Havrincourt Showdowns and German Winter Preparations
British troops gain ground at Havrincourt amid fierce trench fighting. Reports describe prisoners taken, German counterattacks thwarted, and a brutal clash involving the Seventeenth and Twentieth divisions. Allied gains are marred by heavy casualties as Germans retreat with winter supplies seized and signs of a looming winter encampment. A vivid fragment recounts a brigadier’s groom commanding German captives and a gunner fending off a German officer, amid eerie booby trap rumors and loot including wine and cigarettes.
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Havrincourt
Italy has 36 shipyards in operation
Rome September notes Italy operates 36 shipyards with 23 ships totaling 1700 tons under construction. Most won't be completed this year. Italy's 191$ construction will total 125000 tons. Fifteen other shipyards are being built, bringing total to 50 yards capable of 800000 tons annually.
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Rome
Italy
Possam Real Treat for Skin That Itches
A vintage advertisement touts Possam antiagople from Muanca as quick relief for itching and eruptional blemishes. It promises rapid improvement, urges free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City, and links clearer skin to daily use of Postum medicated with Postum.
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Poslam
Tn Emergency Laboratories
West Iith St
New York City
Yanks Return Fire In Eastern Front Skirmishes
Reported fighting continues with American lines in Alsace Metz area. Allied airmen conduct nightly raids and shelling with mustard gas, while prisoners reveal low morale and rumors of a St Mihiel raid. Germans maintain hatredless stance, claiming the war may end in four to six weeks without a decisive victory.
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Alsaie
Metz
Voseges
St. Mihiel
Salient
Trenchig
Germany
Mese Gang Breaks Up German Patrol Near Merz Front
Sept 21 report says a German patrol in the Merz Front area was surprised by an American detachment. Two Germans were killed and three wounded, with prisoners taken. An inquiry shows the attackers were a mess detachment wandering from main lines.
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Merz Front
Chow Gang
Reading French Leaflet Brings Han Harsh Penalty
A prisoner on the Lorraine front recounts a German punishment for reading allied propaganda. His hands were tied behind his back for eight days after he was found with a French pamphlet dropped by an airplane and shared among comrades.
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Lorraine
Presa
Arrpland
Peninsul
Chained to fight Yanks by chained German gun crew
A letter from Lieut Wam J Flynn says a German machine gun crew captured by Americans were "little more than boys" and chained to their guns so they could not flee. The boys reportedly refused to surrender and said they had been chained to their post by German commanders.
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New York
Wam J. Flynn
Lieut. Flynn
Five German Towns Bombed by Allies, 1918
London reports the entente air force dropped bombs on Mannheim Karlsruhe Boulay Frescaty Morhange and Bourbach works. Lang works at Mannheim and blast furnaces at Bourbach were hit. One German plane was shot down, one Allied aircraft missing, and nineteen German planes accounted for. British losses totaled eleven.
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Associated Press
London
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Allied Independent Air Force
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Roulays
Rescaty
Morhange
Lang
Bourbach Works
Boulay
Frescaty
Field Marshal Haig
British Monitor Sunk. 20 Dead and 67 Missing
A British monitor sunk Monday while at Yard Point due to enemy action. One officer and 19 crew members were killed and 67 others are missing and presumed dead, authorities announced today in London.
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London
Admiralty
Dorpat University Opens Under German Patronage
Amsterdam reports that Emperor William sent a message to Dorpat University’s rector and professors praising German Kultur and Baltic self rule during wartime. He noted Dorpat’s revival as a center of intellectual life and a boost to German cultural strength and prosperity.
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Amsterdam
Dorpat University
William
Thigseldert Nachrich- Len
Baltic
Derpat Hades
Jeenel
General Retreat From Saloniki Front Begun
British forces report a general retreat by enemy troops from the Saloniki region. British advances, aided by guidance from Rome, push west of Lake Doiran in a brilliant operation as of September 21.
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London
Ly Universal Service
Rome
Lake Doiran
British Advance Near St Quentin Amid Stalemate
British forces push east of Boehy and Hargicourt between St Quentin and Cambrai as Haig reports gains and more prisoners. German counterattacks defend Vendhuille Bellicourt area while civilians flee Cambrai and fires mark the city. Reports also note British progress northwest of St Quentin and new German outposts along the Scheldt Camp.
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Epehyto
Scheldt Canal
St. Quentin
London
Boehy
Hargicourt
Cambrai
Gompers War Aims Win At Labor Conference
London reports that the extended labor conference adopted the full report on arms with near unanimity after sharp pacifist criticisms. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, defended pacifist charges during a three week stay in Rine land, noting flames from torches as British and French labor movements faced Prussianism. He urged continued unity behind the allies for democratic liberty.
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London
Committees On Arms
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Rineland
Goempers
Labor Movement
United States
Royal monuments missing in German melt orders
Geneva reports Sept 20 that amid civilian indignities in Germany the melting of historic bronze monuments has targeted Goethes and Schillers while Hohenzollern and Hapsburg statues remain. Three Hohenzollern statues are missing from Berlin and three from Cologne with others from Munich and towns on the Rhine, in a new postwar policy.
