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BATTLE INCIDENTS ON THE SOMME

. MINE THAT TOOK SEVEN MONTHS TO DIG Anstralian-New Zealand Cable Association. i London, July 8. A wounded sergeant gives a graphic description of a monster mine which was exploded at', Beanmont-Hamel. It took crack Lancashire miners seven months to- dig, out the exploding- chamber, which was as big as a picture palace. Fatigue parties were always being wanted to carry the earth out, and carry explosives in. He used to ask the miners, "Ain't your damned grotto ever going up?" "But," the sorgeant added, "my word, it went up, all right. On July 1 half the village got a rise. The air was full of wagons, wheels, horses, Boches, and boxes." 1 British Valour at Fricourt. A glowing semi-official description of the British capture of the glorious ruins ' of Fricourt describes the laborious organisation of the German, defences . The position was most advantageous, as the houses were built in echelon formation, and swept up a gentle slono to a hill, cul- [ miuatiug in-'a wood.' All the principal | streets cou,ld be taken in enfilade. The wood also was full of formidable defences. Despite the first failure, the British' | troops, chiefly Yorkshire and Durham . miners, jumped the parapets of the ~ I enemy trenches and- rushed the villagef taking prisoner 1500. j The semi-official message ends: j "These are the soldiers whom the Gerj mans considered amateurs." "Best Show I Ever Saw!" Captain A. J. Dawson, the novelist, in an article dealing with the wounded men at the battle of tho Sonime, writes: A wonderful description of the fight by one of the wounded is'typical of the British spirit: "We've got 'em< hoppin' this time. It was' the best show I ever saw. Wouldn't have missed it for tho world. A good many of us were pipped, of course, but'you should see the stacks of their dead! It isn't figures that count, nor-the ground taken; the thing is we know we can 'em, now we've sampled their best—the Prussian Guard. "We can beat ther best, and they know it." I .HARD BLOW TO PROHIBITION SUPREME COURT DECISION IN SEATTLE. By Telegram—Press Copyright (Router's Telegram.) Seattle, July 7. The Supreme Court has administered a hard blow to.Prohibition by deciding that it is legal for a citizen to hold any quantity of liquor for personal,use, provided ho obtainod it legally. The Court quashed many prosecutions against householders.

INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN AMERICA Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. New York, July 7. Tho epidemic of iufantile paralysis has spread to several other towns. There have been numerous deaths. I [The cable nows in this iesuc accredited to tho London "Times" has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of "The Times." 1

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2820, 11 July 1916, Page 5

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BATTLE INCIDENTS ON THE SOMME Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2820, 11 July 1916, Page 5

BATTLE INCIDENTS ON THE SOMME Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2820, 11 July 1916, Page 5

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