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  2. EGYPT.

    After ten weeks' training in the desert, which was carried out in a spirit which one would have expected from Australians, the first Australian division is emerging into one ...

    Article : 177 words
  3. WAR AREA.

    War was the principal topic discussed by the passengers who arrived from London by the Ors[?]va yesterday. Mr. S. D. Townsend, who went to England ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The Government will ask for a general credit vote of £250,00,000 for the year ending March, 1916, for the purpose of assisting the food supply, trade and commerce, ...

    Article : 56 words
  5. THE DARDANELLES.

    The main map shows the historic waterway, and the inset its geographical relation to Constantinople. This morning's cablegrams state that the allied fleet has reduced the forts guarding the entrance to the Straits. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  6. BLOCKADE

    German officers declare that during the next three weeks a great effort will be made against Calais. The Admiralty states that out of ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. EASTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: The Germans took the offensive near Moghilev, but we drove them back, penetrated their lines, and captured two lines of trenches. ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At London, steamer Neumunster; at Bahia Blanca, steamer Messicano (left Sydney January 19). ...

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  9. RUSSIAN HEROISM.

    The German onslaught in East Prussia has broached the border at six points between Wirballen and the Vistula. General Bulgakoff's losses have been ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. THE TROOPS.

    Yesterday was a busy day in the Comissariat department of the Barracks. In addition to the mobilised force, which is always kept in reserve, there were 550 men of the ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  11. THE DARDANELLES.

    The allied fleet has resumed its operations against the Dardanelles, and this morning's cables state that the forts at the entrance to this historic waterway have been reduced. ...

    Article : 271 words
  12. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: The French success at Les Epargnes was due to remarkable artillery fire. An officer of the Eighth Bavarians, who ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. THE BLOCKADE.

    The British steamer Western Coast of 1166 tons, owned by the Powell, Bac on, and Hough Lines, Ltd., was blown up and sunk off Beachy Head, Sussex. ...

    Article : 156 words
  14. THE CARPATHIANS.

    Fierce fighting is proceeding at Stanislavoff. The Russians are hurling reserves into the fighting line, and defending their positions with stubbornness. ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. VESSELS SUNK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  16. ALLIES' AIRMEN ACTIVE.

    A communique states that the Allies' airmen have thrown 60 bombs on the enemy's railway stations and concentration camps in the Champagne district. ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. HISTORIC GROUND.

    There is a strip of stony shore projecting from the cliffs just opposite Nagura, and to this spot the European extremity of Xerxes' bridges were applied. This part of the ...

    Article : 309 words
  18. CONSTANTINOPLE.

    In the House of Commons this evening, replying to a question as to whether Russia intended to permanently occupy Constantinople, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. TURKISH DEFEAT.

    A communique states that the Turks were defeated with great loss while attempting to take the heights on the left bank of the Itchralson, in the Caucasus. ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

    The explosion on-the Deptford was of such a terrific nature that it jerked the funnel out of position and enveloped the engine-room in a blue flame. The crew, ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The barque Elisa Lihn, which left Newcastle on December 24, has arrived at Tocopilla, Chile. The steamer Geelong has left for Sydney. ...

    Article : 29 words
  22. ATTACKS REPULSED.

    A communique states: Our advance guards between Kovno and Olyta have made progress, and are now a long distance from the Niemen. ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. WAR NOTES.

    For some weeks now the French communiques have at intervals recorded that "further slight progress has been made in the Champagne district," that a trench has been ...

    Article : 468 words
  24. GERMAN ARMY.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant (Under-Secretary for War), said the estimated strength of the German army in 1912, including trained and untrained ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. CALAIS.

    German officers declare that a great effort will be made against Calais during the next three weeks. ...

    Article : 24 words
  26. THE HARPALION.

    The torpedo that sank the steamer Harpalion struck the vessel amidships and blew up her boilers. The chief engineer was sitting at the dinner table saying grace at ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

    A German areoplane shelled the British camp at Garub, in Luderitz Land, German South-west Africa. One shell was dropped in the hospital ...

    Article : 37 words
  28. DARDANELLES.

    The bombardment of the Dardanelles was resumed on Thursday morning. All the forts at the entrance were reduced, and operations are being ...

    Article : 32 words
  29. GERMANY BEATEN.

