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  2. BRITISH ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Press Bureau states that Squadron-Commander Davies and FlightLieutenant Pierse on Friday dropped 27 bombs on Zeebrugge. It is ...

    Article : 79 words
  3. TURKS WANT PEACE.

    Telegrams received in Odessa from Constantinople state that a movement in favour of a speedy peace is gaining ground in Turkey. The movement is ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. WAR IN AFRICA.

    The Press Bureau states that some mounted troops belonging to the South African Union forces temporanly retired from Van Roosevlei, on the border ...

    Article : 79 words
  5. FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

    Apart from a bombardment of Nieuport, operations in Belgium seem to be at a standstill, but heavy fighting is taking place at several points in France. The British are now within four miles of La Bassee, and their heavy guns should soon be able to reduce the enemy's defences there. Further south, on the same line, the French have been heavily attacked near Albert, but repulsed the enemy. In the Argonecg, between the Aisne and the Aire ...

    Article : 287 words
  6. NOTICE.

    The War Special Edition of "The Mercury" will be Published as usual TO-DAY. ...

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  7. DISTRESS IN THE CARPATHIANS.

    Terrible distress prevails among the Austrians and Hungarians in the Carpathians. Thousands of the inhabitants have fled, and are hiding in pits ...

    Article : 56 words
  8. THE EX-KHEDIVE OF EGYPT.

    The ex-Khedive of Egypt has arrived at Geneva, in Switzerland, where there are several Egyptian Nationalists. It is reported that the Young Turks ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. FRENCH SUBMARINE LOST.

    It was officially announced a few days ago that the French submarine Saphir.(443 tons, 12 knots, six torpedo tubes), which was operating in the ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. BLOOD-MONEY.

    The "Reichs Anzeiger" states that prizes ranging from £25 to £125 have been offered to stimulate activity in German aerial and other warfare ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. THE AUTHORS OF THE WAR.

    A correspondent in Venice states that the Vienna newspapers now for the first time frankly acknowledge that the present war was planned between the ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

    MENA CAMP (near Cairo), Dec. 20. Cairo expected to bw half ruined by the war. Cairo competes with onw or two places for being the most ...

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  13. WAR IN THE AIR.

    There is trustworthy evidence to show that in the recent raid by the Germans on the Norfolk coast a motorcar at King's Lynn and Snettisha'n ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. RUSSO-TURKISH OPERATIONS.

    A communique issued last night says:- Stubborn fighting is now going on to the west of the River Choruk (a river ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. ATTITUDE OF AMERICA.

    The "New York World." in referring to the decision of Mr. W. G. McAdoo, the Secretary of the American Treasury, to despatch the former ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. LOSS OF A ZEPPELIN.

    The crew of a Dutch fishing boat which reached Noordwijk, a coast village not far from Leiden, in Holland, yesterday reported that they saw a ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Paris supplies the details of an alleged attempt by the Germans to detach France from the Allies. He states that a French ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. HIGH-HANDED ACTION.

    The Berlin newspaper, the "Vossische Zeitung," states that the vice-consul for Italy at Liege has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Official information has been received by the Navy Office from Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, by cable, stating that on January 6 the battle-cruiser ...

    Article : 134 words
  20. "NOT WAR BUT MURDER."

    The Italian newspaper "Secolo" states that Germany's action in dropping bombs on the peaceful villages of Norfolk is not war, but murder, and ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    There has been received activity during the last day or two practically all along the line, from the North Sea almost to the Swiss border. The ...

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  22. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    The news from the Eastern front is practically confined to an account of the progress of the Russian campaign in Bukowina, the Austrian province on ...

    Article : 296 words
  23. EQUIPMENT OF OFFICERS.

    An army order has just been issued which provides that the equipment of infantry officers on active service is to be similar to that of the privnte ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. RUMOURS OF ANOTHER RAID

    It is reported that at half-past 10 last night Zeppelins passed over Cromer, in Norfolk, and were travelling south-easterly. No bombs were ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. GERMAN BARBARISM.

    The newspaper "Tyd" states that, although the Germans have denied that any civilians were buried near the Van De Weyer monument, at Louvain, the ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. ALL WELL ON THE SHIPS.

    The Assistant Minister of Defence (Mr. Jensen), in the course of a statement to-day, announced that messages received by the Navy authorities ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. NEW TYPE OF ZEPPELIN

    A message received in Amsterdam from Berlin states that the Zeppelins which raided the Norfolk coast are of the latest tvpe. They have a high ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE WAR.

    In an interview published in the Berlin newspapers, Count Von Moltke, the late Chief of the German Army Staff. stated that he had never for a moment ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. TRANSPORTS ARCTIC VOYAGE.

    The Russian transports Vaigatch and Taimyr, which were attempting to make their way from Vladivostock, in eastern Siberia, to Archangel, have been ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. A BRITISH SUCCESS.

    The newspaper "Le Matin" states that on Wednesday the Allies made an appreciable advance in then lines between Festubert (four miles ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. BOMBS ON DUNKIRK.

    German aeroplanes to-day dropped 80 bombs on Dunkirk, killing seven people and wounding a dozen. French aircraft pursued the Germans, but they escaped. ...

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  32. GERMAN SUBMARINE AT WORK.

    Yesterday a German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durwood off the Hook of Holland. The crew were saved. ...

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  33. THE HORRORS OF WAR.

    The Pope has written a prayer for deliverance from the horrors of war. The Consistory Court (College of Cardinals) at Rome has definitely fixed ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. LAYING OF MINES.

    The Swedish steamer Drott, 1,760 tons, struck a mine yesterday in the Gulf of Bothnia, and was blown up. Five of her crew perished. ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. GERMAN SUPER-SUBMARINE.

    A telegram received in Copenhagen from Berlin states that a new "supersubmarine" has concluded its trials at Heligoland., and that the new craft is ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. FIGHT AT ALBERT.

    On January 19 the Germans attempted to take advantage of a snowstorm to rush the French lines near Albert under cover of thickly falling snow. ...

    Article : 113 words
  37. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    The Russians are now within four miles of Dorna-Watra (in the extreme south-west of Bukowina, and 70 miles south-south-west of Czernowitz). They ...

    Article : 105 words
  38. THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN.

    During the last day or two there has been fighting at many points in France and Belgium. The Germans are again active between Ypres and Menin, while it is reported that the British have gained an important success at La Bassee, halfway between Lille and Bethune. There has been fierce fighting lately about Albert, which lies just to the north of the River Somme, very close to where Clery is shown on the map. Tho Germane havo been trying haio to drivo the French from a commanding position here, but without success. For 60me time past there- has been almost continuous fighting in tho Forest of Argonne, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 388 words
  39. FIGHTING ON THE BZURA.

    The German losses in the recent fighting along the Bzura River have been very heavy. It is estimated that they amount in all to an entire army corps ...

    Article : 79 words
  40. POSITION AT BEAU-SEJOUR.

    The French have made an important move forward on the western side of the Argonnes. After leaving the western slopes of the Forest of Argonne ...

    Article : 227 words
  41. THE TURKISH WAR.

    Mr. T. MacKonzie, the High Commissioner of New Zealand, who has been with Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner of Australia, on a visit ...

    Article : 116 words
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