Germans Collapse In Champagne Front As Allies Advance
Allied forces report a shattered German line in Champagne with French and American advances along nearly 40 miles. Vouziers, a key German base 31 miles northeast of Verdun, is entered by French troops. British troops seize villages near Douai while Americans push along the Meuse and Chemin des Dames, with overall heavy Allied gains across the front.
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International News Service
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Vouziers
Verdun
Flanders
Douai
Cambrai- St. Quentin
Rawlinson
North Sea
Swiss
Cambrai
le Cateau
Lille
Laon
Paris
Champagne District
War Office
Rheims
Grand Pre
Retourne
Pauvres-Vauziers
Suippe River
Arnes
Chemin Des Dames
346 U. S. Soldiers Believed Lost In Ocean Collision
Survivors recall the Otranto Kashmir disaster off Islay on October 6 as 346 American troops and 85 British crew members are missing. The Kashmir steering gear failed in dense fog, smashing the two ships. Descriptions tell of lifeboat destruction, heroic efforts by British destroyers, and many sailors perishing amid giant waves and wreckage.
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Lieut. Cantwell
Denver
Col
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Maunsey
Segmen
William Weidgenant
Chicago
Berne Coffman
Galesburg
Coffman
J. W. Griffin
Glenn P. Stein
Omaha
Neb
Melvin Davies
Thomas Campbell
Memphis
W. M. H. Pepenfroth
Columbus
Ohio
Frank A. Perkins
Augusta
David R. Dutton
Glensdale
S. C
Samuel Levy
Atlanta
Davison
Lieut
Clavens
Lieut. Simmons
Cravens
Paul T. Mitchell
Savannah
Four U S training deaths in week at four fields
The war department reports four fatalities from flight training in the week ending October 5. Three deaths occurred at Taliaferro field in Hicks Texas and one at Taylor field in Montgomery Alabama. No deaths at the other 25 fields. East fatality totals 971 hours of flight and 77 680 miles.
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Taliaferro Field
Hicks
Texas
Taylor Field
Montgomery
Ala
East
Dual Monarchy Cabinets Resign. Lammasch Succeeds Husárek
Zurich dispatch reports both Austrian and Hungarian cabinets have resigned. Vienna announces former premier Husarsek will be replaced by Dr. Lammasch, described as a pacifist, with Count Karolyi reportedly chosen to succeed former Hungarian premier Wekerle.
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Vienna
Hussarek
Lammasch
Count Karolyi
Wekerle
Hun
British advance nears Douai as German line collapses
British cavalry patrols push toward Douai as Americans and British cross the Selle river near Le Cateau. British airmen strike rear roads, while French forces advance southward. The retreating Germans abandon bridges and shelter amid a scorched, wrecked countryside marked by shell holes, dugouts, and ruined towns.
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Cambrai-St. Quentin
Longchamps
Douai
Selle River
le Cateau
Scarpe River
Arras
Vitry-Artois
Izelles-Esquerchin
Drecourt
Billy-Montigny
Fouquieres
Briastre
Solesmes
Cambrai
St. Souplet
Montdorigny
Bazeul
Niergniers
American soldiers trap German cooks near Verdun
Oct 12 report says four German minenwerfer cooks entered American lines with a field kitchen seeking a German. They were captured and forced to prepare breakfast for U S troops, illustrating the back-and-forth action north west of Verdun.
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Verdun
Bowie
Minenwerfer Company
Kaiser Willing to Abdicate for Peace in Europe
London reports the kaiser is ready to abdicate to not block peace. Stockholm dispatch says he opposes Chancellor Maximilian's policy and the reichstag majority, and that the chancellor may succeed to the throne of Germany.
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London
Hvening Tidningen
Stockholm
Maximilan
Reichstag
Germany
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