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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
2
British forces pressed forward west of Bullecourt and took prisoners after sharp fighting. German counter attacks along the French front were repulsed, according to official notices from London and Paris.
British forces delivered a major push at Bullecourt with rifle and machine gun fire wiping out attacking Germans. Artillery supported the defense as heavy infantry fighting eased northeast of Soissons along Moulin de Laffaux and Chemin des Dames. French units consolidate gains and plan a fresh thrust while Venizelos followers and French troops seize Bulgarian positions in the Serbian theatre, signaling armed Venizelos forces in Macedonia.
A hostile plane dropped four bombs northeast of London. One man was killed and a man and a woman were injured. Buildings sustained slight damage in the attack reported this morning.
William de Ford Bigelow from Cohasset Mass William H Wallace of New York and George B Struby of Denver receive the French War Cross for acts with the American Field Ambulance near Verdun Bigelow was hit by shell fragments while his car ran a dangerous route Wallace made four trips nightly under shrapnel fire Struby searched for the wounded under heavy bombardment near German lines last September
Telegrams from Christiansand report a nickel refinery destroyed by fire. Production will be entirely discontinued. The plant had supplied its entire output to Germany, amid Norway's anti export protests over German submarine activity.
London reports say German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg is delaying a public peace offer to see how the submarine war and the Russian crisis unfold. He is also delaying internal reform, hoping events will curb demands and allow a non annexation policy to take hold.
British headquarters reports the enemy launched a third counter attack south of the Souchez river. Our first wave was destroyed, supporting waves broken by artillery, no German gains. A strong body near Bullecourt suffered heavy casualties from our fire.
A San Sebastian dispatch reports a submarine clashed with Spanish and French trawlers. French ships Verdun and Marne were sunk after a one hour battle with small calibre guns. Seven sailors are missing. Two Spanish trawlers were also sunk.
London May 7 3 33 p m An order will be issued soon making the waste of any kind of food a punishable offense Captain Charles Bathurst parliamentary secretary of the food controller s department announced in the House of Commons
Paris May 7 The first American prisoners aid society was formed today at a meeting of 150 members of the American colony in Switzerland. The society aims to aid the hundreds of Americans held prisoner in Germany and will extend its work as American troops advance.
The document names Charles Currier of Memphis Tennessee as president and Stephen McFadden of New York as vice-president, detailing the executive lineup for the new organization.
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