General Joffre was all eye-witness of the French triumph at Verdun. He watched the attack from half-past cloven o'clock to six, when a rocket announced that ...
Article : 501 wordsThe latest Rumanian communique states:—In the Uzul Valley we advanced westward, and took 111 prisoners. We repulsed the enemy beyond, the frontier ...
Article : 73 wordsA Russian communique states:—South of Dornawatra we dislodged the enemy from a series of heights, and took a number of prisoners. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe latest French communique states: We repulsed three counter-attacks at Haudromont. We made progress eastward of Fumia ...
Article : 157 wordsMr. Massey, the official was correspondent in Egypt, states: The occupation of Dakhla and Basaria has recovered from the Senussi all the oases in the ...
Article : 262 wordsFrom the balcony of the Grand Hotel, Mr. W. A. Holman, the State Premier, addressed a large gathering In Bolton-Street, Newcastle, last evening. Upon ...
Article : 1,164 wordsSpeeches in opposition to the proposals of the Government were delivered last night by Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., and Ex-Senator A. Rae. Mr. W. C. Grahame, ...
Article : 897 wordsMr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, made his last appeal at the Town Hall to-night for a "Yes" majority on Saturday. The great hall was filled by on ...
Article : 626 wordsMr. J. J. Virgo, National Field Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., London, arrived in Newcastle yesterday, and with Mr. W. Gillanders, general secretary of the Sydney ...
Article : 1,538 wordsA German communique states:—A Russian attack north-west of Lutsk failed. Germans, Austrians, and Hungarians stormed the Vulcan Pass and made ...
Article : 30 wordsIt is officially announced that the Czar has given a personal pledge to King Fredinand that all Russia's resources will be utilised in repelling the invasion of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Dally Graphic" says:—A summary of the situation on General Brussiloff's front describes it as grave to the German ...
Article : 312 wordsA Paris message states that M. Joseph Reinach nays that General von Mackensen has succeeded in cutting oft the Rumanians from the sea, but the blow is ...
Article : 100 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports: Rain fell most of the day yesterday. The enemy's artillery was active, ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, addressed a meeting of coal miners and owners at Westminster on the subject of absenteeism from the coalfields. ...
Article : 176 wordsDespatches from Rumania describe the German advance, and point out that the road south of Kronstadt is choked with military mosses, in slow-moving columns ...
Article : 112 wordsThe "Petit Parisien" states:—General Nivelle, commanding at Verdun, carried out secret preparations for several days, reinforcing the infantry and installing ...
Article : 153 wordsThe "New York Globe" has received cable message indicating that Rumania is preparing for contingencies, and is transferring her Government to Odessa. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that the Austrian General Staff, in an effort to compensate for the loss of men, has greatly developed armaments. ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Controller of the Patents Court has granted the Share Guarantee Trust, which owns practically all the shares In the Swansea Vale Spelter Company, a licence ...
Article : 93 wordsA Russian official message states that the troops have abandoned the Cernavoda-Tasavala Lake position. ...
Article : 20 wordsMr. Whyte Williams, telegraphing to the "New York Times, front Paris, says: The victory at Verdun emphasises the cost at which the German success in the Balkans ...
Article : 161 wordsThe impossibility of holding the Cernavoda bridge was due to General von Mackensen's heavy artillery, which is within six miles nod able to smash it up ...
Article : 51 wordsThe German defeat at Verdun is attributed to the transfer of troops of Rumania. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe following cable message has been received by Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, from Lieutenant Jacka, V.C.:— "The Anzac demand to be reinforced, ...
Article : 44 wordsA German communique states: A French attack north-cast of Verdun gained ground as far as the burning fortress of Donaumont. ...
Article : 25 wordsAmerican officials have completed their report on the Paris Conference agreement, which was at first regarded as impracticable. ...
Article : 55 wordsDr. Friederich Adler, who shot Count Stuerghk, the Premier of Australia, is cool during his trial, and is apparently indifferent to his fate. ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Secretary of State for War, speaking in the House of Commons, said the Government possessed no later information in regard to the ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. E. E. Judd, on behalf of the Trade Union congress, to-day issued an appeal to unionists to vote "No" on Saturday. Mt. Judd points out that organised ...
Article : 340 wordsThe German General Staff publishes the first instalment of a series of ill-timed articles dealing with the Verdun attack from February to June. ...
