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  2. THE WESTERN FRONT

    On the Western front both sides are preparing for the great trial of strength that seems to be near at hand. There was in consequence no cessation of hostilities for Christmas. The Germans are getting guns and troops into position for the attack, and General Haig is bombarding thom without ceasing in order to make their work of preparation as difficult and as costly us possible. A Christmas tru[?] might have disastrous consequences in ...

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  3. NOTICE.

    Owing to the Holiday a WAR SPECIAL will NOT be published TO-DAY. Should any news of great ...

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  4. THE KING'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

    The following message, issued by His Majesty the King, has been received by the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson), from the ...

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  5. ALSACE CAMPAIGN.

    This afternoon's couimunique says:- The Germans have made a counterattack at Hartmannsweilorkopf, but without result. We continue to ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. POSITION IN PERSIA.

    To-day's communique thus refers to the position in Persia, where Russian forces are suppressing the outbreaks caused by Turco-German intrigues: ...

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  7. ARAB SHIPS SUNK.

    The newspaper " [?] Messaggero" states that warships of the Allied Powers have sunk a convoy of Arab ships full of troops on the coast of Yemen (in the ...

    Article : 52 words
  8. SINKING OF THE JAPANESE STEAMER.

    The Japanese steamer Yasaka Maru, which was sunk in tho Mediterranean [?] Tuesday afternoon, was torpedoed without warning, and sank within fifty ...

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  9. FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

    Last night's communique thus records a further Russian success:- By a swift and expected night march our troops fell upon a force of ...

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  10. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    To-day's Vienna communique says:— "The Russians have attacked our positions on parts of the frontier between Bessarabia and Bukowina, but we ...

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  11. FIGHTING IN ADRIATIC

    The newspaper " [?] Messagero" States that two submarines belonging to the Allies have captured an Austrian submarine. ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. RUSSIA'S DETERMINATION.

    In the course of an interview to-day M. Sazanoff, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, reaffirmed the unshakable determination of the Russian Government ...

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  13. WAR IN THE AIR.

    A sensation has been caused at Hamburg by a rumour that the Allies' a[?] flect was arriving. The public fright was so great that the ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. MARKETS AND MONEY

    The following are the Bank of England returns for the week ending today:- Coin, £50,[?]14,000. ...

    Article : 218 words
  15. THE BALKANS.

    Prince Alexis Kara-G[?] [?], the Crown Prince of Serbia, who is now with the Serbian, forces, has said, in the course on an interview: ...

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  16. MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN

    Berlin correspondents admit that the Austro-Germans are experiencing the greatest of difficulties in Montenegro. It is nearly impossible for them to make ...

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  17. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    Last night's communique says:— Early on Thursday morning the Austrians attacked our positions to the west of Gorizio. Our artillery, ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. POSITION AT SALONIKA.

    British troops conti[?] to land here without interruption. SALONIKA, December 24. General Castlenau, who is to be ...

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  19. BRITISH CASUALTIES

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, said the British casualties in the war in France and Flanders up till ...

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  20. MONASTIR'S PLIGHT.

    Monastir is famine—stricken. There are thousands without bread or any prospect of getting any. The Mussulman poor are the worst sufferers, and ...

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  21. ROUMANIA.

    An army of 60,000 Bulgar and German troops is concentrated at Rustchuk, on the Danube, in order to make a display, calculated to impress ...

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  22. THE ANZACS

    Every Australian and New Zealander in Great Britnin spent his Christmas merrily. Anglo-Australasians had been diligently preparing for months to ...

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  23. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports as follow's: There was [?]lery activity on both sides, mainly in the [?]pres district, all day on Friday. ...

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  24. GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    Mr. Douglas Dole, who took over Lady Paget's relife organisation at Nish when the Serbian forces abandoned the town, has returned to ...

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  25. THE TURKISH WAR

    The "Spectator" says the withdrawal from the Dardanelles was nothing less than a military miracle. Every unit officer must have been carefuly[?] ...

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  26. THE DANISH AGREEMENT.

    Commercial circles in Denmark oppose the agreement made by the British Government with the Merchant Guild of Copenhagen with regard to the ...

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  27. SHORTAGE OF PROVISIONS.

    The newspaper "La Tribuna" says:— "The Serbian army in Albania in still suffering acutely from lack of provisions, but the troops are labouring ...

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  28. RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.

    Reports from Vienna state that Russian torpedo-boats continue to bombard Varna. ...

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  29. RUSSIAN LOAN IN AMERICA.

    It is undeistood that Russian banks have negotiated a 60,000.000 dollar 5 per cent, loan in New York, the condition being that the money is to he spent ...

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  30. AIR RAID ON SCUTARI.

    Two aeroplanes, one of which was a German, dropped bombs on Scutari, the provisional Serbian headquarters, on Thursday. They killed five civilians ...

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  31. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    In the explosion which took place in the munitions factory at Mu[?]ter, inWestphalia, where 600 women and children were employed, 400 lost their ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. MACEDONIAN FRONT.

    The Bulgarians are taking up strategic positions along their front in Macedonia, and heavy guns have been brought up from Varna. The ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. GENERAL HAMILTON'S REPORT.

    Mr. H. J. Tennant, the Under-secretary for War, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that General Sir [?]n Hamilton had convinced him ...

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  34. FRENCH SICK AND WOUNDED.

    The deaths among sick and wounded French soldiers in October, 1914, were 53 per 1,000, but the rate has regularly fall[?] since, and is now l8 per 1,000. ...

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  35. SHIPPING DIFFICULTIES.

    Replying to suggestions in the House of Commons to the effect that the Government should control shipping, Mr. Balfour said that freights bad risen ...

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  36. THE GERMANS READY.

    The "Telegraaf" states that everything is ready for a great German offensive on the Western front. The transport of troops is now decreasing, ...

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  37. [?] PROCLAMATION.

    The "Echo de Paris" states that the Germans have established at Nish a provisional Government, from which all Bulgarians are excluded. The whole ...

    Article : 245 words
  38. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    Recent storms in the Dardanelles carried away booms the Turks had constructed across the Narrows in the Dardanelles, and submarines of the ...

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  39. SUEZ CANAL CAMPAIGN.

    Heavy guns, destined for the Turkish expendition against Egypt continue to arrive at Constantinople from Germany. It is understood that they will ...

    Article : 166 words
  40. FRENCH ARTILLERY SUCCESSFUL.

    Last night's communique says:- On the front between the Sommo and the Oise our artillery fire has demolished a German defensive work ...

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  41. TURKISH REINFORCEMENTS.

    A German report states that 40,000 Turks have passed Bulair from [?]allipoli. ANXIETY IN GREECE. ...

    Article : 92 words
  42. THE RED CROSS.

    Sir Ernest Cassel, the well-known financier, who, with Sir Edgar S[?]yer, was recently called on to prove that he was entitled to be a member of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  43. CHRISTMAS AT THE FRONT.

    There are indications that the [?] ish are not permitting the Chtistmas tr[?] which prevailed on [?]ome parts of the front last year to be repeated this ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. GERMAN HUMANITY LEAGUE.

    The German Humanity League, in [?] Chiistmas manifesto appeals to the Germans to end the war. The manifesto adds:—"To-day the ...

    Article : 138 words
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