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  2. ALLIES CHECKMATING GERMANS HUNS STILL HELD UP

    The enemy artillerying is increasing in the Lys sector. ...

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  3. BRITISH PROBLEMS

    It is fully expected that the Budget next week will involve still heavier sacrifices for the British civilian population. The "Westminster Gazette," in an ...

    Article : 339 words
  4. WITH THE AUSTRALIANS

    Some time-before the German offensive started several of us ware told by our. authorities that the German attack was expected about the date when it actually ...

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  5. ALLIED RESISTANCE

    A message from Amsterdam says that the was correspondent of the "Frankfurter Zeitung" states:—"The increase in the enemy's s ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. IBISH FIGHTING CONSCRIPTION

    "The Times" correspondent at Dubl[?] states that, after a day-long session, the Nationalist Conference issued a repor[?] stating that the Catholic Archbishop and ...

    Article : 181 words
  7. BRITISH ADVANCE 1500 YARDS

    The British advanced on a 1500 yard [?]t at Besmains, but the Germans recaptured the lost ground. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. THE GERMAN DESCRIPTION.

    German official:—We repulsed strong attacks against Wytschaete. Our fire caused the heaviest losses while the attackers were assembling. ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. GERMAN TAXATION INCREASED.

    Amsterdam advices state that Germany is proposing to raise £158,000,000 by new taxation, the sche[?] including 50 per cent on business tnrnovers, 42 per cent, ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE

    Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports —We captuned a few men and nine machine [?]uns and a trench mortar in a [?]uccessful enterprise southward of the ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. [?]ALIANS SWELL THE GORGES.

    A Wireless Italian message says:—"Signer Orlando, the Prime Minister, stated in the Chamber of Deputies yesterdey that Italian regiments will-' ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. DISTINGUISHED COLONEL

    Wounded officers report that there is infa[?]y inactivity on Somme, though shelling and bombing are continuous near Amiens. Wounded men here are ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. AUSTRIAN SOCIALISTS. RATTLED.

    It is stated by the Amsterdam "Telegraaf" that the Austrian Socialist Party has decided to sto[?] work throughout the country on May 1 as a demonstration in ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. ARMENTLERES GARRISON SURRENDERED.

    Mr. H. W. Massinghom, writing in "The Nation," asserts that the British did not withdraw from Armentiers, but that the garrison surrendered, after ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. INVOKING INDIAN LOYALTY.

    The Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) h[?] cancelled his tour. He arrives here with the Hon. E. E. Montagn, when [?] conference will be held m connection ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. CANADA WILL SEND MORE MEN.

    An official report [?]f the secret[?]sessions of the Canadian House of Commo[?] shows that Sir R. L. Borden, [?]he Prime Minister, after commu[?]ng.a ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. FINAL CRISIS TO COME

    Mr. Kerth Murdoch telegrephs:—It is generally conceded that the immediate situation is less critical than it was [?] week ago. We have had exceedingly ...

    Article : 316 words
  18. CONGRATULATED BY MARSHAL HAIG.

    The Official Press Bureau announced that Field-Marshal Haig has congratulated Li[?]enant-General Holland and all [?]nks of the 1st Carps on the gallant ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. GERMAN FAILURE AT GIVENCHY.

    "This morning the enemy tried with very large forces to break through our Givenchy positions and capture Bethune," telegraphed Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, ...

    Article : 199 words
  20. A DUBLIN DEMONSTRATION.

    A great c[?]owd at the Dublin Mansion House to-day cheered the leaders when the Anti-Conscription Conference was resumed, and sangg national songs. ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. CAN RAISE FIVE TO TEN MILLION MEN.

    The Indian National Congress has telegraphed to Mr. Lioyd George and the Viceroy:—"The Prime Minister's stirrin[?] message to India and the Viceroy's ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. REPULSES OF THE ENEMY

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"We repulsed hostile attacks and were reported to be making progress ar ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. BREAKING THE HUN WAVES

    Mr. Pereival Phillips, correspondent of "The Daily Express," sends a graphic account of the fighting in the La Bassee and Passchendaele regions. He says:— ...

