A postally unused carte postale that was published by P. Lourlon, Éditeur.
Although the card was not posted, someone has written the following on the divided back:
"Oct/ 6/ 18. For the collection. Jess."
Jess was almost certainly serving on the Western Front during the Great War.
Doullens Town Hall and the “Unified Command”
On the 21st. March 1918, Ludendorff unleashed the most formidable offensive since 1914 from the Hindenburg Line, along a 70 kilometre front.
He had two objectives: to separate the British and French armies, and to capture Amiens. The German push opened a large breach round Saint Quentin with the rout of the British 5th. Army which, if it had persisted, could have precipitated an irreversible military catastrophe.
On the 26th. March, Presidents Poincaré and Clémenceau, Generals Pétain and Foch, Lord Milner and General Haig met in Doullens Town Hall, and decided to create a unified command. Clémenceau wrote:
“The British, French and American governments have conferred on General Foch the strategic control of military operations”.
On the 18th. July Foch launched his final counteroffensive which led to the Armistice of the 11th November.
The Unified Command Hall, situated in the Doullens Town Hall evokes the meeting with a stained-glass window by Gérard Ansart, two paintings by Lucien Jonas, as well as busts and photographs.
The Battle of St.-Quentin Canal
So what else happened on the day that Jess wrote the card?
Well, on Sunday the 6th. October 1918, the British 25th. Division captured Beaurevoir, France.
The Lost Battalion
Also on that day, American fighter pilot Erwin R. Bleckley was shot down and killed while attempting to resupply the 77th. Division surrounded by German forces in the Argonne Forest, France.
Erwin, who was born in 1894, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
A Collision in the Atlantic
Also on the 6th. October 1918, Royal Navy cruiser HMS Otranto collided with HMS Kashmir in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Ireland before it was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of 431 lives.
'Salomé'
Also on that day, silent film star Theda Bara starred in the film adaptation of Salomé.
The film aroused controversy for its mix of biblical and sexual themes, and resulted in some American church groups picketing movie theatres where the film was being shown.
Salome uses her wiles in pursuit of King Herod, whose power she desires. She has disposed of Herod's chief rival, and causes his wife to be killed through her own treachery.
John the Baptist, who has secured a hold on the people, denounces Herod and his court. Herod has John thrown in jail for fomenting sedition.
There Salome meets him, and becomes crazed with passion, but when John rejects her she seeks revenge. With a sensuous dance she gains the approval of Herod, and demands John's head as her reward.
This act brings her own punishment when she is crushed to death beneath the sharp spokes on the shields of the Roman legionnaires.
Henry M. Morris
The 6th. October 1918 also marked the birth in Dallas of the American engineer and religious leader Henry M. Morris.
Henry was a proponent of creationism, and co-founder of the Creation Research Society and Institute for Creation Research, in Dallas. Henry died in 2006.
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