11 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces press forward on a 35 mile front from Cambrai toward St Quentin, with Le Cateau seized and German retreat turning into a broad withdrawal. British American and French troops advance, capturing towns and disrupting communications as German resistance wanes along the Meuse and Argonne sectors.
Official reports detail swift progress at dawn along the front from Bohain to the Scheldt Canal. British troops enter Vaux-Andigny and reach the Selle River line from St Souplet to near Selesmes, capturing Le Cateau, Avenues, Rieux, St Martin, Etrun, and Pouvroy while finding civilians in captured towns, including 2,500 in Caudrey. Enemy attacks fail east of Cambrai and St Quentin on both Meuse banks.
Allied forces report rapid advance along a line from Cambrai eastward. German resistance stiffening near Fresnoy and Bohain as British and American troops push forward. Towns burned, civilians freed, and forts damaged as the front drives ahead with intensifying engagements north of the Scheldt and toward Cambrai.
Army report from Verdun October 1967 notes American forces pushing into German lines as a large Franco American offensive air campaign unfolds. Avions and bombers flown by Allied crews concentrate on eastern fronts, with over 250 aircraft participating in intensive strikes and debris trailing beyond previously active sectors.
Day reports from Italian headquarters detail a successful Sella Tonale operation with prisoners and materiel seized, and a large enemy patrol driven back in the Val Arsa. North of Verdun the Argonne front sees renewed American action after overnight bombardment, with German reserves exposed and artillery active on both wings. Berlin reports Meuse battles with American advances and town recoveries, while Cambrai to St. Quentin action notes German retreats. Italy also honors Henry P. Davison with grand officer of the crown.
Paris October 10 The German foreign minister will soon appoint a committee of officials parliamentarians and jurists to draft a German plan for a league of nations The move follows clerical Reichstag leader Mathias Erzberger who outlined a constitution for the league in his book The League of Nations the Way of Peace The plan envisioned a league formed by five great powers and a central seat at the seat of the league with each state appointing a delegate upon parliamentary approval
German leaders temper press notes as they seek unity in defense and peace moves. Frankfurt and Cologne debate Austria Hungary perils and Czech concessions while Berlin hints at continued peace steps.
The Washington health department reports 72 additional fatalities from the Spanish influenza as cases rise nationwide. Army camps show a slight improvement but total influenza and pneumonia deaths climb to over 7,400 in camps, with continued shortages of coffins and grave diggers. Dr. Fowler warns of an appalling toll if precautions lapse while relief efforts, including emergency hospitals and Red Cross aid, ramp up across the capital.
President Wilson urges complete and greatly oversubscribed fourth liberty loan. He calls the loan the greatest exercise of U.S. power and warns a single day of relaxation would cause tragical damage to the nation and the world. The time is critical and the response must be complete.
United States Attorney John E. Laskey said Fairfax authorities made no request for Benjamin Rubin's return. Rubin, an escapee from the District reformatory at Lorton, faces theft charges and was indicted on an alleged murder confession. He repudiated the confession, escaped, and was later captured in Washington.
Dr Peter Guilday professor of American church history at the Catholic University has been appointed regional inspector of students studies in the students training corps by the War Department. He will head regional district No 3 with headquarters in Philadelphia. Guilday was among the last to receive a degree from the University of Louvain before the city fell to the Germans.
Montreal Oct 1 Lord Shaughnessy retires from the presidency after 20 years while remaining chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. E W Beatty named new president after serving as vice president and general counsel. Sir George Bury retires from VP role due to ill health. Grant Hall becomes VP in charge of Western lines.
The Berlin newspapers report that direct Balkan traffic with Germany Bulgaria and Turkey is blocked with the Balkan express likely to run only to Nish due to unsafe conditions in Bulgaria. Passengers may use local trains to Sofia and Constantinople. In Serbia French troops push toward the Montenegrin frontier as Serbian forces reach 15 to 18 miles south of Nish. The Serbian army advances after defeating the Ninth Austrian division, taking prisoners and material. Italian cavalry attempting to cross the Skumbi River in Albania failed. Northwest of Leskevats central Serbia sees engagements.
The Hirano Maru and the Ticonderoga were torpedoed by German U-boats off the Irish coast and in the North Sea. About 300 feared lost on Hirano Maru with 200 passengers aboard. The Ticonderoga, 6130 tons, carried soldiers and cargo to France, with around 250 crew and passengers reported dead or missing. Twenty survivors were landed at an Atlantic port after rescue by British and American vessels. The fate of the Ticonderoga remained unclear due to censorship.
A Berlin controlled report indicates Germany will answer President Wilson’s inquiry with a typical German argument and counter questions rather than a direct yes or no. Officials expect delay and condition, while U S leaders vow no long drawn out discussions and swift action if subterfuge is detected.
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