King George has paid his second visit to the West front. Writing of the event, Mr. Philip Gibbs, says:—His Majesty has taken ...
Article : 233 words"Great military importance attaches to our capture yesterday of the final remaining positions of the enemy's winter line fortifications" states a Petrograd ...
Article : 351 wordsA note of menace is to be perceived in the tone now being adopted by the German press towards Holland, owing to what it terms the "inadequate protests" made by ...
Article : 80 wordsNow that General von Bothmer, after having stubbornly held his winter lines, has been compelled to fall back, in consequence of the menaces to his flanks, interest ...
Article : 276 wordsFurther fighting between British and Turkish forces in the desert cast of Port Said was announced in a bulletin on August 11, which stated:— ...
Article : 270 wordsA message from Pensacola (a United States port on the Gulf of Mexico) states that the French cruiser Amiral Aube has received a wireless message from a British ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is officially announced that the Military medal has been awarded to the following members of the Australian Imperial Force:— ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. E. S. Montagu, who succeeded Mr. Lloyd George as Minister for Munitions, speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, said:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says it is believed there that the outcome of the mission of Dr. von Bethmann-Holweg and Herr von Jagow to ...
Article : 129 wordsThe British Military Service (Conscription) Acts do not apply to Ireland, but Irish members complained in the House of Commons on Monday that Irishmen temporarily ...
Article : 106 wordsKing George has sent to Sir Archibald Murray (commander-in-chief of the British forces in Egypt) the following congratulatory message:— ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Massey, the special correspondent in Egypt of the "Daily Telegraph," wires:—"Further details of the battle on August 9 show that the Turks threw an amazing ...
Article : 271 wordsGeneral Brusiloff's armies, between June 4 and August 12, have taken prisoner 7,757 officers, and 350,000 men, with 405 cannon, 1,326 machine-guns, 338 bomb-throwers, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 357 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York World" says that advice received by American business men in the British capital indicate that there is a growing ...
Article : 115 wordsThe "Daily News" publishes the following remarks by the Kaiser, said to have been uttered when speaking to a neutral at an official deputation at Berlin:— ...
Article : 165 wordsIn a review of the economic position, the Saxon newspaper the "Leipziger Volkszeitung" says:- "There is misery everywhere. We must ...
Article : 32 wordsField-Marshal von Hindenburg will not, after all, have command of the Austro-German armies on the East Front. It appears that the Kaiser, in ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the Rome "Tribuna" on Monday sent to that journal the following telegram:- "Turkey and Bulgaria have made ...
Article : 46 wordsReports from Vienna state that two important Cabinet meetings were held on Tuesday, which discussed the question of separate peace with Italy, in order to turn ...
Article : 66 wordsLance-Corporal Jacka, of Wedderburn (Vic.), who was the first Australian soldier to earn the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli, has gained further distinction. He ...
Article : 61 wordsThe number of German casualties officially reported for July, excluding naval and colonial losses, is 122,540, made up as follows:— ...
Article : 149 wordsThe British taken prisoner at Kut-el-Amara have been distributed in groups through the Angora region of Asia, Minor. They are badly housed, and lack warm ...
Article : 523 wordsIn the House of Commons on Monday the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Robert Cecil) said that Germany had sent large numbers of British ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 17 wordsA message from Petrograd announces that General Kuropatkin, who succeeded General Russky in command of Russia's northern armies when the latter retired ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsThe Allies have commenced an offensive on the Balkans front, and, as the result of a great battle, have captured the railway station at Doiran, 40 miles north-west of ...
Article : 162 wordsGeneral Botha has arrived at Durban on his return journey from the headquarters of Lieut.-General Smuts, who is in command of the ...
Article : 93 wordsA submarine has shelled the Glasgow steamer San Bernardo (3,907 tons) in the North Sea. The crew escaped in the boats, and were picked up. It is believed that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that it is believed that the Central Powers (Germany and Austria) are about to proclaim the independence of Poland. ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 19 Aug 1916, Page 30
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