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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
2
Field Marshal Sir John French reported the British expeditionary force had captured 200 yards of German trenches on the extreme left in France. Further details followed in dispatches from London today.
An official report states that 80 Germans were captured in the engagement, detailing the outcome and noting the successful action by forces involved.
The latest front report notes little change since the last update with intermittent artillery duels and heavy use of gas shells near Ypres. Eight mines were exploded by the enemy along our front with no damage. meanwhile on June 30 we blew in 50 yards of the enemy line north of Neuve Chapelle.
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German sap destroyed by our howitzer fire. Infantry completed the mission with light casualties and returned to trenches. A machine gun position was wiped out. A German wireless report claims repulsed attack on Pilken road. On the 5th the enemy briefly held a barricade near Ypres Roulers rail line before a counterattack reclaimed it. North of Ypres our side captured trenches, about 200 yards, and 80 prisoners. French support aided the operation with gun and trench mortar fire.
New York July 6 Lee Magee manager of the Brooklyn Federals says there is no possibility of Kauff being traded He will play with Brooklyn when his suspension ends or not at all Magee also announced sending Herring to New Haven and recalling Walker from that club Westerzil, recently with Chicago Federals, has been returned.
Battery A of the M. V. M. departed Back Bay station at 7 20 last evening bound for Tobyhanna Pennsylvania for an upcoming ten day summer maneuvers. The crew rode Pullmans and expected a week of regular army life using equipment of the First Battery Third Regiment. Captain Hale led the departure and two other batteries B of Worcester and C of Lawrence planned to join at Putnam Connecticut. Majors Sargent and Sherburne will act as inspectors general during the maneuvers. The regulars will guide the men in training, providing greater benefit than a month of prior camps.
A preview notes Flagg's cartoon and Toye's verses to appear in the next Sunday Post, likely pleasing suffragists with arts coverage and political writing.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw arrived in Manhattan for the Harry Thaw insanity hearing but was told the State did not intend to use her testimony. She said she would testify if physically able or if she had new information and returned to the Adirondacks by train. The day featured few witnesses aside from two Harvard men recounting long-ago Thaw outbursts.
Mrs Thaw, backed by Dr. Austin Flint, learned officials said a local physician’s certificate could excuse her from court. Dr. Bernard Livingston examined her and found no organic trouble but a fragile nervous condition. She left for the Adirondacks on the Montreal express and did not attend the hearing, while state officials pursued her whereabouts.
Two pages of stirring pictures in the next Sunday Post Magazine showcase the greatest of the moving picture directors at work.
New England Telephone & Telegraph paid 7500 to legislative agent Frank F. Dickerman this year and reported stenographers’ services. Southern New England Railroad paid 200 to Thomas W. Sxenefick as agent. Holyoke Motor Power paid 1387.55 to several for river purification bill advocacy. Springfield water commissioners paid 1000 to William H. Brooks on river bills.
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