The Australians have made an attempt not morely to raid, but to take and hold the German trenches in front of them. It was probably thought that in their raids they had learned all about the German line, but they are in front of a cunning enemy, who, expecting a real attack, doubtless, set traps for them. The troops on the left of the two-mile line, and in the centre, succeeded, but the right ran into a storm of machine-gun shots, fired from a ...
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Article : 83 wordsThe German submarine U25. which was captured from the enemy, and will be exhibited at the Temple Pier, on the Thames, was only a small ...
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Article : 51 wordsCracow (Poland) newspapers state that a French aviator has landed at Ravencza, having flown from Nancy, a distance of 1,250 miles. He, descended ...
Article : 61 wordsA representative of the Paris "Matin" has had an interview with. General Sir Douglas Haig, who stated —"The supreme decision of the war is ...
Article : 57 wordsYesterday evening, after bombardment, an Australian force attacked the German trenches south of Armentieres. The Australians on the left seized the ...
Article : 559 wordsThere has been severe fighting at Medina, in Western Arabia. The garrison attempted a sortie, but was driven back, with 2,500 casualties. The ...
Article : 52 wordsGerman war correspondents on the Western front admit that there is strong pressure upon the whole of the Western front, and that the Allies are ...
Article : 61 wordsAn imposing demonstration was held in London to-day to celebrate the anniversary of the independence of Belgium, which occurred on July 21, 1830, ...
Article : 290 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in his report issued this morning states:— The battle from Le[?]pzig redoubt (south of Th[?]epval) to Delville Wood ...
Article : 389 wordsTen thousand Canadian soldiers are ready to proceed to Europe to reinforce their comrades. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe village of Verben, where the Russians have achieved their latest victory, is on the right bank of the river Styr, west of Demidovka. The ...
Article : 92 wordsDr. Dillon, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," states that after a comprehensive survey of all the present elements in the present phase of the struggle, ...
Article : 88 wordsThis morning's official communique states:— Late on Thursday the enemy counter-attacked south of Soy[?]court. ...
Article : 300 wordsThe Kaiser, addressing the Prussian Guards in April on their transfer from the Eastern front to the Champagne sector, in France, said:—"The foe here ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says, that within three weeks 340,000 Germans have been sent to the Western front, of whom ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Central News Rome correspondent states that a furious attack by the Russians upon General Von Hindenburg has been in progress for several days, ...
Article : 59 wordsThere is much speculation as to the selection of an Australasian representive on the Dardanelles inquiry. It is expected that the personnel of the ...
Article : 149 wordsA soldier's letter states that a Prussian officer and a number of Germans recently approached the British holding up their hands, but the officer threw his ...
Article : 59 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger" (Berlin) says: —The situation should fill Germany with the greatest confidence, as the pressure on Verdun has lured the ...
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Article : 191 wordsA senior officer wounded at Bazentin says:—The British had a good many casualties. It was not the number, but the fact that they were so few, that ...
Article : 84 wordsTo-day's Italian communieque states: We have made some attacks over very rough ground between the rivers Brenta and Piave, in the ...
Article : 94 wordsAmerican officials state that the Australian wool embargo will not injure American manufactures unless it is extended to September, when the ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, describing the defence of Longueval and Delville Wood on Thursday, says:— ...
Article : 841 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that Mr. Asquith next week will ask for a credit of £450,000,000. The Radicals intend to move with a view to reviving ...
Article : 86 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, speaking at the Empire Theatre to-day, paid a tribute to the horoic sacrifices made by the Russians. He said that Britain was ...
Article : 80 wordsGeneral Smuts, commanding the British operating against the Germans in East Africa reports as follows under Friday's date:— ...
Article : 182 wordsMr. Macmaster, the Unionist member for Chertsey, will ask Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons next week why the Dominions are not represented ...
Article : 182 wordsThe positions cantured by the French on the Vermand-Villers line are of great strength. The French Colonial battalions attacked at some points so ...
Article : 190 wordsGeneral Haig's reports show that the British new positions seriously threaten the German third line. Faureaux Wood, the highest ground in the ...
Article : 61 wordsAn American correspondent in Berlin states that the Austrian Government has requisitioned the famous chimes of the Salzburg Cathedral, and is melting ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News says the German war correspondents were puzzled at the British attacks at Fromelles, south of ...
Article : 86 wordsThe battle in which the Australians took part on Wednesday was fought on a two-mile front at Fromelles, between Bois Grevier and Aub[?]rs. Their left ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 24 Jul 1916, Page 5
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