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Advertising : 11 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports:-- At dawn to-day we attacked the enemy's second line of defence, and broke into it on a four-mile front. We captured several strongly-defended localities. ...
Article : 211 wordsThe Times correspondent at Petrograd, visiting General Evart, describes the conditions against which that leader finds himself. A repetition of the advance by Brussiloff, he says, is not to be expected. The conditions in the north resemble those on the West front, a network of defences, strongly held, necessitating a slow advance, preceded ...
Article : 371 wordsA correspondent of the Times at headquarters on the western front writes:-- "Our artillery gave a terrible pounding to the German second line before the new ...
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Advertising : 443 wordsA later communique from General Sir Douglas Haig says:-- Fierce fighting continued all day. We steadily increased our gains, and now hold the enemy's second position, from Little Bazentin to Longueval inclusive, and the whole of the Throne Wood. ...
Article : 64 wordsA Petrograd communique says:-- An attempt by the enemy to take the offensive on the left bank of the river Stochod was repulsed. The fighting west of the Strypa River has slackened. ...
Article : 46 wordsA Paris communique states:-- The day was comparatively quiet along the whole front. French aeroplanes last night, by way of reprisal, bombarded the open town of Luneville, and dropped several heavy shells on the town of Mulheim. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent states that the departure of Ministers for the Imperial Headquarters is much commented on. There is a strong feeling in influential quarters that when Austria again issues feelers for a separate peace they should be welcomed by the Allies, and also that the time has come when the Allies should ...
Article : 70 wordsIt is reported from Stockholm that a naval, battle was fought north of Gothland (in the Baltic) on July 12. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Petrograd communique issued to-day reports:-- We have hurled back the Turks from the heights eastward of Baiburt, and they are now retreating. Our offensive westward of Mamakhatun is progressing successfully, and we ...
Article : 65 wordsThe news received yesterday regarding the operations in France is the best that has come to hand since the push began, it brings into prospect what we have not dared to ...
Article : 120 wordsAn Admiralty cable to the British Embassy announces that positive proof has been found that the two German Dreadnoughts, Kaiser and Kronprinz, were sunk by torpedoes in the ...
Article : 44 wordsReuter's correspondent at Athens states that a forest fire raged at Tatol for several hours. The flames spread to the royal chateau, which, together with the adjoining ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Times correspondent at Bucharest states that the Hungarian authorities are hurriedly fortifying the interior lines in Transylvania with the aid of Russian ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Frankfurter Zeitung estimates that the Allies fired three million shells in the seven days' bombardment preceding the offensive on the Somme. ...
Article : 32 wordsReuter's correspondent in Paris says that the Germans lost 12,000 men in their counterattacks on Contal Maison, thus indicating the importance they attached to the ...
Article : 98 wordsDuring the fire at the Tatol Palace Prince Alexander rushed into the flaming mausoleum and attempted to save the body of King George from the flames. He was rescued by ...
Article : 52 wordsNarratives of wounded soldiers include a picturesque story. An officer wounded in the advance found shelter in the German front line trenches. He saw a German captain ...
Article : 166 wordsAllied troops participated in impressive national celebrations in Paris. The British detachment included the household regiments, Highlanders, South Africans, Anzacs ...
Article : 146 wordsReuter's Bucharest correspondent says:-- "The Austro-German authorities are highly perturbed at the Allied offensive, and are trying to discover Roumania's intentions. The ...
Article : 62 wordsPrivate Albert Nelson, of the Coo-ees, writing from Egypt to his parents at Gligandra, says:-- I met Bill Hitchen (Captain Bill, of the ...
Article : 137 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, on the occasion of the French national celebrations to-day, telegraphed to President Poincare:-- The British Army, fighting side by side ...
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Advertising : 51 wordsQueen Mary and Prince George visited an entertainment at Portland Place arranged by Lord Blyth for wounded Australians at Harefield Park. The Queen spoke to each soldier ...
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The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Sat 15 Jul 1916, Page 1
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