An Austrian dog transport. photographed in Goritzia before that city was captured by the Italian. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsGeneral Sir on Douglas flaig in a communique states:—During the night there waws considerable enemy shelling between Le Sars and Guedecourt. ...
Article : 93 wordsOne of the monster guns employed by the French in the Somme offensive. We have already rend of the results of this heavy artillery, which, jointly with the British guns, is bringing victory to the Allies. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 51 wordsA Paris communique states:—Since Saturday we prisonered 450 in the Chanines sector. Two German arcoplanes were felled on the Somme. Three were forced to descend in a ...
Article : 78 wordsIt is officially stated that, rain is still impeding operations on the Struma front. Unimportant operations are recorded on the Doiran front. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe comfort of the Australians in the trenches has recently been greatly improved by pushing canteens close to the firing line. The men spend large sums in tinned fruits and ...
Article : 151 wordsGeneral Sir Newton Moore states that all the Australians in England are now in hutments. New camps have been established, and it is intended to provide others before ...
Article : 624 wordsThe French attacked on the right of the Meuse on a front or seven kilometres. They captured the village of Fort Douamont. The left bank was rushed at ...
Article : 47 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in an official report, says:—South of the Ancre there was intermittent hostile shelling. Yesterday and to-day we took prisoner 80. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Norwegian steamers Dido (333 tons). Fiord III., and Rellnaug, have been sunk, and it is presumed that the sailing vessels Cottiea and Guldaas have been sunk. The ...
Article : 163 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports:—On the right front south of the Ancre line we advanced east of Guedecourt and Lesbouefs and captured over 1000 yards of enemy ...
Article : 158 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig in a communique states:—There was heavy rain yesterday. The enemy artillery was active during the night in the north-east of Courcelette, and ...
Article : 39 wordsAn official message states that German counter attacks at Verdun were repulsed, and all gains are being held. The Verdun success regains the whole ...
Article : 110 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day in the second reading of the Rhodes Estate Bill, providing for the disestablishment of German scholarships, Mr. King (Liberal) moved ...
Article : 144 wordsA war correspondent, Dammert, sent Germany the first description of the armoured tanks headed "The Devil's Chariots." He says the German troops' blood ...
Article : 129 wordsThe British steamer Mombassa has been sunk. Reuter's Stockholm correspondent reports that the captain of a German submarine. ...
Article : 42 wordsReuter's Paris correspondent wires:—A semi-official report slates that the Verdun break through was an event of the first importance. The French fought with the ...
Article : 87 wordsIn a later communique General Sir Douglas Haig states: The ground gained yesterday in the neighbourhood of Guedecourt and Les Boeufs has been fully secured. There was ...
Article : 49 wordsThe London Gazette" contains the names of those mentioned in despatches by Sir Percy Lake in regard to the campaign in Mespoptamia. They include Captain Petre, of ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Spanish steamer Victor Chavarri landed the crews of the British steamers Barbara and Midland, and the Norwegian steamer. Snestad, which were all sunk by a German ...
Article : 91 wordsThe German's, after officially referring to the "tanks" as being cruel as they were effective unofficially allege that they are useless and a failure, but, it is stated in reliable ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the pledge that the men who had passed 41 before being summoned should be exempt, pointed out that ...
Article : 105 wordsThe French repulsed three counter attacks at Verdun and progressed elsewhere in the sector, taking 4500 prisoners. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe diary of a German prisoner captured on the Somme gives impressions of the British barrage of fire seen from the German side. All along the trench men were buri ed ...
Article : 74 wordsNine Japanese Labor unions have been formed. and will affiliate, with a separate Japanese Labor Council. The movement is to be extended throughout all the Pacific ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Lovat Fraser, writing in the "Daily Mail," says that the scales have fallen from the nation's eyes, and the public now recognises that war will probably continue for a ...
Article : 227 wordsA Paris semi-official message states:—An enemy communique of October 23 spoke of our violent artillery fire east of the Meuse, adding, "but our artillery ...
Article : 79 wordsIn the House of Commons Lord Cecil stated that after careful consideration the Government had decided that it was undesirable to conclude an Anglo-German ...
Article : 61 wordsReuter's Amsterdam correspondent stales that a Berlin communique speaks of the great battles on the Somme on the 22nd and 23rd of October. "In order to break through at ...
Article : 59 wordsA Paris communique states:—A German counter-attack on Haudromont Quarries and Damloup Battery was repulsed, and all the captured ground ...
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Advertising : 42 wordsA number of promment Englishwomen, including Lady Birdwood and Mrs. Samuel (wife of the British Home Secretary), have written a letter to "The Times," inviting all ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Beach Thomas, "Daily Mail" correspondent in Franco, says that the Germans have trobled their air forces, frequently crowing the British lines. Some of their ...
Article : 98 wordsThe case of disabled soldiers is increasingly occupying public attention. It is among the most vital questions caused by the war. Number of men are already awaiting help. ...
Article : 109 wordsAn Anzac telling a French soldier the latest news from the British front. They are evidently good pals, in spite of language difficulties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsReuter's correspondent at British headquarters, writing on Saturday, said:— "Two days of blue skies and cold winds resulted in the drying of the ground and the ...
Article : 187 wordsFurther restrictions have, been made by Germany in connection with the purchase of clothing, pending control by the ticket system. The tickets will apply to all dress ...
Article : 59 wordsA communique states:—There is lively artillerying in the regions of Blaches and Ablaincourt. Three enemy aeroplanes were brought ...
Article : 66 wordsLord French, addressing a gathering of volunteers, said that invasion, although improbable, was not impossible, and that the unexpected often happened in war. ...
Article : 36 wordsRegarding Mr. Mahon's denal doubting the authenticity of a previous message, we can say positively that the question of raising martial law in Ireland is receiving further ...
Article : 121 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. Runciman, in replying to Mr. Will Thorne. declined to disclose the freights on Australian meat and produce which the British Government ...
Article : 71 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports heavy ciprocal shelling south of Armentieres. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at headquarters states that the enemy took the initia- tive in attempts to recapture Schwaben Redoubt. The first, a half-hearted effort, was ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Kaiser is visiting Flanders, and has inspected the coastal defences of Zeebrugge ...
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931), Sat 28 Oct 1916, Page 2
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