British Haig reports Levergies taken near St Quentin
London dispatch says British troops captured Levergies five miles north of St Quentin with Vendhuile Proville and Tilloy already in Allied hands. Cambrai is heavily contested as British and Canadian forces press toward the city. fires rage as German defenses collapse. Paris reports two German divisions trapped in the Argonne forest with Gouraud and American forces closing in. Cambrai enveloped, fires spreading in the city.
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Vendhuille
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War Office
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Proville
Tilloy
Vendhuile
German Divisions Split to Fill Front Near Verdun
General Ludendorff is redistributing divisions to the Verdun front, drawing drafts from troubled units stationed in Alsace, the Ardennes, and Brey. American pilots Douglas Campbell and Eddie Rickenbacker are credited with downing German planes and balloons, while Frank Luke adds two more balloons. American raiding parties along the Moselle to Meuse line have taken prisoners, with patrols pushing east of the Moselle and enduring bombardment before retreat. Rumors of Bulgaria seeking peace after Turkey may follow linger in London.
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Verdun
Meuse-Argonne
Alsace
Adrennes
Brey
Roumania
Douglas Campbell
San Jose
Cal
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Frank Luke
Lorraine
Moselle
Meuse
Lesmesnils- Louvigny
Frehaut
Gerarder
Turkey
Bulgaria
London
Tkey
Talaat Pash
Enver Pasha
Ferdinand to Resign As Ruler of Bulgaria
Rome reports Czar Ferdinand will abdicate and pass the throne to his son as Vatican officials in Vienna learn of the anticipated change.
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Rome
Vatican
Vienna
Foch Aims for Decisive Defeat in French Front
With American forces in France, October 1, Allied and German armies clash along a broad western front. General Foch seeks a decisive defeat of Ludendorff’s forces, pressing offensives from the Yser to the Meuse while Hindenburg shifts troops to stave off collapse. The battle centers on holding positions and sealing breakthroughs without a single front-wide retreat. The Argonne Meuse corridor becomes the focal point as fresh German divisions arrive amid attacks at Champagne Rheims Chemin des Dames St Quentin Cambrai and in Flanders.
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Rheims
Chemin Des Dames
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Flanders
Vote on Suffrage May Come Today
Washington details show the senate likely to vote on submitting a woman suffrage amendment to the states before adjournment. President Wilson pressed southern Democrats to support the measure as a war need, with polling last night placing suffragists two votes short.
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Senate
White House
Wilson
Martin
Kentucky
Syvage
Benet
Beckham
Ben
Weather Report for New Haven and Connecticut
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for fair, continued cool nights and Wednesday. Connecticut overall expect fair, cool with frosts in exposed places tonight, lighter winds Wednesday from the west to north. High pressure centered over Pennsylvania brings pleasant weather and lower central and eastern temperatures, with heavy frosts reported as far east as Buffalo. Observations note scattered city readings and clear conditions in multiple locales.
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Buffalo
North Dakota
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Island
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Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Wartime Valor From A World War I Front Line Report
United States troops in France describe fierce action at the Hindenburg Line. Serjeant Neilan, previously an undertaker and salesman, praises British artillery and Tank support as they seize a three gun machine gun nest. Sergeant Bullard and Corporal Russell recount fear, letters home, and the deadly gas by the German lines as they press forward amid shelling.
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France
Thom
Neilan
Rnk
Empire State
Lieut. Evans
Boston
Hindenburg
Grover C. Bullard
Raleigh
N. C
Sergeant Bullard
Stephen R. Russell
Durham
Henry
Evrybody
Baker Engaged to Society Woman Mimi Scott
New York Oct 1 Lieut Hobart A H Baker renowned American aviator and international hockey player announced engaged to Miss Mimi Scott a prominent New York and Newport society figure Baker serves in France where Miss Scott has worked as a hospital nurse since last November
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New York
Hobart A. H. Baker
Baker
Mimi Scott
Newport
France
Scott
Austria Sees Calamity Over Sofia Arrival
Vienna dispatch says Austria-Hungary views the ally Bulgaria accord as calamity. It notes that a quarter million Austro-Hungarians arrived in Sofia too late, signaling strategic misgivings amid the Balkan developments.
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Austria
London
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Vienna
Sofia
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