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THE OMINECA MINER,-SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1917

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London: Both Lens and St,
Quentin, at either end of the front
on which the British have been
forcing the Germans back, are

almost within the grasp of the ad-
‘. vancing forces. Smashiny British

“blows against the enemy positions |.

“forth and south of Lens have had
their effect and our men now hold
the suburban towns of Lieven and
Cite St. Pierre, while our artillery
is firing high explosive shells in-j~
to the city, which is the mining
eenter of northern France.

_. The French are holding fast
south of St. Quentin,and are less
than a mile from its limits, The
British followed up their eapture
of Fayet,a mile northwest of the
town, by driving the. Germans

back to within a few. hundred.

yards of St Quentin on the north,
There has been violent fighting
hetween Lens and St. Quentin,
and the Allies everywhere have
sither made gains of German de-.
fences or driven back German
counter-attacks,. South of Lens
and north of the Searpe. Haig’s
troops continue to plunge forward
reaching positions from two to
three miles east of Vimy ridge.
The British captured Gricourt,
a mile north of Fayet, the enemy
_ losing heayily in killed and wound-
‘ed. At Fayet the British took
A400 prisoners,

London: The‘ Turks have sus-
tained another defeat at the hatds
of the British in Mesopotamia.
_On this front the enemy was driv-
“en -from his positions near Delta
Wah, 35 miles north of~ Bagdad.
The Turks suffered heavy logses.

‘Petrograd: Pacifist were hoot-
ed down and a vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war was advocated at

~ aconpress.of workmen’s and sol-
~ diers’ delegates held here.

- . Washington ; The. shipping
~ board will form a. $50,000,000
_ corporation to build and operate

The Chinese par ide,
“ment apparently . favors: joining
7 the. U.S. in declaring war on Ger- |:
~ many, A conference of provincial |.
‘and military governors has been;
“called to, decide China’ 5 attitude:

Peking:

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- Paris: After several days’ ‘are
tillery preparation, the. Prenéh
yesterday morning began. an at:
tack on the German front between:
Soissons and Rheims... - Several |:
_ lines of trenches were eutrie and
-more than 10,000 Germans
“taken prisoners.: The fight
“described as being of thet a
* lolence, France’ sgreatoffei
‘timed to synchronize: wit
\ ’ British push, may now beg

Today’s official report in
“tremendous artillery prepara
Call along. the Champagne fre
. increased strength

Power

a: emy losses have been fl

east of Gricourt. The town of

_|St. Quentin continues té burn.

"Away to the north, Lens still
Holds out. The Germans have
evidently sent their reserves up
and are making 2 desperate de-
fence, to enable their engineers
to complete the destruction of the
mines and factories of the dis-
‘trict before retiring.

The Germans still cling to sev-
eral strong positions about Lens,
although the defences are being

batteries. |
. Counter-attacks which the en-
emy launched at Monchy and

-| Lagnicourt indicate that the Brit-

ish are approaching dangerously
near the new defences‘ in that
sector. The Germans lost 1200
killed in the attack at Lagnicourt.
The result shows that the enemy
cannot stem the tide of the Brit-
ish advance.

An air raid on: Freihare, the
noted mining center of Germany,
in reprisal for U-boat attacks on
hospital ships, is reported by the
admiralty.

London: Neutral despatches
gay a general strike commenced
‘yesterday in Berlin, and that
numerous riots have occur red in
the German eapital.

In Mesopotamia the British
have driven the Turks back to
positions in the Jebel Samin hills.

‘Denmark has warned Germany
that the Danes are heartily siek-

|ened by the Hun ruthlessness.

Washington: Hon. A. J. Bal-
four has arrived. from London.
Conferences will begin tomorraw,

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London:
line were
struck s0 savagely in the _ great
Franco-British. drive yesterday

; that their contituanee in enemy

hands much longer is impossible.
‘Of the five strongholds,’ Lens, La
Fere and St. Quentin’ may. fall to
the Allied onslaught any “hour.

