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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces tighten grip on La Fere as advance pushes toward the town. Reports indicate units move through surrounding areas with armored columns, aiming to disrupt enemy defenses and prevent regrouping.
Special to Evening Journal from London reports French and British forces pressing toward La Fere and St. Quentin. La Fere flames persist as the advance pushes east and north with many prisoners and supplies captured. Crozat Canal held by French, cavalry within a mile of La Fere as St. Quentin and Laon loom at risk for German defenses.
British forces report capture of Villevegue St Emilie and Harrincourt wood near the St Quentin area plus the greatest part of Harrincourt wood. Haig notes over 19 000 prisoners taken in the first week of September as lines approach six miles west of St Quentin.
Berlin dispatch states German forces fell back west of the Gonseaucourt Epehy Templeaux Le Guerard line south of the Peronne Cambrai road and to the east of Vauxaillon along the Ailette front.
British squadron clashed with German planes in a long air battle while heading to Mannheim. The raid dropped two tons of bombs on the city and chemical works, with four British planes lost and several German aircraft shot down. Ehrange railway station also struck. two airfields attacked.
In Lenton on September 9 the admiralty dismissed Vice Admiral Kirchoff's assertion of a German destroyer and aircraft carrier victory near the North Sea. The Verono statement, carried by the British press, said British forces suffered no such defeat and maintained advantage in the engagement.
William J. Prynn, formerly chief of the treasury secret service, is appointed chief of the railroad administration secret service to direct railroad detectives in rounding up freight thieves.
Secretary of War Newton D Baker arrives in France aboard a transport with an official party to discuss war munition and manpower expansion. The group includes Maj. Gen. W C Gorgas and Lieut Col George H Baird, with plans to advise Gen. Pershing on aircraft production and troop levels.
American forces on the Aisne front drove German troops from a wooded area west of Villers-en-l'Ray after dawn fighting. The operation began before 5 am and ended by 10 am with heavy German casualties and 56 prisoners captured, including two officers from a Guards division.
The article notes earlier talk of a withdrawal or reversal that was later tempered by subsequent developments, with observers not surprised if the plan is abandoned soon.
On Mount Valeran's eastern slope lies 280 American soldiers buried in Paris hospitals. A three month old cemetery attracts reverent visitors as French mothers adopt the graves, decorating crosses with intertwined national colors and pledging perpetual wreaths and flowers. Elaborate floral pieces reflect heartfelt devotion.
London reports the coal crisis worsening beyond the food shortage with an estimated 56 million tons shortfall. The government promises 12.5 million tons more exports to last year and to supply the American army in France, while 75,000 miners have left for the army.
The London fire brigade will ballot on striking to win recognition for their union and to settle wage and pension claims.
The U S 8 Mount Vernon formerly the Kronprinzessin Cecilie was torpedoed near the French coast with 35 crewmen killed. Senator James Hamilton Lewis and Rep. Richard Bartholdt were aboard. the ship was returning to the United States after serving as a transport.
A World War I era account describes a ship diverted by war at sea with gold aboard, narrowly reaching U.S. waters near Bar Harbor before repair and reuse as a transport. The piece also lists central West fallen sailors including Bergemann, Stall, Terrell, Crabtree, Green, Heath, Huffman, and Rivers with home towns in Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio.
A treaty of alliance reported from Copenhagen states Finland agrees to place its entire manpower at Germany's disposal for wartime effort. The accord marks a direct transfer of military manpower. The Copenhagen dispatch relayed the treaty terms to readers in Paris.
Washington reports a new policy for casualty reporting by the war department. Wounded names and hospital records will be sent by courier to the United States twice weekly, while only the dead and missing are to be listed by General Pershing once fully in effect. Up to August 20 there were 20 000 wounded.
General Pershing states that reports will cover deaths and major casualties while the War Department coordinates information with the first courier arrival to announce full casualty figures.
Japanese sources report Czecho-Slovaks holding the Olovyanna to Penza railway and pressuring westward, aided by allied moves toward Khabarovsk causing Bolshevik redeployments. A weakened front collapses under Czech and Semenoff pressure as Russians rally, signaling potential Allied entry into central Russia. Tokyo says Kalminoff forces advance from Iman toward Bikin while retreating enemies destroy bridges and deter progress.
A French dispatch predicts that next spring the American army will be equal to Germany, forcing Germany to face allied powers with veterans from France and Britain. It states Germany is hopeless and irremediably lost, with Allied shells draining Germany’s manpower and leaders rushing last resources.
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