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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1917
Page
8
British advances along the Lens to Arras front push to Louvais and Vimy ridge as Allied forces report significant prisoner and weapon captures. Berlin notes slow progress with heavy losses. unofficial reports claim Brazil cut diplomatic ties with Germany.
British forces pierced the Hindenburg line north of Arras and pushed beyond it as Canadian troops seized Vimy Ridge after 10 days of bombardment. Three thousand Germans were captured including seven lieutenant colonels. Air support aided the advance despite snow squalls and poor flying weather.
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts as a remedy for kidney and bladder irritation. It warns of backache cloudy urine and night time urination, claims the preparation cleans clogged kidneys and neutralizes urine acidity.
In a proclamation from Petrograd dated April 10, the provisional government warns of a German effort to deliver a decisive blow and urges all Russian forces to concentrate for defeat of the enemy. It blames the old regime for disorganization in finances, food, transport, and munitions and calls for united national effort and a just peace.
The American liner New York struck a mine five miles off Liverpool bar but proceeded under its own power to reach port. Passengers were evacuated with no casualties reported. The ship left New York March 29 for Liverpool with 58 passengers and 204 crew including 144 Americans and armed gunners.
The directors voted to aid the war effort and lower living costs by appointing a committee to catalog all land in Massachusetts that can be allotted to the people for farming and food production.
British troops drive toward Monchy le Prex five miles east of Arras and gain on Vimy ridge, reporting 11 000 prisoners and over 100 guns captured. Russian forces march from Baneh toward Mesopotamia and occupy Kizilrabat as they link with British from Baghdad. Turkish forces in Mesopotamia prepare a converging move against the British between Adheim and Diala while clinging to the upper Diala. Berlin reports British penetration of German positions near Arras roads without a breakthrough.
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