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WIIR RECORDS STORY
OF IIINIY RIDGE FIGHT
When the Canadians Again Covered
-Thsylselvos with Glory. A Splendid
_ 1 ‘Day s Work Splendidly Done. `
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LONDON, April 20-The follow-‘
ing official communique is issued by
tho'Canadiian W_ar Record's Office, on
this-' capture oi’ Vimy ridge:
Atalll the Canadians have “acquir-
ar merit," in- the capture of vlmv
sings on April 9. As in the lesser act.
Io_n -of,C~ouifc_dle_tte in September oi'
last. YOU-P. they have shown the some
high qiwlities In victorious advance as
they' \\lV¢'dlSplayed in earlier days
in' desperate resistance on many'
stricken fields.
'Preparations for Easter Mondays
attack had' been extensive and inor-
ongh. The' actual infantry assult and
final deluge oi' shells were but the
-io_glcal~a,nd irresistable conclusion of
Bn Offensllve which had been main-
tained against Vimy ridge for months
by 'the Canadian corps The tactical
irirportance of this position had in-
dreds of machine guns was' laid along
creased recently to a marked extent.
owing to the withdrawal oi' the on.
emy_be1ore the Thlrrd Army, to the
sou i.
Threo Waves of Attack
At half past five on Monday morn-
ing, Aikil ninth, the great attack was
launched' with terrific fire from one
massed art-illery and from many field
guns in hidden advanced positions.
Our "heaviest" bombarded the enemy
positions on and beyond the- ridge,
and trenches, d'ugouts, emplacements,
and roads, which for long had been
kept in a continued state of dis‘repair
by our fire, were now smashed to use-
iessnees. Au intense- barrage of
shrapnel from our field guns, stren-
gthened by the indirect fire oi’ hun-
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MOTHER WEARS DEAD HERO'S V.C. FOR FIRST TIME.
Eccuc at thc meeting of the Gro nt` Win' Vctcrnn's’ Association of
Caiiadii at Wiinnlpc-4:, when a rcturncti vctcrau presents thc Victoria Cross
to the mother ol ii llc-.lil Winnipeg Soldier.
Sergt. Jus. Smith, l).ti.M., of Eli-mouton. pinning on Mrs. M. liall, 30
llargravc Strect,Winiiipc1r,tIict‘ross which Sergt.-Major Fred. Hall, 8th
Battalion, won ut I.;iii;:eina='<:lt, April, 1015. 'l‘hc winner. after being twirl-
woundeil, was killed while hringim; inn iroiinilctl oiliccr under heavy firc.
The 'decoration was scnt to the hocm in 1915 but never worn until tho
presentation, when illrs. Ilall told the story while 60 returned men dele-
gates to _the coiiveiitlon, arose and ‘clieered her and sting “Mother" as shi-
l I told them -who would onlv wear the prized decora
stood sobbing. Snr un , _
lion If one ol' the returned would pin
lt on her.
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the front. At the same moment the‘
Canadian troops advanced in line- in
three waves oi’ attack. _
Flurries of. snow drifted over the
battlefield as the Citnudians left. thcii'|
;Iumpi'ng-<`ot*f trenches. Behind the roll-_
ing barrage the light was sufficient,
for inanbeuveting purposes and yea-
0bs‘_ciire ,enough to obstruct the rangef
of vision and lesson the -accuracy of_
fire of the German rilfleineu and mach- |
ine iinne-rs
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The first: stage of the advanct, was:
d ribably tang-,
made over ground In csc
led with obstacles of all sorts, with;
great mine craters. iiiniiy of which
were iinpassabie. with thousands of
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cANAp`A's NAVAL RECRUITER-
Coiiihiodore Acnilllus Jarvis, Toro-
nto. oiilclal recruiter for the British
Navy in Canada.
