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1 i 10 Tuesday, april io, ii7 THE WINNIPEa EVENING TRIBUNE LLLil I Ii OOMIHidN TfiOOPS HOLD PUCE OF HONOR II II STRONGHOLD 01 FRANCE I Aid In Seizing Strongest Gorman Defensive Position On Western Front ANADIAK HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 10 The crest of the Vimy ridge has been carried. The strongest defensive, position of the enemy on the western front has been captured by the army of tr DouRlns IlalfC, and the Canadian corps had place of.honor In the groat event, bemjr strongly supported by Rome of 'he most famous of the British formations. The attack was preceded bv a bombardment which continued for several days, and In which Runs of the heaviest calibre, formerly used on only the tlggest battleships, took part. The results of this artillery om'entratlon, as revealed by nerlnl observation, the same as In tho cattle of the fciommo. Aeroplanes, flylnjr low, could find only shapt'less masses of churned up earth where the enemy's first line had been, Hy Saturday afternoon Thelus, the chief village held by the enemy on the ridge, and lying; due cast of St.

Vnnftt. was rtnuniird nut. nf II a if recognition, with only two houses standing. Prisoners taken told of I h'avy enemy losses. Even In deep dugouts, where the Germans had I hoped to be reasonably safe In that I rain of death, no safety was to be I found anywhere.

I In desperate attempt to blind I the eyes of the attacking army, the I Germans, on Saturday endeavored to I destroy our observation talloons. I Looks Like Lightning I Saturday night our guns continued I the work of devastation under con- I dU.ons which made a spectacle that I was majtbtio and awe-Inspiring. A I full moon in the east lit up the ountryslde with mellow beams on I the horlton, while the flash of the I guns made a continuous play like I taat of the northern lights in the I Dominion, or distant sheet lightning. I 'hla was sharply broken now and I again by a column of reddish-yellow I tmes where, on the ridge, high ex- I plosives were' bursting. I The gunners, with tireless energy.

I i.inued the cannonade throughout I iter Sunday. I On Monday morning came the su- I preme moment when our Infantry I va- railed upon to go out and reap I the fruit of months of preparation. They had endured unwaveringly tho I nswering Are of the enemy, which, nowfver, not comparable to urs. Some, lmnUient to be at the had gone oft. on small wars of heir own, and It Is recorded that in one of the individual encounters In No Man's Land," a.

Canadian, meet-g a Geiman, pursued him after emp ylng his revolver Ineffectively at him. The Canadian cast about for soma other weapon. The only one within reach was his steel helmet, and with the sharp edge of that he Hied the armed German. I Such was the. spirit of the Infan- try who, In the grey preceding the cawn, sprang from their shelters I the appointed time came.

It was a great occasion, and greatly ro to It. Canadians Gain Ridge From the ciat-erg which had been organized along the scarred front, and which resembled the openings nade In quarrying operations, the distance to the top of the ridge ranged from 1,200 yards to a little short of a mile. 'Thereafter the ground falls easterly toward the great plain of Cambral. Up the ridge, amid the shattered Hun trenches, our men swarmed in successive waves. ()n 'le northern end a few trees along th skyline marked where the wood of Lafolle had been.

The troops ad-Tanced through the remains of an orchard. Within half an hour after the first German "S.O.S." rocket had been sent up, calling. for barrage Are from the Teuton artillery, and Indicating a surprise attack, our objective was attained, with slight loss. The tanks which accompanied our 8dvanclns Infantry up to the ridge little to do, but were seen in action later near the crest of Vllmy. on the extrome north of the line, at a point east of Soucher.

where much flerca fighting took place in 1915. when thousands of men fell. The enemv put up a stiff fight at Hill 145, which had been provided skllfullv with concealed machine-gun position. Long after they had been driven from the surrounding ground, he Germans on the hill continued to sweep points of approach with their nr 'hine-gun Are. r.ncouraged by this show of resistance on what otherwise was a stricken field, the enemy began to send up reserves In trains from Lens and Doual.

and perhaps a greater distance, with the intention of if inching a counter-attack. That attack was never made. As reports came in from the front and from the aviators of this massing of the enemy beyond Vimy and the trenches In the vicinity, a tremendous barrage was turned on by our heavy guns, the range being too grt for field artillery. Probably for the first time In the war 12-lnch weapons were used for this purpose at very long range. This splendid co-operation of the artillery arm in preventing a heavy counterattack did much to lessen our casualties on a difficult part of the front.

