Throughout the British Empire yesterday, on the occasion of the second anniversary of our entry into the war, the following resolution was carried:— ...
Article : 630 wordsApart from artillery activity, General Haig had little or nothing fresh to report from the British front north of the Somme, according to the cablegrams received up to midnight last ...
Article : 289 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Friday, says:—We gained ground west of Pozieres. ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. A. J. Balfour (First Lord of the Admiralty) has issued a review of the naval situation on the second anniversary of the British declaration of war. ...
Article : 872 wordsNine Italian aeroplanes bombed bridges, barracks, and aviation stations at the Albanian coastal town of Durazzo, now occupied by the Austrians. Eight machines ...
Article : 64 wordsA French communique states: We made substantial progress southward of Fleury, reaching the outskirts of the village. We have captured here 1100 prisoners since ...
Article : 159 wordsA Russian communique issued at midnight on Thursday says that Stubborn lighting is in progress in the vicinity of the Stokhod River. ...
Article : 142 wordsThere has been no change in the position on the Somme. The French appear to be prosecuting a vigorous ...
Article : 120 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" says:—"It is believed in freetrade circles that Mr. Asquith's reference to fairly apportioning the results of the new economic policy ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Germans fear that the British will break into the Baltic. Most of the German warships [?] still undergoing repairs as a result of the Jutland battle. ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Dillon's threat to resume obstruction tactics in the House of Commons is apparently operating. Mr. Dillon divided the House over the bill altering Irish to ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Asquith promised in the House of Commons to-day to inquire whether Sir Rudolf Slatin (Slatin Pacha) is fighting with the Austrians, and also to inquire as ...
Article : 210 wordsIt was announced to-day that the British steamer, Britannie, owned by W. H. Cockerline and Co., 3487 tons, has been sunk. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe brave defenders of Verdun have supplied us with some refreshing news this morning. On the eastern bank of the Meuse the invaders have not only failed to renew ...
Article : 223 wordsDuring Wednesday night six airships passed oyer Norfolk, Sussex, and Essex. Eye-witnesses on the south-east coast state that anti-a[?]reraft guns were biazing ...
Article : 274 wordsThirty-nine men volunteered at Victoria Barracks yesterday, and twenty were accepted. Among those offering were a booking clerk, an accountant, a sheet-metal worker, a ...
Article : 71 wordsAt a conference held at the Town Hall to-day, at which all the States were represented, it was decided to form [?] Australian Comforts Fund, to co-ord[?] efforts of ...
Article : 71 wordsA portion of the crew and passengers of the Italian liner Letimbro (2210 tons), bound from Syracuse to Malta, have landed here. An Austrian submarine torpedoed ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. A. H. D. Steel Maitland (Under Secretary for the Colonies), speaking in the House of Commons on the Colonial Office vote, referred to what the dominions, to ...
Article : 69 wordsTo-morrow is the anniversary of the landing of the British forces at Suvia Bay, and the attack of the Australasian troops on the position at Lonesome Plue. A special parade of ...
Article : 87 wordsAlthough the French have for the present taken the offensive here, it does not necessarily follow that the Germans have lost the initiative altogether, and that the march on ...
Article : 240 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in a report at [?] on Thursday, says:—We spent the night further consolidating the ground gained, and building communication ...
Article : 364 wordsThere is no further news of the German trade submarine Deutschland, which sailed last night on the return voyage. Nothing more was seen of the vessel after ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. Asquith received a deputation from members of the House of Commons, representing 1,250,000 workers of the Miners' Federation, the National Union of ...
Article : 297 wordsSitting as a Royal Commission, Mr. W Blacket, K.C., continued the inquiry into the administration of the Home Affairs Department in relation to the Federal capital. ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Government, before deciding not to interfere with Casement's sentence repeatedly considered all the circumstances. Casement was convicted of ...
Article : 289 wordsFishermen picked up a bottle containing the last messages of the commander and crew of Zeppelin 119, which was lost on February 3. ...
Article : 268 wordsThe French front in this region runs southeast from the direction of Pepper Ridge towards Hills 321 and 320, which he to the south-west of Douaumont. It then swings ...
Article : 379 wordsThe storm which visited the North Island abated to-day. Napier reports a heavy rainfall. Parts of the town were flooded, and the adjacent districts were inundated. The swamp ...
Article : 71 wordsThe following cable message was despatched by his Excellency the Governor-General to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the occasion of the second anniversary of ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Minister of Defence announced to-day that the Commonwealth Government had decided to send 15[?] men to England with a view to assisting the Empire in the production of ...
Article : 120 words"There can be only one conclusion to this war—it is either victory or slavery." The words were those of Sir Gerald Strickland, and they were re-echoed in the applause of ...
Article : 2,889 wordsThe Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) states that on the conclusion of two years of war, during which the Royal Australian Navy and the naval establishments connected with ...
Article : 117 wordsAn Italian freeholder living in Austrian territory joined the Italian army, but his son remained in Austria. Recently an Austrian patrol, the members of which ...
Article : 62 wordsLord Cromer stated in the House of Lords that if he found the strain of the Dardanelles Commission too heavy he would not hesitate to resign. ...
Article : 62 wordsA Rotterdam message says: The "Berliner Tageblatts" correspondent on the Western front incidentally admits that sharpshooters are specially placed behind ...
Article : 110 wordsM. Venizelos so far has won seven electorates, including Athens, Patras, and Salonica [When the Austrians and Bulgarians ...
Article : 239 wordsMr. Balfour's review of the naval situation should meet with a more favourable reception than did his famous letter to the Mayors of the East Coast towns on the occasion of a ...
Article : 251 wordsThe South Wales miners' executive has urged the men to forego their holidays. Mr. Arthur Henderson has made a similar appeal to them. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that five aliens have been court-martialled. Two were sentenced to five years' imprisonment; another to three years; another to ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has had no advice about the sale of Queensland butter in Melbourne, but he understands that it is going off because Mr. Graham, the Government ...
Article : 144 wordsKing George has written to Captain Fryatt's widow, expressing his abhorrence and deep indignation at the outrage committed on her husband. ...
Article : 101 wordsA Petrograd communique states: We have advanced in the Kharput region, forcing back the Turks from their fortified positions on the right bunk of the ...
Article : 108 wordsSpeaking at Williamstown to-night, Sir Wm. Irvine, M.P., said that if the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) put into practice here the sentiments expressed by him abroad, he ...
Article : 76 wordsA British communique says that on Thursday there were artillery attacks by the enemy between Arras and Armentieres. We bombed the line near the ...
Article : 41 wordsApplications received yesterday by post on account of the war loan brought the total up to £[?]. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 5 Aug 1916, Page 13
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