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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
1
A wartime summary notes Turks offering peace terms to the Allies while Bulgars yield. The report includes intense U S debate on suffrage and war policy as President Wilson addresses Congress about mobilization, equality, and the form of victory. The address emphasizes unity across parties and the need for decisive measures to win the war.
Allied forces seal bulgar retreat as American and British troops push along the St Quentin front. American divisions advance across the canal near Nauroy and Le Cateret with tanks and heavy fire. Armistice terms reported by Lloyd George and Bonar Law envisage complete Bulgarian rail control surrender.
British and Belgian troops push along an eight mile front north of Saint Quentin and near the Aisne as Haig’s forces smash the Hindenburg Line. Belgian rail head at Roulers captured, threatening German communications in Belgium and the coast. Allied advance averages five miles, up to eight, while Germans retreat.
Reports detail U S Navy mine incident survivor arriving at a naval station in dre dock. Resignations by Von Hertling and Von Hintze in Berlin. Corn prices plunge amid war headlines. Italian troops push west in Macedonia. British cavalry near Petrich. Allied air raids on Bulgaria and Austria. fatigue from Spanish influenza death toll at University of Colorado.
Paris reports a ceasefire agreement with Bulgaria signed last night after negotiations led by General Franchet D Esperey. The armistice suspends hostilities with Macedonia but does not halt actions against Austria Hungary Turkey or German forces elsewhere. King Ferdinand remains loyal to the Central Powers per Vienna dispatches.
Dominick Murphy American consul general in Sofia who accompanied Bulgarian plenipotentiaries to Saloniki and witnessed the armistice has been ordered back by the state department. No criticism of Murphy is made. he apparently had no instructions to take part in negotiations and acted as an observer.
The Bulgarian armistice ends Bulgaria’s alliance with the Central Powers and opens the way for Allied control in the region. Allied forces push across the Western Front from the North Sea to the Meuse, with rapid advances near Cambrai, St Quentin, Le Cateau, and Lille. German defenses tighten yet falter as British French and American units hammer positions, while pressure grows toward Serbia and the Struma region with Petrich in sight.
The Associated Press wires describe the first number drawn in the draft lottery. The data lists multiple figures and names in a garbled page, outlining draft results and allocations across groups.
Belgian and British forces claim victory in heavy fighting on the Messines Wytchaete ridge and Flanders positions. Irish and Belgian troops reportedly took over 4,000 prisoners and captured over 200 guns amid efforts to defend the Lys approaches. Attacks continued near Roulers and Menin Road areas as dusk fell.
Allied forces pressed the German line from Bellicourt to Gonnelieu under heavy opposition. Four thousand prisoners were taken north of St Quentin and 40 guns captured. British entered Cambrai suburbs and counterattacks near Le Catelet pushed Haig’s troops back to Villers-Guislain and Bony. Further south, British withdrawals occurred at Arleux and Aubencheul-Au-Bas.
General Gouraud's army attacked on the northern slopes of Belleuve heights and Mont Cucelet advancing toward Bouconville. French forces crossed Allmbrook and captured hill positions near Maine, with fresh breakthroughs along the St Quentin-La Fere road and across the Chemin Des Dames, while counterattacks by Germany near St Quent in Urvillers region were repulsed.
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