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  2. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The steamer Glenravel, 1,092 tons, belonging to the Antrim Iron Oro Co., of Belfast, the Swedish steamer Mainland, and the trawler Ocean Queen, ...

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  3. THE GALLANT FRENCH.

    During recent fighting at Steinbach, in. Alsace, Lieut. Martel, with his section was ordered to charge the German trenches. At the moment the French ...

    Article : 165 words
  4. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

    The position in Poland has become clearer now that Warsaw has ceased to be the focus of the Russian operations. The enemy is being made to fight for the ground between the Narew and the Bug, and makes progress but at great expense in men. If the Berlin report be correct, the Germans are right down into the angle formed by the Narew and the Bug, about twenty miles north-east of War saw, but are still checked south-east of ...

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  5. BRITISH GENERAL'S COMMAND.

    General Aylmer Hunter-Weston has been compelled to relinquish command of the British troops at the Dardanelles owing to illness. General Bailloud the ...

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  6. RIGA.

    Riga, the capitnl of the province of Livonia, is the seventh city in point of population in the Russian Empire with 370,000 people (according to the census ...

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  7. GERMANY'S FINANCES.

    The failure of the Mendelssohn and Bartholdy Bank in Berlin is announced. The deficit amounts to some 3,000,[?] marks (£150,000). ...

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  8. THE TALK OF PEACE

    The Petrograd newspaper "Bourse Gazette," which is a semi-official organ, states that it learns from an unimpeachable source that the Kaiser made a peace ...

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  9. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The operations on the Tyrelese frontier are thus described in last night's communique:- In the Tonale Pass zone (to the ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. BRITISH COAL.

    In reference to the statement made that the exportation of coal from Great Britain, which has hitherto been permitted to British possessions and allied ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. THE MAORI CONTINGENT.

    A New Zealand officer, describing the Maori contingent at the Dardanelles welcoming the Pakeha (white) general by dancing the Haka, says they ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. THE POPE'S LETTER.

    M. Guiseppe Motta, the President of Switzerland, in commenting on the Pope's letter, says the Pope can do what no other can by appealing to ...

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  13. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

    A Turkish four-gun battery of a French 75-millimetre guns, originally captured in transit to Servia in the Balkans war, opened on us the other day, and our ...

    Article : 280 words
  14. GERMAN SCAREMONGERS.

    The German weekly newspaper "Schaubuchung" bitterly attacks the German "scaremongering press" for working in the interests of a couple of ...

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  15. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Heavy fighting in the Argonne is thus described in this afternoon's communique:- In the Argonne, the Gennans, ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. GERMAN BRAGGADOCIO.

    The German newspaper "Kolnische Zeitung," which is a semi-official organ, states:—"We are sure of victory, and shrug our shoulders at the ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. CHAMBERLAIN THE PROGERMAN.

    Professor Molenaar, of Munich, has published a book on Anti-Chamborlainism," in which he denounces Mr. Houston Stewart Chamberlain, an ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. ROVERETO BOMBARDED

    The Italians, are bombarding the railway station at Rovereto from their positions in the Val d'Arsa. The damage done was severe. One shell ...

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  19. THE NAREW FRONT.

    Last night's communique says:— While the Germans have not renewed the attark on Ossowiec they continue to make vigorous attacks ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The following message regaiding the situation on the Eastern front has been received by the "Daily Telegraph" from its special correspondent at Petrograd: ...

    Article : 364 words
  21. SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WAR.

    A recruiting week in South Africa is expected to result in the enlistment of a full contingent for Europe. The previous difficulty was the scale ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. DESTRUCTIVE ARTILLERY FIRE.

    The Italian bombardment of Borgo (l8 miles cast of Trent) and the surrounding country, has destroyed about 10 miles of railway line. Two trains ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. GERMAN DUPLICITY.

    A Belgian Groy Book recently issued contained a despatch from Baron Boyens, who was then Belgian Minister in Berlin, proving that four months ...

    Article : 174 words
  24. THE GERMAN STATEMENT.

    To-day's Berlin communiqun says:— "On the Narew front our forces are approaching the road which runs from Lomza throught Ostrov to Wyszkow (30 ...

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  25. THE ISONZO LINE.

    Last night's communique says: — On the Isonzo front we have reached a line stretching from Monte Nero (7 milos north-north-west of ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. THE ALSACE CAMPAIGN

    The struggle on the eastern slopes of the Vesges continues To-day's commumque says:- We have repulsed an exceedingly ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. WAR IN THE AIR.

