General Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Monday, says:—The night was spent in improving the position we gained on Sunday. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) reached Fremantle early this morning. Mr. Hughes looks well after his sea trip. His hearing has not improved, however, and he stated that ...
Article : 226 wordsCommenting on the death of Captain Fryatt, the "Daily Mail" asks: When will the Foreign Office learn that a cannibal is not reformed by telling him that his ...
Article : 270 wordsMr. Phillip Gibbs, continuing his account of the final capture of Delville Wood by the British, writes:— The British bombardment of Delville ...
Article : 958 wordsA message from Petrograd says that the enemy is concentrating at Kovel. The battle, which is now developing, is becoming the fiercest of the campaign. ...
Article : 611 wordsThe British and French on Sunday attacked from Delville Wood to the Somme. The British made progress ...
Article : 138 wordsThe activity of the Russians shows no signs of diminishing. On their long northern line from Riga to the Pripet Marshes they have certainly not yet broken the German ...
Article : 289 wordsThe Grand Shereer has captured the town of Jeddah, together with the whole of the Turkish garrison and many guns. ...
Article : 27 wordsDuring the afternoon Mr. Hughes received a deputation from the West Australian Chamber of Commerce, in relation to the question of German trade. ...
Article : 308 wordsAn Exchange Telegraph message states that the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria is seriously ill. The Archduke Kail has been called to the bedside of the ...
Article : 39 wordsThe reception at the wharf was very short. Both the Mayor of Fremantle and the Premier extended to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes a very warm welcome back to Australia. ...
Article : 1,104 wordsAn aeroplane drove off a Zeppelin from the East coast early this morning. PILOT TEMPORARILY STUNNED. LATER. ...
Article : 69 wordsIf Germany really believes that the murder of Captain Fryatt will intimidate masters of other British vessels she is sadly lacking in a knowledge of the type of men attached to ...
Article : 348 wordsGeneral Corsi, in an article in the "Tribuna," estimates the Austrian losses since June 4 on the Russian front as follows:— Prisoners, 300,000; killed and wounded, ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Servians, advancing northward of Vodena, captured Fort Kovil. The Bulgars are fleeing to the mountain ridges. They have left many dead. ...
Article : 169 wordsA deputation from the Australian Protectionist Association and the Chamber of Manufactures also waited on Mr. Hughes. It urged the adoption of an effective tariff ...
Article : 371 wordsThe R.M.S. Khyber, which left Sydney on June 10, has arrived at London. The R.M.S. Makura, which left Sydney on July 6, has arrived at Vancouver. ...
Article : 55 wordsSir Douglas Haig reported at midnight on Sunday: Last night we heavily hombarded the enemy's line from the Ancre to the Somme. ...
Article : 300 wordsArmed with a warrant signed by the Acting State Commandant (Brigadier-General Williams), officials from the Intelligence Branch of the Defence Department on Saturday night ...
Article : 273 wordsWattle Day will be celebrated to-day. It is a festival which it is hoped no good Australian will fall to observe. The chief object of to-day's display of the ...
Article : 202 wordsA Russian communique says: Our troops in Asia Minor repulsed two Turkish attacks to the westward of Gumush Khaneh (half-way between Treblzond and ...
Article : 61 wordsPerth has probably never seen such a large meeting as that held in His Majesty's Theatre to-night, to welcome Mr. Hughes. Thousands were turned away for want of ...
Article : 135 wordsThe eighth annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of the Wattle Day League was held in the Royal Society's Rooms, Elizabeth-street, last night, the president, ...
Article : 572 wordsTo-day, Senator Pearce, Acting Prime Minister, telegraphed on behalf of the Federal Government to the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, welcoming him back to Australia, ...
Article : 101 wordsThe main feature of the news from the British and French thla morning is the combined advance on the northern side of the Somme. No great area of ground has been ...
Article : 250 wordsAbout 50 wharf-labourers who were engaged to unload a cargo of sugar from a vessel at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's wharf at Pyrmont have refused to handle the sugar ...
Article : 319 wordsAn Italian communique on Sunday stated: We shelled the railway stations in the Lagarina Valley and attacked northward of Mount Cimone, where we gained ...
Article : 59 wordsThe allied women's suffrage societies conducted a demonstration in Hyde Park, in which they urged the recall of Mr. Hughes. There were 10 platforms and nearly 50 ...
Article : 58 wordsA French communique on Sunday stated:—We repulsed a reconnaissance southward of Lihous. We stopped an attack on Fleury (north ...
Article : 122 wordsAt Victoria Barracks yesterday 107 men volunteered, and 68 were accepted. Among the recruits at the barracks were a draper from Newcastle, a man combining the ...
Article : 162 wordsA German wireless message states:—Our squadron of airships bombed the middle English east coast, railroad establishments in Lincoln, industrial establishments near ...
Article : 80 wordsWhen interviewed, Mr. Hughes declined to discuss any matters of a contentious nature. He stated that he had been in wireless communication with his colleagues and could not ...
Article : 543 wordsThe advance mentioned in General Haig's despatches and in the French communiques this morning has apparently increased the threat against Guillemont, as the British now ...
Article : 313 wordsThe King and Queen visited West Ham Hospital and chatted with 17 wounded Anzacs there, inquiring as to their condition and progress. ...
Article : 33 wordsAn official report from Egypt states:— Several patrol engagements occurred on Friday, in one of which the New Zealand Mounted Rifles caused 50 enemy ...
Article : 38 wordsAlthough not prepared to indicate what action was being taken to deal with the dispute which has arisen over the unloading of sugar from a steamer in Sydney, the ...
Article : 68 wordsThe wet weather probably assisted in preventing an extensive outbreak of fire at the yards of D. Hardy and Sons, wheelwrights and timber merchants. Jones and Hill streets, ...
Article : 158 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in France, recently cabled on the Commonwealth Government an expression of his admiration of the gallant ...
Article : 75 wordsA Turkish communique states: We captured food vessels on the Euphrates near Kyrua, killing nine and wounding four English. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe death is announced of Lieutenant C. Va[?]y, a member of the Aviation Corps, who was for some years employed on Barooga station. He went out in a biplane over the ...
Article : 72 wordsAccording to a statement issued by the Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) to-day 14,454,970 Australian notes, valued at £45,123,629, are in circulation. The gold coin ...
Article : 51 wordsLieutenant Hogarth, of the Field Artillery, a resident of Toowoomba, has been killed in action. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 1 Aug 1916, Page 7
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