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Article : 99 wordsThe dotted line represents the approximate front of the allied armles at the beginning of July prior to the commencement of the offensive and the shaded portion shows the ground across which the Allies have advanced. The advance on Monday last resulted in the capture by the British of the fortified villages of Lesboeufs and Morval. This, in conjunction with the French move in the south, left Combles inside a dangerous pocket. The fall of this town soon ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 158 wordsA French communique states:—We capturned a strongly fortified wood east of Verman dovillers. ...
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Article : 430 wordsA Paris message states that for 84 hours a bombardment of unprecedented violence preceded the general attack on Monday. The deafening roar of the guns suddenly ...
Article : 169 wordsLieutenant Ball has gained the Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order, mid a special bar for an extraordinary series of air exploits. ...
Article : 219 wordsA Roumanian communique states: We compelled the Bulgarian right wing in the Dobrudja to retreat. We picked up 5000 rifies in front of one ...
Article : 69 wordsA French communique states:—Lively bombardments and skirmishes have taken place from the Struma to the Vardar, especially on the English front at Lake ...
Article : 130 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midnight on Tuesday, stated:— We captured Thiepval and a high ridge to the cast, Including the zollern redoubt. ...
Article : 532 wordsReports from Paris say that the Allies have celebrated the anniversary of the offensive in Artois and Champagne with a brilliant advance, culminating in the ...
Article : 1,010 wordsAn Italian communique says: Our artillery prevented an enemy attempt to consolidate the positions we evacuated on the summit of Mount Cimone. We decisively ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs (writing from the British Headquarters in France) states:—The enemy massed many machine-guns against us. It was hard, fierce fighting. The ...
Article : 226 wordsA Stockholm message says it is reported that Britain is making efforts to secure the release of steamers laid up in Russian and Finnish harbours. In Petrograd ...
Article : 90 wordsA Russian communique states:—Our energetic fire repulsed an assault by two battalions northward of Lake Kaldytchev. We inflicted great losses. ...
Article : 45 wordsA French communique states:—On Monday our aviators fought 47 combats. Lieutenant Heutaux brought down his eighth; Adjutant d'Orme brought down ...
Article : 48 wordsLieutenant Cedric Graham, of the Durham Light Infantry, and formerly of Auckland, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 26 wordsNews from Copenhagen says that "Vorwaerts" (the organ of the German Socialists) declares that the indignation of the working classes at the high rate of ...
Article : 63 wordsIt is officially announced that all goods exported from the following countries to the United Kingdom, Australasia, South Africa, and British colonies not possessing ...
Article : 133 wordsAn official message says:—Seven airships attacked the South Coast, East Const, North-east Coast, and the North Midlands. The attack was principally ...
Article : 271 wordsThe water shortage was the main topic for discussion yesterday at the meeting of the Water Board. The engineer reported that last weeks consumption had been 39,428 571 ...
Article : 123 wordsMr. Frederick Palmer, the American correspondent at British headquarters, has cabled a graphic story. Combles, he says, differed from other ...
Article : 191 wordsOfficial despatches received in Washington state that increasingly large numbers of German children are arriving in Holland, because of a shortage of food in ...
Article : 69 wordsIn New South Wales and Victoria, the great rainstorm over the south-east of the continent produced another fairly general rain during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday, ...
Article : 200 wordsThe United Press correspondent in Berlin states that several other members of the German Government visited Mr. Gerard. the American Ambassador in Berlin, ...
Article : 95 wordsAt the Dardanelles Campaign Commission Viscount Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) gave evedence to-day. Sir Maurice Hankey (Secretary to the ...
Article : 46 wordsA French communique states: The enemy made a violent attack on Thiaumont Work and Fleury, which failed with serious losses. ...
Article : 24 wordsAn inquest was held yesterday on the body of Andrew Phillips, a storekeeper, of Minyip Creek, Victoria, whose body was found on the railway line two miles south of Bundanoon. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe steamer Ruapehn (from Wellington) has arrived at London. The steamer Peru has left for Sydney. ...
Article : 24 wordsA "Gazette" notice states that Lieutenant J. Stewart, of the 1st Light Horse, has been court-martained and dismissed, the service. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 28 Sep 1916, Page 7
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