The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2020-02-20
issued: 1918-08-20
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0388919/source.json
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note: 4*r**f I ■ .Th* Sally News txy it* largeit cir-t < dilation of any dally newspaper In* j Canada In proportion to tha population J * of its homo town. »*,....,.... ...» The DJly Newa carrlea the full nlgkt ! [leased wire news aervlca of Canadian j press, Limited; which Include* do Aa-; j ) aoelated Press service. m IVOL. 17 No. Ill NELSON, B. C, TDE8DAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1918 50c PBB MONTH 11... _ ——— ,. U||f LLIES ADVANCE IN THREE iRIJISH TAKE AT & ANADIANS ARE jhlfantry Adds to Its Fine Record IBEATS FIGHTING BEARS SAYS ONE flear Weather Is Aid to the Allies' Advance (By Daily News Leased Wlro.) "WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN irHE FIELD, Aug. 19.—(9 a.m.)—(By P. B. Llvesay, Canadian Press Correspondent.)—So far from being the inception, the story of the fight for pamery that follows is essentially ypical of the work of the incompar- jihle Canadian infantry during the past [1.0; days and here it may be remarked that '■ throughout those operations the Jveather htts been perfect, with good Risibility and not a drop of rain. The oad that leads into Damery from tho [vest; off the main Roye highway, jently climbs into the village, where I t is silhouetted amidst Its woods tgainst tho eastern skyline. Five mndred yards due south lies the wood •f Damery, on an elevation. Superior tlio village anif t<?' itt*s -: southwest iguiit is tho commandite eminence u£ %" wood. During the fight of last Thursday both these were in the hands »f' tho enemy completely flanking tho dllage, for it was not till the close of ho afternoon that tho French clashed ii and stormed them. On tlie north ho 'position was no better, his out- io4s holding the middle wood, about mile, a little west and north of pamery. The Lumberman's Own Ih front of the village lay a famous init long ago christened the Lumber- nan's Own. At the kick-off of last Thursday week it had fought Its way hrough Hangard wood. It had lain ince Sunday night in the old trenches | n; front of Damery, bombed und gas- helled each night.…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0388919
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text