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Advertising : 696 wordsMr. Adam, one of the Times war correspondents, wrote at noon to- day:-- "It is now possible to state, without any exaggeration, that the French south of the River Somme are well on the way to a really striking success and a total of many prisoners, and also the capture of much booty. The ground has been covered with ...
Article : 514 wordsThe Russian communique, published at Petrograd, says:-- There has been heavy fighting on the whole of the front from Riga to the Caucasus. The struggle has been especially desperate between the Styr and Stokhod rivers, west of Lutzk, south of Buczacz and south of Smorgon, where great ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Times correspondent at British headquarters on the western front, writing from the Press Camp, says:-- "Monday was a day of sure and steady ...
Article : 596 wordsA later communique states that furious fighting continues on the Styr- Stockhod sector. Further south all enemy counter- attacks, were repulsed. The Germans thrice attempted an offensive on the right bank of the Dneister, but this was abortive. The enemy was dislodged near Kolomea, and [?]sued, losing guns and men. ...
Article : 98 wordsPetrograd official communiques and other messages say that the brilliant use of the cavalry saved the situation half- way between Lutzk and Horochoff. The arrival of enemy reinforcements had arrested the Russian offensive and, for a time, the initiative passed to the foe, who was pressing the Russians closely when great ...
Article : 213 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reported late last night:-- There has been fighting throughout the day. We made slight progress, and completely hold La Boiselle. A German attack south of Thiopval was repulsed. ...
Article : 63 wordsMassed attacks and counter -attacks continue in the region of Lutzk. We have taken 1890 Russians prisoners. ...
Article : 33 wordsAt about half- past [?] this morning the bombardment, which for the best part of the week had been heavy upon the German lines north and south of the River Somme, ...
Article : 196 wordsCorrespondents point out that Germany has no hope of again seizing the offensive. Mr. Beach Thomas, the Daily Mail's correspondent at British Headquarters on the ...
Article : 154 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reported to- night:-- Torrential rains have interfered somewhat with our offensive. The situation south of the River Ancre is unchanged. The prisoners exceed 5000. ...
Article : 50 wordsA message from Reuter's headquarters on the western front states that a whole battalion of Prussian infantry surrendered to the British near Fricourt. Two thousand German prisoners have arrived at Southampton. They are all seasoned troops. ...
Article : 99 wordsReuter's Paris representative says that the slower British progress is explained there on the ground that the Germans expected the British but not the French attack, thinking ...
Article : 85 wordsFour Russian and two German cruisers were engaged in the battle off Gothland. A German cruiser had to run ashore to avoid being sunk. This may have been the ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the House of Commons to- day Mr. Tennant, Parliamentary Under -Secretary for War, said that the German casualty lists up to the end of May gave a total of 690,268 ...
Article : 50 wordsAn Amsterdam message says that the whole of the German garrisons in Belgium have been partially depleted, and that the enemy is hastily reinforcing the Flemish front. The remaining garrison- troops are ready to leave at a moment's notice. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe French, it now transpires, are under the command of General Foch, who previously fought shoulder- to- shoulder with the British at the opening of the war. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Germans attempted an attack north of Dead Man's Hill, but it was wrecked by our fire. We progressed in the night on the south- east border of Fumin Wood, and captured portion of a trench north- west of Damloup. ...
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Article : 2 wordsThe French continued to progress south of the River Somme, capturing woods and villages, also prisoners. The Germans, east of the River Meuse, have retaken Thiaumont Work. ...
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The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Wed 5 Jul 1916, Page 1
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