Allies Drive Bulgarians in Central Macedonia Advance
Allied forces press in central Macedonia as Bulgarians retreat toward Cerna and Vardar. Serbian, Czech, and British units report gains north of Prilep and along the Doiran area, with prisoners and artillery captured. Officials say Turkish, Bulgarian troops flee, while locals welcome advancing troops.
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Macedonia
Sokol
Vardar
Uskub- Saloniki
Lake Doiran
Krryovelemirkapu
Prilep
Lake Quiran
Drenske Plaving
Jochen
Monastir
Rvun
Poilep
Serbia
Trheratiom
Official War Reports Pershing Communique Summary
Pershing reports a quiet day aside from patrols and aviation activity in the Woevre region. British and Australian forces push forward in Epehy and Hargicourt sectors with heavy fighting, counterattacks, and prisoner captures. Paris says there is nothing new to report on the western front.
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Pershing
Woevre
Paris
War Office
German Official Says Allied Attack Fails With Heavy Losses
Berlin reports via London that a large centralized assault by the English failed in front of Siegfried positions between Gouzeaucourt and Hargicourt, causing very heavy enemy losses according to the German official communication issued this evening.
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Merlin
Vonastir
Jesmel
Lake Doiran
London
Epehy
Hargicourt
Berlin
Gouzeaucourt
Roumanian Prince Flees to Odessa Amid War Turmoil
Copenhagen reports Crown Prince Carol fled Romanian territory and reached Odessa as activity heats in the war. Queen Marie hopes for a future rally of Romanian forces with Allied support and vows Romania will not yield to Germany.
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Odessa
Copenhagen
Krewshaiaimysi
Paris
Asseciied
Marie
Roumania
United States
Germany
Enemy Gas Attacks and Metz Raids Reported
American and German forces clash across Lorraine with shelling near Metz and in the St Die area. German raids on the American right wing are repulsed. gas use noted in limited areas as fronts around Metz stabilize and movement shifts occur in Alsace.
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St. Die
Metz
United Press
Bois de Rappes
Moselle
Wandieres
Vilcey-sur-Troy
Bois de Presle
Pont-a- Mousson
Roosevelt promoted to lieutenant colonel in regiment
Maj Theodore Roosevelt Jr has been made lieutenant colonel of his regiment, a cable message to his father said. He went abroad with American troops, was wounded near Paris weeks ago, and has been decorated for bravery.
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New York
Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Paris
Oyster Bay
Universal Service
Camp Mille
Jazz Band Please Compliment Petain In Front Of Troops
Gen Petain visiting a sector with American troops praised an impromptu jazz band performance after ragtime. The band’s black leader presented a plantation style dance before Petain shook hands and commended the show. American airmen hand out newspapers, including an American Daily Mail edition in Paris for front line troops.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Petain
Daily Mail
Paris
Count Toorring Makes Private Peace Offer to Belgium
Amsterdam reports the Cologne Gazette Berlin correspondent says Count Toorring, linked to Belgian royalty, privately approached Belgium for peace hoping it serves Belgium’s interests. The dispatch notes no official action and no separate peace proposals known in Berlin. Havas cites a Paris source on a hidden German offer prepared in Switzerland.
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Associated
Amsterdam
Cologne Gazette
Berlin
Count Toorring
Belgium
Count Poorring
Havas
Paris
Media de Paris
Germany
Willabeth
Switzerland
von Hertling
Belgiuum
Turks Destroying Baku in Caspian Port Fire
Amsterdam dispatch reports explosions in Baku, Transcaucasia, with the city afire as Turkish forces reportedly occupy the town after Allied evacuation. The Moscow telegram to the Russian embassy in Berlin notes Turkish destruction of the Caspian seaport.
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Amsterdam
Baku
Transcaucasia
Moscow
Berlin
Printjet
Vorwetts
Shipyard workers injured in steam pipe blast at sea
New York dispatch reports an explosion aboard the steamer Julia Stafford en route to Brooklyn with about 200 workers from Standard Shipyard and Shooters Island. Fifteen taken to Staten Island hospital with at least five feared dead. many jumped or were thrown into the water. The steamer Tursela aided in rescue as patrols planned a Monday inquiry.
