25 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
1
German headquarters releases state that American troops opened a broad offensive on both banks of the Meuse today but all assaults were repelled. The wartime dispatch comes from Berlin via London dated Ord. 24.
President Wilson signals no peace while Kaiser remains in power and outlines allied plans for a negotiated armistice. The article describes joint US Allied decision making, expected fortress and base handovers, and demobilization steps, plus potential territorial and naval conditions to break German war capacity.
British and Allied forces press the offensive along the front from Le Cateau to Valenciennes. British troops drive Germans from Bois l Eveque, reach the Sambre Oise canal, and push beyond Raismes forest area while air forces hit targets behind enemy lines. Valenciennes evacuated by Germans except for scattered posts as fighting continues.
General Pershing said American forces continued to advance north of Verdun. The enemy positions east of the Meuse were penetrated and Bantheville was fully occupied with Americans on a ridge north west of the village. Fifteen enemy aircraft and one observation balloon were shot down, three American balloons destroyed, and six planes did not return.
American patrols penetrated into German trenches around Grang Pre and north of Verdun on Oct 24. Artillery and machine gun fire remained heavy along the front with little change from the prior night. Aerial activity decreased, but a bombing squadron dropped 3 077 kilograms of bombs on Bois de Barricourt and Bois De Folie. German bombers hit towns behind American lines occupied mainly by civilians. Hoy scouts targeting Hamburg and other German cities are armed with machine guns and used in sorties.
Fragmentary report shows Paament discussion on restitution and guarantees to pay for devastation caused by Germans in Northern France. Speakers accuse fraught claims of evading responsibility while President W rests hopes on public consent and allied agreements.
President Wilsons reply to Germany was broadcast from the Arlington naval radio towers after the official text went on the cables It should reach Berlin this morning via Nauen or other European points to ensure prompt reception by German authorities.
French engineers report widespread deliberate destruction in villages along the Retourn line as Germans pulled back. Mines and timed charges were hidden in houses at Aussance and other towns, some set to ignite hours later. sappers noted cases where homes were torched to prevent rebuilding.
Leaders of the four main railway brotherhoods renewed their demand for time and a half overtime pay and pressed the issue before the Railroad Wages and Working Conditions Board. Alfred Franklin of Phoenix was nominated by President Wilson as collector of internal revenue to succeed Lewis Carpenter. The British cabinet reportedly discussed Wilson's reply to Germany, while a North German Gazette report denied destruction orders on the Western Front and claimed submarines were recalled. A Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia went ashore near Skagway, Alaska, with many passengers. The Senate also passed a six billion dollar military deficiency bill before adjournment.
Paris October 24 Associated Press dispatch says Emperor William met with the government and German papers criticize the chancellor's Reichstag address. War cabinet met again and Wolff Bureau extracts from the speech are garbled. Socialist papers are especially outspoken and demand an end to the war.
Reported Allied thrusts south of Valenciennes push toward Maubeuge and Mons with three to four mile gains. British forces reportedly surround Valenciennes while fighting continues in the streets and in surrounding forests as French units move through northern defiles and pursue further gains near the Sambre canal.
For the first time since the epidemic began in army camps the weekly health report shows decreases in both hospital admissions and deaths. The week ending Oct. 18 saw death rate drop from 206 to 190 per thousand and disease rate from 4760 to. influenza now only in three camps Lewis Washington Kearny Patten McClellan Alabama.
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee approved taxing inheritances of ten thousand six hundred dollars or more with rates to be set later. The panel also trims the tax on non beverage distilled spirits to 2.29 per gallon and excludes life insurance policies under 25 thousand from taxation.
British forces report taking more than 6,000 prisoners and seizing numerous guns in a fresh dawn attack south of Valenciennes. Moonlight, night bombing, and seesaw tactics kept the front active through the night as British advance, lines shifting and German positions being overwhelmed near Pomereuil wood and along the canal bank northeast of Valenciennes. Civilian areas such as Denain and Valenciennes are affected as bridgeheads extend on the Scheldt.
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