Allied Forces Surge Across Flanders to Meuse Front
British Canadian French American and Belgian units push from St. Quentin to Cambrai and Ypres, seal encirclements, and seize fortifications. Front-wide German retirements cited with 40,000 prisoners and 300 guns captured as Haig reports gains near Cambrai and the Chemin des Dames.
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Paris
Blanders
Marne
Germagne
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Haig
Cambrai
Sailly
Armistice Complete Surrender by Germany Announced
A terse Allied notice confirms Germany has made a complete surrender ending hostilities. The armistice marks a turning point in World War II diplomacy and paves the way for postwar arrangements among nations.
Armistice Signed With Bulgaria Surrenders Invaded Territory
Salonika reports Bulgaria signs armistice with France and Serbia on the Balkan front. Bulgaria agrees to unconditional terms including surrender of all invaded territory, a blow to the Central Powers. Turkey loses northern support while Romania could rejoin active cooperation with the Entente.
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Bulgaria
Salonika
Balkan Front
D’esperay
Turkey
Roumania
Washington County's Only Daily News
The evening journal from Washington County reports local updates and brief notices from the city and surrounding towns. Readers are informed of community happenings, weather glimpses, and small items of interest compiled for residents.
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Evrning Journal
Washington County
Shoot Down German Flyer Over St Die By American Infantry
American infantrymen in the Vosges report bagging a German airplane with rifles near St Die. The low-flying airman stalled on the town hall tower as MPs fired pistols and soldiers opened fire. The machine was shot down in flames over Manes.
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France
St. Die
Vosges
Auotion
Manes
Roumanians Re-enter War Front in France Armistice Force
Dispatches report the first unit from the Rowmanton foreign legation ready to take position on the French front. The unit includes trained Roumanians who fled their government after a peace treaty forced by the Central Powers. Captain Basile Stolen, now in the United States, is said to be offered command, with recruitment for up to 10,000 Roumanians in the U S for service in France.
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Washington
Rowmanton Foreign Legation
France
Ron- Mania
Basile Stolen
United States
Stoicais
Foreign Legion
Frenece
Market Tip Saves $474 340 On Sugar Purchases
War department acted on an advance market tip about a sugar price rise. An expenditure of 5 in telegraphed messages saved 7940, the difference between government sugar prices on September 7 and the price applying on September 30, wartime purchase.
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War Department
Washington
Resignation of Harris as New York Democratic Chair
The resignation of Edwin Harris as chairman of the Democratic state committee was announced on September 30 in New York. No successor named yet and the party seeks to reorganize leadership.
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New York
Edwin &. Harris
Democratic State Committee
Foxy Yankees Keep Losses Very Low in Verdun Tactics
Troops in the Verdun region and Champagne front adapt to stalking rather than frontal assaults. Americans rely on caution and hidden fire in the Argonne forest, using tree cover to flush out German machine gun nests. They capture over thirty guns and advance two miles in the dense timber.
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France
Verdun
Champagne
Marne
Argonne Forest
Adirondacks
Dorner
U S Troops Win in Cierges Gain 3 Miles
United States forces press the advance west of the Meuse as Clerges is captured, securing about three miles of ground. American tanks aid the drive and air units report several German planes shot down with no losses to U S forces.
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U.S
Cierges
Meuse
Clerges
Montfaucon
Anks
Tios
Argonne
Paris
Champagne
Lreulles-sur-Meuse
Romagne
Romangne
American bombardment of Metz unsettles German nerves
Amsterdam reports Metz bombardment rattling German citizens as shells land near forts. Many sought cellars during the bombardment, then returned as fortifications are described as strong with modern devices.
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Amsterdam
Metz
Mesen
British air raids in Flanders bomb trains and planes
British bombing planes dropped 18 tons of bombs in Flanders as part of the Anglo Belgian offensive. Two German trains were set on fire and German machines were reportedly brought down. The British losses totaled 18 planes, according to the War Office.
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Flanders
War Office
Italians Capture Krushevo and Push Bulgars From Mountains
London reports large fires around Uskub as Serbian forces advance from Veles. Italian troops seize Krushevo, a Bulgarian base 30 miles north of Monastir, and drive enemy from mountains between the Derna and Velika rivers. Italians pursue Bulgarians along the Monastir Kiochevo road north of Demirhis sur, about 20 miles.
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London
Uskub
Veles
Vladiko- Niles
Iola
Rome
Krushevo
Monastir
Derna
Velika
Dalian War Office
Monastir-Kiochevo
Demirhissur
Peace Doves in Salonika and Kaiserism Endangered
Paris reports Bulgarian delegates arrive in Salonika to discuss armistice with the Allies while Emperor Charles presides over a Vienna crown council meeting on the war's foreign situation. Vorwaerts predicts democratic Germany as salvation. London notes Allied stance may refuse armistice and press Bulgaria to retreat before talks. Ferdinand’s strategy appears to court a postwar crown of Constantinople, reshaping alliances.
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Paris
Saloniki
Lamkoff
M. Liapteheff
M. Radoff
Charles
Crown Council
Vienna
Berlin
Amsterdam
Bulgaria
London
GVO
Ferdinand
Germanic League
Czer Werdinand
Constantinople
Opinion of English on German fate at peace talks
The Evening Standard in London on September 30 favors President Wilson's view for after the war a court of justice to judge German leaders. It contrasts Wilson with Balfour and argues Germany's rulers face sentencing, not negotiation, at peace deliberations.
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London
Wilson
The
Evening Standard
Balfour
Vienne
Germany
Armistice Report Confirms Bulgaria Accepts Allied Demands
Official confirmation from Washington that Bulgaria has accepted all Allied conditions for a permanent peace treaty was received this morning. Bulgaria has acceded to every demand outlined as prerequisites to peace.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Bulgaria
German leaders Hertling and Hintze resign
Amsterdam reports Chancellor von Hertling and Foreign Secretary Hintze have tendered their resignations to the German Emperor. Berlin a Vossische Zeitung note. In Vienna the lower house considers inviting presidents and vice presidents of parliaments from belligerent and neutral nations to a non binding peace talks. Washington reports President Wilson drew the first draft numbered 322 today.
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Hertling
Hintze
Amsterdam
von Hertling
Berlin
Vossis-che Zeitung
German Illusion of Postwar Acceptance by Allies
The passage notes the German people have been allowed to believe that once hostilities end the Allies will view their current rulers as legitimate negotiators on Germany’s behalf. It speaks to a hoped but fragile expectation of acceptance and reconciliation among the German populace.
Yank Leader Lands Japs
Lieutenant Colonel Morrow, leader of American troops in the Khabarovsk capture, responds to Gen. Uyehara with guarded praise. He notes Otani’s Ussuri river campaign as tenly remarkable, citing August 19 landing and a September 6 move of 420 miles to seize Khabarovsk. He salutes the unity of Japanese and American forces.
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Tokyo
Morrow
Khabarovak
Baron Uyehara
Otani
Ussuri
Khabarovsk
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