30 Nov 1917
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
1
Former Guardsmen from every state arrive at the front with American engineers building roads and aiding in rail communications as part of the British offensive toward Cambrai. Aviators train with troops while stretcher bearers join the firing line.
Washington officials confirm the arrival of National Guard units in France after weeks of movement despite submarine threats and shortages. Thousands moved to seaports, loaded on transports, and landed safely with no combat loss. Details on unit designations remain withheld by Pershing officials.
Every state in the Union has representatives in France as former National Guardsmen join the American Expeditionary Force. Units are billeted over a wide area near the training zone and are training vigorously under French instructors. All sailors have arrived safely and are in good health despite information restrictions on unit names.
British Army dispatch from France notes American engineer corps, first troops in France, aiding road building and rail maintenance as Allied forces push forward. Volunteers also served as stretcher bearers under fire, earning high praise from British commanders amid the Somme front offensive.
Mineola New York November 20 1917 trial continues with medical experts testifying about a mental lapse alleged by Bianca De Saulles at the time of shooting her ex husband John L De Saulles. Defense reads a 15000 word hypothetical question to establish mental condition and knowledge of wrong.
Count George von Hertling reviewed the war situation before the Reichstag pledging readiness for peace talks if Russia presents full powers. He praised German arms and submarine success, warned of British failures at Cambrai, noted Italian losses, and described Axis advances from Riga to the Piave, with limited Palestine gains not altering the overall war balance.
In London on November 30 newspapers publish the Lord Lainsilvere letter across front pages. German newsrooms view the development as an early stage of everyday English policy shifts and international exchange telegraph remarks.
A terse dispatch from Vienna reports no official statement confirming peace terms. The Russian army leadership issued a cautious note via a wartime press office, with sources indicating ongoing negotiations and no immediate declaration of ceasefire as of November 30.
An American patrol boat that ran ashore on a ledge off the North Atlantic coast two weeks earlier was floated today and towed to a nearby port for repairs.
The German general staff reported no important operations on the fronts in Russia Macedonia and Northern Italy in today’s briefing from Berlin dated November 30.
London dispatch reports Reuters that the East African campaign should end before Christmas with German commander in chief either captured or exiled.
William Batcheller Chandler, who served as Secretary of the Navy in President Arthur's cabinet and helped launch the modern U S Navy, died at his Concord home today.
Baltimore May 30 Allen Hoover tenth child of Herbert C Hoover Pedestal Food Administrator underwent a successful appendectomy today.
London reports that Russian negotiators will meet Bolshevik leaders Sunday noon at a Dvinsk Vilna crossing west of Kukharishky to discuss terms. The diplomats will then proceed by special train to German headquarters at Brest-Litovsk.
Amsterdam Nov 30 Austria Hungary government replies to Vienna and accepts the Russian wireless proposal to begin negotiations for armistice and general peace.
A Petrograd dispatch to The Daily Chronicle reports the Lenine government has fallen and been replaced by a coalition cabinet of advanced Socialists. Bolsheviks are represented in the new government.
American troops in France enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and trimmings. A centerpiece was a football game where engineers beat infantry, watched by thousands of U S soldiers and about 2000 French troops as training paused for the day.
London reports November British casualties at 120 089 with 1 152 officers killed or died of wounds and 24 292 men. Officers wounded or missing number 3 537 and 91 108 men.
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