General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander on the Western front, reports:— We captured the whole of Mametz Wood, and made progress in Trones ...
Article : 258 wordsThe latest Russian communique states: —There is intermittent artillery and rifle fire along the whole front, from Riga to Polesie. ...
Article : 132 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," states:—Prior to the capture of Contalmaison the enemy's shell fire was more intense and ...
Article : 777 wordsThe arrangements in connection with the celebration in Newcastle to-day of France Day are complete, and it now remains for the public to do their part, and ...
Article : 668 wordsMr. P. W. Tewkesbury is bringing to the Commonwealth an Australian flag, bearing the signatures of General Joffre, Lord Kitchener, and the members of the ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. J. E. Redmond has issued the following statement:—"I regard Lord Lansdowne's speech (in the House of Lords) as a gross insult to Ireland. It amounts to a ...
Article : 368 wordsAdmiral Holtzendorff's recall from the retired list, and his appointment as expert adviser to the German Admiralty, is interpreted in Berlin as a rebuke to the ...
Article : 58 wordsIt was announced recently that the Government had formulated a scheme for providing homes for permanently incapaciated returned soldiers' and soldiers' ...
Article : 230 wordsMajor John Armstrong, of the Royal Engineers, son of a former Crown Prosecutor in New South Wales, has been killed in France. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Germans have been expelled from the provinces of Ruanda and Urundi, and have abandoned the province of Bukobe. The Belgians inflicted a severe defeat ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 444 wordsIt is reported that General Pflanzer and the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand have been relieved of their commands of the Austrian armies. ...
Article : 50 wordsIn reply to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, said he did not think the time was opportune to discuss the campaign in ...
Article : 101 wordsA German communique states:—The position on the Stokhod front is unchanged. We took in two days 1938 prisoners, and captured twelve machine guns. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe following statement was issued from district military headquarters to-day:— "Certain units of the Citizen Forces, i.e., artillery and engineers, attached to the ...
Article : 86 wordsMr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons last night that the Government had agreed to the prolongation of Parliament and the ...
Article : 102 wordsThere was a more bouyant, more confident tone at the wool sales than at the opening of the series. One disturbing element was removed ...
Article : 418 wordsA Vienna communique states:—Several enemy attacks on the Lower Stokhod failed. We captured 2000 men and 12 machine ...
Article : 29 wordsPrivate Ht. S. Edgar, son of Mr. E. Edgar, of Islington, writes from France to a Newcastle friend:—"I suppose you have already read the papers that. I have been ...
Article : 213 wordsConsiderable movements of German troops throughout Belgium are reported. All the Landsturms have been sent to the front, and heavy artillery is being ...
Article : 36 wordsPolish societies have told President Wilson an apalling story of sufferings in the portion of Poland in possession of the Germans. ...
Article : 90 wordsIn the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that the Government had adopted the resolutions agreed upon by the Economic ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Paris Press, in paying a magnificent tribute to the courage of the British in recapturing Contalmaison, notes that this the twenty-third village wrested from ...
Article : 46 wordsThis was the title of an entertainment given in the Central Hall, Newcastle, last evening, by W. Winn and Company's employees, in aid of France's Day ...
Article : 375 wordsThe feat of the Deutschland has caused great jubilation in Germany. The owners advance the extravagant claim that the British blockade has now ended, and ...
Article : 93 wordsAn Italian communique states:—We made some progress in the Adige Valley, north of the Screw Valley. Our batteries ignited encampments on ...
Article : 74 wordsA French communique states:—There is nothing to report from the Somme. The Germans made a powerful attack in the region of Souville Fort at Verdun. Six ...
Article : 152 wordsAn inquest was held to-day into the death of Adele Browne, the licensee of the Cricket Club Hotel, St. Kilda, who was found strangled on Saturday night in ...
Article : 112 wordsA Vienna communique states—We repulsed a strong Italian attack at Monterasta. The enemy lost a thousand men. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe super-submarine Deutschland is expected to leave shortly. The unloading of her cargo has been almost completed. The press is discussing the Allies right ...
