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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
6
The article reports Germany’s bid for a separate peace with Belgium while Austria proposes neutral discussions. It notes Allied mistrust, Washington’s stance against any peace that only delays war, and Berlin press skepticism about negotiations prospects.
A note from Austria-Hungary inviting belligerents to a conference for discussing wartime law was dispatched by Baron Burian and presented in Berlin Sofia and Constantinople. German leaders debated the move in the Reichstag with Chancellor Von Hertling and officials present. Berlin papers warned the proposal could split central powers and harm peace prospects if rejected by the Entente.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine premier of the Bolsheviki notes to the Peoples Commissars and Soviets proposing a defensive alliance with other powers to save the Soviet state amid growing danger on the Czecho-Slovak front.
A British passenger liner was shelled by a German submarine 60 miles off the American coast but escaped after altering course and outrunning the U boat. Five shells were fired at the ship which carried 96 wounded Canadian officers. none struck, and the captain ordered no retaliation to rely on speed. Separately, the Portuguese steamer Leixas was torpedoed in the North Atlantic five days earlier. sixteen crew members report surviving in an open boat and fearing 35 others in three boats may be lost.
American forces under General Pershing achieved a decisive victory at the St Mihiel salient. The Liberty motor aircraft proved its combat value in actual battle. German morale slumped as the Tenth and other units failed to halt the offensive. The First American Army liberated more than square miles, took over 1 000 prisoners, and seized hundreds of guns and vast matériel, while German reform efforts failed to blunt the assault.
Tonight will be cloudy and cooler with a low around 50 to 60. Tuesday brings lighter air and cooler temperatures with highs near 75 to 80 and northerly winds. Other cities report varied conditions including Chicago cloudy 60, Kansas City 62 cloudy, Washington 64 cloudy with lighter winds.
With the American Army in Lorraine, September 16, Allied air forces attacked railway yards and roads crossing the Moselle, hitting targets at Conflans and Longuyon. German artillery activity increased, but no infantry assaults occurred as American lines held firm and an entire artillery work was captured at Janiny. Austrian prisoners complained of German failures and lack of warning before the attack.
Allied forces drive forward from the Meuse region amid German withdrawals east of Verdun. American units repair roads rapidly while inflicting damage on German supply dumps and gun positions. The assault threatens Metz and the Hindenburg Line as Pershing’s army presses the offensive with renewed momentum.
The Americans with French aid push along the western edge of the St Mihiel salient. They capture Les Eparges Hill, damage German defenses, and conduct a night march to Vigneulles. Prisoners are taken as artillery fire clears paths through barbed wire and rough terrain.
French and British allies credit American Third Division troops for stiff defense and decisive counterattacks along the Marne from July 14 to 19. Lieutenant Joseph W. Kocf, wounded yet revered, salutes the unit praised by General Degoutte for its tenacity flushing enemy across the river and claiming prisoners amid gas bombardments.
Serbian and French units attack Bulgarian positions on the Serbo Greek border east of Monastir. The hills Sokol Dobropolie and Teak Vetrenik have fallen with several hundred Bulgarians captured. French and British forces push on in France near Oise Aisne Chemin des Dames and Ypres.
A Saloniki dispatch Sept 4 says Serbian forces with French help attacked Bulgarian positions at Vetrenik Dobropolje and Mountain Snot. Bulgarian lines were broken, prisoners taken, and guns and matériel captured as the attack continued with heavy losses on both sides.
French forces report heavy German losses as battles near Chemin-du-Dames push positions southward. More than 500 prisoners taken, with gains around La Fereaux and east of Vauxain, as Maurin's troops advance southeast from Vaussaillan. Germans repeatedly counterattack along the front with stiff resistance.
British forces on the north front report steady improvement with breakthroughs near the Canal Du Non and Livrincourt sector. Posts are established east of Deuriecourt and in the Sandy-Cauchy area as German bombardment continues around Havrincourt. On the Flanders front the British launched a successful windward operation along the river Comines canal.
The weather bureau warns of a major change as a Sturm shaped area moves across the country from the northwest to Arizona. A broad low pressure and cold air mass brings frost in Minnesota and Wyoming, with temperatures dropping to freezing in the northwestern states and reaching as far as the Panhandle. Showers and brisker air expected within 124 hours, likely starting Monday night.
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