The stricken area is greater than at first believed. Eighteen small towns in the neighbourhood of Lake Fucino, which was the centre of the disturbance, were razed, and ...
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Article : 1,619 wordsRenter's Agency states that the British on Thursday captured an important strategic point at La Bnssee. The German losses were heavy, and many prisoners ...
Article : 47 wordsA German wireless states: Our troops north-east of Soissons attacked the heights of Vregny and cleared an elevated plain, trench after trench being stormed until ...
Article : 71 wordsIt is officially stated that the German attacks northward of Soissons have been checked, but a partial German success in that region ...
Article : 126 wordsThe commander (Colonel W. Holmes, D.S.O., V.D.) and 250 men of the Commonwealth naval and military expeditionary force to New Guinea will return to Sydney ...
Article : 925 wordsFather Bernard Vaughan, speaking in the East End, in reply to the German Jesuits, said the British Empire was fighting for' a great cause, and would never ...
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Article : 374 wordsThe Germans have begun a bombardment of the whole Lussian front with 11-inch and other guns, maxims, and rifles. Russian communiques imply' that the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe steamer Strathhord, which left Newcastle on Dec. 12, has arrived at Valparaiso. The steamer Century, which left ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Roy Norton, an American journalist, who has lived for some time in Germany, tells us some astonishing things, showing how thoroughly Germany prepared for the war. All ...
Article : 313 wordsThe latest lists of casualties among the Prussian forces, giving a total of 44,290, chiefly the result of the November fighting in Poland, make the Prussian total since the ...
Article : 345 wordsOne of the enemy's aeroplanes was brought down at the junction of the Bzura and Vistula. The pilot and an officer accompanying him were captured. ...
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Article : 25 wordsCossacks ambushed two companies of Turks on the Caucasus frontier. The Turks were all killed or taken prisoners. The Cossacks also captured nine field guns. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe battle in Flanders is confined to ar[?] and air-craft. The fields are converted into lakes, and the trenches into deep ditches, the infantry being nuable to ...
Article : 172 wordsTne proceeds of the patriotic carnival organised by the commercial travellers of the North Coast total over £1300, exclusive of an art union and the race meeting. ...
Article : 207 wordsDuring the war the racial question has been raised repeatedly by persons who have questioned the loyalty of residents of German descent. The Attorney-General (Mr. H. ...
Article : 347 wordsThe, "Berliner Tngeblatt" says the resignation of Count Berchtold, who opposed the reconciliation between Austria and Italy, is likely to decrease existing ...
Article : 57 wordsThat the losses have not all been on the one side in the east we may gather from the cable, published this morning, stating that a million Russians recently reinforced the front. ...
Article : 458 wordsSevere earthquake shocks were felt in the Mont Blane range. Many avalanches occurred, and several villages were isolated. Slight shocks were experienced in the [?] ...
Article : 34 wordsA little group of visitors assembled yesterday afternoon at Richmond to watch Captain Henry Petro and his assistant start on their aerial Journey to Melbourne, but a ...
Article : 279 wordsIn connection with the reported destruction of portion of the colonnade of St. Peter's in Rome, and the shattering of 150 windows, a correspondent points out that the famous ...
Article : 343 wordsThe German Minister at Copenhagen told a correspondent of the "Petrograd Courier" that bad weather prevented the bombardment of London in the first week ...
Article : 37 wordsA communique yesterdny stated: Mist hampered the artillery in Belgium. There has been violent artillery fire around Nieuport and Ypres. The Belgians blew up an ...
Article : 45 wordsThe attitude of the Lithgow Ironworkers in regard to the members who refuse to pay the [?] levy is still much in evldence. Yesterday it is reported that two out of three ...
Article : 87 wordsA member of the crew of the steamer Bellevue (3814 tons), which was captured by the armed meichantman Kronprinz Wilhelm, relates that at the outbreak of ...
Article : 84 wordsYesterday's communique also stated that heavy fighting had occurred north of Solssons. We progressed slightly north-west of Cray, and maintained our positions at ...
Article : 149 wordsIt is satisfactory to be able to announce that the difficulties in the way of sending another large force to the front have been surmounted to a considerable extent, and ...
Article : 101 wordsThere were some sonsational incidents in connection with a pony race at the Trafalgar meeting yesterday. As soon as betting opened. Lady M. was installed an odds on ...
Article : 311 wordsTwo hundred German survivors from the Falkland Islands action have arrived in England. ...
Article : 23 wordsAvezzano, which seems to have suffered most severely in the Italian earthquake, is a town of great antiquity, but unlike other ancient, towns, seems to be doing its beat to hide its ...
Article : 771 wordsA club or corps, to be composed principally of members of various sporting bodies, professional men, bank clerks, etc., is being formed for military training, and later on ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Fill Contingent is fully equipped and armed. The men were entertained at luncheon by Mr. H. Marks, and were inspected by the Governor, who asked the men to show ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Germans would appear to have gained a somewhat substantial local victory northward of Solssons, where heavy fighting has been proceeding for some time. According ...
Article : 265 wordsA high-power wireless stntion has been discovered concealed at Panama through the investigations of British agents. Other stations situated somewhere on the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe German attack north-east of Soissons was an affair of considerable magnitude. Apparently recent French attacks ...
Article : 58 wordsWithout explanation the Dutch authorities suddenly removed thirty British officers from Groningen camp to the fortress of Bodegraveri. ...
Article : 28 wordsPrivate Simpson, who was in Egypt with tho first Australian force, has returned to Lithgow, having been invalided nome. Simpson had an attack of fever, and was sent ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is officially stated that French troops, by a sudden coup, destroyed recently-constructed German trenches north-west of Fouquescourt, north-west of Roye. ...
Article : 53 wordsA complaint recently reached the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) that permission had been refused to Dr. W. G. Armstrong, senior health officer for New South Wales, to ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Jensen) has announced the following deaths among the Australian troops in Egypt:- Sergeant Charles Harold Turner, A ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Havre correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says the Pope's reply to King Albert was most cordial. He stated that he did not regard the Cardinal Mercier ...
Article : 88 wordsAn Impression appears to be abroad, said Mr Massey to-day, that we control Samoa and Samoan affairs. As a matter of fact Samoa is under Imperial control. Colonel ...
Article : 84 wordsAnother German aeroplane was brought down at Amiens. The occupants were [?] ...
Article : 19 wordsWhat effect is the resignation of Count Berchtold as Foroign Minister of Austria-Hungary, and the appointment of Baron Burlan to succeed him, going to have on the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 16 Jan 1915, Page 15
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