Apparently there was no truce between the British troops and the Germans on the western front on Christmas Day, as heavy cannonading took place. The Germans claim to have recaptured Hartmannsweilerkopf, the important vantage point in Alsace, but a later French report denies the ...
Article : 319 wordsEvery Australian and New Zealand soldier in Great Britain spent Christmas merrily. Anglo-Australasians had been diligently preparing for months to ensure that ...
Article : 164 wordsReports received at Paris by way of Geneva confirm the seriousness of Germany's preparations for an expedition against the Suez Canal. Much rolling ...
Article : 199 wordsRumour has it that the famous writer about the Gallipoli campaign, Mr. Ashmead Barteltt, left the scene of active operations because he had to London ...
Article : 1,549 wordsIn spite of the facts that two-thirds of Serbia is overrun, that the Bulgarians and Germans are in her war capital at Nish, and that from north and east her enemies ...
Article : 1,877 wordsOn Christmas Day no soldier in Adelaide need have felt that lonely weariness which is often experienced by one who goes for a time to a great city in which he is a ...
Article : 1,199 wordsRecent storms carried away the booms the Turks had constructed across the Narrows, and submarines of the Allies, profiting by the occurrence, passed into the Sea ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Australian dinner at the Hotel Cecil was a splendid success. Sir George Reid, Lady Reid, and Lady Birdwood welcomed and shook hands with 600 men, most of ...
Article : 559 wordsProminent German circles have been informed from Berlin that the illness of the Kaiser is due to a recurrence of cancer in the throat. ...
Article : 31 wordsA fitting welcome was given to a draft of returned wounded and sick soldiers who were landed at Sydney on Christmas morning. They numbered 212. Of these 55 were ...
Article : 129 wordsAn Austrian communique states that the Russians made attacks on parts of the Bessarabian frontier, but were repulsed with heavy loss. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe recent completion of the large tunnel on the Bagdad Railway, piercing the Amsnus Mountains between Asia Minor and Syria, is described in a report to his ...
Article : 642 wordsAn Italian communique states:—"The enemy early on Thursday morning attacked our positions west of Gorizia. Our artillery, assisted by prompt ...
Article : 46 wordsGen. Sir Douglas Haig, in his latest report, states that artillery activity was displayed on both sides, mainly about Ypres, throughout Friday. ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Kaiser has issued a proclamation "to my noble and heroic Serbian people," in which he says:—Unfortunate necessity has put our two nations in conflict. The ...
Article : 220 wordsDuring the past five days 186 men have volunteered for the expeditionary forces. Of that number 128 were accepted and the remainder rejected. ...
Article : 439 wordsA forecast of the figures of the men secured under Lord Derby's recruiting scheme tends to show that Mr. Asquith will have to redeem his pledge to married ...
Article : 101 wordsThere are indications that the British on the western front are not permitting any Christmas truce with the Germans such as prevailed last year. A bombardment ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency states that Mr. Ford has sailed for America aboard the steamer Bergensfjord, having realized ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Rome Tribuna states that the Serbian Army is still suffering acutely from lack of provisions in Albania, but the men are labouring incessantly in the ...
Article : 85 wordsSir Newton Moore and Lady Moore supervised the arrangements at Weymouth, where the men dined in the huts, and were entertained at a concert in the evening. ...
Article : 178 wordsAMSTERDAM, December 24, 10.45 p.m. An official message received here from Berlin states:—"We have completely recaptured Harimannsweilerkopf, in Alsace." ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Serbian Crown Prince, on being interviewed, said the retreat of the Serbians was accomplished under the most favourable, conditions. They carried away their ...
Article : 183 wordsA Russian communique says:—Our troops, by a swift and unexpected night march, fell on 2,700 Persian gendarmes and tribesmen at Rabat-Kerim, 25 miles ...
Article : 38 wordsMany jovial Australian and New Zealand parties met at the Carlton, the Piccadilly, the Criterion, and other hotels, where lavish festivities were held. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsTwo hundred and fifty New Zealanders dined at the Midland Hotel. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, who presided, declared he was proud of the New Zealand heroes. He ...
Article : 287 wordsQueen Mary has acknowledged one of the Christmas cards which Australian women in England sent to wounded Australian soldiers in Great Britain. Malta, and ...
Article : 70 wordsThe ladies connected with the Glenelg branch of the Cheer-up Society spared no effort to cater for the wants of the soldiers on Christmas Day, and at 5 o'clock about ...
Article : 554 wordsReports received from Vienna state that Russian torpedo boats continue to bombard Varna. Two aeroplanes, one of which was ...
Article : 40 wordsLieut. Dartnell, late of the League of Frontiersmen, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery. On September 3, at Maktan, in East ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. Douglas Dold, who took over Lady Paget's relief organization at Nish, has returned to America. He states that the Bulgarians behaved well, and there was ...
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Advertising : 573 wordsThe retiring High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) has sent a greeting to Australia. He said—"We are looking after your boys, whether wounded, sick or well. ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Mon 27 Dec 1915, Page 5
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