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We gained ground last night, in the neighbourhood, of Villers- quislain.
WHAT THE GERMANS CLAIM.
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Our casualties were 10.
The dash und determination of our troops, especially of the cavalry, was brilliant, despite this heat.
THE EGYPTIAN FRONT.
FIG FIGHT IN PROGRESS.
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LONDON, April 20.
A official despatch from Egypt states: Our troops advanced on Tuesday to the 'northward’of Wadi Ghuzza and captured the Turkish advanced positions ou a six and a half miles front. The positions gained were consolidatted.
Warships assisted in the fighting, which is proceeding.
"AMERICA DAY" IN LONDON.
The occupation of the fortified zone KING AND QUEEN AT ST. PAUL'S.
LONDON, April 20. To-day is America Day' London. The Stars and Stripes sad the Union Jack are everywhere entwined.
on the Sigfried and Hindenburg position, which have long been under construction, began on March 16th. terminated yesterday by the aling- donment of the Alsie bank between
The Conde and Soupir.
enemy follows hesitatingly.
The formal celebration at Si. The double battle on the Aigue and Paul's Cathedral, was crowded. The in the Champage continues. There King and Queen sat under the dome was normally strong artillery activity and the Cabinet members, ex-Cabina ut Chemin-des-Dames ridge. Strong members, Diplomatists and Figh French attacks near Bratme and Commissioners, sat behind. Cerny on both sides of Craonne
fuiled.
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The service opened by singing o bymn O God our Help. Then The French yesterday renewed prayers of thanks were said for the their attempt to
outflank the
entry of the United States into the Brimont, position. French storming war, and "for victory for the Allow" waves, on the Aisne and the Marne and a lasting peace, after which the canals, five times broke down with battle hyms of the United States sanguinary losses We are masters
Republie was sung to the tune of of the situation there.
John Brown's Body...”,
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There has been fighting all day in
The American Bishop of the the Champagne and in the wooded Philippine Jelarda (Bishop Bren region between the Thuizyn-au-Roy preached an eloquent sermon où, the Hoad and Auberive, which latter righteousness of the Allies who are place we voluntarily evacuated. Our fighting for the great commonweal counter-attack pressed back the of mankind. He said “Our war is enemy and
we reached our objective.
to destroy war. Thus the second French attempt British and American byrnas were to break through in the Champagne played. was frustrated. The French, so far,
on both battlefields.
have used more than thirty divisions
A French attempt to recapture the
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OTTAWA, April 29. In the House of Cormons Sir George Foster paid u
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the
viction of the United States that Allies are morally in the right.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Laid that the entry of the United States into the war vindicated the principle that any
USDON, April 20 Senor Romanonon resigned because is convinced that the submarine war will be no hurtful to the fer of the nation that continued notion that pretends to be divilized
trality may become impossible, but be finde a large reotion of Spanish opinion, and even Liberal opinion, that the law of Might is.
cannot for ever go unchallenge
thust, side with the Albes, and that there is a solidarity among all nations
unwilling to follow him
The new Cabinet is Liberal, but strongly nestraly
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