General Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Tuesday, says:—Mist. and incessant rain are interfering with our operations. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe French communique. issued at midnight on Monday, reports that an artillery duel continues at Fort Souville, north-east of Verdun. Elsewhere the front is quiet. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Budapest correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that the ex-Hungarian Premier, Count Karolyi, has resigned his position as President of the Independence ...
Article : 205 wordsA Russian communique issued on Monday night says:— Our offensive on our right flank in the Caucasus is developing. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Russian forces south-west of Lutsk have forced the Austrian and Hungarian armies to retire. The main ...
Article : 146 wordsThe British have won further important positions. Another 1500 yards of the Germans' second line, ...
Article : 146 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in the Somme region, says that the difficult hours are passing, which are inevitable after a successful advance. ...
Article : 199 wordsA Russian submarine sank the Hamburg-America liner Syria (3597 tons) off the Swedish coast. The crew was rescued. ...
Article : 25 wordsAn Amsterdam message says:—The proximity of the Russian cavalry to the frontier of Hungary, at the Birlibab Pass, is causing anxiety, which prominent ...
Article : 77 wordsA Mussulman, writing to the "Journal de Geneve," protests against the cruelties of the Young Turks against the Christians in Lebanon. He states that 80,000 have ...
Article : 154 wordsThe newspapers are making a feature of the British Government's action in "black-listing" 80 firms in America. The list chiefly affects German or ...
Article : 36 wordsA message from Flushing states that passengers arriving there saw a British squadron chasing German torpedoers towards the Belgian coast. ...
Article : 37 wordsA New York message says that many despatches from American correspondents in Berlin report great uneasiness in Germany. They quote Major Moraht's appeal ...
Article : 318 wordsThe position on the southern Russian front, as outlined by the cabled messages this morning, gives promise of important developments in the near future. There is little ...
Article : 321 wordsA French communique issued at noon on Monday says:—A strong enemy reconnaissance was dispersed in the neighbourhood of Moulin Sois Touvent. ...
Article : 64 wordsA Berne (Switzerland) message says:— The German Socialists' manifesto, which has been circulated in Germany, and entitled "Naval Bluff," asks, if the British ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Anzncs who took part in the review on July 14 left Paris on Sunday. An immense crowd acclaimed the British and colonial troops, and flung flowers at them. ...
Article : 103 wordsMonday's and Tuesday's casualty lists contain the names of 1034 officers and 4361 men. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Court dismissed the appeal lodged by Roger Casement against his conviction of treason. The Judges did not call upon the Attorney-General to reply to ...
Article : 45 wordsThe British withdrawal from Foireaux Wood (in the enemy's third system of defence) was due to Sir Douglas Haig's determination not to expose his troops ...
Article : 372 wordsIt is officially announced from Berlin that the German Emperor visited the General Staff and the hospitals in the Somme battle area, and conferred iron crosses on ...
Article : 37 wordsA Petrograd wireless message contains a brilliant communique, summing up the fighting on Sunday. It says:—General Sakaroff has broken down the resistance ...
Article : 404 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Monday, says:—Further important successes have widened the gap in the German second line. We have ...
Article : 938 wordsThe urgency of the need for a rest house for Austialian soldieis is becoming more apparent every day. Thousands of men are in London on furlough from the ...
Article : 297 wordsSeventy-six members of the House of Lords and 98 members of the House of Commons have joined the Imperial Unionist Association, formed to watch the ...
Article : 106 wordsIt was recently stated in an unofficial message regarding the fighting in this region that the Austro-German menace from the south-west was intended to be the greater ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Russian communique published this morning regarding the operations in the Caucasus region refers principally to the fighting reported during the last day or two. The ...
Article : 259 wordsThe correspondent of the New York "Times" in Berlin says the result of the Chancellor's conference with the leaders is awaited with the most intense interest. ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons this evening that the Home Rule Amending Bill will be introduced before the recess. A permanent settlement of ...
Article : 57 wordsAn Italian communique says: The enemy in the Upper Posina tried to stop our advance. They delivered an attack, heavily supported by concentrated artillery fire. ...
Article : 99 wordsArgument in the appeal of Roger Casement against his conviction of treason and the death sentence imposed upon him was commenced to-day. The Court was ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that the Ministry had decided to increase the amount allowed far expenses to the secretary and the journalist who are ...
Article : 74 wordsA "Daily Telegraph" correspondent visited the internment camps of 23,000 civilians, interned on the Isle of Man. There are twenty-three huge huts, enclosed in ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Anglo-French offensive on both sides of the Somme River is progressing as steadily as can be expected when the remarkable strength of the German positions is taken ...
Article : 249 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Lord Robert Cecil, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that correspondence regarding the status of the ...
Article : 66 wordsAn eye-witness describes the West Kents' historic stand in Trones Wood as one of the finest exploits of the war. An intense German artillery fire was followed ...
Article : 317 wordsBy a judgment which was given to-day in the Banco Court, Mr. Justice a'Beckett set aside the last will of Dr. Harry Leigh Atkinson, of Bendigo, propounded by the widow, ...
Article : 134 wordsThe "Morning Post's" Rome correspondent says that the Italian Cabinet is considering its attitude towards Germany. Unless Italy denounces the Italo-German ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. Gibson, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent on the Russian front, describing the lighting at Grusiatyn, north of Lutsk, on July 7, says that the German ...
Article : 155 wordsSir Newton Moore has accepted the position of Commander of the Australian forces in England. Negotiations are in progress for the appointment of an ...
Article : 86 wordsThis morning's cablegrams strikingly illustrate the difference in the conditions under which the fighting is being carried out on the two main fronts. The Russians are ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Victorian estate of the late Mr. David Mitchell is valued at £299,717, of which personalty is £176,039. The whole of the estate is left in equal shares to his seven children, ...
Article : 153 wordsThe oversea Parliamentary visitors have gone to France. President Poincare will receive the oversea members of Parliament to-morrow, ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. M'Kenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that the expenditure on the war is now over £6,000,000 daily. ...
Article : 43 wordsAn Amsterdam message states that this week's individual meat allowance in Berlin is six ounces. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 19 Jul 1916, Page 11
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