Guns Hammer Thelus On the southern end of the Canadian sector the Germans yielded ground rao'P readily than In the north. Many prisoners were taken, and as for Thelus, which had been strongly held before our guns hammered It to pieces, it did not long hold out. By 12.30 o'clock, seven hours after the battle began, no organized body of the enemy remained on Vimy ridge, save the nest of concealed machine gun sections on Hill 145. Of the casualties it can only be said at moment that they are surprisingly light, especially in view of the importance of the ground won. The prisoners taken In the Canadian advance alone probably total close to two thousand.

The British troops In the adjacent Rectors captured over three thousand. Our men were splendid, and are proud that they were counted worthy to furnish a striking force in so important an operation as the recapture cf Vimy ridge. No ground In all France Is more dear to the hearts of the French people than the front In which the Canadians set out to drive the enemy from his positions on the ridge of Vimy. The chapel of Notre Dame de Lorette; Souchez and the sugar refinery there, to conquer the crumbling ruins of which men during the war had died in thousnnds; the Cabaret Rouge: Neuvtlle St. Vaast; the Labvrlnth these are names that will forever glorious for the Canadian memory In France.

In the spring of 1915. before tho tremendous dramas of Verdun and the Somme had been conceived, the army of France made the first great attempt to drive the entrenched foe from his no-ltions here. The progress made, reckoned In miles, was almost negligible, but the French learned on the ridges and In the long shelterless slopes of this dlf-flciilt terrain the lessons that enabled them and their allies to win at Verdun and the Somme. Suffered With Heart For Ten Years WOULD NEARLY SMOTHER There Is nothing that brings with It such fear of impending death as to wake up in the night with that aw- ful sense of smothering. The uncer-tain and Irregular heart action causes the fcreatMt distress of both mind Mllburn's Heart and Nerve mis are the only remedy that can give prompt relief and effect a complete cure in cases of such verity.

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JM Rights which were guaranteed to you by tha people Rights which supposedly were fully protected by law. 1 Now, if these rights wpre being grossly infringed upon if you were without the pre- tection which was justly yours TELL ME WHAT WOULD YOU DO A happy thought you would lay your troubles before the powers that made the laws. But again let us suppose the powers that be told ypu that your rights to property fl protection were nil that they weren't going to interfere with the man who was 1 taking away your property in which you had invested money. He had the privilege 1 of going on taking and taking until you had nothing left It was up. to you not their bother.

Then suppce you learned that furthermore this man was helped by freedom from restrictions no taxes no property investments no tied-up capital no moral obligations to the public while you were faced daily with just such problems. 1 Then suppose you followed up what became of the money you paid in taxes, for public financing and improvements, and you discovered that some of it went to pro-tect your rights as cituen ome to beautify the city in which you had all your -investments. If you were in this position -1 HONESTLY NOW- 777- WHAT WOULD YOU DO Mrwoit 6U0 i. Vimy Keystone in German Defenses LONDON, April 10 Pointing out the importance the capture of Vimy ridge, the Times says! I "Vimy ridge il not only an im-; meniely strong natural position, made as impregnable as possible by German skill. It is far more i than that.

Upon it hinges the 1 whole strategy of the enemy's re-! treat in the west. With Vimy firmly held he could swing his I line farther south slowly back and back until each part of it reaches 1 a position where ha has a mind to stand. With Vimy firmly held, i that line would cover the French industrial towns and district on which he depends so much for his I suoplies. But with Vimy gons, defense of these towns and dis-i tricts wavers, and they can hard- ly be held. "With Vimy gone thu pivot of I the whole retreat shifts and gives I backward.

