Italians and British Keep Advancing Across Front
Allied forces push toward Vittorio and Piave as Austrian lines break. Prisoners flood in. 40,000 Austro-Hungarian captives reported. Austria signals intent to evacuate occupied Italian soil as Italian troops seize Vittorio and Asiago positions.
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Austria
Tral
Amsterdam
Vienna
Rome
Poland
Milan
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Vittetco
Italia
Ormello
Asiago
Mt of Servia
Jenna
Servia
Svre
Drina
Aftbania
Montenegro
Ghent May Fall In New Drive On Front
British and French troops launched a new assault on the Flanders front with Ghent expected to fall soon. London officials noted potential withdrawal to Antwerp and the frontier as the action continued. British patrols along the Scheldt canal and north of Raismes forest reported progress and prisoner captures. Paris reported a counter attack west of St. Fregnoux repulsed and the French fifth army taking 1,453 prisoners in two days.
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Jonh FT. Parkerson
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Flanders
Ghent
Antwerp
London
Scheldt Canal
Raismesg Forest
British War Office
le Quesong
Rasimes
Paris
St. Fregnoux
War Office
Oise
Fifth Army
Renewal of HMN Propaganda Noted by Officials in Washington
Officials in Washington note renewal of HMN propaganda in the United States. Despite a large crop of war rumors the situation is developing satisfactorily and an official announcement is forthcoming.
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HMN
United States
Washington
Paris talks ease World opinion rifts via informal meetings
Washington reports reveal informal Paris conferences narrowing international differences as authorities weigh an early agreement. Officials say no irrecorable obstacles to a united diplomatic front exist and delays may aid the process. The note from Switzerland aimed to sway U S public opinion but Lansing declined public release. Count Andrassy’s message arrived via Sweden's Ekengren.
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John Edwin Nevins
I. N.S
Washington
Paris
Supreme Council
United States
Lansing
Oederlin
Armistice Talk Referred to Versailles Council
London reports that Austro Hungarian commander asked General Diaz for an armistice. The request was sent to the Allied council at Versailles. Officials say Turkey may shortly follow, with signs an armistice could be signed today.
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Austria
Lodzy
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Ismial Hakki
Mesopotamia
Tigris
England
State Department
Washington
London Dispatch
Wilson
United States
Kaiserin Sees Revolution Pressure Rise
Berne reports a German source claims the empress hopes for a Russian style upheaval and urges the Kaiser to resign as political tensions mount in Germany.
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Berne
Aistria
Daughter of Arkansas Clergyman Held for Shooting
Mrs. Maude Schutt, 22, daughter of a Pine Bluffs clergyman, was held in New York on charges of shooting her husband Howard Schutt, 39, an inventor. She denied the act and tearfully professed love. The couple, arrived from Seattle a year or two ago, have lived apart. Schutt was operated on at Harlem Hospital with slight hope for recovery.
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New York
Maude Schutt
Pine Bluffs
Ark
Howard Schutt
Hindenburg Tries to Resign as German Army Chief
Amsterdam dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg offered resignation at a crown council on Friday. The Kaiser reportedly refused to accept the move, per the Post's Amsterdam dispatch.
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London
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Amsterdam
Anarchy in Budapest Reported Spreading
Copenhagen reports Budapest unrest with three thousand workers said to have looted arms and munitions. Riots occur hourly as chaos spreads through the city.
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Budapest
Copenhagen
Germany's dream of Little Europa ends with Turkey armistice
London reports Turkey's unconditional surrender ending its war involvement. Austria-Hungary faces possible surrender as well while Germany stands isolated. The collapse severs the Hamburg to Baghdad commercial route and opens Balkans invasion prospects. Enver Pasha linked to German intrigue is noted as Turkey folds.
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Europa
Hamburg-Bagdad
Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Balkans
Austria
Bulgaria
Central Empire
Constantinople
Breslau
Goeben
Enver Pasha
Hamburg
Bagdad
Allied advance in Italian front widens to over seventy five miles
The allied drive on the Italian front includes Ohio troops and pushes a 75 mile wide advance. Austro-Hungarian retreat collapses from Trentino to the Adriatic as prisoners rise and key positions are seized. British troops push toward the Livensia river while Sa cle area nears frontier amid Balkan upheaval.
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Adriatic Sc
Asingo
Vittorce
Odersa
Thas
Live
Americans Outgeneral Germans At Belle Joyeuse Farm North Of Verdun
American forces excelled in the Belle Joyeuse Farm engagement north of Verdun, outgeneral ing German units. They seized Bois de Bourgogne areas, used a flank maneuver, and forced a German retreat while neutralizing batteries with artillery. Belle Joyeuse Farm remained No Man's Land before strong American entrenchments formed.
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Belle Joyeuse
Grand Pre
Bois de Bourgogne
No Man's Land
Bois de Loges
Denain Liberated as British Parade Ends Suffering
Staff writer witnesses dramatic Denain street scenes of devastation after German retreat. Civilians, many in caves, endured hunger and gas wounds. a Canadian guard of honour accompanies Prince of Wales as townsfolk praise the British.
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Denain
John T. Parkerson
Prince of Wales
Currie
Quebec
Aber
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