9 {Cambrai and Laon are ‘less, dlosely’

inveated, but ‘the menace’ ‘of, ‘the
drive ‘against them’ was none ‘the

less pointed. _Baig’s, seport last:

around ‘Epéhy.aimed at tLe Catelat
eleven’ miles. south of Cambrai, :

“The Parisoffici [statement more
than confi rméd the: most sanguine
hopes , of, success in’ ‘the, Joint ott
fensive entertained: ‘fiere. ‘Nivelle
‘lreported a desperate. attempt by
“|the Getmang-at Ailles’ to stem the}
Freneb foward” rush. at, Laon.
Aillesis sevén: tiles southol Liion,
The eountep-attack’ was repulsed.

: Apain’ ‘Nivelle’ 'S- forces, withstood.

a powerful enemy, attack ‘at Coul-
ty, four miles’ north. of ‘Rheims |
‘In this pector apparently: a French
wédge’ has been ‘thitust for ward.

Romer. Italy’ may. ‘be | arting’/
an: ‘offensive

. Teutons, w

reduced to dust by* the British|.

Five key points to the:
-boasted Hindenbire

retreat,

“laced the’ ‘éntire German © .
‘coupled with the ‘British ‘attack |].
‘Lon St. ‘Quentin ‘and. their advairce
towards Lens and Cambrai. The Qu
Allied onslaught is on too gigantic| ===
‘a scale to: ‘permit anyone ‘tov vis-|
uulize: the titanic struggle i in, ‘ite

effect on Sunday.: The official
statement minimizes the import-
ance of the strike, saying t lacks
public support.

A new Socialist party is being
formed, with the declared object
of democratizing Germany.

Washington: Germany’s first
shot in open warfare against the
U.S. was fired yesterday, when a
U-boatdischarged a torpedo at the
destyoyer Smith. The projectile
missed the Smith, which gave
chase, without success.

London: The opinion is held
here that Austria’s overtures to
Russia predicate the disintegra-
tion of the Germanicalliance. Re-
cent gains of the Allies heighten
this belief. “The Arras blow may
be the turning point of the war.

Rio Janeiro:. Senator Barbosa
was cheered by -fifty thousand
Brazilians today when he declar-
ed that war with Germany was
inevitable. Anti-German riots
vontinue. ° ;

THURSDAY, APRIL 9 ,
Haas PERyerevre yuri!

London: All Germany's hold
on France is menaced today by

the world’s most titanie conflict:
Tt is a struggle between Von

{Hindenburg and lhe master strat-
egists of the Franco-Britishstaffs, |!
Jon a battle seale undreamed -of 7
Franee’s part in this)
greatest of all drives is preceded | f
hy the greatest bombardment in| 4
Millions of shells were |B
hurled over the enemy lines  to- ;
day und French marksmanship | §°
was 50 deadly that tho first pris-[§.
oners captured declared that of 4
‘{eompanies of 250 men the average| fi”
number, that suryived. was, only.

before.

history. .

alzhty each,

miles of Laon, the big guns pul-
verizing. the German defences.
Thesudden Franeo-British drive}
has shattered Germany’s hope of
avoiding the spring offensive by
The French onslaught
is now gatheril ng its greatest mo-
mentum. ‘Combined advanee by

‘the: British - makes-a_ eontinnaus

battle line’. ‘from: Dixmnde. to

| Bheins-a battle : “on a 100-mile
‘front.

The. French advance:be..
tween, Itheims ‘and Soissons men;
line.

entirety. ou

‘south of Cambrai, '

achieved,

En) | Since’ “April 9 the. British ‘Have | V
ux. .leaptured. 14, 000 officers: and men :
; and 228 ‘puns, . ; . es

‘Nive'le’s troops are within two|H# -

No ‘confirmation is available here. i

Austria, it is said would quit and

leave the Germans to fight alone, i ‘DENTISTRY

if Russia would make peace. The| }- DR. BADGERO .

German and Austrian emperors) } | Smithers, B.C. =
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are said to have quarreled.

‘Washington: The navy depart:
ment has received reports from
coastguard stations that heavy
firing was heard off Provincetown
this morning.

The report of the attack on the
destroyer Smith by a submarine
has been confirmed.

Wilson declarés foreonscription.

The senate passed the sgeven-,
billion-Wollar bond act yesterday. :

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