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FRINGE GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1918
Five Cents
On St. Quentin
British Take 18,
(Special to the Citizen.)
m.MiuN, Sept. 1H.�-The British
.'wtraieil the oiicniv's defences
iV\'Si ..)i�"St. Quontin to a depth
;;:,,> .niiif's and captured inoime
i,..... prisoners. British have
in Two Days
Nunnery Fire Caused by Nurse
(Special to the Citizen). MONTREAL, Sept. 20.�The dis-
(Sp,(-ia] to flie Citizen ) ;|-astro:us Grey Nunnery fire last Feb-
i fin,i,1M w,.,,. >)(\ ti, � " , i i i li .'ruary in which 6o victims were burn-
London, N-p,. 0. I he .Wistrahnns have, advanced heyond .ecI t0 death .wag purposely ckused by
the Hin.Iciihm- Line outposts and arc right up against the a' female orderly of the institution, n-snoy LG Petit; Bethau- main line. Prisoner- taken hy British in tire-operations begim,'i5ertna Cpurtmarictofe, who is said to r.mtru. and Australian oll \y,., |ne>day nort h west of Si. Quentin now Exceed ten thou- have Periodical attacks of fire mania.
sand.arrdinore thai) sixty guns Most of thefighting yesterday ^fler keepins Courtmanche under
occupied Lewerguier Vil-
il;irgicourt.
h ground south of Gouyea-
n carried by iho British. lhl'>" ground \\ -a-, -amed.
peached the outskirts <>: slain arid otfeupied (J.'iuclit mpl'eux Le Guonird. iff>i*hy ii have also boon taken, our cm rating to a great depth. Sept,' 1 �". A Frondi at � c night < i' the Urit i.ch In L'onti'ri sector has rostilted lire o{ ;i mile along a six-
Th northern
crime and extracted a full and signed (icrnians yesterday started a heavy bombardment on the! confession.
battle front, southwest of (.'am.brai.
part ot
K't WeiMl
(;ou/(,a(.(,url ;m,"| Arrns-C.-mihrai n.ad. Th
EXPRESS KATES INCREASED.
le lire was ot extreme
intensity. Thu enemy followed bdriYbardment by a strong in-1 (Special to the Citizen),
luntry attaek'.on a wide frontnorthward from tlie vicinity of WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.�Direc-Tres.-anlt. !!�� was completely repulsed at all points with great tor-Genet*al McAdoo has loss. lie \v
the application of the American Ex-
likewNe drivenolY with heavy casualties: shortlv ,..... ,. , .
- [press company for furthjer rate in-
lelaunched a stron-- attack northof irp.iievrcsJicreases estiraated to yield $3,670,000 Soine German parties that succeeded in entering Brit is-h trenclu
crward when lie 1;
and lias sent: the proposal to the in-
\i si iii \vs
r;a! to the < "Ui/.'-n ).
ap I., 1'.'. North of Mont<
II N \U)VT IN
w�-re entirely disposed of: by counter attacks.
British Had Big Day Yesterday
liOndon, Sept. ll(). J'Jrili^h l'(>r<-t'< at iniilni^ht yesterday \i:n\ r>-\niti" i heir di i\ e \ e-terday on the Cambrai front. Several �*"'" '"' ihou-.ind yai'ds of the llindeubui'g outpost lint' in the Viileret sector also, taken. � ~~�r
French Go Forward in St. Quentin Sector
I'aii^. Sent. I'D. The i-'reneh ai*e. routinuiriL,r tlieir attacks to
tate commerce l action.
commission for
Ki:VISIN(; THE < KKEl).
captured -i uuujbtjr KuiiH between O
i�f
ial to I lie Citizen ).
.'TON, S-Jvt. 19., Or- ll(,t.1(.j. Ho.nl to ifio Macedonian _
(Special to the Citizp.n. . TORONTO. Sept. 19,�The general Rv-no-d, after a discussion which, lasted, .the best part of yesterday, reached the decision that the recitation of the historic creed of. St. Athanasimi is no longer obligatory in the Church th<- sout heaM of St. Queni in and as a result have reached the! of England in Canada. A motion to oiit,-kirt> of Benny.- In the Soii-sous sector numerous counter- include a prayer for the dead in the \vest of Jouy were I'epulsed.
, P^yer book was ruled out by Archbishop Matheson.
ii i ';!if :hnrd-pressod !3ul-pci ha * �� been put i <> rout !. 'he liulg'a.rians. says the
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iIs. J1U :;tiH. etc by th c
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Tiic unrivalled weather this dis-iricf lias experienced during the past month Is being made the most of- by the farmers. T-hjo harvestingof crops :s proceed!n-g under most favorable conditions and tire vield is n most
+ COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS 4-
i:\TIKK (.Ki:>l:\\ J1ATTAL1OX
(;\\J�Tl i:Kl) IX OLD QUAJlRi*
1 n ion adopted; at ycAt�rdny >'-.* sCSKion of the TnidOs and
v.N"r r. \. u.
A short.session of the city council vyas held last evening with Acting Mayor Watson presiding.
A number of applications for city water service wore ratified. The \X) $,130 per month.
Some little amusement was afford-.
� >! when the resignation of Aid. Kee-gan was road. The council passed
.will !>�> a good iivarajro crop.
The hay crop, from all reports, is biioiof 'he best in the district's his-luiy. In many pans of the district
(Special to the Citizen). With the French Army in France, Sept. IS.�-General Mangin's army has defeated a crack German division and five others on a five and a half mile front between Allamont and Vailly. They captured four caves at Summit' Heights, from \yhich the stone .was quarried to build the city of Soissons. An entire German bat-tit Lion was made prisoner in one of the caves, and in another a colonel and his entire staff -were taken.
;{;
o the CltlzenV
win-
settlors are still cutting wild hay; a resolution of regret at the depar-tiitil will continue as long as weather (uro of Aid. Keegan from t'he city.
fl "i" Trade hns Htnrt�'d a ]�*vtinit s. The growth., particularly, The resignation roads as follows:
for ih�> restoration to this �' Iho Pnst roill'le of months, has His Worship the Mayor and Council,
head olHces of fhc Canad- lu-�'� creator than all the rest of the Piince George, U.C
rn railway which aro ""�� >'eaV. and those who take advantage Dear Sirs.-�I herewith hand you
TMKKK TilOrSAXn HI LG.VKS
CAPTURED BY SttlNilAXS
now
of (he present line weather need have! my resignation .as a. member of your ho fear of a shortage of feed. ai:gilst body. It is with sad regrets1: *
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.�The official Serbian statement reports the capture of three thousand Bulgarians ; haul of cannon.
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