Its timing is thrown 1 out of qear. It is in instant risk I of fracture." Where She Excelled Jack Timid er suppose your daughter has told you cr the object of my er visit to you er this evening? Her Dad Tes. young man, and she told It a hang sight better than you seem able to. I VICTOR Commander of Canadian troops in France, who achieved notable victory in capture of Vimy Ridgo SIR JULIAN HEDWORTH GEORGE BYNG Gen. Byng, K.C.B., K.C.M.O., M.V.O., la commander of the Canadian troops in France, who won a memorable victory Mon iiy by the capture of trie famous Vimy ridge in the centre of the new British advance between Lens and Arras.

NEW BATTLE II EXCEED VIOLENCE OF "THESDWIME" i Gibbs Says Start of Drive May Be Beginning of Last Great Struggles I By PHILIP GIBBS WAR CORRESPONDENTS HEADQUARTERS, April 10 Monday, at dawn, our atmles began a great battle, which, If fate has any kindness for the world, may be the beginning of the last great battle of tha war. Our troops attacked on a wide front, between Lens and St. Qucn-tln, including the Vimy ridge, that great grim hill which dominates the plain of Douns. and the coal fields of Lens, and the German positions around Arras. In spite of bad fortune in weather at the beginning of the day, bo bad, that there w-s r.o visibility for the airmen and our men had to struggle forward in a heavy faTnstorm, the attack was successful and the enemy losj much ground, falling back in retreat to strong rear guard lines.

The line of our attack covers a front of some 12 miles southwards from Glvenchy-rn-Gohelle and Is a sledge hammer blow, threatening to break th northern end of the Hlndenburg line, already menaced around St, Quentln. Too Quick for Germans As soon as the-enemy was forced to retreat from the country east of Bapaume and Peronne, In order to escape a decisive blow on that line, he hurried up divisions and guns northwards to counter our attack there, while he prepared a new line of defense known as the southern part of the Hlndenburg line, which Joins It and is known as tho Siegfried position, after two great heroes of old German mythology. He hoped to escape there before our new attack was ready, but we have been too quick for him and his own plans were frustrated. Monday began another titanic conflict which the world will hold Its breath to watch, because of all that hangs upon It. I have seen the fury of beglnlng, and all the sky is on Are with It.

It Is tho most tragic and frightful sigliv that man has ever seen. With an Infernal splendor beyond words, the bombardment which went before the Infantry as-sult lasted several days and reached a great height Sunday. Greater Than Somme When coming from the south I saw it for the first time. Those of us who knew what would happen Monday the beginning of another series of battles greater, perhaps than tho struggle of the Somme found ourselves Sunday filled with tense, restless emotion. Some of us smiled with a kind of tragic Irony because it was Easter Sunday.

As I went up the road to the bat-'tle lines I passed a battalion of our men who are fighting In a hollow square with bowed heads, while a chaplain conducted Easter services. It was Easter Sunday, but no trace of God. It was hell In Arras, though Easter Sunday. The enemy was flinging high explosives Into, the city, and clouds of shrapnel burst about the place. i Tanks Are Used by Canadians To Help Capture Vimy Ridge Dominion Troops Achieve Heroic Success Take Dominating Positions From Foe By PHILIP GIBBS WAR CORltE SPONDENTS' HEADQUARTERS.

Monday. April 10 The Canadians achieved an heroic success by gaining Vimy ridge, that high dominating ground, which was the scene of some of the fiercest French battles In the first part of the war, and which was a ireat wall defending Doual. After the retreat from Bapaume and Peronne this news should be a thunderbolt in Germany, tearing the 1 scales trom the blind and raising anew a cry for peawr. Northeeit of Arras Some trenches werd taken by the help of tanks, which advanced upon them in their leisurely way, climbed up banks and over parapets, sitting for a while to rest and then waddling forward again, shaking machine gun bullets from their steel Hanks and pouring a deadly Are Into the enemy's position and so mastering ground north of Scarpe to northeast Arras. It Is too soon to tell much of the story of this great battle, which still is being fought.