Article : 66 wordsA deputation of employers and employees in the printing trade to-day asked Mr. Hardacre, the Minister for Education, to establish technical college ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Japanese Admiralty has drawn up a construction programme extending until 1923. It includes four super-Dreadnoughts. The estimated expenditure is £25,000,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsMany British submarines have been sees in the Northern Cattegat. Only small German steamers are able to reach Norway. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is officially announced that a submarine, from a spot a few hundred yards off the undefended part of Seaham, ten miles south of Newcastle, fired thirty rounds of ...
Article : 79 wordsA correspondent states:—Fighting continues unabated on the Somme. The recrudescence of activity at Verdun shows that the Germans intend to maintain their ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 wordsThe Commonwealth has to-day taken over the steamers Strathleven, 4396 tons, and Kirkoswald 4021 tons, and takes over the Ardangorm, 3570 tons, to-morrow. The ...
Article : 74 wordsIt is stated that the new trade submarines of Germany are to be devoted solely to the transport of food. The submarine following the ...
Article : 65 wordsA Russian communique states:—We captured a new Turkish fortified line, westward of Erzerum, and made considerable progress, capturing 1700 ...
Article : 30 wordsThe delegates from the Labour Council to the Anti-conscription League reported to to-night's meeting of the council regarding the disturbance in the Domain ...
Article : 393 wordsThe British Admiral in the Adriatic reports that an Austrian cruiser surprised and sank two patrolling British trawlers. Two others were fired upon and damaged. ...
Article : 50 wordsWhat was justly described on the programme as a novel entertainment was given at the King's Hall last night, in aid of France's Day. The first part ...
Article : 487 wordsQueen Mary and Prince George attended an entertainment to convalescent Anzacs at Lord Blythe's house. The Queen chatted with the men, and ...
Article : 50 wordsA Turkish communique states:—We surprised an enemy cavalry detachment in the Felahie sector. The enemy fled, leaving many horses. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that Sir Ernest Shackleton telegraphs that he is leaving Punta Arenas on Wednesday on another attempt to rescue his marooned ...
Article : 66 wordsBlinded soldiers in training at St. Dunstan's Hostel competed in a regatta at Putney, and won every event for which they entered. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe obvious attempts of the German military authorites to break disastrous news gently has led to the rapid spread of pessimism. Many newspapers are ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia, has issued the first number of the "Anzac Bulletin." It is distributing Australian news, free ...
Article : 42 wordsLord Derby presided at the Freetrade Hall in Manchester, when Colonel Foster delivered an address on Empire trade. Lord Derby said it was stupid of the ...
Article : 152 wordsA German communique states:—Fighting near Contaimaison, Mametz Wood, and Trones Wood, is continuing with bitter stubborness. A big French attack on ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Samuel, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, announced in the House of Commons that the committee appointed to deal with the cases of conscientious ...
Article : 51 wordsThe death is announced of Miss Josephine Cohan (Mrs. Fred Niblo), who recently returned to America after a three years' professional visit to Australia, ...
Article : 40 wordsMr. Mahon, the Minister for External Affairs, strongly resents criticism that the Government's cabled news is scrappy, localised, and fruitless. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe calling up of youths of 17 and 18, professedly for training purposes has created a panic in Germany. Parents are no longer willing as in ...
Article : 71 wordsA company has been organised to build airships for trans-Atlantic flight. The first keel will be laid within a month. Pilot Dupre claims that they will reach ...
Article : 54 wordsIt was announced to-day in the Commonwealth "Gazette" that Lieutenant-colonel R. L. Courtney, C.B., has been temporarily appointed Commandant of ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Edward Johnson, a returned American, says that the conditions In Germany are terrible. "There are hundreds of thousands of widows in Berlin," he says. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Minister for External Affairs to-day received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that the Imperial Government did ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, has sent a marconigram stating that ho is indisposed, and he is uncertain whether he will be able to carry out his ...
Article : 54 wordsMrs. Phoebe Harmes, of Mayfield, died in Wallsend Hospital on Wednesday, after a few days' illness. The deceased had lived in the district for a number of years, and was ...
Article : 85 wordsLieutenant Stanley Wootton, the famous jockey, who is serving with the 17th Royal Fusillers, has been wounded at the front. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent learns from reliable sources that the following vessels are being repaired in the German dockyards ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 14 Jul 1916, Page 5
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