Over 8.000 recruits for the -Royal
Navy have been secured in (,‘-anada.
mostly ,this winter-.,throu8\\ me °'"“‘
pulgn organised by the veteran Tor-
'onto yatchmau. The chief recr\\itI“8
officer enters the men and b0y! in
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R.N.C.V.‘R., or Royal Nava _
dian Volunteer Reserve. 101* ll‘H.IU “fl-
'riioy are sont 'inter towne Grim
Fleet. Many never sailed previously
in o o salt or fresh water. but are
ith r
makin;-a name tor their country or
ready nakeoh s`allor~pupils. C0111!!
dore Jarvis is now taking trips to
Wlaiililngton to live _'th United States
» the benefit of the methods and ex
shell holes which had churned the
whole field into a vast puddle of mud.
with crumbled trenc1ies,coiis, and
hedges oi’ torn eiiianglements oi' bs.r-
bed wire. Bult over this dlfilcult
ground. over and around' gaping crat-
ers and clawing tangles, into and un-
der the fire of the enemy, the long
lines oi' heavyladen infantry moved
forward un-broken on the fringe of
our rolling curtain .of shrapnel fire.
Mot Strong Opposition
The troops' on thc extreme lei`t
iuado n start undcr conditions as
favorable as those in the centre and
right. hut thcy were soon confronts(
cniug opposition. 'l`Iie advance- o
these troops was checked betwcei
lits first and second lines of objec-
tives by heavy lighting- Wlihrh WH11
more i’ormidablo against. the centre
of the line than against the flanks.
A dlp in the ground caused a change
of direction which swung those
troops off their central objectives._
They reached thcirr goal on the flanks
only to find themselves subjected' to
heavy, close rangg fire of m‘a.chine
grins and rifles.
To ho enilladcd i`r0m the contre and
me north was mad enough, but to add
to the sltuittion caves or n tuuneii of
the hostile line over _which we had ui-
,-endy advanced now d'lsgorgc.1 Gor-
nrans who promptly reoccupied their
old front line and opened fire on our
rear. The enemy at these DOIN'
fought with unusual vlilpf “WI PUB'
olutlon.
The troops ‘on the extreme lofi
fought all day against. the surround-
iing 1-funn' and by ten o'clock at ni!I\i
succeeded* in disposing of the enemy
in their rear and capturing the mmol'
portion of the enemy trenches. in
their centre
mained to the enemy- but by E119"
heavily and it was
gains and perpare for a counter'a
ate" would keep for the morrow.
Under Bhrapnoi Fira
fought forward. to one lint- after an
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'new positions they commanded a
Iwide view 0! enemy territory to the
V eastward. They reported' a messing
,of Germans' on a road in their new
‘field of vision. and our heavy guns
immediately deal; with the matter.
Plenty of Prisoner:
By noon one of our battalions of
this division had* received and dealt
drastically with three counter-attacks
Its new from remained' unshakeii.
Shortly after this the Canadian corps
was able to state that the prisoners
already to hand numbered three bat-
talion commanders, fifteen other offl-
cors and more than three thousand
non-coms and inen. with plenty more
in sight making for our cngc-s as fast
as their legs could carry' them
The final stage oi’ the attack of the
troops' on the right was now made!
They passed through the widc be-its
of enemy wire which fringed' the
plateau, by way of' wide gaps t.orn by
our heavy artillery' at fixed intervals.
ISO they issued upon the t-_istcrn
slopes 0( Vimy Ridge, the first Allied
troops to look down upon the level
plateau of Iiouai since the (icrinan
occupation in 1914. 'l‘he_v saw the vil-
_lages ot’ Furbus, Vimy. and Petit at
their feet and boyonfl these the linin-
Iets ot’ VViIlcrvaIl_ liailletiul, Opp_\*,
' and Mericouri. From that distance
the little clusters of houses and gar-
dens showed nothing ol’ the devastat-
ion and ruthless occupation they had
I known so long and the wide and quiet
_ fields displayed no scar of battle.