As I write, out of Its turmoil. In rainstorms which turned to snow for a few minutes, only brief reports come back. They are all ood reports so far. The attack about which I know most was the one round Arras. Here the enemy's lines ran right into the suburb of SL Laurent and Slangy, where once through a chink In the wall only seven yards away I saw a German post.

This morning our men swept the German out of these position and went stolidly thqpugh the enemy trenches to Fenchy. Rear Gusrd Posts In the marshes below the river Scarpe. four miles east of Arras, the enemy was afraid of the attack and In the night had withdrawn all but the rear guard posts to trenches further back, where resisted fiercely with Incessant machine-gun Br1 The enemy trench system couth of Arras was enormously strong, but our bombardment pounded It and our men went through without much loss to the reserve support trenches, then on to a chain of posts In front of the Harvest Trench, which was strongly held, and after heavy fighting with bombs and bayonet to the observatory ridge, from which for two years and a half the enemy looked down, directing five of his batteries against the French and British positions. South of Tilley there were two formidable positions called The Harp and Telegraph Hill, the former being a fortress of trenches shaped like an Irish harp, and the latter rising to' a high mound. The whole system of trenches was taken as far as the wood of the White House and north again along Vimy ridge.

Canadians Capture More Than 3,000 Men LONDON, April 10 The Daily Express correspondent with the British armies says! "The Canadians have Vimy ridge and are sitting on the far slopes, looking down on the plain of Doual. They took it with comparatively little fighting, pushing from one line to the next as punctually as though meeting their enemies by appointment. There, as elsewhere in the Arras-Vimy areas, most of the prisoners-were brought out of the dugouts in a most docile condition. "The Canadians took more than 2,000 Germans at Vimy ridge alone, while on the adjoining Canadian front there was 1,054 men and 26 officers in one cage alone.before three o'clock in the afternoon." I German Insurance Companies In U.S. To Continue Business NEW YORK, April 10-5erman insurance companies may contjnue to transact buslnesw-ln this country, according to a proclamation isyed by President Wilson, notwithstanding the fact that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany.

The proclamation requires, however, that the United States branches of such German companies shall be operated under the laws of the various stales and their funds must be maintained In this country, and that such funds shall not be used for the benefit of the enemy or any of Us I VICTORY US START OF BISOiE Decisive Battle Is Inaugurated By British Forces In Brilliant Style Ridge Controls French Industrial District LONDON, April 10 The news of the successful opening of the new British offensive has stirred Intense i Interest, and high hope among the people throughout the country. Whatever the enemy may have claimed as to the retreat In the Somme sector having been prearranged and strategical, it is contended that their recoil before the blow delivered In the Arras-Lens cannot bo explained away In any such manner. It is urged mat there Is no possible voluntary element In this retirement and that there can be no dispute as to who took tho lnltatlve. A new chapter In the conflict on the western front has begun and whether or not It Is to prove tne beginning of a decisive battle, It Is bound, according to tho prevalent opinion here, to lead to results of the highest Importance. The main feature of the battle thus far on which attention has been focused Is the capture of Vimy ridge, the immense value of this series of heights, which dominate the plain trom an elevation of 400 to 600 feet has been recognUed throughout the war and great sacrifices have been regarded as Justifiable If they resulted In lta possession.

Fight Fiercely For Ridge The French and Germans fought fiercely for control of the ridge in the summer of 1915, both sides suffering heavy losses, but in the end the Germans held the main 'portion of the position. Later the British took over the French line and were ousted by the Germans from the part of the which had been won by their predecessors. One military critic, commenting on the present battle, thus edscrlbes the Importance of the Vlmv hefghts: "They are admittedly the bastion of the enemy's western line. Whatever else has been allowed to go he held Vimy ridge with grim resolve and lavished upon It all the arts in fortifications and defensive skill that the war has taught him. Upon It hinges the whole strategy of the enemy's retreat In the west With Vimy firmly held he can swing his line farther south slowly back, until each part of It reaches the position where he has a mind to stand, and he can cover the French Industrial districts upon which he depends much for eupplles.

