Advance Across Front As Germans Evacuate Douai
Allied forces press forward along the Somme and Oise regions as German positions retreat from Douai. British and French troops report gains near Hainacourt and Le Catelet with key towns under fire amid renewed assaults. American troops in the Vosges region face shelling while Negro units reportedly deter enemy fliers and prisoners. Belgians claim a nearly mile-long gain in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Locen
Epeby
Gouzeancourt
Field Marshal
Haig
le Catelet
Cambraide
Caatelot-St. Quentin
Neuve Chapelle
Armentieres
Paris
Hindenburg Lne
la Fere
St. Gobain Massif
War Office
Liez
St. Gobain
Oise
Remigny
Montescourt-Lizerolles
Clastres
Serabourt-le-Grand
Noupy
Etreillers
Allied troops push into enemy lines on wide fronts
The report states August 28 gains on both sides of the Steenstraete Dixmude road across about 2000 meters and two thirds of a mile depth. Southwest of St Julien detachments seized and consolidated the first enemy position on a 3000 yard front with advantageous positions secured.
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Steenstraete-Dixmude
St. Julien
British air raids strike Bruges Bruges docks and Ostend depots
British naval air forces report four attacks on German submarine shelters and workshops at Bruges between Sept 1 and 7. Ostend docks and Blankenberge motorboat depot also targeted with good results. Bombers dropped over fourteen tons. ten enemy aircraft shot down or driven down. three British planes missing. Submarines sighted in home waters and mines located and destroyed.
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London
Bruges
Belgium
Admiralty
Ostend
Blankenberge
Turks and Bulgars Clash on Bulgarian Border
Reported from a usually reliable source that Turkey has dispatched a large force to the Bulgaria border as tensions rise over territorial payoff from their wartime alignment with Germany and Austria Hungary.
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Washington
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Von Hertling to Leave Office Amid Successor Rumors
The Leipzig Tageblatt predicts Chancellor Von Hertling will depart office with certainty and that Doctor Solf, the colonial secretary, is slated to succeed him, repeating earlier reports.
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Amsterdam
Leipziger Tageblatt
von Hertling
Doctor Solf
Hertling
Tanker sinks German U boat 400 miles off Sandy Hook
Washington reports a likely sinking of a German submarine by an American tank steamship after a 40 minute battle off the Atlantic coast. The crew says shells struck the U boat hull and its crew bodies were seen, as the tanker opened fire with six inch and seven point four inch guns.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
New York
Sandy Hook
Baker Meets Clemenceau In Paris Conference
Newton D. Baker American secretary of war meets French Premier Clemenceau Ancre Tardieu Trench high commissioner to America and ambassador Sharpe in Paris on September 11 to discuss war affairs and alliance coordination.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
Clemenceau
Ancre Tardieu
Trench
America
Ambicsador Sharpe
Hungarian Chief Favors Wilson Plan and Peace Talk
Reports from Vienna Basle and London outline reactions to Wilsons peace program. Baron Burian proposes a calm exchange of views among belligerents not a peace negotiation. Count Karolyi endorses Wilsons plan while warning against German alliance. Crown Prince attacked by Socialists and Pan Germans amid war talk. Admiral Hintze visits Hindenburg to discuss a possible chancellor shift.
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Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Vienna
Basel
Switzerland
Wilson
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independent Party
Budapest
Karolyi
Europe
Germany
France
Chimnitz Volstimme
Reichstag
Ile Arbeiter Zeitung
Essen
Langthur
Bre
Deutsche Zeitung
Berlin
Count von Hertling
London
von Hintze
Pfeld
Hindenburg
Daily Express
Hintze
Disputch
Huns Force Russia to Battle Invaders Near Murman Coast
German forces press Finns and Bolsheviks into action on the Murman coast as they seek to block Allied forces. Berlin claims 9000 but reports suggest 35 000 to 40 000 troops massed in Finland to strike the Kola peninsula. The marshy wooded terrain delays any large expedition until winter freezes the ground.
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Washington
Red Guards
Finland
Murman
Kola Peninsula
Ready for October draft appeals urge employee help
Provost Marshal General Crowder details first call to registrants ages 19 20 and 32 to 36 with questionnaires. Employers are urged to study occupational exemptions and assist in presenting claims while noting up to 3 000 000 below twenty and only 60 1000 fit from over thirty two. Registration runs 7 am to 7 pm nationwide with questions and certificates.
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Washington
General Crowder
Chisses
Crowder
Army Training Corps
Gio
Draft Board
Uncle Sam
Two Die in Camp Grant Freight Wreck
In Camp Grant Illinois on September 11 two black porters died when a freight train struck the rear of an empty train in the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul yards. A third porter was severely injured and a brakeman suffered a minor injury.
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Camp Grant
Ill
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
British Marshal Says Allied Forces Press Fronts
Field Marshal Haig issues a day of victory note praising Allied advances across fronts. He claims 75,000 German prisoners and 750 guns captured in four weeks, with Allies breaking strong German defenses and advancing together.
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London
Haig
Ahrea
1800 Men on Board All Saved Beached Safely
A report states that 1800 men on board a vessel were saved after it ran aground and was beached safely. The incident details indicate successful rescue operations with no fatalities.
Petrograd Burning Report Sparks Fear of Massacre
A Special to Evening Journal reports Petrograd ablaze in twelve locations with indiscriminate slaughter on the streets. An American troop ship carrying 2,800 men was torpedoed off the British coast but all aboard were saved and the submarine was destroyed.
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Evening Journal
London
Washington, D. C
State Department
Petrograd
Allied gains and combat updates across Europe on Sept 11
British forces push German positions near Peiziere and Koehey as defense weakens. Russian white guards claim victory capturing Vologda from Bolsheviks. French seize Travecy and advance near Vermand improving proximity to St Quentin. American troops on the Aisne front widen gains forcing German retreat amid stiff resistance.
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Oise
Somme
Paris
Hainacourt
War Office
Hiancourt
St Quentin
la Fere
Evening Journal
Stockholm
Vologda
London
Vermand
St. Quentin
Aisne
Notable wartime address calls for renewed resolve
An orator extols collective sacrifice and endurance, praising the community’s dark days and the enemy’s defeat. He urges continued unity, courage, and skill to capitalize on the opportunity won through shared effort. The speaker expresses faith in the people to sustain victory.
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Ture
Comment on U-Boat Losses Amid Naval Dispatches
A semiofficial German admiralty note challenges British counts of 150 U-boat commanders described as lost or disposed of. It cites inaccuracies in ranks and argues that higher U-boat losses reflect intensified countermeasures, noting sacrifices by crews and that production should exceed losses.
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Amsterdam
Two Daring Flyers Killed Near Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas September 11 Lieuts A B Stephenson of Bristol Connecticut and W S Keeling of Dallas Texas were killed when their airplane fell north of Fort Worth Both were attached to Carruthers field and were known as daring flyers.
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Fort Worth
Tex
A. B. Stephenson
Bristol, Conn
Keeling
Dallas
Port Worth
Carruthers’ Field
Daring Flyerd
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Epehy
Douai
St. Gothain
Saine Navne
Nanteul Plateau
Chemin Des Dames
Woevre
Vosges
Vasges
Baker
U. S
Aid
Tardieu
Crown Prince Press
Red” Guards
Murman Coast
U. S.S
Field Marshal Haig
Petrograd Burning
Peiziere and
Koehey
Travecy
Massif
Dispatch
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