I I 'l`he hearts oi’ tIie'(‘nnarlians were
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The first meeting of the lnipc
EMPIRE WAR CABINET
rliil \Vr\i' (`-abliiel, which conslstcll oi'
prcseutatives of the lloiiiiirioiis. Volonics and india. took place :it the resid
Downing strcct. l’t‘itcticzilly itll ol
Proiit row. Icft to rii:ht~~Walte
ton. Mr. W. F. ll/insscy, lion. Iiohcrt
Back row. left to right-Boilar
tiarson. Malilirnjnli ot` Bikanir, Earl
Long, Sl-r Robert Borden. |,icut.-Gcn,
rtlic Empire statcsinoii nrt! pii»turi-,ll in
Rogers, Sli' Georgc l’erlcy, Arthur .l.
Law. lion. J. I). lizizcn, Sir Joseph \\`
t`urz0n.
grade and unit ui` the
Canadian .-\i'in,\' liii~.iE'ical
Corps wort- on thc alcrl. 'l‘hc work of
the office-rs aint mcn of' the "twining
serpent" was one of the splendid. onl-
standing iicliievcnicnis of this great
tray.
Oli the (lcruian sccoiiil lliii: thr-
trocips drew brcath and coiisoliiialcd
ther gains. Our barrage was laid hc-
foro Ilicm stcaily ns 'fi wa , rc:
troops raiuc up and dt-ploycil into
pos"Jtioii. They wiiitczl t`or thc l»ur|'ap:o
to Iliff, nt. the ordained minute and
loud thcin on. The oneniy"s ai‘tiIIcr_\
`flrc. their <~oiinloi°-l1a.ri'tigf>. und lmmll
ardiiiciit ol’ our gun positions was not
1-onsidercrl t.oiln_v.
I I’risonors were already liurryi-ng to
strong. I-is streiiiiih in sul-Ii lliiiigs is
iiicnilicrs ot' thc llrltisll t‘ahliii~t rc-
ciiri-, of Prcinicr Iiloyrl-tit-oi'gc, nl 10
this; group.
Sniuts, Mr. I,Io_viI-Gcorgc. Sir J. Wes-
litilfoiii. _»\rthur licnrlcrsoii.
airil, .\iisicn (‘li:iinherl1iiii, Sli' ldtlwaril
often lutIii'roiisI_v tzratcfiil to the for
tuncs of \\':i|' that saved' tlicni alive
for cnpiurc. 'l`Ii<°_\' siiri'etnlf-rcil prom-
ptly and \\'illingIy'.
Resistance Grows Feebler
ll l~` sh our roar in liiintlrcds. pnlliieticully and _
'l‘hr- barragc Ilftcd. and the troops' I
on tho right followed it forward to'e
lifted hy this. sight. In this sudden
widening of the-lr horizon they felt
and saw the fruilts ot’ tliclr victory;
something oi' the fatigue or the long
strain, oi’ the day`s perilous. action.
_slipped away from them; this sight
oi' at new coiinlryside dltl them more-I
'good than the sight oi’ dead Gcriimns,
prisoners and' captured guns. hut they
pressed on to l°‘urbu.-. W-ood. Goulot
Wood, for all that and posscssed
themselves ol’ scvc-ral hostile butts-r»
.ies and much ammunition.
rielped by Airmen
. By an carly hour of thc afternoon
all our objectives save those of tho
left ofthe attack were in our posses-
sion and the task of ironsolltiatiiig
and strengthening our gains was well,
n hand. During the afternoon and
vening _many reports' were received'
from various un-fits oi’ the messing of
large forces ol’ the enemy here and
_there as if to deliver counter attacks
but 'thanks to the alertness of our in-
fantry. the energy of 'our artillery and
thc discretion of’ the enemy these
counter attacks did not inateriallzc.
’l`h,rouglioui thc day the most encour-
aging and rlevo-ted tco-operation was
rendered to the Canadian corps' by al
hrLgad'e and squadron oi' the Royal
Flying Corps, The night, was clear'
and lit by a full moon ami the work
of patrols. t:ai‘i'yiig parties and work-
ing parties went on without interrup-
rldge w'l1th the exception of a few
trenches on l-lill 145 secure in Canad-
ian hands. .
