French Troops Capture Thielt as German Line Breaks
Unofficial dispatches report General Mangin's army breaching the Wagonerian defense, advancing toward Marles near Ghent. French forces seize Thielt while British and Belgian units push along the Courtrai Deynze line and cross the Selle river, widening the allied advance in Belgium.
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Thielt
Ghent
Paris
Get
Fromt
Marles
Serre
Laon
London
Pitteen
Helland
Kbeechoo
Amsterdam
Belgium
Thiel
Grumimene
Gothemw
Whelsheke
Courtrai- Deynze
Denaln
Valenciennes
Aeltre
Bruges
Drages
Lootentulle
Wynekt
Deynze
Torte Ghent
O Cremmocnne
Oesselghem
Lys
French War Office
Verneuil
St. Germainmeant
Serre-Aisne
Germany Replies to Wilson Note Seeks Peace With Honor
Germany says it hopes the United States will reject any demand that offends German honor and calls for a peace of justice. It denies abandoning lifeboats and torpedoing passenger ships, and proposes neutral commissions to clarify facts. It also urges a method to fix evacuation details of occupied areas.
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Germany
United States
Wilson
Lansing
Sweden
Washington
Austria-Hungary
United States of America
Congress
W. A. F. Ekevgren
Robert Lanseing
French May Quit in Crisis
Field Marshal French the lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland has left for London to present his views to the cabinet on Ireland’s conscription failure. He is understood to resign if no satisfactory arrangement is reached.
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Dublin
Get
Iield Marshal French
Ireland
London
Yankees Battle North of Baideville in Rain
American forces push northward amid drizzle past Bois des Rappes and Bois Claibechaine west of Baideville. Other units fight hard and advance slightly northwest of Bantheville through thick woods toward the German line.
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Audley
Bois Des Rappes
Bois Claibechene
Baideville
Bantheville
Allied gains along three mile front defend Freya Stellung
The report describes a single American platoon clearing Chirbechene wood with a triangular shape and a difficult slope position. German forces are pushed back along a three mile front near the outer defenses of the Freya Stellung. The next phase involves crossing a flat open plain swept by machine gun fire.
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Fense
Captive American abused behind front lines
The Hague reports an American captured on the west front with a body full of shrapnel was forced to work behind the front lines after a doctor blamed President Wilson. Other accounts say Americans suffer harsh treatment in prison camps with flyers also rough handled. Russians in camps face disease starvation and overdoses of morphine and cocaine to hasten death.
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the Hague
West Front
115 Airplanes in Flight Over San Migeo California
Reported as the largest airplane exhibition in the United States, 115 Aircraft Manes piloted by North Island aviators marked the Liberty loan campaign with massed formations over San Migeo. The fleet included three aircraft types with speeds from 7 to over 100 mph, all taking off and landing on schedule without incidents.
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San Migeo
Cal
Air Manes
North Island
Liberty Loan
Battle against flu outbreak slows at Camp Custer
Camp Custer Michigan reports the Spanish flu pneumonia epidemic brought under control. Proportion of pneumonia cases waned and deaths totaled fifteen with notable decline in infections.
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Custer
Michigan
Canop Custer
Mich
Americans Play Ball in Paris in a Street Commotion
In Paris on October 21 two American camion drivers, bored and armed with gloves and a baseball, tossed balls on Rue King George V near the Champs Elys es. A crowd of about 30 gathered as a French army officer paused to watch the impromptu game between the two lanky Americans, amid official quarters being moved.
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Tors
Tod Crocus
King George V
Champs Plysee
Chicago
North Shore Drive
Czecho-Slovaks Defeat Bolsheviks in Siberian Battle
Bolshevik forces retreat after heavy losses near Yakaterinburg as Czecho-Slovak and Siberian troops repel advance. Reports say about 1000 Bolshevik soldiers killed and three armored trains destroyed in the engagement.
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Siberia
Shanghai
Yakaterinburg
Germans Offer Provisional End to Unrestricted Submarine War
Berlin replies to President Wilson proposes stopping unrestricted submarine warfare and evacuating Belgium over several months. Germany denies cruelty charges and meddling in internal affairs while asserting self determination rights. The note's authenticity is unconfirmed and treated with caution by officials.
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Hans
Wilson
Berlin
London
Amsterdam
Germany
Belgium
Wermen
Madrid
Spain
Admiralty
Reuter Disputch
Allison
France
Wilhelmestresse
Two Yankees Take Ninety-Six Tents
With the American First Army two Irish American named McLenahan and a German Jewish American named Ruppert attacked a principal street in St Juvin near Aire, clearing enemy fire with bayonets and grenades. McLenahan moved along one side while Ruppert advanced the other, sniping forced McLenahan to take cover, Ruppert then lobbed a grenade through a window, yielding several German soldiers who surrendered.
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First Army
Nomed McLemnon
New York World
Rapport
St. Juvin
Tris Speaker to Enter Naval Aviation School
Boston report notes Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker will enter the naval aviation school at the Machglache Betis Institute of Technology. Lafayette, Ind faculty report Mo nen railroad headquarters employees subscribed 125000 pounds to the fourth loan as part of the system’s 260000 total.
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Boston
Tris Speaker
Cleveland American League
Naval Aviation School
Masgache Betis Institute of Technology
Lafayette
Ind
Monen Railroad
Wilson rejects Austrian armistice offer demanding autonomy and freedom
President Wilson rejects the Austrian proposal for a peace armistice, insisting that autonomy for Austrian nationalities is insufficient. The note, via Secretary Lansing, recalls Wilson’s fourteen terms and recognizes Czecho-Slovak and Jugoslav nationalist aims, asserting peoples must judge Austria-Hungary’s actions.
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Washington
Wilson
Lancing
Wisen
Austria- Hungary
United States
National Council
Juge-Slavs For Freedom
Optimistic Thought for Durable Reform
A cautious gradual reform approach is urged to ensure usefulness and durability. Proponents stress steady progress through measured policies and long term planning, aiming to build resilient institutions while avoiding abrupt changes.
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Diust
Lille Plundered by Germans Ahead of Evacuation
Paris reports Lille was looted by German forces before they left, not razed like Cambrai and Lens. French vow vengeance grows as cries of town for town intensify, with L Echo de Paris warning German officers to heed orders or face reckoning.
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Paris
Lille
Cambrai
Lens
L'Echo de Paris
Eight Liberty loan slackers named on Lee county board
The Lee county fourth Liberty loan committee closed at noon Saturday with 8500 listed subs. Only eight filed to take their allotment after a large public square slacker board displayed the names amid a crowd. Lee county had subscribed its allotment the first day, but delinquents were urged to complete quotas.
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Dixon
Lee County Fourth Liberty Loan Committee
Lee County
Father and Son Electrocuted In Garage
In Springfield on the night of November 21 a father Warren TI and his son Floyd were electrocuted by an extension line connected to a high voltage wire in their garage. The positions of the bodies indicate the son died trying to aid his father.
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Springfield
Warren Ti, Edwards
Floyd
Spanish City Honors Wilson for World Justice Efforts
Narceton a Spain October 21 reports President Wilken was unanimously proclaimed a citizen of Barcelona in recognition of his great efforts for world justice. Several other elites in Spain plan similar honors for the president of the United States.
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Narcetona
Spain
Wilken
Barcelona
United States
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