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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1918
Page
3
A chaotic naval battle description recounts Ankee and LF Anin leading raiders at Ruan Port. Austrian batteries fire as American and British ships engage near mines and coast defenses. Submarines and destroyers clash, steamers sink, and a hospital ship is allowed to proceed before the Austrian coast is pummeled into ruins.
Fragmentary wartime dispatch describes German retreat to the east with enemy troops and transports under pressure. Allied air and ground forces claim to have disrupted German lines and rear areas while fires and lights reveal weakened defenses.
Reported wreck details say 175 bodies recovered at a British port from the transport Otranto sunk by a submarine. Kashmir reached a Scottish port with troops landed. Ten officers and 102 enlisted men were taken prisoner. three officers and five enlisted men saved. The Ticonderoga was torpedoed with many missing and presumed dead.
American forces north of Verdun push from the Meuse toward the Argonne forest, overcoming heavy German fire in the center. They capture Mareq and Chevieres, seize Grand Pre area, and drive toward St Javin and Molleville while three German counterattacks are repulsed.
Germany edges toward disaster as Allied offensives widen the front. Foch’s tactics push back the enemy in Champagne while Lodendorff’s retreat risks demoralizing effects and shifts in strategic aims. Retrenchment and timing undercut Prussia’s war decisions as observers reference lessons from past conduct.
Berlin reports German forces west of Doanugi retired to rear lines. Enemy followed and occupied Vendin Le Vieu, Biarnes-nenin fietard, and east of the Baumont Brebières railway. South of Laon the Chemin des Dames line has been evacuated, per the general staff.
Julius Kahn, California congressman and House Military Affairs Committee member, will speak in Tucson on Thursday October 24. The talk follows debate over a draft based army plan, with Kahn supporting war measures and Hayden opposing conscription in a dramatic exchange.
Vice Admiral Sims told editors at Lord Rothermere’s luncheon that 8 to 12 submarines threatened merchant ships daily across the Atlantic with about 2 666 anti submarine craft in operation and 1680 American ships inside. The convoy system surrounds merchants with screens to deter sub attacks and the open sea hosts around 5 60 anti submarine craft aiding mine cutting escort duties and troop and merchant movements.
AP reported alarming child mortality in Petrograd with infant deaths at 50 percent and school absences soaring to 57 to 87 percent due to sickness. The crisis threatens the juvenile population without foreign food aid as aid from the American Red Cross arrives via Webster from Moscow.
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