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Geneva
Germany
Goethe
Schiller
Munich
Berlin
Ielngne
Rhine
Balkan Front Hosts Fierce Balkan Pushes In 1916 War
Allied cavalry reached Paloshko as Serbian forces hold left bank of the Cernu near Dumje with progress toward Konopighta. Greeks and French seize Tushin Ekdzena and claim 4 000 prisoners and four cannons. Allied forces pursue Bulgarians along the Cerna Vardar front amid heavy artillery and counterattacks. Greek troops on the Macedonian front exhibit notable bravery as battles rage from Monastir to the Vardar.
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Vardar
Paloshko
Dumje
Konopighta
Helashnitsa
Boshave
Tushin
Ekdzena
Lake Leoiran
Paris
Woiten Press
Derna
Vardar Riivers
Elandone
Monastir
Vargatar
Cerna
Var- Fine
Vatusha
Debren
Porta Daena
U S Balloonists Rally To Counter Offensive In France
Paris reports excellent coordination among American service branches as Marshal Stock launches a July counter offensive. A balloon company of 170 men arrives after infantry, advances five miles, and operates an observation balloon with artillery. Another unit downs a plane with a captured machine gun. Balloon crews gain parachute skills and favor two man baskets.
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Paris
France
Marshal Stock
Chateau Thierry
Division of Military Aeronautica
Fall kills Capt. Br. T. Icett in 5000-foot plunge
Fort Worth Sept 21 Captain Robert T Icett air service adjutant at Darren Field was killed when his plane fell five thousand feet during an accuracy training flight. His home was 3762 North Bouvier Street Philadelphia where his mother and sister reside.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robert T. Icett
Air Service
Darren Field
Icett
War Department
North Bouvier Street
Philadelphia
British Casualties Reported in Official Count
London reports official weekly casualty totals at 22 762 broken down into Officers killed 487 wounded 1561 missing 152 and Men killed 3366 wounded 16902 missing 1304. Paris dispatch says successful operations against Bulgars. Third and Fourth Greek divisions with French and Serbs penetrated enemy lines at several points. General Branchet de Espery congratulates Athens on Greek showing.
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London
Bulgars
Paris
Branchet de Espery
Macedonia
Athens
Official War Telegrams From Front and North of Moeuvres
London reports detail a Highland Light Infantry party held its position near Moeuvres despite German occupation and repeated assaults. Allies retook the post and advanced, with captures and prisoners noted. Further fighting north of Ypres and along the Aisne and Lorraine fronts is summarized with repulsed counterattacks and minor gains by British and French forces.
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London
Mosuvres
Highland Nght
Moeuvren
Tts
Oeuvres
Moeuvres
Gauche Wood
Betlenguse
Moehy
Messines
Ypreu
Italian Front Daily Official Statement Summary
Home, Sept. 21 report details harassing artillery actions along the front. British and Italian lines near Mori, Mont Corno, Wallarsa, Grappa, and Salette area repelled hostile assaults. Reconnaissance crews attacked an enemy post in the Ledra valley, with enemy dead and prisoners. Ammunition and material seized from recon missions near Tonleselle and Piave in the Montello region. One enemy aircraft shot down west of Peer. patrols in the Janica valley captured seven prisoners.
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Playe
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Tonleselle
Piave
Montello
Peer
Janica
Austrian War Office Communique Reports Stopped Italian Attacks
The Austrian war office today said enemy efforts against positions along the Tonale and Cadalian sectors were checked and Italian advances between the Irenza and Piave rivers were repulsed. Berlin reported a Belgian partial attack repulsed and ongoing reconnaissance between the Lys and Scarpe with British battalions driven back near Bellicourt. French troops claimed gains east of Besigny and Benay after capturing Resigny le Grand, with further advances south of Basigny.
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Austrian War Office
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Piave
Berlin
Merckem
Lys
Scarpe
Basses
Goureaucourt
Somme
Bellicourt
Pasigny-le-Grant
Vauxaillon
Jouuy
Soissums
Jouy
Resignyle-Grand
French War Office
Basigeny
Benay
Baker Extends Inspection at Paris Expeditionary HQ
Secretary Baker visited the AEF supply service headquar ters in Paris. Maj. Gen. Harbord, the staff, the French commanding general, both French and British missions, the prefect and the mayor greeted the party. He reviewed the escorting troops and said he would see all there was to see during the inspection. Civilians and French troops along the route gave an enthusiastic reception.
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Paris
Baker
Harbord
Home Rule Bill Before Draft Law
Dublin reports mid debate signals a new home rule bill before recess. Chief secretary drafts bill with Nat party aid. Dillon to support. Ulster Orangemen to surrender 60,000 rifles. Shortt and nationalist leaders skeptical. Carson opposition likely to block arms removal. newspapers weigh outcome.
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House of One
Nationaliet Party
Dillon
Ulster Orangemen
Shortt
Ireland
Edward Carson
Uister Rifles
Nationaliata’ Rifles
Orangemen
Phosphorated Malt Promises Wellness Boost for All
A Boston advertisement touts phosphorated malt as a tonic that strengthens nerves and organs, boosts vitality, and remedies nervous exhaustion. It cites Dr. Reid praising phosphorus and claims the product can double endurance in ten days, with a money back guarantee if results are not seen. The text urges readers to obtain a package, consult a doctor, and buy from local druggists.
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Mags
Reid
Mentel
Ife
Meath
Druceists
O'Donnell's
People’s and
Gilman
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