Sir Douglas Haig reported on Wednesday:—"North-west of Pozieres the Australians advanced our lines 200 yards on a frontage of 600 yards." ...
Article : 22 wordsA 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. ...
Article : 351 wordsAn 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 ...
Article : 100 words"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 ...
Article : 280 wordsField-Marshal von Hindenburg has inspected the position at Kovel, and replaced many Austrian officers on General von Bothmer's staff by Germans. ...
Article : 61 wordsReports 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 ...
Article : 44 wordsAt midnight on Saturday it was reported from Petrograd:—"The battle at Graberka, on the Sereth, south of Brody, is developing in our favour. ...
Article : 188 wordsIt 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 ...
Article : 102 wordsIt is reported from Paris that General Joffre, in an interview with the correspondents of American newspapers, said:—"Victory for the Allies is now certain. ...
Article : 127 wordsSir 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 ...
Article : 122 wordsMessages 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"Fierce fighting continues on General Brusiloff's front," says the Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post." "The Germans have brought up more ...
Article : 112 wordsCount 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 ...
Article : 79 wordsAccording to Rotterdam advices, the correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt" on the West front incidentally admits in his report that sharpshooters have been ...
Article : 123 wordsEnglish newspapers quote suggestions advanced by the semi-official "Cologne Gazette" and the "Volkszeitung" (chief Catholic organ of Cologne) that captains ...
Article : 49 wordsOn 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 ...
Article : 94 wordsObstinate fighting is proceeding southward of Brody, on the frontier of Galicia. The Russians have captured six more villages, taking 3,000 prisoners. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe 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"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"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 ...
Article : 162 wordsThe 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 ...
Article : 58 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Balfour) has issued a review, in which he says:—"The second anniversary of the British ...
Article : 386 wordsStatements 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 ...
Article : 182 wordsKing George has written to the widow of Captain Fryatt, expressing his abhorrence and deep indignation at the execution. His Majesty added:— ...
Article : 59 wordsIn a despatch dated midnight on Saturday, Sir Douglas Haig said:—"Including the capture of German trenches in a local attack north of the ...
Article : 191 wordsGeneral Lechitsky, south of the Dneister, took 7,500 prisoners, including 3,500 Germans, up to Sunday; also five cannon and 63 machine-guns. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe 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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Advertising : 24 wordsAn 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 wordsMr. 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 ...
Article : 116 wordsDescribing 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 ...
Article : 442 wordsThe Paris communique of Wednesday states that the French reoccupied the H[?] Wood trenches, taking 50 prisoners. ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 12 Aug 1916, Page 32
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