And so the fitst day of this greatl-
est. of (‘anadian advances came to a
tion. The night saw all oi’ the Vimy-
LIEUT.-COL. HON. PIERRE E. BLO-
NDIN IN UNIFORM.
First photo oi' t‘ziharla`s l’ostinnsl-
or-(iv|il~i'uI siiico he tlonneil Itliailti as
<:ominaiitlc" oi' the 1558 th 0vcrsi~;i:<
Iiattnlinn, which hc is now rrfcriiiliiii:
ainong the Fri:iicli-(`niiniIions with
Iicniliiiinrtcrs at, Montreal.
MERCHANTABLE QUALITY OF'
1916 CROPS.
'I`lio returns received from ci'op.~.
coi‘rcspoiideiits sli0w_ that of the tif-
tal osiininted wheat crop in lllili, vi'/.,
1!20.Ilti'i',(i00 bushels, 85 p. 1'.. oi' 187.-
857.0130 bushels, proved to bc of mf-r-
cliantable quality. This loss of 15
p. c.. is greater than in any prcvlou.-=
your on record since 1909, and con-
trasts with last year’s high propor-
tions of thc other crops of 1016 which
proved to bc of merchaiitablc qtinlily
arc as follows: Oats 89 p. C.. (312,
798,000 lnislicls out of Il5i.174,00ti
liuslielsl; bzirlcy 84 p. <'. (3-1,558,001)
Imsli-els out ol' 41,896,400 bushels:
:'_\'c 92 p. c.. t2,ti5ll,000 Iiuslicls out.
of 2,800,001) h\islicls;) Iiuckivlioat, TH
p, c. 14,006,000 bushels out of 5,07ii,-
000 bushels); corn for Iinsking 58 p.
c., l.‘l,ii00,000 bushels out of 6,282,000
buslielsi; ilaxsecd 93 p. c., 16,596,-
000) bushel out of 7,122,300
bushels); potatoes 78 p. c., (47._814_._-
000 bushels out of 01,128,000 bushelsl
turnips. etc., 75 p. c.. ($1,090,000
bushels out oi`_4.1.27,4,000 bushels)
and hay and clover 90 p. c. (111.371,-
Isuccersful and glorious close.
_ 000 tons out oi’ 14,790,000 tons.)
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ANICS FOR ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
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tuliis a complete machine shop or rc pa ‘ g
rigid tests oi’ the R. I". t‘. The picture was taken in ’I`o-ronto. iou
the German third liuc. llerr- again grew fceblcr. their hands more cngcr
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they paused for tt tinic, then udvanci..l to relinquish lh r vcai -
again behind' the cvcrread'y and un- cond high above tliclr heads at cnch
slackcning barrage for .a dist:-ince of stage of our ailviincc.
b t 1.200 ards This advance in- At ten o'i-lock snow foil in-,n\'il,\"
ai ou y _ _ .
cluded. covered nndvcapturcd scvurol from black, clouds swccplup low nt
~ l ‘ tl rlil if. ilolf iin hour latcr thc
villages, Hill 140. it number of fort - loss ie 1-!
fled woods, and several trenches an<’i"snow ceased, thc clouds thinucd, and
belts of wire, and stilll the enemy sur-lthe sun shonc litfully over thc shot-
rendered by hundreds. anti sciitilcd tercil and clmnorous Imttlclit-liL'.
rearward to saicty. Their resistancel Word wus rcccl-ved at the .idvnin-crl
lntrgu picture shows expert "testing 'inet-,iianics" just over i`rom liiislmul =\\\‘I lI\f‘iI_' ation cal' whicli coli-
t' iilii battle planes. Inset, ii giant “olillcr-liliirksniitli puts woiiltl-lic rc-
cruit through his paces. _ _ _
This car and corps of ineclianics will proceed in viirlous tkiiiiiiliziii i~c,i\ti'<-s to put t aiiniliuiis throiigli the
'I`I sands of (‘nii1iiIiau inccliaitilt-s froin ii scorc-
of trades are wanted.
