A Paris communique at midnight on Saturday stated:—During the day our troops, driving back the enemy Rearguards, continued their glorious march on a front ...
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Article : 294 wordsSir Douglas Haig issued the following order to his troops: The conclusion of the fourth year of the war marks the passing of a period of crisis. We new look with added confidence ...
Article : 213 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the enemy in the neighbourhood of Albert and Aveluy Wood retired to the east bank of the Ancre. This is only a small ...
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Article : 160 wordsThe Paris "Matin's" correspondent on the British frout sends further details of the formidable attack made by the Auatralians on Merris. The Germans played their game ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Admiralty reports: Our Adriatic formations co-operated with the Italian air forces in recent raids on Cattaro and Durazzo and the land operations in Valona. ...
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Article : 450 wordsThe dotted line represents the approximate limits of the German advance prior to the Allied counter-offensive. The shaded uren indicates the extent of the ground recaptured by the Allies prior to the further advance reported in our late war news. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 3,180 wordsThe news from the Western front is generally considered to be extremely encouraging. The Allies begin the fifth year of the war with excellent prospects. ...
Article : 225 wordsA New York report on Saturday morning stated that the French had reached the Aisne, east of Soissions, near Venizel, and had secured a big haul of prisoners. ...
Article : 1,019 wordsSir Douglas Haig on Saturday night reported: The progress of our patrols in the Albert sector continued. We hold the greater part of the ground previously in ...
Article : 126 wordsA Paris report states that General Berthelot, who is commanding between the Marne and Reims, in an army order to British, Australians, and New Zealand troops, says: ...
Article : 259 wordsThe British military authorities in France have initiated an educational movement among the troops in France to give the men a wider view of their duties as citiz[?]ns of ...
Article : 71 wordsA Paris report says the French Chamber of Deputies, by 325 votes to 47, agreed to the calling up of boys of 18. M. Clemenceau's speech upon the whole man-power problem ...
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Article : 138 wordsA New York message says the Deputy Attorney-General announces that he possesses proofs that Germany paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to agents in the United ...
Article : 80 wordsThe House of Lords, debating the Denaturalisatien Bill, added several amendments, making the measure more drastic, but refused to remove naturalised allens from the Privy ...
Article : 74 wordsAn Amsterdam message says it is reported that a serious mutiny occurred in the Bulgarian army last week, the soldiers demanding immediate peace. Two hundred were ...
Article : 99 wordsAn Amsterdam report draws attention to a noteworthy change in the boastful comments of the German newspapers. The "Frankfurter Zeitung," reviewing the war, says: "One ...
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Article : 42 wordsMr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth Official Correspondent, cables:—When the Australian division took Merris, the front posts of a South Australian battalion, which carried out ...
Article : 339 wordsThe Australian Press Associations learns that persistent reports from Germany indicate the High Command's conviction that the war must be concluded, whether won, lost, ...
Article : 173 wordsThe New York "Times," in an editorial article, says: "Four yenrs of war shows the Germans baffled, defeated, and falling back before Foch's great strategy. The fifth year ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Committee on National Expenditure criticises the Ministry of Information's wasteful expenditure on propaganda, much of which is ineffective and unsuitable. The committee ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the report stage of the Credit Vote in the House of Commons, Mr. J. M. Hogge (Radical) protested at the inadequacy of pensions, especially for widows with children. ...
Article : 200 wordsLord French (Lieutenant-Governor of Ireland), speaking at Belfast, said the world had just witnessed an exhibition of leadership and military genius which probably would cause ...
Article : 64 wordsAn Amsterdam report says:—Martial law has been proclaimed in the Ukraine. Measures have been taken. In Kieff against an expected revolt. The bodies of ten murdered ...
Article : 41 wordsBritish manufacturers have solved the secrets of Germany's optical glass industry, turning out glass equal to the best Jena product. ...
Article : 65 wordsA message from Ottawa states that Canada has despatched oversea during the four years' war 390,000 men, and has 50,000 in training for early despatch. The dead number 43,000. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Captain R. C. Phillips and Lieutant H. G. Watson, of the Australian Flying Corps. ...
Article : 27 wordsAn Austrian official report states: We have gained more ground astride the Upper Devoli ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Aug 1918, Page 7
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