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  2. AUSTRALIANS ADVANCE.

    Sir Douglas Haig reported on Wednesday:—"North-west of Pozieres the Australians advanced our lines 200 yards on a frontage of 600 yards." ...

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  3. ALLIES' CONFIDENCE GROWS

    A great Imperial and patriotic meeting, presided over by the Under Secretary of State for War (Lord Derby) was held at the Queen's Hall (London), on August 4. ...

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  4. RESOLUTE RUSSIA.

    An official message from Berlin confirms the report that, in view of the general situation on the East front, in consequence of the Russian offensive, Field-Marshal von ...

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  5. VERDUN CONFLICT.

    "Fighting of the fiercest character is in progress along a four-mile front at Verdun," says a message from Paris. "So closely packed is the artillery on both sides ...

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  6. OFFICERS SUPERSEDED.

    Field-Marshal von Hindenburg has inspected the position at Kovel, and replaced many Austrian officers on General von Bothmer's staff by Germans. ...

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  7. ENEMY'S PLANS.

    Reports from Copenhagen state that the Kaiser has returned to Berlin from the Last front, and that the German War Council has resolved to prepare for an ...

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  8. STAND BY GERMANS.

    At midnight on Saturday it was reported from Petrograd:—"The battle at Graberka, on the Sereth, south of Brody, is developing in our favour. ...

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  9. ON THE SOMME.

    It is stated on reliable authority that the German estimates of the Allies' losses in the fighting on the Somme, which put the total British casualties at 230,000, and the ...

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  10. "VICTORY CERTAIN."

    It is reported from Paris that General Joffre, in an interview with the correspondents of American newspapers, said:—"Victory for the Allies is now certain. ...

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  11. HARD FIGHTING.

    Sir Douglas Haig reported on Monday:—"Four German attacks were made north of Pozieres, and the enemy penetrated our new trenches at a few points, but were ...

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  12. FOE'S SECOND LINE.

    Messages from Paris state that the object of the attack on Friday night, August 4, north of Pozieres, by the Australian and British troops was to put the outskirts of ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. DRUSILOFE PRESSES ON.

    "Fierce fighting continues on General Brusiloff's front," says the Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post." "The Germans have brought up more ...

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  14. AMERICANS IN BELGIUM.

    Count von Reventlow, one of the leaders of Germany's "frightfulness" policy, writing in the "Tageszeitung" (described as the organ of greedy "food usurers") urges the ...

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  15. HUN VIEW OF AUSTRALIANS.

    According to Rotterdam advices, the correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt" on the West front incidentally admits in his report that sharpshooters have been ...

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  16. CAPTAIN FRYATT'S MURDER.

    English newspapers quote suggestions advanced by the semi-official "Cologne Gazette" and the "Volkszeitung" (chief Catholic organ of Cologne) that captains ...

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  17. 3,000 MEETINGS HELD.

    On August 4 London was crowded with convalescents in blue hospital suits driving to the Albert Hall meeting to celebrate the second anniversary of the outbreak of the ...

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  18. SIX VILLAGES CAPTURED.

    Obstinate fighting is proceeding southward of Brody, on the frontier of Galicia. The Russians have captured six more villages, taking 3,000 prisoners. ...

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  19. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT.

    The Allied artillery has carried out an exceptionally severe bombardment for 48 hours on a front of 28 miles, from the village of Thiepval to the outskirts of the ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. BOMB AND BAYONET.

    "In the Somme battle the Australians have again proved themselves as expert in bombing as they were on Gallipoli," says the special correspondent of the "Morning ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. LEMBERG THREATENED.

    "The successes of the Russians on the Graberka and Sereth rivers (south of Brody)," says the Petrograd Correspondent of the "Morning Post," bring them within ...

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  22. GREAT BRITAIN SEEKS NAMES.

    The Minister for Blockade (Lord Robert Cecil) stated in the House of Commons that the British Government had asked the United States to ascertain the constitution ...

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  23. WORK OF NAVY.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Balfour) has issued a review, in which he says:—"The second anniversary of the British ...

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  24. ENEMY'S FOOD SHORTAGE.

    Statements made by German prisoners captured on the Somme front show that the German troops in the trenches have one day a week without meat. Troops behind ...

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  25. THE KING'S ABHORRENCE.

    King George has written to the widow of Captain Fryatt, expressing his abhorrence and deep indignation at the execution. His Majesty added:— ...

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  26. BRITISH CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS.

    In a despatch dated midnight on Saturday, Sir Douglas Haig said:—"Including the capture of German trenches in a local attack north of the ...

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  27. ANOTHER SUCCESS.

    General Lechitsky, south of the Dneister, took 7,500 prisoners, including 3,500 Germans, up to Sunday; also five cannon and 63 machine-guns. ...

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  28. DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON.

    The British Workers' League made a demonstration in Trafalgar Square on Sunday afternoon, and demanded that reprisals should be taken by the British Government ...

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  30. IMPORTANCE OF POZIERES.

    An army order issued by General Below found on prisoners said:—"You must at all costs recapture the Pozieres plateau. If the British retain it, it will give them a ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. THE "MASTER ASSASSIN."

    Mr. Joseph Reinach, who, under the signature of "Polybe," has proved himself one of the most acute writers oh the war, launches in the "Figaro" what will probably ...

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  32. PRISONERS NERVE-BROKEN.

    Describing the latest attack, Mr. Philip Gibbs says:—"It was a great and tragic surprise for the enemy. Probably they believed that after the July battles ...

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  33. FRENCH PERSIST.

    The Paris communique of Wednesday states that the French reoccupied the H[?] Wood trenches, taking 50 prisoners. ...

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