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  2. UNDER FIRE.

    "It was in the capacity of driver of the motor ambulance presented by the State of New South Wales to the Australian Voluntary Hospital that I set out for the front. We ...

    Article : 1,369 words
  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The complete blockade of Germany has been gazetted. ...

    Article : 18 words
  4. SUBMARINE WAR.

    The U20 gave the Auguste Conseils crew ten minutes to quit the vessel. The engineer refused to scuttle the steamer, and the Germans placed three bombs aboard. ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. RECENT FRENCH SUCCESSES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
  6. VAUQUOIS.

    The Allies have firmly established themselves on newly-won ground in the Champagne. After desperate fighting, lasting ...

    Article : 129 words
  7. TURKISH PRINCE.

    The "Cologne Gazette" states that the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid's favourite son, Burhan Eddin, has been strangled in Constantinople. ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. ZEPPELIN LOST.

    Some newspapers consider that the zeppelin which, according to a cable message, on Monday, was brought down in Belgium by British and French aeroplanes, is ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. CAPTAIN'S CLAIM.

    The captain of the U29 claims that it was he who sank the British cruisers Hogue, Cressy, and Aboukir last year. ...

    Article : 27 words
  10. SERVIA.

    There was an epidemic of typhus in Servia after the expulsion of the Austrians. Many doctors, including a number of ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. VESSELS SUNK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  12. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique yesterday stated: The Belgians made further progress at the bend of the Yser, artillery destroying a point d'appui in a Dixmude graveyard. ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. CITY COUNCIL AND RECRUITING

    The City Council, at the instance of Aldermen Griffin and Jones, recently instructed the Town Clerk, Mr. Nesbitt, to report as to the best method of stimulating recruiting. Mr. ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. FRENCH SUCCESS.

    It is officially announced that after desperate fighting the French captured the plateau and half the village of Vauquois (a few miles south-east of Vare[?]nes, which ...

    Article : 509 words
  15. THE TROOPS.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday a large number of men joined the Expeditionary Forces, and were sent to the camp at Liverpool. They represented ...

    Article : 510 words
  16. WAR NOTES.

    Further good news is to hand regarding the French operations in the Argonne-Verdun region. The victory at Vauquois is important from two viewpoints. In the first place, as ...

    Article : 350 words
  17. OFFICERS' APPOINTMENTS.

    Mr. Holman has received from the Commonwealth a further communication having reference to the appointment of officers to the Australian Imperial Forces. This states:— ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. THE FRONT-LINE TRENCHES.

    A picture of the front trenches themselves in a portion of the letter dated some days later:—"After eight days' rest we are back in the trenches. This time my company is in ...

    Article : 403 words
  19. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Matin" says that the Queen Elizabeth, operating from the Gulf of Saros, destroyed a number of military buildings and several shore ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. ELABORATE DEFENCES.

    It is officially stated that the ground won In the Champagne was subjected to a defensive organisation laboriously perfected after months. For example, Hill 196, ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. NEED FOR FACE FLANNELS.

    Writing from Egypt Nurse Wakeford, late of Wollongong and one of the nurses of the Expeditionary Force, says there is a considerable amount of sickness amongst the ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. CONSTANTINOPLE.

    Halil Bey Djevad Pasha, and Hassein Pasha have left Constantinople. Other leaders of the Young Turks are preparing for flight. ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS.

    Sir,—May I appeal, through the publicity of your columns, to the parents of any old boys of the Sydney Grammar School, who are leaving with the reinforcements to send ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. ENEMY REPULSED.

    The Press Bureau announced that the enemy's heavy counter-attack on Saturday afternoon was repulsed. Observations on the battlefield and ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. TANDEN SAILS FROM CAPETOWN.

    The Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday received a cable stating that the steamer Tanden, the renamed Birkenfels, sailed from Capetown on March 7 in continuation of her ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. THE RUSSIAN POSITION.

    The exact position of affairs in the northern section of the eastern front is still very indefinite. The Russian communiques state that the Germans are still retreating towards the ...

