General Sir Douglas Haig in his midday report of Friday says:—We progressed northward of Bazentin le Petit. We have slightly advanced northwards ...
Article : 37 wordsThree hundred Australians slept last night in the hostel at Horseferry-road, which was opened in the morning by Mrs.Samuels, a New Zealander, to whose initiative and ...
Article : 459 wordsThe cablegrams this morning show that the Allies are still on the offensive along the greater part of the various fronts. The Italians on the Isonzo front have achieved ...
Article : 191 wordsA Bucharest message says that the newspaper "La Roumanie" says that the Salonica army represents the means whereby the Entente Powers can pulverise ...
Article : 102 wordsA Russian communique contains the following report of the Russian advance along the Dniester River:— We occupied the right bank of the ...
Article : 388 wordsAn Italian official message states: our cavalry and cyclists are pressing on eastward of Gorizia. Several points arc under heavy fire. Hostile forces are reported ...
Article : 910 wordsThe Russians have made rapid progress along both sides of the Dniester. They have captured an important ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Russian advance is progressing at all points. There is the fiercest fighting everywhere towards Stanislau. We have reached the Dniester and the ...
Article : 37 wordsA French communique issued at noon on Friday says:—We captured two machine guns north-east of Hardecourt. Grenade skirmishes took place ...
Article : 48 wordsGerman newspapers announce that Austro-German negotiations as to the future of Poland have been broken off without result.They will be resumed on ...
Article : 47 wordsThere is no doubt that, although they lost heavily in the fighting around Gorizia, the Austrians have now succeeded in straightening their line, and will no doubt offer a stern ...
Article : 242 wordsThe German commanders have issued confidential instructions to farmers for the defence of their crops from the fire bombs of the Anglo-French airmen. They warn ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral Lawrence's force put out of action at Oren one-third of the invaders. Those who escaped suffered a severe handling by the Territorials. ...
Article : 129 wordsIt is reported from Rome that the Allies are about to institute a common fund for the purchase of munitions abroad, and for the manufacture of munitions at ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Exchange Newsagency reports from Cairo that the troops are in excellent spirits. All traces of desert fatigue have disappeared. Among the wounded who ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Russian drive toward the north-west, along both sides of the Dneister river, continues to attract most attention in the operations along the Southern Russian front. ...
Article : 313 wordsSir,—The cable in to-day's issue referring to hostels for Anzacs in London is likely to be misunderstood if present-day conditions in the great metropolis are not considered.Much ...
Article : 393 wordsA Russian official message says: Fierce fighting is in progress north of Mush and Bitlis, near Lake Van. [Recent communiques have indicated a ...
Article : 101 wordsThe New York "Herald" says:—"Gorizla is more important to Austria than Verdun is to France. The Austrian people will not be fooled much longer by the flamboyant ...
Article : 51 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in his midday report of Thursday, says: We made further progress north-west of Pozieres. A raid caused severe German casualties ...
Article : 470 wordsIt is reported that the missing trade submarine Bremen is outside the capes. She is expected to arrive on Saturday. PREPARATIONS. ...
Article : 116 wordsThe "World's" Rome correspondent describes the capture of Monte Sabotino. The Italian commander had driven a long tunnel until close to the Austrians. when ...
Article : 88 wordsA German wireless message states: Several naval airship squadrons last night bombed, with the largest explosives and incendiary bombs, English naval bases and ...
Article : 201 wordsLord Robert Cecil (Minister for the Blockade), speaking in the House of Commons, said the Government was satisfied that the food being imported to Belgium ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. R. Lansing, Secretary of State, says that the request of the United States for the publication of the Note re the Lusitania must not be construed as an ...
Article : 111 wordsThere is still no further news regarding the converging drive from the region south of Brody.The Russian communique mentions fierce enemy counter-attacks in the woods between ...
Article : 289 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night, on the consideration of the Treasury Estimates, several members adversely criticised the large issues of Treasury Bills. ...
Article : 298 wordsThe Antarctic ship Discovery has sailed for the Falkland Islands and Elephant Island, in order to attempt the rescue of the members of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Hamburg "Nachrichten" says that Australia's leading part in the economic struggle against German labour is the sharpest possible proof of the emptiness ...
Article : 51 wordsSir Edward Carson has given notice of a motion he intends to move in the House of Comomns urging the Government to consult with the Allies to adopt a ...
Article : 61 wordsThe shipping journal "Fairplay," referring to the suggestion that New Zealand may create a line of State steamers, says: Everyone admits the present shortage of tonnage. ...
Article : 86 wordsCommander Edgar Moffat, the United States naval construction expert, advocates the building of a mammoth superDreadnought of 60,000 tons, with a length ...
Article : 88 wordsThe total of the English collections on "France's Day" is £50,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe New York "Sun" correspondent states that the "Berliner Tageblatt" has been suppressed because of an article by Max Harden, who wrote:—"Germany ...
Article : 63 wordsCaptain Thomas Kinder, of the Suffolk regiment a resident of Auckland, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe news received from Asia Minor suggests that the Grand Duke Nicholas is meeting some serious opposition along his left flank near Mush. His progress between the Western ...
Article : 361 wordsThe Government is establishing a Labour Advisory Department, under the direction of Mr. Arthur Henderson. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle" says it is understood that Lord Lansdowne. Minister without portfolio, will shortly resign from the Cabinet for health reasons ...
Article : 26 wordsThe agitation against the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States is increasing, especially among the Conservative and Left parties. There are evidences of ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Financial Secretary to the War Office, Mr. W. H. Forster, in the House of Commons to-night stated that the Turkish prisoners totalled 425 officers and 9598 ...
Article : 87 wordsThe steamer Port Albany, which left Newcastle on May 10, has arrived at London. The steamer Chronos, which left Melbourne on May 27, has arrived at Bordeaux. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Governor-General, accompanied by Lady Munro Ferguson, arrived yesterday, and was accorded a civic welcome. His Excellency said the difficulty in getting transport ...
Article : 208 wordsAn Amsterdam message states: The arsenal at Ghent Avas half destroyed by the recent Allied air raids. The workmen became panic-stricken. There were 80 ...
Article : 37 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Queensland Farmers' Union was held this afternoon. Mr. A.K. Trethowan, the president of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' ...
Article : 81 wordsThat life in the navy appeals to the imagination of the young Australian is shown by the number of boys who desire to enter the Naval Colloge for training. There are 30 ...
Article : 155 wordsCaptain C.E. W. Bean, official correpondent with the Australian Imperial [?]orces cabling from the British Headmarters in France, under date of August ...
Article : 343 wordsIn consequence of Mr. Asquith declining to receive a deputation from the National Union of Railwaymen regarding food control, the executive of the union has ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies) explained in the House of Commons to-night that the Imperial Government had thought it desirable that Mr. ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. A. C.Willis, general secretary, Austral[?] asian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation, has received a telegram from the federal Registrar stating that the President of the Federal ...
Article : 55 wordsThe taking of Gorizia was celebrated by displays of flags at most of the Italian business premises yesterday. To-night there is to be a special gathering at the Italian ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 12 Aug 1916, Page 13
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