Article : 67 wordsAn Italian communique states: Our batteries have been active on the Julian front. We recaptured points taken by surprise attacks On the Carso front. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe "New York World's" Paris correspondent states that the French advanced behind a flaming shield of shells. A thousand shells, weighing more than a ...
Article : 103 wordsSir Thomas Shaughnessy, the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, states that Canada is preparing for unprecedented immigration after the war. ...
Article : 84 wordsA German communique says:—The Dobrudja pursuit continues. Cernavoda was occupied this morning. An uncommonly important success was achieved. ...
Article : 24 wordsFifteen more Victoria Crosses have been awarded for deeds of bravery. Among the recipients are the following:— Colonel Campbell, of Coldstream Guards ...
Article : 366 wordsI have been visiting for nearly a week factories and dockyards where guns, shells, warships, and aeroplanes are being manufactured, thereby Britain intend ...
Article : 287 wordsA French communique states:—Wd broke down German counter-attacks at Mackukovo. We brought down two aeroplanes in Southern Albania. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsMr. Massey, the Prime Minister of Now Zealand and Sir Joseph Word, the Minister for Finance, were the guests of the Pilgrim's Club at the Savoy Hotel ...
Article : 312 wordsThe Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a distinguished neutral resident of Berlin, who visited Sweden, gives the facts of the ...
Article : 181 wordsMr. G. Ward Price, the official correspondent, telegraphs from Salonica:—Despite the German reinforcements the enemy has been unable to reduce the Servian ...
Article : 154 wordsThe anti-conscriptionists mustered in force outside the town hall to-night, and several speakers mounted boxes in Druitt and Park streets, and addressed the ...
Article : 144 wordsMr. F. Murry, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Association, has received two threatening and abusive letters. In one, signed "I.W.W.," returned soldiers are ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. George Gracey, a member of the American Mission in Armenia, successfully conducted tine exedus of 25,000 Armeinans and 60,000 cattle from Lake Van. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Commonwealth is disbursing £1200 fortnightly in pensions in the United Kingdom. The method of paying pensions without ...
Article : 68 wordsThe principal meeting in connection with the no-conscription campaign will ho addressed this evening from the balcony of the Royal Exchange Hotel. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe principal meeting to-night will be held in front of the Newcastle Post-office, when addresses will be delivered by Mr. Hector Lamond, Mr. A. R. Gardiner, ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Ministry for Munitions contemplates the erection of a huge arsenal in the centre of France, covering 900 acres. The buildings will cost £4,000,000. ...
Article : 113 wordsNine banks to-day applied for exemptions for employees. Twelve of the latter were granted permanent, and a large number temporary exemption. ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. J. P. Morgan has completed the new British loan at 300,000,000 dollars (£50,000,000). It will bear interest at 5½ per cent. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Commonwealth will occupy their new promises in London on December 23. The building has been reserved for Australian soldiers to allow them to witness ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Wheat Commission has discussed the terms of soiling with representatives of the core trade, but have not arrived at a decision. ...
Article : 38 wordsSenator Gardiner, Assistant Minister for Defence, said to-day, "In view of persistent rumours that there will be surprises in store for certain voters on ...
Article : 162 wordsThe combing out of eligibles is proceeding energetically. Employers have been warned that few exemptions will be renewed, and that they must arrange ...
Article : 65 wordsDespatches from Berlin announces that Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German man Chancellor, is expected to answer Viscount Grey's deliverance on Monday ...
Article : 55 wordsThe West Sydney Labour Council, comprising all the Labour Leagues in the Prime Minister's electorate, to-night unanimously endorsed the action of the ...
Article : 39 wordsLord Robert Cecil the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, said it was understood that Germany was willing to exchange military aged civilians ...
Article : 48 wordsThe New York "Times" states that the British have intercepted letters showing that the Germans intended to use Willehad as a wireless station for submarines. ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Ford, the motor car manufacturer announces that the minimum wages of all the women employed in his factories shall be five dollars (£1) a day each, the ...
Article : 93 wordsAt the Newcastle Drill Hall yesterday, six more men reported, and of them four were classed as fit, one was classed as unfit, and one as temporarily unfit. Throe ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 wordsAs a proof that the relations between King Constantine and the Entente have improved, the King has signed a decree demobilising 60,000 men, and reducing the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe bill introduced by Mr. E. G. Pretyman, prohibiting the use of the word "Anzac" in connection with trade, business, calling or profession, has been ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 27 Oct 1916, Page 5
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