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  2. ANGLO-FRENCH FRONT

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports: This afternoon the centre attacked and captured the whole of the objective on a front or 3000 yards, between East Eaucourt and ...

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  3. THE LIGHT AND SHADE OF WAR. TWO SIDES OF THE GREAT WAR PICTURE.

    It is not difficult to imagine how Tommy appreciates this sort of thing after coming out of the trenches. The first tiling he looks for when off duty is a stream in w[?]h he can enjoy a refreshing dip. The tragedy of war seems far removed from the jolly crowd in the picture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. INTENSE ACTIVITY.

    Dutch reports give indication of intense and uninterrupted gunfire proceeding from the Plunders front, beginning on Saturday . ...

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  5. SOMME VICTORIES.

    German war correspondents, though minimising the Somme victories, are appalled at the terrific force and persistance of the offensive. ...

    Article : 83 words
  6. FRENCH FIGHTING.

    A communique says: There have been minor successful operations on the Somme front, resulting in the capture of trenches at Ranecourt and Morval. Enemy attacks in ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. GREAT THINGS COMING.

    Mr. Garvin, editor of the "Sunday Observer," writes:—"Great things are likely even before the winter. A glance at the map shows that if the wedge is cut in 20 ...

    Article : 200 words
  8. GERMANY'S MAN SHORTAGE.

    As an instance of the extremities to which Germany has been brought for men it has been ascertained that the 121st Division, after a trying period of trench ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. FRANCE'S VETERAN GENERAL.

    The "Times" correspondent says General Foch reaches the age limit of 65 on Monday. It is officially decreed that he maintain ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. PLUCKY NEW ZEALANDERS

    Reuter's correspondent at headquarters says: A New Zealand officer was leading the Otagoites at Flers on September 15 when he was wounded. A sergeant ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. GERMAN SEPTUAGENAEIAN.

    The "Daily Mail" correspondent at Amsterdam says on the 70th birthday of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg Germany was beflagged. ...

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  12. DURABLE PEACE WANTED.

    Lord Bryce, addressing the autumnal meeting of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, said we might be compelled to impose severe terms on our ...

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  13. THREE AUSTRALIANS.

    "The Times" correspondent at British headquarters on the western front writes:— "The Canadian troops, fighting on the former Australian front, found in a shell hole ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. DOCTORS AND THE WAR.

    Lord Northcliffe in the "Times" pays generous tribute, to the war work of doctors and particularly those in the front trenches, who are working almost without shelter and ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    General Joffre, in an order to the northern armies, says he is well satisfied with the efforts on the Somme, which have struck a blow at the enemy from winch he can hardly ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. BAPAUME.

    Reuter's correspondent states that a semi-official report states that there is a second line defence beyond Le Sars, and Le Transloy, the main points of which are Varlen ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. THIEPVAL FORTRESS.

    The "Times" correspondent at British headquarters on the western front wrote on Saturday:—"Despite, the rain, the firing of the Franco-British artillery has been ...

    Article : 156 words
  18. TYPHUS AND CHOLERA.

    The Amsterdam journal "Der Telegraaf" states that typhus and cholera are general amongst the exhausted troops arriving at Audenaarde from the Somme in large ...

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  19. STUBBORN FIGHTING.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique. says:—In stubborn fighting north of Courcelette an enemy counter attack forced us to relinquish a portion of the Regina ...

    Article : 115 words
  20. TEUTONIC STRAITS.

    Reuter's correspondent at the French headquarters writes:—Having no strategic reserve, the Germans are forced to hurl their unhappy soldiers from one battlefield ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. MORE MEN WANTED.

    The "Daily Mail,", in a leader says:—Parliament's first duty is to estimate the man-power available for winter training, forcibly increasing the military age. ...

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  22. GERMAN SUBMARINES.

    M. Pinchon, formerly French Foreign Minister, asserts that over on e hundred German submarines have been bagged or sunk during the past twenty months. ...

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  23. MR. FISHER AT THE FRONT.

    Mr. Fisher, Commonwealth High Commissioner, returned from franco on Saturday. He visited the Australian divisions, and accompanied General William ...

    Article : 335 words
  24. AIR AND TRENCH RAIDS.

    The night was quiet south of the Anere Successful raids were made south of Loos. It is officially reported that naval aeroplanes carried out further attacks on air ...

    Article : 61 words
  25. ALLIES ADVISE NEUTRALS.

    It is officially reported that the Allies have urged neutral Governments to prevent the belligerents' submarines, however utilised, from using neutral waters and to ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. AERIAL ACTIVITY.

    General Sir Douglas Haig's midnight official report added:—To-day we captured one officer and 63 men. Our aeroplanes yesterday bombed several points of military ...

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  27. PRESENT CENTRE OF INTEREST.

    The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at British headquarters in Franco states that one's interest is momentarily shifted from Thiepval to the attack on Le Sars and ...

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  28. CONFUSED FIGHTING.

    "The Times" correspondent at British headquarters on the western front writes: There was heavy lighting at points in the German third line, where the foe ...

    Article : 251 words
  29. CONTINUOUS RAIN.

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports that there is continuous heavy rain, and matters generally are quiet. ...

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  30. IRELAND FULL OF SHIRKERS.

    The "Daily Mail" publishes a letter from an Irishman on the Australian front in the west, expressing the surprise of the Dominion troops that Irish recruits are not ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. FRENCH FIGHTING.

    A communique says:—There was a fairly violent artillery duel north of the Somme. The Germans attempted attacks north of Rancourt, but were repulsed. Two enemy ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY.

    Mr. Beach Thomas, the "Daily Mail" correspondent at British headquarters on the western front, writes:— It is been a continuous record of individual and corporate ...

    Article : 194 words
  33. FLANDERS FRONT.

    A Belgian official communique says:—There has been a great artillery duel in the Dixmude region during the past week. Belgian guns of all calibres violently engaged ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. GERMAN REPORT.

    Reuter's correspondent states that a German communique states that gigantic reciprocal artillery fighting continues north of tho Somme and is especially bitter between ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE THE STERN REALITIES OF WAR.

    Hero we have the other side of the picture. British troops are seen advancing through a wood on the Western front. The picture shows a transport column on its way to the front trenches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  36. FINANCING ALLIES' WAR.

    A New York message states that Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan has gone to London, presumably to arrange a new £250,000,000 loan to the Allies. ...

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  37. THE ESSEN RAID.

    Two French aviators who bombed Essen on September 22 reached their goal, 219 miles in 105 minutes, Hying at a height of 1300 feet. The weather was most fine. They ...

    Article : 73 words
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