Retreat of German Army in France and Belgium Likely, Allies Advance
Allied forces push German armies into a record retreat in France and Belgium. Lille and Cambrai are abandoned as Deberes and De Goutte join Haig’s pursuit. British and French fleets bombard Ostend and Zeebrugge while Ardennes front reports continued fighting and rapid German withdrawal.
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London
France
Belgiam
Belgium
Lens
North Sea
Channel
Lille
Cambrai
Deberes
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Belgian
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Peace Talks Echoed as Germany Presses Balkan Claims
Reports say parties seek peace while Germany maintains bluffing stance. aims to occupy Bulgarian soil soon.
Germans Withdraw From Alsace Amid War Front Shifts
Special dispatches report German withdrawals from Alsace as Allied pressure grows and an American attack on the front is anticipated. Paris notes Americans reach Erie and contact German defenses line south of Briennes while Lens to Armentieres retreat continues. Tampa torpedoed off England coast. ten officers and 102 men lost along with a British officer and five civilians.
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Alsace
Geneva
Paris
Erie
Brientes
Lens
Armentiers
Loivre
Challerange
U.S
TAMPA
Washington, DCL
England
French advance in Aisne valley drives German positions
In the Aisne valley east of Liry and Bouconville intense fighting ended with General Gouraud's troops seizing key positions and accumulating booty. French forces then pushed east reclaiming Joyeux farm and Autry rail station, with Conde les Autry captured after sharp combat.
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Exermont
Varennes
Aisne
Liry
Bouconville
Gouraud
Challeranges
Joyeux
Autry
Conde Les Autry
Binarville
U. S. Air Chief Killed in Garden City Accident
Maj. Whitton East commander of Mitchel field died when his automobile overturned near the Garden City aviation field. Maj. R. C. Cousins of Washington, recently assigned to Hazelhurst field, was seriously injured. The chauffeur was also hurt.
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Maj. Whitton East
Mitchel Aviation Field
Garden City
Mineola
L. L
Maj
Whitton East
Mitchel Aviation
Maj. R. C. Cousins
Washington
Hazelhurst Field
Shell Kills Wounded Yanks Near Verdun
Twenty patients at an American hospital northwest of Verdun were killed when a German shell struck the facility. Many were already wounded from prior fighting, and authorities suspect a deliberate attack rather than a stray hit.
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Verdun
Bulgarian Army Quits Serbia in Retreat
Serbia reports Bulgarian troops evacuating and retreating to Bulgarian soil. In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee urges a constitutional amendment to grant Congress power to enact uniform divorce and marriage laws.
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Arces
Wshington
House Judiciary Committee
Allies Prepare Warning to Huns over French Destruction
Washington reports that an ultimatum to Germany over the ruthless destruction of northern French and Belgian cities is under consideration by the Allies and the United States. Indignation grows after Cambrai and St Quentin burned, with threats of severe reprisals and marking Rhine cities for destruction.
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Washington
Germany
France
Belgium
United States
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Europe
Rhine
Berlin
New Yorkers Capture German Strong Point in Argonne
American forces rescue a trapped unit near Vendhuile after holding off superior German numbers. In Verdun area, patrols push into Brieulles sur Meuse area and seize Binurville. New York troops storm Abris St Louis strong point, aiding the advance.
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France
Oct. S
Argonne Forest
Clerges
Gesnes
Brieulles-sur- Meuse
Brieulies-sur- Meuse
Roches
Verdun
Binurville
Abris St. Louis
New York
Arvenne Forest
American Air Offensive Claims Over 100 German Planes
During the Meuse west offensive American forces say they downed more than 100 German airplanes in six days. Censor permits release while reporting an amusing engagement near Biarville and shelling of German positions.
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Aetire
Gosnes
Biiarville
Yanks Bay
France
Almmen
Meuse River
Freighter Sinks German U-Boat in Escort Convoy
The German submarine that torpedoed and sank the French cruiser Dupetit Thours on August 7 was destroyed by gunfire from an American freight steamer. The action occurred as part of a convoy of 24 steamers the French ship was guiding through a danger zone.
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New York
Dupetit Thours
U S Army Growing Rapidly in France Amid Allied Aid
Secretary of War Baker in London outlines cooperation to ship and feed the large American army in France. Damascus, Syria, falls to General Allenby as British advances cut Turkish forces and expand control toward Aleppo and the Syrian coast.
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London
Get
Newton D. Baker
Wiltich
Anerten
Interallied Maritime Council
France
Damascus
Syria
Allenby
British War Office
Palestine
Richard Grotthell
Aleppo
Alexandrettia
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Beirut
Josephus
Aram
St. Paul
Page
Train Plows Through Workers Killing Twenty-Six in Ohio
In Bedford Ohio on October 3 a Pennsylvania railroad train struck a crowd of workers at the interstate engineering plant. Twenty six men were killed and three injured in the fatal accident.
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Bedford
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Interstate Engineering
Panic in Austria as Bulgarian collapse shocks empire
Vienna papers report a tremendous sensation after Bulgaria’s secession. rumors of Turkish collapse and King Ferdinand abdication spread, sparking panic on the Budapest and Vienna stock exchanges. Berlin hints at ministry reorganization under a parliamentary system as Austria seeks peace to preserve territorial integrity.
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Turkey
Germany
London
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Europe
Amsterdam
Vienna
Ferdinand
Neves
Budapest
Rnta Best
Ilans
Berlin
350 Killed in Rail Wreck in Sweden
London reports 350 dead feared in a Swedish Malmo rail disaster after days of rain washed out the line a 24 car passenger train with 1000 aboard struck the washout. Many bodies and burned cars.
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Malmo
Sweden
London
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Lne
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Argonne
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Meuse
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Serbia
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Vendhuile
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Baker
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Red Cross
W. Prank Persons
Bureau of Civilian Relief of the American Red Cross
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