The gigantic conflict in the Somm[?] region continues with unabated fury, and it is evident that the German High Command cares not how many thousands of German lives are sacrificed in its desperate but futile effort to make a breach in thr British line. The official reports, and, the accounts by the war correspondent, all indicate that the enemy continue to launch tremendous attacks with great masses of fresh troops along a wide front, ...
Article : 315 wordsThe German newspapere are preparing the public for a long struggle. The "Cologne Gazettes" correspondent says:—The fighting is terrible, ...
Article : 205 wordsThe Stock Exchange to-day opened weak. Prices generally were slightly marked down, but soon steadied, as no selling pressure developed. Consols ...
Article : 59 wordsThe following message was received from Sir Douglas Haig last night:— Following our successful daylight raid on Mannheim on Saturday, ...
Article : 164 wordsA French communique issued this afternoon says:— Violent artillery actions are proceeding in the region of Courcy and ...
Article : 153 wordsThe United Press Association's correspondent, telegraphing to-night, says With increasing intensity the battle thunders on from the Srarpe to the ...
Article : 403 wordsThe Senate Military Committee has conferred with the War Council, and is confident of Great Britain's ability to check the enemy, but if needed the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe following statement was issued by the Official Press Bureau tonight:— This morning our troops from the ...
Article : 176 wordsThe following despatch was received from Sir Douglas Haig this morning:— The battle continues with great violence along the whole front. ...
Article : 204 wordsThe Kaiser ordered flags to be hoisted and joy guns to be fired throughout Germany to-day, in celebration of the so-called victory, and a holiday ...
Article : 116 wordsA German official message received this afternoon says:— We again defeated the enemy to-day in a tremendous struggle near ...
Article : 325 wordsThe American press generally accepts the seriousness of the German offensive, but is confident that the advance will be checked. ...
Article : 460 wordsThe long-range bombardment of Paris was resumed this morning, but was interrupted after the second shot. THE SUPER-GUN. ...
Article : 293 wordsBapaume is a town 12 miles south of Arras, and prior to the war had a population of about 3,000. It was there on the 2nd and 3rd January, 1871, that two ...
Article : 156 wordsThe following message was received last night from Sir Douglas Haig:— The activity in tho air is very great, and to-day was remarkable for ...
Article : 316 wordsRefugees from the evacuated regions in rear of the battlefield state that the British warned the inhabitants before the offensive, enabling them to remove ...
Article : 70 wordsThe following message was received to-night from Mr. Philip Gibbs:— The enemy on Sunday continued their efforts to advance across the Somme ...
Article : 911 wordsBapaume has fallen, and the Germans are making progress in the direction of Courcellette (six miles southwest of Bapaume). ...
Article : 88 wordsReferring to the losses on the Somme, Mr. Lloyd George says:— "Man, gun, and tank are on the way to France. For every one lost a ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Germans continue to force back Sir Douglas Haig's armies, and on the southern portion of the battle front they claim to be making rapid progress. Bapaume has fallen. The British have been forced back by weight of numbers to approximately the line they occupied before the victories of 1916. The line from which they jumped off in their last great advance ran from Irles (west of Bapaume), to Warlencourt, Le Transloy, Sailly, and Bouchavesnes, and thence ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 197 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the war correspondent, writes:—The second battle of the Somme is being fought in the open across country, formerly dead ...
Article : 722 wordsThe Bourse will not close during the German raids and bombardments, but business will be conducted in the basement. ...
Article : 28 wordsThrouphout the afteinoon and evening public anxicty for the latest news continued, and the newspapers were eagerly bought up, despite the high ...
Article : 137 wordsThe United Press Association correspondent at the front writes:—Marshal Von Hindenburg is playing a leapfrog game with his hordes. He drives ...
Article : 152 wordsA French official message says:— Between February 15 and March 15 52 enemy aeroplanes were brough[?] down or set on fire, and 50 others ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Greek Ministry of War announces that on the evening of March 21 an airship appeared over Crete, travelling northward. ...
Article : 32 wordsA French communique issued this afternoon says:— French troops began on Saturday to intervene in the battle on the ...
Article : 120 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" says it learns that the fall of M. Lenin, the Bolshevik Premier in Russia, is imminent, and that the accession to power of ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Press Bureau issued the following to-day:— His Majesty the King has sent the following telegram to Sir Douglas ...
Article : 483 wordsThe Germans have sent a w[?] message to Russia, stating that they refuse to evacuate Odessa. because it is considered to be within Ukraine. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 27 Mar 1918, Page 5
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