The following official despatches have been made available:— London, Aug. 24 (12.5 a.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"During the day we ...
Article : 962 wordsThe Australians at dawn on Friday made another considerable attack south of the Somme, with British infantry advancing on the flank. It was again a beautiful ...
Article : 883 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that, contrary to Thursday's German communiques, the British Third Army's attack began on August 21, and was a complete ...
Article : 74 wordsLord Robert Cecil (the Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), replying to Dr. Solf's remarks, denied that Mr. Arthur J. Balfour (the Secretary of State for ...
Article : 619 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" says that the Germans are pushing on rapidly with the railway from North Finland to Petchenga, on the Arctic coast with the object, inter ...
Article : 122 wordsMr. Henry W. Nevinson, of the London "Daily Chronicle," reported on Thursday:—"The prisoners taken in the course of to-day's advance number already about ...
Article : 606 wordsA representative of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association reported on Thursday:—"It is too early yet to say what effect the advance between the Aisne ...
Article : 399 wordsGeneral Mangin continues to make important progress to the east of the Oise and has outflanked the enemy positions on the Aisne and the Vesle. General ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company (London) quotes a Kieff message to the effect that the Bolsheviks have released some 23,000 ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Josephus Daniels (the Secretary for the Navy), at a banquet in honour of the Argentine and Brazilian navies said:— "There will always be friendship between ...
Article : 122 wordsLondon, Aug. 23 (11 p.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"Yesterday was a busy and successful day. Our airmen harassed the enemy constantly. We dropped 35 tons ...
Article : 736 wordsMr. George H. Perris the special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" at the French front says:—"General Mangin's advance eastward of the Oise ...
Article : 216 wordsPresident Wilson has asked Congress to pass a measure admitting several thousands of Serbian refugees from Russia to the United States. Dr. Wilson hopes that ...
Article : 45 wordsThis morning the Australians again engaged in an attack to the north of the river Somme. On August 8 the main attack was made by the Australians and ...
Article : 484 wordsSenator James A. Reed (Democrat, Missouri), of Kansas City, in the course of a speech on the Man Power Bill said that the United States would require to send ...
Article : 112 wordsGeneral Debeney, in an order of the day states:—"The French First Army's battle is won. Side by side with the British we have broken the enemy's front and ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the special war correspondent of the "Daily Express," describing the moonlight battle at Beauregard Dovecot, says that the German ...
Article : 308 wordsThe "Echo de Paris" estimates that over 100,000 German prisoners have been taken since July 18 last. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Senate Committee on Military Affairs, which has been investigating aircraft production in the United States, denounces in a scathing manner the incompetency, ...
Article : 254 wordsMr. W. F. Massey, P.C. (Prime Minister of New Zealand), has been interviewed with regard to Dr. Solf's recent speech He said:—"It may be taken for granted ...
Article : 311 wordsThe newspapers, reviewing the week's fighting, comment upon the perfect coordination of the Allied armies under Marshal Foch. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Australian attack south of the Somme this morning has gone with wonderful speed and complete success up to the present. It is an hour past midday ...
Article : 210 wordsFrench troops located and shelled a longrange gun during the advance between Lassigny and Roye, the withdrawal of the gun being rendered necessary. ...
Article : 32 wordsAn unconfirmed cable message received from Zurich says that according to Berlin despatches, the Kaiser "has granted to the Crown Prince a six months' vacation." ...
Article : 32 wordsGerman military authorities admit officially the accuracy of Mr. Newton D. Baker's figures that 1,200,000 American soldiers are in France and that 700,000 of ...
Article : 40 wordsDuring the week which ended on August 15 ten ships. of 51,700 total deadweight tons, were completed, seven of which were of steel, and three of wood. An ...
Article : 79 wordsThe New York "Times," commenting on the British offensive, remarks:—"Field-Marshal Haig's new offensive is plainly a counter-part of his late brilliant drive ...
Article : 134 wordsMr. Percival Phillips telegraphed on Saturday evening:—"Along the swaying front of more than 30 miles between Arras and Chaulnes, and across two rivers with ...
Article : 283 wordsMr. Gilmour, special representative of the Australian Press Association, telegraphed on Thursday:—"I looked over to-day's battlefield and encountered a linesman ...
Article : 734 wordsMr. F. G. Kellaway (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Munitions), said in a speech in Hull that a "knock out" blow was an essential preliminary to a ...
Article : 49 wordsOn a glorious summer's day on the heights north of the Somme, shimmering with intense heat like our own western plains, the troops who attacked this ...
Article : 441 wordsThe Detroit correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that Mr. Henry Ford has been given a Government contract to construct 1,000 "whippet" tanks for the ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is announced officially that the Japanese troops are advancing beyond Nikolaiievsk (on the Amur River). It is reported that the Czechs hold Elani in Eastern Siberia ...
Article : 363 wordsA wireless message received from Honolulu by the American Consul states that the Germans, using hand grenades and flame throwers, failed to check the ...
Article : 67 wordsSenator Henry C. Lodge (Republican, Massachusetts), in a speech on foreign relations, contended that Constantinople must be made a free port, Palestine must ...
Article : 96 wordsOn Friday evening the following German wireless official message was intercepted by the British Admiralty:—"The British attack in the region north of the Ancre, ...
Article : 289 wordsMr. Richard Olney (Democrat), a member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts, declared on Friday that two Allied generals were court-martialled as the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe following communiques have been issued by Marshal Foch:— Paris, Aug. 23 (4.20 p.m.).—"During the night there were violent bombardments ...
Article : 245 wordsThe following wireless news has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:— The resolution which President Wilson ...
Article : 553 wordsThe United Press Association's representative in France, telegraphing on Friday, said:—"The 6,000 prisoners taken in three days in the course of the British advance, ...
Article : 385 wordsCorrespondents describe the New Zealanders trapping a German counter-attack. Apparently they made no attempt to stop the enemy until he had gone too far to ...
Article : 80 wordsThe British Third Army gained a mile on a front of seven miles, whilst the Fourth Army gained two miles on a front of seven miles. The Germans are reported to be ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 26 Aug 1918, Page 5
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