The French are undertaking a now movement in Lorrainn, with the object of testing the strength of the German forces defending the outer works of Metz. Despite German statements to the contrary, the French claim to have made consistent progress around Arras, and to have killed as many as between 2,000 and 3,000 Germans in a single day. French forces gained ground near Dixmude. A great battle is in progress between the Belgian coast and Steenstaste. The ...
Article : 278 wordsMr. J. C. Smuts, Minister for Defence, in giving evidence at the trial of De Wet, stated that the rebellion had delayed the operations against the Germans in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 wordsThe general elections resulted in the election of 113 followers of M. Venizelos, 100 Government supporters, and 23 members of other parties. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. George Meyer, ex-Secretary to the Navy, in an address on National Defence yesterday, declared that the American navy was deteriorating. It lacked battle ...
Article : 77 wordsThe following report of the Dardanelles operations was issued by the Press Burean yesterday:—"The situation in the Gallipoli Peninsula has developed into trench ...
Article : 162 wordsIn moving the war vote of £250,000,000, Mr. Asquith emphasised the need of national co-operation and concentration for the single purpose of prosecuting the war ...
Article : 94 wordsIn the State Parliament to-day the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) said that there was urgent need to assist the Empire in securing more men by recruiting and in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 481 wordsSir A. B. Markham (Liberal), speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, said that if Mr. Asquith's Newcastle statement on the question of supply of munitions was ...
Article : 159 wordsReplying to a question by Mr. Dalziel, in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Asquith said that there was no truth what-ever in the persistent rumours that the ...
Article : 79 wordsMuch importance is attached to the fresh French offensive in Lorraine, the objective of which is supposed to be Auricourt. Well informed circles believe that ...
Article : 177 wordsAn official report issued at Berlin yesterday claimed further successes on the eastern front. It is stated that General von Maritz has captured Moschetki, near ...
Article : 61 wordsA munition worker named James Marshall was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Glasgow yesterday for having assaulted a fellow-worker because he ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Turko-German cruiser Breslau, which was attacked by two Russian torpedo boats near the Bosphorus on Friday night, was seriously damaged. Some Turkish torpedo ...
Article : 48 wordsFrancis Hugh Snow, the well-known Adelaide merchant, having been found not guilty of having attempted to trade with the enemy, the Crown appealed to the ...
Article : 119 wordsThe inquiry into the destruction of the Lusitania was opened yesterday, Lord Mersey presiding. Sir Edward Carson, on behalf of the Board of Trade, denied that ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Germans, strongly reinforced, resumed the offensive in the Jaroslav region, and on the right bank of the San. After three days' hard fighting, we yielded some ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,771 wordsYesterday's communique stated:—"We have continued to successfully bombard Malborghetto, exploding a fort. Details of the operations in the Volaia mountains, on ...
Article : 200 wordsAt a largely attended meeting, convened by the Lord Mayor, and held at the Sydney Town Hall this afternoon, the official beginning was made in connection with the ...
Article : 249 wordsIn an Austrian communique it is stated: "There was heavy figting along the whole Galician front. Mackensen's army is fighting hard on both sides of the ...
Article : 61 wordsFrench forces, with numerous guns supporting them, strongly attacked some German positions near Dixmude yesterday, and gained some ground, notwithstanding ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsThe Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the British naval casualties to the end of May numbered 13,457. ...
Article : 28 wordsGeneral Mackensen has telegraphed the Kaiser from the Galician front that he hopes to capture Lemberg before July 1. ...
Article : 29 wordsA German waiter in London was fined £25 yesterday for being in possession of 598 military maps of the English coast, docks, and military stations. ...
Article : 35 wordsA German communique admits that the ground lost north-west of Soissons has not yet been recaptured. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Germans on the Bzura (Poland) are using liquid fire-squirts in hand-to-hand encounters. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe German long-range guns shelled Compiegne from a distance of 15 miles. They did no damage, but made holes 30ft. deep in the forest. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe committee of the National Belgian Relief Fund has received a further amount of £2,700 from Australia. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 wordsAn impressive memorial service was held at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, in, honur of fallen Australasians. There was a crowded congregation, including many ...
Article : 659 wordsThe enigration of young men from West Ireland to America has been arousing attention. ...
Article : 21 wordsA communique issued yesterday reports that:—"As a reprisal for the bombardment of French and British towns, we sent 23 aeroplanes to Karlsruhe, which dropped ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 wordsThe Italians in many districts are operating in mountains 7,000ft. high and still covered with snow. An official report states: "The Austrians ...
Article : 98 wordsAt the trial of Robt. Irving-Dale and Henry Wilson, partners in Wm. Jacks and Co., on charges of selling 7,500 tons of iron ore to Krupps, the accountant, who ...
Article : 60 wordsMrs. McGrath has received word that her only son, Douglas Hunt, who was called from India, has been killed in action at Ahwaz, in the Persian Gulf. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 863 wordsCaptain Johnston, who received the Victoria Cross last November, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Austrians are using dynamite to precipitate the fall of avalanches to stem the advance of the Bersagliere. The Italians at Monfalcone secured two Austrian light ...
Article : 86 wordsA telegram from Berlin states that five of the Allies' aviators bombarded Karlsruhe yesterday. The action lasted 45 minutes and several persons were killed ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 wordsThe German Admiralty admits the loss of the submarine U14. ...
Article : 21 wordsConsiderable Austrian forces have been withdrawn from Servia and transferred to the Italian front. German guns have been mounted in all positions commanding ...
Article : 50 wordsThe trawler Argyll was torpedoed yesterday without warning on the east coast of England, and sank in two minutes. Seven of the crew were drowned, and four ...
Article : 104 wordsIt is believed that the objective of the aviators was the large railway works at Karlsruhe, and the artillery depot and barracks near by. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe wreckage of the Zeppelin which was destroyed by the Allies' aviators at Evere has been conveyed to Germany. ...
Article : 25 wordsReferring to the reconstruction of the Cabinet in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Asquith welcomed his new colleagues and paid a tribute to their public ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Admiralty announces that a Zeppelin saided the east coast last evening, and that 15 persons were killed and 15 wounded. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe fall of Garua ends the most arduous task of the Anglo-French forces in the Northern Cameroons. The Germans were strongly entrenched, and the question of ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 17 Jun 1915, Page 7
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