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New York
Julia Stafford
Brooklyn
Standard Shipyard
Shooters Island
Staten Island
Belta
Tursela
Stafford
Richmond County
Creel Defends CPI on Sisson Documents in Berlin
In New York Sept 21 Sisson’s forged document issue arouses clash as Nuorteva of the Finnish Information Bureau brands the papers as counter revolutionary forgeries. Creel rejects the charge, says originals are in Washington and will be published. Sisson defends his handling and vows replies to all who speak.
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Raymond Robins
New York
Russia
Edgar Sisson
Committee On Public Information
Germany
S. Nuorteya
Finnish Information Bureau
Nuorteva
Robins
William EB. Thompson
T. Thatcher
American Red Cross
Nuortega
Sisson
Kerensky
Trotzky
M. Hal- Pern
America
Nuarteva
Thatcher
Arthur Bullard
Thaehner
Creel
George Creel
United States
Washington
Matl
Banda
Stockholm
Palace Attacked by Food Rioters in Salzburg
Reports from Munich papers say serious food riots sweep Salzburg with rioters attacking the government palace and breaking doors. Gendarmes fired, killing or wounding several. hotels, food shops, and army stores looted or raided.
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Associated Press
Gurich
Switzerland
Salzburg
Munich
Two Shots at Trotzky Missed Him
Amsterdam Sept 21 A dispatch from Kiel reports an assassination attempt on Leon Trotzky Bolshevik minister of war and marines at Kursk A soldier fired twice but missed Trotzky according to the Leipsig Abend Zeitung correspondent
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Amsterdam
Kursk
Leon Trotzky
Kiel
Leipsig Abend Zeitung
Trotzky
Archbishop Ireland Sinks as Doctors Lose Hope for Recovery
St Paul Minn Sept 21 Rev Thomas Welch secretary to Archbishop John Ireland told AP this evening the archbishop had another sinking spell. Physicians have entirely abandoned hope for his recovery.
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St. Paul, Minn
Thomas A. Welch
John Ireland
Associated Press
Bhepe
Kingfisher Torpedoed Off New England Sinks
The American steam trawler Kingfisher was torpedoed and sunk 85 miles off the North Atlantic coast. Captain Riley and 26 crew members were rescued. no injuries reported. The submarine fired without warning and then left as the crew reached land. The vessel, 559 tons gross, was insured for 250 000 dollars.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Riley
Portland
Maine
Kingfisher Wab
Ler
Mount Vernon
France
Germany tells Spain no ship concessions in submarine dispute
London reports Filson Young from San Sebastian says Germany will not favor Spanish ships, aligning with a hard submarine policy. Prince Ratibor of Germany downplays war impact while Madrid and Berlin insist negotiations drag, Spain seeking a solution before parliament meets. Count Romanones signals a settlement is imminent in a few days.
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London Times
Washington Post
iCopyright
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Filson Young
San Sebastian
Spain
Germany
Prince Ratibor
Young
Associated Preans
Paris
Madrid
Berlin
Petit Parisien
South America
Count Romanones
Justice Fisher Quits Philippine Bench for Private Practice
Justice Frederick Charles Fisher of the Philippine Supreme Court has resigned to enter private practice. He was appointed in 1917 by President Wilson.
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Manila
Frederick Charles Fisher
Philippine Supreme Court
Wilson
Plea to Check Reds Terror in Russia Across Nations
Secretary Lansing appeals to allied and neutral governments to protest the mass executions and terrorism by bolsheviks in Moscow Petrograd and other cities. The note cites thousands shot without trial and prisons overflowing urging action divorced from war aims and tied to humane principles.
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Belgium
Conyright
Washington
Lansing
United States
Moscow
Petrograd
State Department
Bolchechki
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