    Article : 373 words
  24. MEETING OF NATIONALISTS.

    Mr. John Dillon, leader of the Nationalist Party, has sent a telegraphic Whip to the Parliamentary Nationalists summoning them to attend an important ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. SINN FEINER ELECTED.

    Dr. Macartan, a Sinn Feiner, has been refurned without opposition for the electorate of Tullermore, King's County, Ireland. ...

    Article : 28 words
  26. INCREASING THE TAX[?]S.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Bonar Law) will introduce the Bud[?] on April 21. It is anticipated that the[?] will be a general increa[?]e of the inc[?] ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. A UNIQUE OCCASION

    Dublin's Anti-Con[?]ption Conference sho[?]ed a [?]animity of feeling from the first. A significant decision was the immediate dispatch of a deputation, ...

    Article : 155 words
  28. THE ATTACK ON ROBECQ.

    A great attack was launched this morning on Rob[?]q (about six miles north-west of Bethune) and Givenchy (six miles to the wast of Bethune). The ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. ADVANCE IN SILVER

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  30. DANGEROUS AFRICAN PROPAGANDA

    In the House of Assembly the war debate was continued. In a speach, which was generally [?]ously moderate, Hon. He[?]y Burton. Minister of Finance and ...

    Article : 80 words
  31. NIGHT FLIERS CAUSE EXPLOSIONS.

    In his report concerning the work of the aviators on the British, front, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:—Despite unfavorable weather four and ...

    Article : 114 words
  32. RUINATION OF RHEIMS.

    A message from Paris says:— The Germans have converted the centre of [?]heims into a heap of scorched, blackened stones. In a week they fired more ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. PRAISE FOR THE FOURTH DIVISION.

    Major-General Sinclair Maclagan (Divisional Commander) has issued an Order of the Day to the Fourth Division, congratulating them upon the gallantry, ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. EXEMPTS MUST BE VOLUNTEERS.

    The only alteration is the Man Powre Bill made in the House of Lords and accepted by the Government and th[?] Hou[?] of Commons was that all me[?] ...

    Article : 53 words
  35. CONFIDENCE OF THE PRESS.

    Commenting on the position on the west front, "The Times" expresses regret at the inevitable withdrawal from Passchendaele and Zo[?]ebeke, and the ...

    Article : 138 words
  36. NO INFANTRY ACTIONS.

    French communique:—There were no [?]fantry actions to-day. The artillery duel was very lively in the region of Castes, Grivesnes, and on ...

    Article : 40 words
  37. NOTHING HERALD NOW OF STRIKES.

    The Some Secretary (Sir George Cave), speaking at King ston-on-the-Thames, said that since the great offensive began the workers had joined up in greater ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. U BOAT MURDERS

    In the Reichstag debate on U bo[?] questions the Administration was severely criticised with regard to delays and the manner in which submarines were ...

    Article : 155 words
  39. WAR ITEMS DRIVER HUGHES RECOVERING.

    Driver E. M. Hughes, eldest [?] of the Prime Minister, is making good progress in a hospital in Bristol. Driver Hughes was wounded in the course of ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. ENEMY DEFEATED AT GIVENCHY.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Our counter attack threw out the enemy from the advanced defences round Givenchy and Festubert, re-establishing ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. ARTILLERY BUSY NEAR NOYON.

    French communique:—The reciprocal [?]rtillery activity his been of the liveliest description between Lassigny and Noyen. ...

    Article : 44 words
  42. NO WEAK SPOT.

    Reuter's special correspondent states that the change of front of the Genman attack to the region between Givenchy and east of Robecq found 90 weak spot ...

    Article : 442 words
  43. LORD DERBY'S NEW POSITION.

    Lord Milner hancefo[?] will confine his attendances to Cabinet Councils, at which military problems are involved. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. AVIATORS DROP NINE TOSS OF BOMBS.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports last night:—Out aviators last night dropped nine tons of bom[?]s on Bapaume, Armentieres, end Warneton, and on the ...