    M. Vivianl (French Minister for War), in an interview published in the United States press, declares that the Germanic torrent has been checked. Germany has been ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. SUBMARINES IN THE ADRIATIC.

    Advices from Geneva state that a Pola telegram reports the arrival there of three new German submarines, which have been transported overland in sections. Yesterday, ...

    Article : 244 words
  31. CODFISH SHIPMENTS STOPPED.

    Most of the great Norwegian exporters of dried codfish have stopped their shipments to Germany owing to the attacks on Norwegian merchantmen. ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    The "Vossiche Zeitung" says that prisoners of war in Germany and Austria include 692,000 Russian, 237,000 French, 19,000 British, and 50,000 Servians. ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. TWICE WOUNDED.

    Lieut-Colonel Charles Campbell, formerly of the New Zealand Defence Force, has been wounded a second time. He was twice mentioned in despatches. ...

    Article : 29 words
  34. STEAMER DACIA.

    The steamer Dacia, which is bound for Germany, laden with cotton, from the United States, has been sighted 400 miles west of Lands End. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. A GERMAN PAMPHLET.

    Mr. de F. Pennefather (Unionist), speaking in the House of Commons, drew the Government's attention to a pamphlet published in Germany entitled, "Facts about ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. GEORGES CARPENTIER WOUNDED.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, has been wounded, and that he is a prisoner of war. ...

    Article : 28 words
  37. SUNKEN SUBMARINE.

    The Austrians have raised the French submarine Curie, which was sunk during an attack on the forts at Pola some time ago. ...

    Article : 37 words
  38. "ACT OF SAVAGERY."

    The "Sun" describes President Wilson's attempt to effect a compromise between Great Britain and Germany as benevolent meddling. Germany's attempt to sink a ...

    Article : 88 words
  39. AIRMAN KILLED.

    Lieutenant Downing, while flying over the Upper Avon, fell and was killed. ...

    Article : 19 words
  40. TRAIN DISASTER.

    The derailment of a German military train near Lowiez (Poland) exploded several trucks of ammunition, killing and wounding many soldiers. ...

    Article : 51 words
  41. WHEAT BILL.

    Mr. Justice Ferguson, who has been appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into circumstances connected with the passing of the Wheat Acquisition Bill, will formally ...

    Article : 184 words
  42. TIMBER PURCHASES.

    The Government's appointment of Mr. Montagu Meyer as sole timber buyer to the War Office was hotly criticised in the House of Commons. Mr. Meyer receives ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. BRITISH EMPIRE LEAGUE.

    The Army Council has authorised the British Empire League to raise a divisional ammunition column. Places have been reserved for 100 ...

    Article : 48 words
  44. GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED.

    Great secrecy prevails respecting the proposals of the United States to the belligerents in order to avoid public discussion embarrassing negotiations. ...

    Article : 29 words
  45. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    Ferocious fighting is going on in the districts between Warsaw and the East Prussian frontier, where the Rusians recently checked the southern advance of the Germans. It ...

    Article : 345 words
  46. BELGIAN RELIEF.

    The Agent-General for Tasmania (Sir John McCall) is dividing the £500 sent by Tasmania towards the Belgian Relief Fund between the Belgian refugees in ...

    Article : 31 words
  47. EAST PRUSSIAN RESERVES.

    A wireless message from Berlin states that the East Prussian reserves, after stubborn fighting, storming Prasnysz, which had been converted into a sort of fort. ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. VESSELS SUNK.

    The Admiralty have made a statement that out of 708 vessels which arrived at and 673 which sailed from, Great Britain between February 18 and February 24 the ...

    Article : 41 words
  49. WEST TO EAST.

    Numerous contingents are leaving Liege for East Prussia and Bukovina. ...

    Article : 29 words
  50. BRITISH OFFICER'S PROMOTION.

    After four months with the Russian Army at Warsaw, Colonel Herbert Barclay, of South Canterbury, goes to the front as major of the Royal Army Medical ...

    Article : 34 words
  51. CASUALTY LISTS.

    The publication of casualty lists in the Schleswig newspapers is forbidden. ...

    Article : 22 words
  52. SUBMARINES FOR AUSTRIA.

    Telegrams from Pola state that three new German submarines reached there and were transported in sections overland for use against merchantmen in the ...

    Article : 44 words
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