| Summary: | Wulverghem, Heule and Guerne. —United States transport America sinks at Hobo-ken pier. —British occupy Honis without opposition. —Czechs, in Prague, Bohemia, start revolt against rule of Austria; martial law proclaimed through-out Bohemia. Oct. 16—British cross the Lys, between Armen-tieres and Menin. Southwest of Rethel French capture village of Acy-Romance; northwest of Sissonne take Notre Dame de Liesse and village of Talma. United States troops occupy town of Grand Pre; capture La Musari Farm. French cavalry approach Thielt, 7 miles from Ghent- Bruges Canal (10 miles from Holland border. Brit-ish reach Quesnoy, 4 miles north of Lille; take Linselles. Belgians attack Bavichae, northeast of Courtrai. Liege division of Belgium captures German colonel, his staff and 2,000 men. Bel-gians cut Thourout-Ostend road and are astride of Thourout-Bruges Road. —Allied forces, including United States troops, re-pulse Bolshevik attacks on banks of Dvina. Americans and Russians advance toward Welsk, 125 miles northeast of Vologda. —British cavalry occupy Tripoli, 45 miles north of Beirut. —London reports that up to July 31, India had contributed 1,115,189 men to the British Army. First Indian war loan, $200,000,000; a second loan still greater in amount not specified. —Germany's Federal Council accepts amendment to the Constitution; hereafter consent of Federal Council and of the Reichstag required for peace treaties in case of declaration of war, except in case of invasion. —Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarian Foreign Min-ister says to Foreign Affairs Committee of Aus-trian delegations, in discussing President's note: "We always establish an agreement with Ger-many." Oct. 16—Serbian troops capture Krushevatz, 30 miles northwest of Nish. German airplanes bomb Nish. —The French take Ipek, in Montenegro. Oct. 17—Allied troops capture Ostend, Bruges and Lille, and occupy Douai. King Albert of Bel-gium and Queen Elizabeth enter Ostend. The French cross the Oise, 8 miles southwest of Guise. United States troops take Chatillon Wood. —Germans bombard Dunkirk with long range guns; 2 Americans killed; 1 man wounded. Oct. 18—Allies take Zeebrugge, Bruges, Thielt, Tourcoing, Roubaix and many other small towns. British take more of Lille salient. United States and British troops attack east of Le Cateau, take Bazel. French troops retake Forest of Andig-ny and village of Mennevret, a gain of 3 miles. United States infantry advance north of Ro-magne and take Bantheville; northwest of Grand Pre, take Talma Farm. —More than 60 United States bombing planes at-tack Bayonville, Buzancy and other towns north of Grand Pre; escorting planes bring down 10 German planes. 140 United States planes raid beyond German lines and all return. They raid Remonville, Briquenay, Verpel, Clery-le-Grand, Aincreville and Inrecourt; pursuit planes engage in 35 aero fights, bring down 12 enemy planes. —French Premier Clemenceau, in Chamber of Deputies, says: "Our victory does not spell re-venge." —Czechs occupy Prague in Bohemia. Czecho-slovak National Council, sitting in Paris, formal-ly declares independence. —Emperor Charles proclaims plan for federaliza-tion of Austria. —Guatemala confiscates German owned electric light company at Guatemala City. Oct. 19—British advance east of Lille toward Tournai. British, Americans and French press Germans along the Oise-Sambre Canal and in Argonne and Meuse region. Germans withdraw from Belgian and French front from North Sea to the Sambre. 6,000 Germans are caught be-tween advancing troops and the Holland frontier above Eecloo. Germans evacuate Loges Wood on northwest and Bantheville Wood to the east. —Allies capture Zaietchar, close to Bulgarian bor-der. — -President says to Austria, in effect: "United States, having recognized Czecho-Slovaks, the terms of Jan. 8 address no longer applies," and refuses an armistice. Oct. 20—Allied forces drive back Gen. Luden-dorff's 40 divisions above and below Valenc-iennes, on the Scheldt, a pivotal point. The British are within a mile of Valenciennes and within 7 miles of Ghent. The French surround city of Audenarde, 15 miles below Ghent. Gen. Gouraud attacks west of the Meuse; takes heights east of the Aisne, north and south of Vouzieres, 20 guns and many prisoners. United States troops advance on edge of Bois-de-Ban-theville and in region of Bourrett; clean up Bois-de- Rappes, take 80 prisoners; cross Oise Canal. —French and Serbs reach the Danube, in the re-gion of Vielin (an important Bulgaria river town) across the Danube lies Califat, a Rouman-ian city. —German note, unofficial, is received by wireless. On its face accepts President Wilson's conditions; claims Kaiser's personal arbitrary powers have been taken from him; denies barbarity; claims retreat destructions permissible under interna-tional law. Submarines all recalled to their bases. Oct. 21—British week's casualty list: Killed or died of wounds, officers 517, men 4,971; wounded or missing, officers 1,464, men 30,198. —British airmen attack barracks and railways at Metz; 7 battle machines missing. German air-men bomb region around Clermont, Montfaucon and Rarecourt. —Serbian and French forces reach Paracin, 46 miles northwest of Nish, 85 miles southeast of Belgrade; take 1,000 Austro-German prisoners. —King George of England, in speech to inter-parliamentary delegates at Buckingham Palace, says: "Victory is within reach and must be com-plete." —Socialist papers in Germany demand that the Kaiser abdicate. Oct. 22—Chancellor Maximilian says in Reichstag, "German people will not submit to a peace by violence, nor will they be brought blindly to the conference table." Oct. 22—-British cross the Scheldt, 5 miles north of Tournai. French and Belgians advance toward Ghent, cross Lys Canal at several points. Allies drive toward Conde, with Mons as object-ive. British capture Ourcq. French advance be-tween Serre and the Oise reach Assis-sur-Serre and the St. Jacques Farm, northwest of Chaland-dry. Czecho-Slovak forces aid in the recapture of village of Terron. —Serbians occupy Massif of Mecka, and village of Cicevak; take 300 prisoners. —The Turks quit Tabriz, Persia. Oct. 23—President Wilson replies to the German note, says he will take up question of armistice with his co-belligerents; refers details to field 197 Internet Archive
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