Forces push through Argonne and Meuse regions
Allied troops press eastward along the Meuse and across the Somme, with the French and Americans reporting advances across multiple towns near Laon and the Suippe while German forces retreat. The Argonne remains under Franco American control as operations continue along the southern German line.
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Erides
St. Gohain
Laon
Rheins
Suippe
Argonne Forest
Haist
Argonne
Meuse
French and American Forces Press German Retreat Near Laon
Allied troops press the German retreat in northern France as French and American units push toward the Laon area. The advance splits the German lines and threatens Guise and Berthy, with heavy fighting described along several towns and roads as they converge on reconquered territory.
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Avs
Todeast -T
Hnes
Sst
St Quentin
Mets
Guise
Berthian
Americans Fight On Selle With British Forces
Allied troops push near the Selle River as British and American units advance from Douai toward the Lens Douay railway. American forces from Tennessee and the Carolinas capture Vaux Andigny and St Souplet, while liberating about 10,900 French civilians, Bohain among them, rescued after days without food. The front expands toward the Cambrai region with heavy enemy resistance thinning under allied fire.
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London
Scarpe River
Downs
Lens- Douay
Beaumont
Quiery-la-Notre
Henin- Taetard
Douai-Carvin
Douai
St Aubert
Valencisennes-Lille Raiway
Tambrai
Associated Press
Cambrai-le-Chateau
Tennessee
South Carolina
Vaux-Andigny
St. Souplet
Vaux-Andignay
Selle
Bohain
Allied lines hold amid heavy fighting on the Western Front
The enemy occupied territory along lines near Naves St Vaast and Le Cateau with attacks repulsed near Berrs-an-Bac Aisne Suippe and Armes. Allied forces withdrew to rear positions between St Etienne and the Aisne. Meuse battles saw strong but unsuccessful German thrusts. September yielded 773 enemy airplanes and 6 balloons destroyed on the west front, while the Allies lost 170 planes and 104 balloons.
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Naves
St Vaast
Solesmes
le Cateau
St. Souglet
Vaux-Andigny
Aisonville
Qise
Origny
la Vere
Berrs-an-Bac
Aisne
Suippe
Armes
St Etienne
Grand Pre
Aire
Meuse
harpentry-Romagne
Ilaumeont Wood
German Generals Prepare to Step Down
Amsterdam reports Lieut. Gen. Scheuch is appointed head of the German war ministry, a move seen as foreshadowing the resignations of top generals Ludendorff and Hindenburg. The Berlin dispatch cites Scheuch replacing von Stein and hints at shifts in leadership amid waning popularity.
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Scheuch
von Stein
German War Ministry
Frem Bertin Germania
Berlin
von Scheuch
Ludendorff
Wield Marshal
Hindenburg
Germany
Turkey
Wilson
Washington loans drive marches with auto campaigns
Treasury review notes a disappointing loan outlook. District subscriptions lag by 823000, with 432 million needed in seven working days. The District deploys 25 mobile teams and hospital and labor sites to boost pledges amid flu restrictions. Deaths in 24 hours list many cases across hospitals and streets as health officials press continuing preventive efforts.
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Treasury Review
United
McAdoo
Havy Yard
Marine Barracks
Washington
Union Station
Fourtenth Street
Ohio Avenue
Army Medical School
Brownlow
Fowler
Gompers Tours Italian Front With AFL Delegation
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor travels to the Italian war zone with his party. They’re received at headquarters by the Italian military mission and Maj. Gen. Treat. A luncheon is hosted by the supreme command before visits to Montella front and a forthcoming audience with King Victor Emmanuel.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Treat
Supreme Command
Montella Front
Victor Emmanuel
Panic in Germany Over Yank Shells
Travelers report heavy French and American bombardment of railways linking southern Rhine cities. Near the Swiss frontier shells strike the railway several times, sparking panic and nervousness despite newspaper appeals for calm.
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Basel
Switzerland
Qet
Germany
Rhine
Seven West Gate Crew Reported Missing by Navy
Navy officials announced the loss of seven crew members from the U S 8 West Gate after a collision on October 7. Names listed include Earl F Anderson Mureka J Clarence A Conway Demarara British Columbia William D Cautheir Pawtucket R L Andrew D Jones Harrison Ack Homer Si Wallace La Belle Mo Seaman Bernard B Sederquist Brooklyn N Y Coxswain Earl F Smith Jacksonville Illinois.
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West Gate
Navy Department
Earl F. Anderson
Mureka
J. Clarence
A. Conway
Demarara
British Columbia
William D. Cautheir
Pawtucket
R. L
Andrew D. Jones
Harrison
Ack
Homer Si. Wallace
la Belle
Bernard B. Sederquist
Brooklyn
Earl F. Smith
Jacksonville
Ill
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