But with Vimy gone the defense of Jhese districts can hardly be maintained. The pivot of the whole retreat shifts and gives backward and Is In Instant risk of fracture," Fight For Strategie J'oint The Issues depending upon the British ability to hold the ridge are therefore immense. At the moment there is nothing to suggest a doubt that the ridge will be held, but that the battle is still fiercely continuing and there Is little disposition here to Indulge in confident predictions. Nevertheless the opinion Is express-ed that If the Germans are definitely driven from the ridge without hope of re-attacklng they are likely enough to be compelled to acknowledge defeat and retire to what Is called the Meuse line, running from Verdun through Mexleres, Maubeuge and Lille. In the meantime the fighting goes on over a front of about 50 miles, roughly, from Lens to St Quentln, the core of attack being around the north of Arras.

'As far as Information goes everything Is well with the British and Justifies their sanguine hopes, but the comments today generally Include a warning not to allow these hopes to run too high. The en-emy Is known to have great reserves at hand and an Iron compulsion binds him to make, every effort to avoid defeat The papers "warn the country that It should await the event In a spirit of sober expectation and that It la not the time for exu-berantvboastlng. Caught On the Fly "Tou aro nothing but a big bag of wind," sneered the smart aeroplane. The balloon, In 1U Indignation, swelled visibly. "At least," it retorted, "I am self-supporting." GIBBS DESCRIBES STARTDF BATTLE NORTH OF ARRAS Troops Advance Leisurely After Intense Bombardment By Heavy Guns By PHILIP GIBBS.

WAR HEADQUrTERS. April 10 The first attack was at 5.30 Monday morning. wero looking at their wrist watches as on that day In July last year whlclj saw the as. sault on the Homme Inaugurated. The earth tightened.

A few minutes before 5.30 the guns almost ceased so that there was a strange, solemn hush. "They're away," said a' voice. The bombardment broke out again with new and enormous effects of fire and sound. Rockets Signal Help The enemy wan shelling Arras heavily and black shrapnel and high explosive came over from his lines, bu our gunfire was 20 times as great. Around the whole sweep of his lines green lights rose.

They were signal? of distress; his men were calling for help. It was dawn now, but clouded and storm-swept. A few airmen came came out with the wind tearing at their wings, but they could see nothing In the mist and driving rain and went down to the outer ramparts of Arras. The eastern suburb of Blangy seemed already In our hands. On the higher ground beyond our men were fighting forward and I saw two waves of Infantry advancing against the enemy's trenches, preceded by our barrage of field guns.

They went In a slow, leisurely way, not hurried, though the enemy's shrapnel was searching for them. "Grand Fellows" "Grand fellows," said, an officer lying next to me on a slope. "Oh, topping." Fifteen minutes afterward a group of men camo back. They brought wounded and German prisoners. I met the first of these walking and wounded.

Afterwards' they were met on the roadside by medical officers, who patched them up there and then before they were taken to the field hospitals In ambulances. From those men hit by shrapnel and machine-gun bullets I heard the first-news of progress. They were bloody and exhausted, but claimed success. "We did fine," said one of them. "We were through the fourth lines before I was knocked out" Trenches Are Demolished "There were not many Germans In the first trenches," said another, "and there were no real trenches either after our shelling.

We had knocked their dugouts out, and their dead were lying thlek, and the living ones put their hands up. All men agreed g.l 1 i mil 'iat ihi-lr own casualties were not hlEh and at most a hunOred. There wire tanks In action. Some of tie men had seen them crawling forward, and then lost sight of them. They grinned at tho remembrance of them, as the London men laughed I six months ago when tho monsters i first came to light I "Our bombarument ivas great," said a wounded boy.

with a shrapnel helmet over his bloodstained lace. "It knocked hcl out of old Frlti." i "We did well," said another lad, simply. "We've taken all we were asked to take." -1 II-- Hasty With Hla Gun New Dentist (In Frozen Dog) Will you take gas? Urpiuhu JJ111 will It hurt much I don't New Dentist It will. Broncho Bill Then, stranger, toti your sake I reckon I'd better take It1.