    Article : 41 words
  45. £10,000,000 FOR RED CROSS.

    "The Times" fund for the Red Cross reached £10,000,000 to-night. ...

    Article : 21 words
  46. FRENCH CAPTURE 650 PRISONERS.

    A French communique says:—There has been a somewhat violent recip[?]ocal bombardment in the Castel and Mailly-Raineval region (on the Avre, near j ...

    Article : 84 words
  47. REACHING THE DECISIVE STAGE.

    Correspondents with the French a[?]y [?]im that the battle is reaching an absolutely decisive stage, when the Germans must [?]ecure further gains or fall back ...

    Article : 155 words
  48. AMERICANS DISAPPOINTED.

    "The Times" correspondent at Washington reporte that the Philadelphia' "Ledger" appeals to Ireland not to desert its two best friends—the Tricolor ...

    Article : 123 words
  49. STRIKE IN ARTILLERY FACTORY.

    There is a strike at the State artillery works at Hamburg, and men trying to resume work were attacked by a mob, whom the police and military charged and ...

    Article : 55 words
  50. HAMPERING HUN TRANSPORT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas haig reports:—There is no change. The enemy artillery was active at various points, and it shelled our positions this ...

    Article : 57 words
  51. TURKS CLAIM 3100 PRISONERS.

    Turkish official:—We are approaching Kars. We have ocounted Tschoruk-su[?]ii, We took [?]100 prisoners at Batoum. including 600 officers. We also captured 150 ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. EMENY PRESSURE GIVES SMALL GAINS

    A Paris communique states:—East of St. Mi[?]el the enemy yesterday morning deliverd an attack on a front of one kilometre near Leicheprey. He ...

    Article : 109 words
  53. EGYPTIAN PROSPECTS

    Reuter's correspondent at Cains states that the Acting Financial Adviser (Sir H. Brunyats) has issued a not[?] on the 1918 Budget. He refers to the progress ...

    Article : 121 words
  54. BRITISH MAKE SLIGHT ADVANCE.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Southward of Hebut[?]e and southward of the Soarpe we carried out successful minor [?]terprises. advancing ...

    Article : 55 words
  55. AFRICAN ELECTORAL CENSUS.

    At a joint sitting of Parliament the Bill amending the Constitution to provide for the inclusion of Over[?]a Contingenters in the approaching electoral census passed ...

    Article : 48 words
  56. BRITISH EXEMPTIONS CANCELLED

    A royal proclamation canoels the ex[?]mptions of men from 19 to 23 years granted by the tribunals in the Government departments. There are certain ...

    Article : 121 words
  57. THE BURNING OF BAILLEUL

    "It is aniserable weather for fighting," says Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, the "Daily Mail" correspondent. "The men must sleep in the open, in spite of the chilling fogs and ...

    Article : 263 words
  58. NOTABLE FRENCH SUCCESS

    Reuter's correspondent at F[?]nch headquarters telegraphed on April 19:—A French attack yesterday on the west bank of the Avre was noteworthy for ...

    Article : 220 words
  59. FRENCH FICHTING HARD

    The French are heavily in action in the northeren battle area. ...

    Article : 25 words
  60. HOPEFUL FRENCH GENERAL

    A [?]perul message is sent by Reuter's correspondent at the French headquatlers who says"—"I have interviewed one of the foremost French generale, who ...

    Article : 162 words
  61. NAVAL ACTIVITIES

    The British Admiralty reports:—British monitors on Wednesday night bombarded Ostend and batteries in the vicinity. Owing to the bad weather it ...

    Article : 114 words
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  64. PRISONERS BADLY TREATED.

    Australian prisoners Germany have been entertained by the Red Cross. They are all fairly well, and state that Germany is agog with excitement ove[?] ...

    Article : 241 words
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  66. GERMANS EMPLOY 126 DIVISIONS.

    It has been officially stated that 126 enemy divisions participated in the bat[?]le from March 21 up to April 18. A previous message gave the number ...

    Article : 48 words
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