Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig issued the following special Order of the Day to the British troops in France on Friday:—"Three weeks ago to-day the enemy began ...
Article : 200 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, special correspondent of the London "Daily Express" at British Headquarters, wrote on April 10: —"While holding the Messines ridge ...
Article : 237 wordsThe Zeppelin factory At Friederichshaven, which was destroyed a few days ago by fire, had lately been transformed into a Gotha aeroplane factory. The fire broke ...
Article : 96 wordsNews has been receiVed in Copenhagen that the Emperor Karl of Austria gave audience on Sunday to Count Czernin (who has resigned the position of Minister for ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent at British Headquarters on the West front of the London "Daily Chronicle," says that the British, who held Neuve ...
Article : 144 wordsIt is notified by the Admiralty that 10 German trawlers were sunk by gunfire during a sweep of the Cattegat (an arm of the North Sea, between Sweden and Denmark) ...
Article : 135 wordsBolo Pasha, who was found guilty by a military tribunal in Paris of treason, was executed on April 17. "Captain Bouchardon, who prosecuted ...
Article : 62 wordsThere are indications that the German thrust has lost its prime momentum, and that the German generals are looking for a third field of attack. Meanwhile desperate ...
Article : 218 wordsMr. Arthur Henderson, formerly Labour representative of the British War Cabinet, and more recently a leader of the Pacifist movement in England, made an important ...
Article : 148 wordsThe taking by the Germans of Merville represents an advance of 13 miles since the morning of April 10, and shows that the enemy is continuing the heaviest pressure ...
Article : 52 wordsThe desperate struggle north of Bethune has given the Australians holding the Ancre and the Albert region a much quieter time than was expected when they were ...
Article : 489 wordsThe British Prime Minister made the following statement in the course of a speech on the Man Power Bill in the House of Commons on April 16:— ...
Article : 173 wordsThe London evening newspapers quote highest military authorities as stating that they consider that a second crisis has arisen, owing to the German successes to the west ...
Article : 144 wordsIn spite of the protests from the Labour leaders, the United States Senate has again affirmed its decision in favour of denying to the workers the right to strike in time ...
Article : 37 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: —"We repulsed, with loss, repeated attacks northward of Bailleul. Our fire at close range caught bodies of enemy infantry ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Cape Province Federation of Labour Unions (South Africa) has unanimously carried the following resolution:—"That this federation whole-heartedly ...
Article : 86 wordsSir Douglas Haig reports:—London, April, 13, 11 p.m.—"Atmospheric conditions were favourable on Friday, and there was a great concentration of ...
Article : 189 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reported early on the afternoon of April 15 as follows:—"There was severe fighting all day long yesterday around Neuve Eglise. After ...
Article : 502 wordsThe following farewell message from the leader of the British Labour Mission to America (Mr, Appleton) has been published in New York:— ...
Article : 109 wordsIt is reported from New York that the British steamer Minnetonka (13,528 tons), owned by the Atlantic Transport Company Ltd., has been sunk. ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Joss of Bailleul and the Revelsberg heights menaces the British position at Messines. Nevertheless, the loss of Neuve Eglise (east of Bailleul) meant only a retirement ...
Article : 114 wordsLieutenant Burton, an Australian, has been killed as the result of an aeroplane collision in mid-air. Lieutenant Eric D. Grant, an Australian ...
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Advertising : 122 wordsSemi-official advices received in Washington are that Germany has ordered Russia to dismantle its fleet, and that the Russians are not resisting the orders. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe German attack on April 10 was upon a front extending northward. The fighting area on the previous day included the Messines and ...
Article : 160 wordsBERLIN, April 16. — "Our troops and naval detachments in Finland, after a vigorous encounter with armed bands, entered Helsingfors (capital of Finland)." ...
Article : 27 wordsPalestine Headquarters, April 13,—The only troops we had east of the Jordan were Australian Light Horse, who were left to defend the bridgehead at ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 20 Apr 1918, Page 26
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