pudsey63 Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 I found a typed message in an old album and need some help filling in the gaps. Anyone? SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS 11/11/18 Intercept of message from Imperial ????cellar via German GHQ to AMSTERDAM (?) authorises signature of armistice that conditions certain points affecting food supply to save part of GERMANY not to be occupied from starvation AAA London reports arrival of Emperor and Crown Prince HOLLAND AAA Dutch Government considering action AAA German Wireless AAA Revolution spreading everywhere but little opposition or bloodshed AAA Negotiations proceeding majority Socialists and independent Socialists for formation of new government including LIEB??? and HASSE AAA Republic declared at STUTTGART. Captain, Brigade Major, ? Infantry Brigade (64 TMB in pencil at top) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, pudsey63 said: SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS 11/11/18 Intercept of message from Imperial Chancellor via German GHQ to AMSTERDAM (?) authorises signature of armistice that conditions certain points affecting food supply to save part of GERMANY not to be occupied from starvation AAA London reports arrival of Emperor and Crown Prince HOLLAND AAA Dutch Government considering action AAA German Wireless AAA Revolution spreading everywhere but little opposition or bloodshed AAA Negotiations proceeding majority Socialists and independent Socialists for formation of new government including LIEBKNECHT LIEB??? and HAASE HASSE AAA Republic declared at STUTTGART. Captain, Brigade Major, 56th? Infantry Brigade (64 TMB in pencil at top) The name in capitals in the first line is not Amsterdam. It seems to end in -ER and is about the right length to be ERZBERGER. Matthias Erzberger headed the German delegation to the Armistice negotiations. Edited 14 September , 2018 by SiegeGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 The document definitely says 'Imperial Chancellor' (by then Friedrich Ebert) and I'm now pretty sure, having played with the image a bit, that the name on the top line is ERZBERGER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudsey63 Posted 14 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 14 September , 2018 Now it starts to make sense. Thank you Siege Gunner. So is this a message sent out to all units on the 11th November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 My second post was in answer to a post by IPT, which he now appears to have deleted/hidden. There were standard messages that were cascaded to all units, but I suspect this one was specific to the Brigade served by this particular Brigade Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 15 September , 2018 Share Posted 15 September , 2018 Interesting to see the name Liebknecht appearing. Presumably Karl, but the prospect of him ever serving in a government under Ebert seems particularly remote. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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