    Article : 284 words
  27. GERMAN GOVERNOR.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Athens corrrespondent states that General von der Goltz, the German military governor, with a large staff, recently went to Smyrna to ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. IN ALSACE.

    General Deimling conducted operations at Reichackerkopf, employing four regiments. The lighting was the most sanguinary that has taken place in Alsace ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. THE WHEAT SEIZURE.

    The Premier (Mr. Holman) has forwarded a reply to the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which asked that an assurance be given that the Government ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "E.F., "L.T., "W.L.," and others: Whatever was done in the Congo during the reign of the late King of Belgium—even if the Belgian people had not protested—It ...

    Article : 410 words
  31. NEW CONTINGENT.

    The following arrangements have been announced with reference to the training and proparation of the new contingent:— The 11th Regiment, less one squadron, ...

    Article : 322 words
  32. TEMPTING BULGARIA.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Sofia says Turkey, with Germany and Austria's support, offered Bulgaria a frontier extending from Enos to Midla on condition ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. THE IRONWORKERS.

    At a meeting of the Ironworkers' Union the cases were considered of a number of Russian workmen employed at the blast furnace and Ironworks, who cannot be made to understand ...

    Article : 210 words
  34. AERIAL WAR.

    The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that French airmen dropped bombs on a coal depot at Strassburg a fortnight ago, and 24,000 tons of coal ...

    Article : 67 words
  35. LOAN FOR VICTORIA.

    The Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) announced to-day that the Agent-General (Mr. M'Bride) had been informed that Victoria had obtained permission from the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 113 words
  36. "PLEASURE AS USUAL."?

    The Duke of Portland, addressing a recruiting meeting at Nottingham, said "business as usual" was a proper principle, [?]ut "pleasure and sport as usual" was nothing ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. THE RUSSIANS.

    The Germans' renewed offensive at Przasnysz is weakening. The Russian cavalry cut behind General von Eichhorn's retreating columns, and ...

    Article : 150 words
  38. THE AUSTRALIAN SPIRIT.

    There are a considerable number of Australians serving in the regular British Army, and it is good to hear from time to time of the true fighting qualities they display. ...

    Article : 378 words
  39. TRAIN BLOWN UP.

    The War Office reports that British aircraft blew up a train at Don station. ...

    Article : 20 words
  40. MADAME MELBA.

    It is announced in England that Madame Melba will return on April 24, and will sing at Red Cross concerts throughout Britain. The date mentioned in the above message is ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. GAUDIN'S SENTENCE.

    The Governor has mitigated the sentence of five years' imprisonment, passed upon Gaudin, a former member of the City Council, for a breach of the Samoa[?] military regulations to ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Messagero" states that the Emperor Francis Joseph flatly rejected Germany's recommendation to cede the Trentino and a ...

    Article : 83 words
  43. A CLAIM FOR OVERTIME.

    An important decision was given before the Chief Industrial magistrate at Wollongong. The council was proceeded against by Inspector Waugh for falling to pay a sanitary ...

    Article : 161 words
  44. REQUEST FOR DOCTORS.

    Dr. Collings Dawson, local medical officer, has applied for permission to be amongst the hundred medical officers for whom the British Government has appealed to proceed to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  45. PASSPORTS.

    A despatch from the Foreign Office received by the Premier, directs attention to new regulations, revising the system and form of passports granted to British subjects for ...

    Article : 104 words
  46. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    London papers publish photographs of bluejackets firing a volley at the spot where the Good Hope and Monmouth sank. Twenty-seven Labour members of ...

    Article : 113 words
  47. STEAMER QUARANTINED.

    The steamer Chanda, from Calcutta, which arrived here yesterday afternoon, had a suspicious case of sickness on board. She proceeded to quarantine shortly after 4 o'clock, ...

    Article : 70 words
  48. REMOUNTS.

    Mr. Irwin, Remount Commissioner for the Imperial Government, visited Dunedoo and ...

    Article : 18 words
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