German Morale Is Gone As War Shifts To Armistice Talks
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson clarified there will be no fruitless exchanges with Germany while he presses three questions on good faith in armistice talks. On the Cambrai front American troops say German morale collapsed after the Kaiser's peace offer. The President met with Secretary Lansing as March was summoned to discuss the German response and forthcoming public explanation to the U.S. on war strategy.
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John Edwin Nevin
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Wilson
United States
Germany
Fourth Liberty Loan progress lags in money returns
Washington reports the Fourth Liberty Loan is far behind schedule with Treasury officials puzzled by the gap between encouraging local reports and weak overall subscriptions. The $2 billion goal remains unmet while New York district subscriptions rose by $32.5 million overnight to reach $369.7 million, prompting renewed calls for effort.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
New York
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve Frank
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania locals to Thursday
Washington forecast shows local rains tonight then partly cloudy by Thursday morning. Temperature change expected minimal with no significant shifts through Thursday 8 am.
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Washington
Penn
Pershing Army Attacks East of Meuse Nets Villages Fort
General Pershing's First American Army pushes across the Meuse repelling German forces. Four villages and a fortified farm are reported captured as Germans retreat from the 1916 line.
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Americans Break German Lines East of the Meuse
From Verdun area Oct 8 American forces under General Pershing cross the Meuse and seize Consenvoye Molleville farm Brabant Haumont and Beaumont driving back Germans. They take an entire battalion and its commander amid weak German artillery and counterattacks. Red Cross at Gercourt shelled.
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Newton C. Parke
I. N.S
Verdun
Pershing
Meuse River
Meuse
Fleville
Aire
Mareg
Wilson's Reply Seen as Clever Diplomatic Stroke
London observers hail President Wilsons reply to the German Chancellor as a shrewd move. The public here believes the German leadership faces pressure to accept Wilsons fourteen terms and withdraw from occupied territory. British pacifists and labor groups back evacuation before any armistice, and the response drew wide interest despite late publication.
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Carl C. Reeves
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Wilson
Hohenzoller’s
American Losses One-Half of German Prisoners
London reports on the Cambrai St Quentin front that American losses in yesterday's advance were well under half of the German prisoners captured. On the Suippe river sector the Germans renew strong resistance as they defend the line.
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Cambrai-St. Quentin
iSuippe
Allied advances surround Cambrai front in early October push
British and American forces report rapid progress on the Cambrai St Quentin front. Mericourt Beauregard farm and Maretz were captured or reported in flames as the Allies threaten the Cambrai Le Cateau road. Many prisoners taken, casualties light overall.
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John T. Parkerson
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Mericourt
Beauregard Farm
Maretz
le Cateau Road
Walincourt
Malincourt
British War Office
Huns Prepare for Another Retreat on Cambrai Front
From Cambrai St Quentin front Oct 9 German forces are believed to be drawing back while hastily strengthening trenches east of Rheims five miles east of the battle line. The British drive continues at full speed with American troops aiding the assault through a breach in the Hindenburg line near Cambrai. Prisoners are being released as the advance meets little resistance aside from machine gun fire and light artillery.
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John T.parkerson
U. S
Cambrai-St. Quentin
France
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Hindenburg Line
Cambrai Yesteray
Liberty
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Tennessee and Carolina Boys Smash the Hindenburg Line
Tennessee and Carolina troops fighting with British forces on the Cambrai St Quentin front reported a large capture south of Permont including German guns and many machine guns. The force smashed the Siegfried line along a four mile front in a continuing assault led by Gen Lewis, with German prisoners steadily increasing.
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N.S. Stair
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Tennessee
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Permont
Hindy Line
Paris
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Carolina
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Hindenburg) Hne
Ten Thousand German Prisoners Captured on Western Front
Paris reports a major Allied victory with ten thousand German prisoners taken on the western front yesterday, according to Echo De Paris. The brief confirms a large prisoner haul and underscores continuing pressure on German forces.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Germany ready to quit war amid peace note demands
A London Chronicle dispatch reports Germany is prepared for unconditional surrender per Democratic circles. Zurich and Amsterdam sources claim Turkey forced a peace move by threatening to break with Bulgaria. Vienna papers advocate peace at any price, urging sacrifice of political and economic aims.
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Amsterdam
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Arbeter Zeitung
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Zeitung
Cambrai A Key German Position In Northern France
Cambrai ranked as a major strategic hub on the Hindenburg line with routes converging at the Scheldt Canal. Located 21 miles west of the Belgian frontier and near Arras Lille and Lens, it withstood prior British advances and served as a base in 1917. American engineers earned distinction in the fighting.
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Peronne
Time for Berlin to Move Now
Washington dispatch notes growing war weariness in Germany as President Wilson faces critics over his peace terms. Officials say Germany must withdraw troops within its borders and accept Allied terms to secure lasting peace. Maximilian of Baden is pressed to show he represents the German people, not the military.
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N.S
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British and American Forces Break Hindenburg Line at Cambrai Front
Allied troops smash a four mile gap in the Hindenburg line and enter Cambrai. Pershing's American army advances between the Meuse and Moselle capturing four villages. Reports place American assault extending to 70 and 60 miles fronts with joint actions alongside British and French units north of Verdun. Gains hailed as brilliant over the past 24 hours.
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Moselle
Cam- Quentin
Gouraud
Champagne
Meuse
Cornay
Verdun
Call It a Hasty Retreat Allied Military Experts in
Allied military experts describe a rapid withdrawal in the latest briefing. Analysts assess strategic implications and note potential impact on ongoing operations and regional security dynamics.
Supreme Allied Experts See Major Front Developments
Washington reports Allied military experts describe the western front as in a state of supreme importance. They note evacuation of the Argonne and Cambrai, German trench preparations, and a new American push east of the Meuse. Observers warn Germany may lose divisions and supplies unless retreat accelerates.
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Local Western Boards Set New Speed Records in Contest
Washington reports Oklahoma boards and one in Iowa outpaced others in a speed contest to finish classification of men registered Sept 12. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the completion of classification for men aged 19 to 20 and 32 to 36, and the physical examination of one age group, Elip Berry Be.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Iowa
Crowder
Elip Berry
Attorney Examiner to Enter the Officers Training Camp
Robert R. Kane an attorney examiner of the Federal Trade Commission leaves the commission on indefinite leave to join the officers training camp for naval aviators at Dunwood Industrial Institute in Minneapolis Kane hails from Gate City Virginia and is listed as Buy Digerty Boxas in the report.
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Robert R. Kane
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Dunwood Industrial Institute
Minnneapolis
Kanes
Gate City
Digerty Boxas
American Troops Open Offense Across Fifty Mile Front
American forces press the German lines in more than fifty miles of western front. Gen Pershing’s First Army assaulting roughly ten miles east of the Meuse. West of the Meuse the drive spans about twenty miles. Yankee units with Gen Gouraud’s French army advance near Champaign on nearly ten miles. The Fourth British Army also reports a twenty mile front attack.
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