French Move Toward St Quentin Near Havrincourt Wood
Paris reports French forces hold Vaux Fluquieres Happencourt and Hamel with advances along the Oise and St. Quentin canals. British troops push to Villeveque St Emelie and Havrincourt wood, taking 19 000 prisoners in early September as fighting continues toward Cambrai and the Chemin des Dames while storms slow operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cambrai
St. Quentin
la Fere
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Chemin-des-Dames
Humbertt
Tergnier
St. Gobain Forest
Americans Raid Huns in Alsace
The American Army in France reports a raid in Alsace deeply penetrating German trenches and causing severe German casualties after 20 minutes of heavy artillery. Earlier in the day German forces tried a forceful attack in the Woevre region at Flirey and Limey, but were repulsed with casualties. One American prisoner regained freedom and returned to lines after being captured. A patrol elsewhere engaged in a lively skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Alsace
Woevre
Flirey
Limey
Peace by Winter Says Turkish Vizier
Talaat Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier, told Vienna press that peace would come before winter. He warned the war had exhausted itself and continuation was useless, saying all enemies will soon see there is no sense in continuing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Talaat Pasha
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Talaat
Merica
Lenine Recovering From Wounds Says Medical Bulletin
London dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine bolshevik premier is recovering from wounds recently inflicted. The medical bulletin, required here by Russian wireless service, timed Sunday morning, states his condition improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nikolai Lenine
Allied advances and prisoner captures reported in September fronts
The official statements from Paris and London describe Allied gains south of the Aisne and Somme with villages and towns entered, prisoners taken, and raids repulsed. Haig notes forward progress near Varmand, Helbecourt and Hoehy while Berlin reports no new developments from the front.
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Pershing
Aisne
Musecourt
Woevre
Alsace
London
Haig
Varmand
Helbecourt
Hoehy
Ploagsteert
Wulverghem
France
London Day Reports Admit Progress in Western Front
Daily official report states by nightfall troops captured Villeveque and St Emile and held most of Havrincourt wood. Local fighting occurred east of Hermies and west of Armentieres with no material change, while patrols west of La Bassee advanced further into the enemy lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Villeveque
St. Emile
Havrincourt
Hermies
Armentierea
la Bassee
Paris and Berlin War Reports Mark Front Line Shifts
Paris dispatch notes French advances north of the Oise reaching Mennessis and progress near Servais while holdings at Laffaux and north of Celles-Sur-Aisne held firm. Rome reports heavy aerial and artillery action in the Camonica valley Piave and Tyrol with bombs dropped on Belluno hangars and railway stations. Berlin communique describes cautious gains as Allied counterattacks and stubborn fights occur from Merckem to Gouzecourt and along the Somme and Aisne fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Oise
Mennessis
Rome
War Office
Faiowsi “Shere
Camonicau
Piave River
Val Arsa
Asiago
Belluno
Villach
Carinthina
Lienz
Tyrol
Draft German officials called for service in Belgium
Amsterdam dispatch says many German officials in Belgium are drafted for military service. their posts are being filled by tele-women according to the Nieuw Het Amsterdam Courant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Belgium
Nieuw Hotterdam Courant
tele-Wwemen
New Priority List Guides Draft Exemptions for Key Industries
A 1918 Washington Post report outlines the War Industries Board priorities, detailing four classes of preferred industries. Class 1 covers plants essential to military operations and battle fronts, including aircraft, ammunition, fuel, food, and shipbuilding, with class 2 to 4 covering broader essential manufacturing and construction, plus a monthly reporting requirement for all preferred plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
War Industries Board
Bernard W. Baruch
Edwin B. Parker
War Labor Beard
United States
Young American Flyer Relates Escape From German Capture
Lieut. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. of Westbury New York, a Lafayette Flying Corps member, escaped German hands after being wounded and forced to land. He trekked over 100 miles through forests and farmland on prison rations for eight nights to reach Switzerland, guided by a pocket compass and aided by French aid as he evaded guards and villages. He planned to return to America soon and join the Air Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Flying Corps
Paris
Associated Press
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Westbury
N. Y
Lafayette Flying Corns
Switzerland
Hitchcock
Berne
Legation
Czechs Driven Deep as Semenoff Captures Key Towns
Japanese officials report Czecho-Slovak forces control Olovyavna to Penza railway, with Semenoff’s forces pushing from Lake Baikal to Khabarovsk. Czech movement overlaps Manchuria entries as Tokyo confirms gains, prisoner counts, and bridge actions, while Chinese troops welcome advancing Japanese near Iman and Manchuria.