    An official communique issued in Paris states:- Yesterday the Germans tried to destroy two of the Allies' hydroplanes on ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    An Italian who has travelled in Germany says that clandestino newspapers are being widely published and read asking what ...

    Article : 141 words
  29. FEELING IN RUSSIA.

    Dr. F. J. Dillon, the special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," has received communications from prominent Russians who declare that, despite ...

    Article : 394 words
  30. VISTULA-BUG LINE.

    Last night's communique says:— Obstinate rearguard fighting is going on to the west of the Vieprz. During our counter-attacks we ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. OUR SOLDIERS.

    Lance-Corporal R. W. Crawford, of Glebe-street Hobart, writes from Lunapark Hospital, Heliopolis, under date July 1, as follows: ...

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  32. GORIZIA IN SORE STRAITS.

    The Austrians are preparing for the fall of Gorizia. The citizens of the town are already suffering from a scarcity of food. ...

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  33. AIRMAN'S SENSATIONAL JOURNEY.

    "While a British aeroplane was making a reconnai[?]sance behind the German line[?] in Belgium, a burst of shrapnel almost severed the Pilot's leg. ...

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  34. ARRAS-LENS LINE.

    To-day's communique says: — There were hand-grenade fights round Souchcz yesterday. AMSTERDAM, August 8. ...

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  35. HORSEFLESH AT VIENNA.

    Horseflesh at Vienna is now dearer than meat in peace time. Horses for slaughter are selling at £20 each. ...

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  36. HOLY WAR AGAINST ITALY.

    The "Matt[?]no," a daily newspaper published at Naples, states that the Pope is inquiring into a report that the Bishops of Serajevo, in Bosnia, and ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT

    Yesterday's Vienna communique savs:—"We have driven the Russians out of several of their lines to the west of the Vieprz, and have ...

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  38. ARTILLERY FIGHTING.

    Last night's communique states that there have been artillery engagements in Belgium, in Artois (about Arms), and along the Aisne, where Soissons has ...

    Article : 46 words
  39. IRON CROSS DECORATIONS.

    The Kaiser has decorated Herr Heinekel, of the North German Lloyd Shipping Company, with the Iron Cross. The Emperor's entourage is strongly ...

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  40. DWINA-NIEMEN LINE

    The German forces wihch had reached a point within a few miles of Riga have been driven back. Last night's communique thus describes the position ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. THE TURKISH WAR.

    Sergeant J. L. Dewar, of the 4th Regiment of Royal Scots, who won the King's Prize at the Bisley meeting last year, and is now recovering from ...

    Article : 150 words
  42. GERMAN MACHINE BROUGHT DOWN.

    A French aviator named Nongresser brought down a German Taube machine at Nancy yesterday. Nongresser has participated in 53 air raids. ...

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  43. MUTINOUS GERMAN TROOPS

    Mutineering German soldiers at the garrisons at Liege, Ghent, and Bruges recently refused to march to replace exhausted troops on the Yser front. The ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. BULGARIA AND THE WAR

    The reply of Bulgaria to the proposal of the Entente Powers was delivered personally by Dr. Radoslavoff, the Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...

    Article : 138 words
  45. THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.

    Professol Bernard Pares, of Liverpool University, professor of Russian History, who has returned to London from a visit to Poland, has stated in an ...

    Article : 99 words
  46. 40,000 MACHINE GUNS.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in Northern France says it is estimated that the Gormans have 40,000 machine-guns from the sea to the Swiss ...

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  47. WARSAW'S EVACUATION

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" gives the following description of the plight of Warsaw after its evacuation by the Russian troops: ...

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  48. GERMAN BARBARISM.

    An Austrian [?]eutenant who has been made prisoner gives descriptions of the terrible brutality shown to Russian prisoners by the Germans. He ...

    Article : 184 words
  49. AN OPTIMISTIC MINISTER.

    Speaking at the Lord Mayor's dinner to-night, the Minister of Defence (Senator pearce) said that from what could be seen, he felt confident that something of ...

    Article : 84 words
  50. RELIEF FELT IN RIGA.

    A telegram received in Petrograd from Riga states there was much excitement in the latter place yesterday owing to the arrival of an officer from ...

    Article : 70 words
  51. PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    Countess Benckendorff, the wife of the Russian Ambassador to Great Britain, is appealing for food for the Russian prisoners in Germany. She says ...

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  52. "THE DEVIL'S OWN ABODE."

    A Turk who has arrived at Athens from Smyrna reports that wounded Turkish soldiers regard the Gallipoli Peninsula as the "Devil's own abode." ...

    Article : 117 words
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