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Article : 233 wordsSir Douglas Haig, reporting at midday, states:—There is considerable reciprocal artillery firing in the neighbourhood of Arleux-en-Gohelle. ...
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Article : 195 wordsSir Douglas Haig has issued, as an order of the day, to his troops a message received from the Governor-General of the Commonwealth (Sir Roland Munro Ferguson), in which ...
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Article : 187 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York Times" interviewed Admiral Bealty, who said: "The United States is destined to be the deciding factor in the war. I enter the year ...
Article : 201 wordsSir Douglas Haig on Monday night reported: The enemy this morning renewed his attack on Welsh Ridge, on a 1200 yards front. His troops on the southern ...
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Article : 105 wordsA Rome message says the Vatican organ, "Corriere d'Italia," comments that the Austro-German peace terms beg many questions, such as-nationality, which must imperatively ...
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Article : 67 wordsBaron Kaiserling, a former naval attache to the German Embassy, and an old friend of the ex-Czar, but who is now attached to the Naval Mission, admitted freely, in the course ...
Article : 148 wordsA telegram from Tientsin says that an impression is growing that the Japanese will be forced to take drastic measures in Eastern Siberia, in the event of Maximalist ...
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Article : 60 wordsThe later news regarding the enemy's attacks along the southern side of,the British salient, south-west of Cambrai, does not reveal any serious development, and unless the ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Admiralty reports that the mine-sweeping sloop Arbutus was torpedoed and foundered in severe weather. The commander, another officer, and seven men are missing. ...
Article : 46 wordsRussia's peace terms include the political independence of all peoples, the protection of the minorities in mixed nationalities, colonial questions to be decided on fundamental ...
Article : 45 wordsThe following military awards are announced:- BARS TO D.S.O. Australians. ...
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Article : 320 wordsA Washington report says:—General Crozier, Chief of the Ordnance Staff, testified before the Committee of the Senate, which is investigating the conduct of ...
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Article : 355 wordsNewspapers give prominence to and approve of Lord Rhondda's memorandum to local food committees, outlining a model scheme for the distribution of butter, margarine, and tea, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 2 Jan 1918, Page 9
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