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British Capture Thiepval Ridge After Terrific Shelling
Paris reports German forces launched four fierce Somme attacks near Estrees and south of the river, with heavy artillery exchanges and no infantry gains for the French front area. In Thiepval region, British counterattacks were repulsed with heavy losses, while Meuse sector saw repulsed grenade assaults. In Pottstown, lightning killed eleven Holstein cows on a farm associated with the State Institution for Feebleminded and Epileptics.
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