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Gen. Kalminoff
Iman
Bikin
Russia
Germany
Olovyanna
Trane-Baikelia
Lake Baikal
Penza
Petrograd
Penzas
3 U S Officers Fallen in Fismette
The report from the Associated Press describes August fighting around Fismette with Americans determined to hold the village at any cost. Casualties for the first week include Captain Orville R. Thompson of Pittsburgh killed in close combat at Fremetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cansor
Fismette
Orville R. Thompson
Pittsburgh
Fremetts
Pittsburgh Men Die in French Front Fighting
Capt Thompson with a detachment died during two charges to oust the enemy near Fremette. Lieut Frank Glendenning of Pittsburgh was killed entangled in German barbed wire and shot by a machine gunner after receiving his commission in France. Ralph Bush, once with the government Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, was killed by shrapnel near Fil mette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mette
Thompson
Pittsburgh Hockey Association
Frank Glendenning
Pittsburgh
Fremette
Glendenning
France
Theut
Ralph Bush
Kansas
Bureau of Mines
Filmette
List of U Boat Victims Cabled by Admiral Sims
Admiral Sims reported to the Navy Department that the Mount Vernon losses were firemen and enginemen killed in the flooded fireroom. The list includes A. Armitage Montrose Colorado H. P. Beauchamp Wickmansett Massachusetts P. Bergman Madison Wisconsin Gustav Butler Webster Massachusetts T. H. Burke Auburn Maine M. Burns Boston H. G. Carver Poplarville Massachusetts J. E. Crabtree Beaver Ohio P. H. Crockett Raven Virginia G. H. Dukes Hendersonville North Carolina W. P. Flynn Cambridge Massachusetts D. B. Frye Conway South Carolina G. O. Green Annapolis G. B. Hager Memphis J. T. Halford Hartford New Jersey Fred Hancock Renton Washington Lambreth Hardy Sarepia Mississippi Bert Heap San Bernardino California Leon Heath Hinckley Minnesota F. R. Huffman Newberry Indiana F. J. Kinch Patterson New Jersey Louis Lafargue Vallejo California Co. J. Minkau Rochester New York A. W. Morse Manchester New Hampshire Warvey Munn Leesburg Texas A. C. Peterson Cattanagus New York H. C. Plew Malage Washington S. McK. Rivers Buena Vista Ohio G. J. Safian Philadelphia W. H. Schultze Brooklyn New York Hubbard Spears Bennetsville South Carolina M. Stally address not in records Daniel Terrell St Joseph Massachusetts I. E. Tracy Canyon City Oregon C. W. Wiebey Marlborough New York
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Admiral Sims
Navy Department
Mount Vernon
A. Armitage
Montrose
Colo
H. P. Beauchamp
Wickmansett
Mass
P. Bergman
Madison
Wis
Gustav Butler
Webster
T. H. Burke
Auburn
Maine
M. ¥. Burns
Boston
H. G Carver
Poplarville
N. H. Warvey Munn
Leesburg
Tex
A. C. Peterson
Cattanagus
H. C. Plew
Malage
Wash
McK. Rivers
Buena Vista
Ohio
G. J. Safian
Philadelphia
W. H. Schultze
Brooklyn
Hubbard Spears
Bennetsville
5. C
M. Stally
Mount Vernon Torpedo Loss Shocks Navy Officials
About 35 dead from the Mount Vernon torpedo strike off the French coast last Thursday. Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois was among those landed safely. The ship, seized by the United States, was a troop transport returning to the United States and may be repaired for future use. The Navy reports the torpedo hit starboard No 4 fire room. exact damage details remain sparse. Naval experts question whether convoy protection or pursuit occurred and note the ship’s capacity and speed helped it escape.
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Mount Vernon
Kronprinzess
Cecitle
Navy Department
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
United States
Waterland
Navy
Flest
Atlantic
Baker in France on indefinite stay with War Department party
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker arrived safely in France aboard a transport with a high-ranking aide party. The War Department announced the stay may be indefinite as Baker joins Gen. Gorgas, Gen. Hines, and Maj. Gen. March in coordinating allied movement, aircraft expansion, hospital, and supply planning for an expanded 80 divisions by mid 1919.
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Newton D. Baker
France
War Department
United States Army
Franks
United States
Tren. Pershing
Gen. March
Baker
Trassport
John D. Ryan
Alrechit
WL. & Gorgas
Generel
Frank T. Hines
George H. Baird
Bruscope
Pershing
Ryan
Breretinius
Perching
Hines
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Berlin
Havrincourt Woods
Armentieres
Vauxillon
Vaux
Fluquieres
Happencourt
Somme
Hamel
Servais Village
Servais
Roisel
Vermand-Epehy
St. Emelie
le Catalet
Havrincourt Wood
Field Marshal Haig
Vauzaillon
Harincourt
Associated
Preas
Hindenburg Line
Craonns
Mmrcel Hutin
Heho de Paris
Mangin
Humbert
Sois-sons
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Muscourt
Perahing
Lenine
Flugnieres
Avesnea
Fargniers
British
Merckem
Peronns-Cambrai
Gouzecourt-Epehy-Templeux
Vermand-St. Simon
Crozat Canal
Premontre
Brancourt
Huns
Barach
United States Railroad Administration
Planta
Woods
Witchcock
Lana
St. Arnold
Saarbrucken
Lachfeld
Rastadt
Ulm
States
Dematioar Coorps
Heart of
Semenoff
Tokyo
Hadabrak
Chindataskaya
Bolja
Manchuria
Zabike
Manchul
vThe War Office
Kaiminoff
Ussuri
Stmakoft
Abigaid
Abigald
U.S
MT. Vernon
Senator Lewis
U-Bosts
Watt
Ea Pn
Mati
Gorgas
Gen. Hines
Edward R. Stetelinius
Stettiniur
Gen. Gorgag
Gen. Gorgas
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