Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Sunday, stated:—The enemy captured Voormezeelo last evening, but a counterattack early in the night drove him out. ...
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Article : 85 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labour, addressing the Canadian Club, declared that American labour was solidly behind the ...
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Article : 80 wordsA high military authority, reviewing the war position, states: Speaking generally, the aim of the enemy to light the British army by itself has been countered by the ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Admiralty have issued the following order to the fleet:—"Their lordships express to all concerned in the gallant and successful enterprise on the Belgian coast their high ...
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Article : 303 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs telegrapha: The Australians at Villers-Bretonneux have now joined up the gap which existed for a time in the British line. The whole village is in our hands. The ...
Article : 286 wordsMilitary critics find satisfaction in the fact that the Gormans are not progressing rapidly past Kemmel. The enemy will find increasing difficulties if he endeavours to continue ...
Article : 134 wordsSir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Friday, stated: After severe fighting all day on the Bailleul-Hollebeke front against a greatly superior force, the Allied troops ...
Article : 1,680 wordsThe dotted time represents the Allied front prior to the enemy's offensive, and the heavy black line the approximate position of the front at the present time, as indicated by recent cablegrams. By the capture of Mount Kemmel, the enemy has secured the first of the important chain of heights westward of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 408 wordsThe Admiralty announces the following casualties in the operations on the Belgian coast:—Officers, 16 killed, 3 died of wounds, 2 missing, 29 wounded. ...
Article : 44 wordsA Paris report says a prominent Dutchman, interviewed by the "Journal," says: The Dutch have an army of half a million in readiness to defend their rights against ...
Article : 90 wordsThe following wireless message from Batavia is made available by the Dutch Consul:— Dutch shipping companies are not willing to resume sailing to British harbours. The ...
Article : 69 wordsA high military authority on Friday stated:— The situation in the Lys sector, between Givonchy and Merville, is highly satisfactory for us. We regained several ...
Article : 225 wordsIt is understood that Mr. Duke is resigning the post of Secretary for Ireland. It is likely that Mr. E. Short M.P., will succeed him. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Express" says a conference of ten is sitting continuously at the Mansion House, including Mr. Dillon, Mr. De Valera, Mr. Dovlin, and ...
Article : 348 wordsMr. Lloyd George, in writing a preface to a volume of his war speeches. Bays: "Democracy and autocracy have come to deathgrips. One or the other will fasten its hold upon ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Belgian Legation in Washington has received a copy of Cardinal Mereler's daring pastoral letter protesting against the latest German setzure of Belgian Roman Catholic ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Paris "Matin" says: At a modest estimate, the Germans have lost since the 21st of March 300,000 men, without obtaining any strategical result desired. ...
Article : 29 wordsA Rome report says: A Papal Note is being issued explaining that the Pope has not participated in the Irish conscription question. He allows the Episcopacy of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York World" says that the presence of Bulgarian troops, on the West front has been confirmed. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Central News Agency learns from a trustworthy source that the mutinous spirit in the Austrian army has increased since the strikes of January. "Only the Gormans and ...
Article : 165 wordsAn Amsterdam report says the Gorman Emperor, addressing troops in Flanders, said: Our victories should convince our enemies that we cannot be subdued by arms and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Admiralty reports: Two of our destroyers, on April 22, encountered and engagea five Austrian destroyers in the Adriatic. The enemy fied for shelter to the fortified port of ...
Article : 143 wordsThe following Australians have been awarded a bar to the Military Cross:—Captains J. R. Davies, E. S. Kater, N. G. Rae, A. D. Reid; Lieutenants J. M. Carter, J. N. Griffin, ...
Article : 85 wordsA New York report states that Sir Robert Borden (Premier of Canada), when interviewed, said the disturbances in Quebec had been greatly exaggerated. The vast majority ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Press Bureau states: British aireraft during March dropped 23.090 [?]ombs in the daytime, and 13,080 at night-time, over the enemy's lines opposite our front in France. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe United States War Department has announced that the casualites among th[?] American forces in France[?]since they entered the war number more than 3000, including ...
Article : 81 wordsA British official report from Salonica states: We withdrew unmolested on April l8 [?]rom the advanced villages in the Struma valley, which we occupied on April 16. The ...
Article : 36 wordsThe by-election at Keighley (Yorkshire) resulted as follows:—Major Somervell (Government supporter), 4873; Mr. Bland (Peace Advocate), 2349. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe United Press correspondent at Washington reports that diplomatic despatches from Rome state that serious trouble is developing, because Bulgaria, Austria, and Turkey ...
Article : 73 wordsThe War Office announces that a Turkish official report on April 19 stated that upon request of the English a two hours' armistice was arranged to give the English an ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Newfoundland Legislature has decided unanimously to endorse conscription. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe "Daily Express" states that the supply of low-grade flour in the hands of manufacturers of dog foods is sufficient for next week. Dogs then are threatened with starvation. ...
Article : 85 wordsA Washington report says General March, Chief of Staff, says the German statement that American airmen are voyaging on hospital ships is an unmitigated falsehood. ...
Article : 30 wordsAn official report from Palestine states that the troops of the King of the Hedjaz during the week ended April 24 occupied 53 miles of the Hedjaz railway line, southward of Mann. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 29 Apr 1918, Page 7
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