10 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
1
English and American forces conduct a combined attack between the Somme and Ancre rivers seeking to gain ground. High casualty reports surface as the operation unfolds with no definitive breakthrough announced.
Allied forces push along a sixteen mile front from Montdidier capturing Le Tronquoy Le Fretoy Assainville and Biucher Meharicourt and Lihons while entering Rainecourt and Proyagt. Over 24 000 prisoners taken since dawn August 8 as German retreat accelerates under pressure near Montdidier and Roye.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Canadian correspondent in France and Somme related notes. It includes garbled phrases about August, time markers, and military context, with no clear names or events.
Report from London dated August 16 states Mose Lockhart and two Soviet officials were arrested by Bolshevik forces at British Bay Moscow. Other names were mentioned as part of the raid, with authorities giving no further details.
London reports from Daily Mail correspondent describe rapid infantry and tank advances along a broad front. German artillery suppression, numerous prisoner captures, and widespread destruction mark the breakthrough as air units shadow the retreat and seize batteries, with heavy losses noted on the German side.
If you cannot come to the office telephone your Want Ads to The News at 2038. This brief notice directs readers to use the phone line for classified ads.
F G Tipping president of the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council arrives in the city during a westward tour. He will speak at Becker Block in the evening on the subject Overalls in Overlots. He is expected to address issues important to Winnipeg labor during a period of heightened interest.
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