Trench Raid Peril and Frontline Resolve
A veteran recounts a trench raid in No Man's Land with a twenty man party using a tap code. The narrator is wounded in the cheek and shoulder during a chaotic assault amid star shells and barbed wire, then drifts into No Man's Land before a bayonet charge restores momentum.
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KR. A. M. C. Mes
Jonah
Suicide Ditch
Royal Engineers
No Man's Land
No Man’s Land
Tommy
Lnes
Pepper
Beng
Fritz
Berlin
Bowie
Scottie
U-Boats and Unrestricted Warfare Atrocity
An exchange warns against indifference to the murder of thousands by German U boats. The note recalls that torpedoing ships and sending sailors to death at sea is murder, except when targeting fighting ships or transports carrying combatants. The government reader in the Commons cites a growing indictment.
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House of Commons
T-boata
Wilson's stern reply to Germany demands unconditional surrender
President Wilson states that peace cannot be won by negotiating with autocratic German rulers and that any armistice must leave Allies in a position to enforce terms and prevent renewal of hostilities. The message, transmitted Oct. 23, stresses no trust in past German policy and names military advisers as final judges of any armistice.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Joseph F. Tumulty
Secretary of War
Baker
War and Navy Departments
Wilson
Department of State
Wld
Congress of the United States
Reichstag
Prussia
Robert Lansing
Frederick Oederlin
Switzerland
London
Sir A. Hunter
France
Marshal Foch
Admiral Beatty
Dukhobors Leader Peter Werigin Plans Russian Return
The Russian Dukhobor leader Peter Werigin plans to return to Russia with 10 000 to 11 000 followers, sparking a western Canada conversation about their past as religious dissenters and their current status as colonists. The article notes their history of nonresistance, collective living in British Columbia, and a unique moneyless economy run by the community, with weekly assemblies and recallable officials.
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Peter Verigin
Dukhobortsy
Russia
Canada
Peter Werigin
Dukhobor
Europe
Caucasus
British Columbia
Treasury
Dukhobors
Columbia River
Ana
Sey
Science Monitor
Record for foreign trade nine months of 1918
For the nine months ending September 1918 imports totaled 2,322,006,000 dollars, up 40,000,000 from the previous period, while exports reached 4,561,000,000 dollars, a slight decrease. Gold imports were 2,600,000 dollars in September and 2,286,000 dollars for the nine months.
William Dickens Dies in Ontario at Age Fifty Five
William Dickens last great novelist died at his home in Hamì Ont. Born in Brauny Stone England his life included a move ten years ago with wife Emily Steanes and a young daughter. Dickens aged fifty five was regarded as an interesting character whose life touched many, including family and old friends.
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William Dickens
Charles
Dicl
Hami Ont
Mr. Dickens
Braunystone
England
Hiss
George Adams Dickens
Mizal Nelson
Emily Steanes
W.ty
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Guy Empey
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Hans
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