The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

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September e. the Argentine govern
ment cent ara ultlmatum TO Germany
demanding a. formal statement Of
Germany's attitude on the LuEburg
exposures. Germany replied IN "a note
disappearing the ideas expressed by
Count LuyburZ but on september %.
The Argentina chamber of deputies d.
ciared in favor of d rupture with GER
many. A similar resolution had al
ready been passed by the senate
The replies OF Germany and Austria
Hungary TO Pope Benediet's peace pro-
posals were made public Septem BIER
a. They accepted the popes Offer
as a basis for the beginning OF nsgots,
ttons bur nade no definite concessions
Admifal Capps head Of the United
states Emergency Fleet corporation,
announced EhipbuHdinE program
that WIFI bring Americas merchant
marine To 2.l00 ships OF 100000
tons before the close o. 1919
Great Britain announced the cay
turc, ON September 80, Of Mushnld
ridge sixty miles northwest Of Bag
dad on the Euphrates and the taking
or several thousand prisoners, iDclud-
Hg the Turkish commander, Ahmed
Bcy. and hts staff
October was a month Of great Al
lsh continued to smash the German
lines in Flanders while the French CO.
operated at various points on the west
, front. ON October 4 British troops
penetrated the German lines TO ting
average depth of a mile on the eight
mile front between the 7 pres Menfa
road and Langemarck taking 5000
prisoners. on October %. the French
, broke through the German lines north
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taking 8 ,0G0 prisoners.
The great Austro- German offensive
against the Italians was launched
along the 1sonzo front October "a ami
within ton days the Teuton forces had
retAkeu all the territory won Ivy the
Italians In two months aghting and
, had overrun all Of northern Italy. On
. October so. the Austro- Germans broke
through the Cnruic Alps into Nenets
, aud captured UdIne, the great rail- >
road center in northern Italy. On
: October 8 Berlin reported that 100
, 600 Italians and more than I. 900 guns
mad been captured in The operations
, up 10 that time.
On the Russian front the activity
, conferred around the Gulf OF Riga. On
. October : the Germans captured parE
, of the island ot Oesel and on the
following clay they took Arenburg
. ono ft,safpn and tw,o f.arrnan tnrnedt,
sf,l,fs ,,,,,, r,f,,l ir, a rat-af Tatt,s naa :
? paeat On C,ctorar ~ fbe Carran.
tnok f,,lI nnrse-sion ~ tha stand -
p DIESEL and on me following day they
- tool Noon island from, the puaRia7s
J -rt.ora cyoa much aeffvft,. In tba al,
during 0ctoher ON tho fyst dav ~ th..
rnortb four 1rouns ~ German air.
plane4 rafded .ondnn and priftSh
= coast towns ON me same dav E,rencl,
j afrp7an made raurfsaI raids m Frank
fnr+ S,uffaart 1;re,ae ard c,ohIarz ana
? t4,n Tartt. sb -Itorf,lerl the Zeahr1ftr,-a
I Yorl-v or October 10 Sfbn rgc,-r,r'arr.
u.af3a ano+hnr air raid on Tondon
lfijfnp tbfrty-fc,lr h,tt four 2Annait !,
g taxing uart IN me raid ,vers dpstroyef
> ln I,r,9rs ,qbifa tbe, wsre trying ~
rgtn,n IN Their base
Tba United states hae.n 10 tafa n
n more active nart In the axhting dur
iug october Inc ars. American y~oons
going lnto the G-st Itne trenches in
France au October "a on 0ctoh4r
the American TRANSPORT Antilles
rcu4rniuE from France was torpedoed
. and sunk. with a loss Of aixty-sev~r
= lives. The second American ubert,,
= loan Of s3p0O. O60 0A0 closed October
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