lici\iIi|iiurlci's Ilnit thc British divis-
ion on our Iininciliziti- rllxlit, was enjoy-
ing at tlolrrvt- of sin-<-oss in its oper-
ations vqunl to Ilio (‘anadlaii ifiiizccss.
l<1vciit:= continiicd to develop with rap-
idity null piwtrisloil. ily one o'clo1:k
ovcry point in thc out-niy third linc
hail Iwi-n |'c;\t-Inu' :mil secured.
ity this limo thc troops on the rlglil
lnnl coiisolillntcil their gains and ad-
vaiii-i'.I strong patrols, l"r0in lhclr
The “I-’im'ple" to the north still re-
snow was falling ,
decided to consolidate the hard-wo:
th the to undertake a .ur-
Miiisalf :salilt thrt night. The "Pim _
In the meantime the other- tioollll
other without _serious check. but 'With
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ccssloii of stages trains ciipuhlc milk
NATIONAL SERVICE FOR BRlT_AlN'S WOMEN. .
I`irst pliotograplti of wonicn on tin- Innd. A pupil leariiliig the artoi
milking hy practicing un ‘u “tIiiiiiniy row." The ncxrstago lls_to practice
cow is the final victim, but the suc-
crs fliiit-lily. ' _
STOCKS OF GRAIN IN CANADA.
O’I"I`A\N'-A. April 18th. 1917. The
Census and Statistics _Office has is-
used today in summary from the re-
sults of inquiries as to (al the stocks
of wheat, eats, barley and flax in
Canada on March 31; tb) the stocks
ni' all agricultural produce remaining
in farmers' hands on March 31; and
- rc) the production of the crops of
1916 that proved to be of merchant-
able quality. -
, The complication of returns col-
J ieciod from elevators, Hour mills
and railway companies shows that
wheat and wheat flmir expressed as
on March 31, 1917, the quantity of_
storage in vessels. 45,638,000 bushels
in farmers' 4 hands. and 12,802,000
bushels in transit by rail. This year
for the first time. 'the inquiry was
extended to oats, barley _and flax. Oi
oats, including oat producto express-
ed as oats. the total quantity in Can-
ada on March 31 was about 184 mill-
ion bushels, comprlsing 37 million
bushels in ‘elevators and-_flour mills.
137 million bushels in lariners‘ hands
and 10 million bushels in transit by
rnll. Of -barley the total Qtlllitlty In
Canada on March.Z-li was about 15
-million bushels, of which 3,020,000
bushels were in elevator: 'etc., mili-
ic-n bushels in tarmers liaiillii and
880,000 bushels in transit ~rail. Of
many brisk encounters and not with
out casualties. Most of these were. , .
li nel fire. Only I DURING THE RECENT BRITISH ADVANCE. _ _ - WI
compared
battalion strotc o
porlanee. . ,
the result ot s_ rail , - . _
sniail percentage were fatal and the, . , ._
m'M°|-ity of tho wounds were of minor .Tommles fixing fuses on Stoker. mortars. Official photograph taken on the Western front silica _the ro- get year,
I t B ltish advance got under way 1`h‘-1’ scene is in a vlilagettaken in the earlier Ancre advsnc.s and _well ebrnery 8, 1915. The total for 1017
i *gh 0 includes 67% million 'bushels ln»&_t'ranait ‘and.l,-118,000 ‘lmelf_ela"‘lll'
_ ¢ ur, ` _ . can 1* J . _ _
chi,'l'ol:'ii the fail of the ilrat man our bombarded since. The soldiers show interest and-oonfiflnce in the novel weapons which are to be-used' n , o
li r»\»°l\'°f» IM mf! nm d¢r‘» wh-  _ -_ _._..-, i¢A.a........¢»¢~._-s-._.-_- _____..-_...._,. ..-.-......al¢uln\ °‘°“*°f°- *‘°“r with md-in
wheat s 126 million bushels. as
with ,187 million bushels
and 'iii million-bushels on
ilaxsead the total qwti ‘ ti Chiiada
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