An official communique says:—"We assumed the offensive on the left bank of the Vistula, and took 3000 prisoners. The enemy, after enormous sacrifices, captured ...
Article : 62 wordsThe "Glornale d'Italia" of Rome, in a significant article published on Monday, remarks that war has virtually been declared by the unanimity of the King, the ...
Article : 127 wordsGermany is said to be more optimistic now than she was in the winter. The reasons given are that she has been reassured respecting her food supply, is greatly elated ...
Article : 54 wordsA terrible tragedy was discovered on Tuesday at Morrisons, a township above 22 miles distant from Geelong. About 7 a.m. smoke was observed arising from the ...
Article : 378 wordsThe Home Secretary (Mr. R. M'Kenna) has stated in the House of Commons that 150 people and 107 constables were injured in the anti-German riots in London, and ...
Article : 38 wordsAn Austrian communique claims that the Austro-German army gained the left bank of the San. The Russian counter-attacks were repulsed with greater ...
Article : 27 wordsHis Majesty the King on Monday paid a visit to the Clyde shipyards.—Considerable public anxiety has been caused in England by the publication in several ...
Article : 138 wordsA very successful exploit by Allies' airmen in Belgium is reported. An attack was made on the German aviation ground at Ghistelles, a small town in West ...
Article : 51 wordsThere are indications of unrest in the British Cabinet. Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Lloyd George, Sir John Simon, Lord Chief Justice, and Viscount Haldane all ...
Article : 270 wordsLord Kitchener announced in the House of Lords that the British and French Governments had decided that their troops must be adequately protected against ...
Article : 106 wordsAdmiral Sir, John Jellicoe has received the telegram sent to him by Clyde employers and workmen, assuring him that he may except the last ounce from the Clyde ...
Article : 69 wordsThe British Board of Trade issues a statement that, from January to the end of April, 982,740 workers secured increases in wages aggregating £133,537 weekly. ...
Article : 29 wordsLord Kitchener states:—"We have all followed with admiration the forward movement of our brave Allies, whose agpressive operations have been responsible ...
Article : 77 wordsSir Edward Speyer, a native of Germany, has offered to resign the Privy Councillorship to which he was appointed by King Edward VII. in 1909 and the baronetcy ...
Article : 62 wordsA new award of the Professional and Shop Workers' Group, No. 3 Board, for drapers, increases the rate of pay for men up to 7/6 a week at 23 years of age, and ...
Article : 457 wordsAt the first meeting of the Belgian National Committee of Relief in London, the Lord Mayor asked urgently for a greater response to the world appeal on behalf of ...
Article : 188 words"Pall Mall Gazette" states that Lord Fisher disapproved of the employment of the fleet alone in the Dardanelles, but did not put his foot down. The paper adds :— ...
Article : 82 wordsAdvices which have reached Copenhagen from Berlin state that Senator Pessehl, of Lubeck, the owner of Swedish and Norwegian mines, has been arrested for ...
Article : 52 wordsFurther unfavourable news regarding the condition of King Constantine of Greece, who is suffering from pleurisy is contained in an official bulletin issued on Monday. ...
Article : 48 wordsAdvices from Berlin indicate, that the American protest respecting the sinking of the Lusitania, is under consideration The text of President Wilson's Note has ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the House of Commons on Monday the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), replying to a question, said that the Government were considering the question of prohibiting ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Cunard steamship Transylvania sighted a submarine astern on Sunday evening. The Transylvania zig-zagged and altered her course and escaped. ...
Article : 32 wordsA Paris messages says that the Germans left 2000 dead on the ground west of the Yser Canal, which they evacuated on Sunday. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe fortunes of the Russian armies in the eastern theatre are referred to briefly in the following communique from Petrograd :—"We have been obliged to fall back ...
Article : 302 wordsThe following circular has been issued to rifle clubs:— "The great value of sharpshooters attached to bodies, of troops composed of ...
Article : 316 wordsA Russian communique states:—"The magnitude of the Austrian route in Bukovina nullifies the successes of the enemy in Galicia. The whole region from the ...
Article : 119 wordsFugitives from Trieste, Austria's port on the Adriatic Sea, state that insurgents blow up two powder magazines, and attacked the Royal Palace and the ...
Article : 57 wordsFrom Messrs Angus and Robertson, Sydney, we have received "The Now Company Drill Simplified." This, like similar, works is by Lieutenant Stupart and should be a ...
Article : 67 wordsA later communique states that in spite of the concentration of largo forces in the Shavli region, the Germans, after suffering severe, repulses, are now on the defensive. ...
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