. Hospitals and dressing stations are being hastily cleared, while convoys are moving northeastward, harassed by entente airplanes.
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Paris
Somme
Ham
Guiscard
Haig's Men Advance Toward Cambrai in Fierce Fighting
Allied forces push beyond the Drocourt Queant line with heavy combat near Lauderfont We court Etaing and Villers-lez-Cagnicourt as Haig's troops drive toward Cambrai. British gains include thousands captured and dozens of prisoners as they press to the Canal du Nord amid severe German resistance.
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Associated Press
France
Drocourt-Queant Hine
Lauderfont
Wecourt
Dury
Etaing
Ayere
Villers-lez-Cagnicourt
Cambrai
Phe
Villers Lez Caguicourt
Haig
Umbrai
Lof
Hindenburg Line
Drocourt Queant Ine
Feronne
Queant
Somme
Canal du Nord
Drocourt Queant
Father
German retreat accelerates after Haig breakthrough on Somme
Allied forces report the German army in retreat across a 50 mile front from near Ypres to the Somme after Haig breached railway center defenses at Douai and Cambrai. British gains include 10 000 prisoners and heavy German casualties as the push threatens the Hindenburg line and rises toward St Quentin.
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St. Quentin
Somme
Ens
Vlanders
Bgs
Wulverghem
Kemmel
Lens
Queant-Drocourt
Haig
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