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  2. BRITISH ATTACK AGAIN

    The British have attacked again, and taken Contalmaison, and they have also retaken the whole of TronesWood (east of Montauban), except the northern end. When the British advanced on July 1 they created a, number of salients—that is, their front became saw-shaped—and it became necessary to clear the ground between the gaps. They now have a new front, from Orvillers near the Ancre River, and past Montauban to the French left at Hardecourt, ...

    Article : 510 words
  3. BRUSSILOFF'S GREAT STRATEGY.

    An analysis of the recent Russian strategy and tactics shows that the general method is to attack with great vigour a particular point until the ...

    Article : 574 words
  4. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The German submarine U4 has sunk the Dutch lugger Geertruide. The submarine fired 20 shots at the lugger without waining. The Geertruide was ...

    Article : 62 words
  5. LORRAINE LINE.

    To-day's French communique states: In the Lorraine district the Germans attacked our salient east of Roillon, and penetrated the first line ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    To-day's Italian communique states:— Owing to our pressure in the Trentino region and on the Isonzo the Austrians are recalling the troops ...

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  7. DURHAM TOWN ATTACKED.

    Yesterday an enemy submarine shelled one of the coastal towns of Durham, but little damage was done. ...

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  8. IN THE VOSGES.

    To-day's French communique states: In the Vosges we have occupied the enemy's first line trenches, and penetrated their supporting trenches ...

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  9. ON THE CAUCASUS COAST.

    To-day's Russian communique states: One of our mail packets anchored on the Caucasian coast has been sunk by an enemy submarine. ...

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  10. THE BALKANS.

    The correspondent at the Roumanian capital of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the general offensive of the Allies has deeply stirred Roumanian public ...

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  11. GERMANY'S SUBMARINE SERVICE.

    The American Naval and Customs officers, after an inspection of the Deutschland, have submitted the following report to the United States ...

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  12. THE SOMME COUNTRY.

    M. Aucher, of Sydney, who fought through the France-Prussian war and has a son in the Australian army at the front, has described the Somme country ...

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  13. AT LA BASSEE.

    Big German guns are heavily bombarding the front southward of Hulluch and La Bassee. ...

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  14. THE EASTERN FRONT

    The progress of the Russian operations is thus described in to-day's official communique:— The enemy have received ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. ATTITUDE OF BULGARIA.

    It is reported that the Kaiser and the Emperor Francis Josef of Austria have made on urgent request to King Ferdinand that he should despatch ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. PROTEST FROM THE ALLIES

    The Berlin "Vossische Zeitung" says that the Allies have submitted a protest against the Deutschlands presence in an American port. The newspaper ...

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  17. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    General Sir Douglas Haig records the recepture of the village of Contalmaison (north-east of Albert) in his report this morning on the British operations ...

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  18. ON THE SALONIKA FRONT.

    General Sarrail (the commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces at Salonika, was aloft in an aeroplane for three hours yesterday making an inspection ...

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  19. GERMANS AT A DISADVANTAGE.

    The Germans are fighting at a disadvantage, as they have their backs to the river Somme (to the north and south of Peronne), and the majority ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. BRUSSELS TO KOVEL.

    Mr. Perceval Gibbon, the British war correspondent with the Russian forces, says that through trains are running from Brussels to Kovel and are tearing ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. ENEMY REPORTS.

    A Berlin communique says:—It is quiet at Riga and Pinsk. The Russian announcement about the evacuation of Pinsk is false. Strong forces attacked ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. SHOOTING OF BULGARIAN SOLDIERS.

    The Allied Ministers at Athens have protested against the Greek militaiy authorities at Florina having handed over to Bulgarian officers the 150 ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. WAR IN THE AIR.

    At to-day's proceedings of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the British air service, Lord Montagu of Bailleau called an anonymous ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. INSURRECTION AGAINST THE AUSTRIANS.

    It is reported that the insurrection against the Austrians is general in Montenegro. It is said the Austrians have burned Cettinje, the tapital, ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. THROUGH GERMAN EYES

    A German communique says:—Between the Ancre and the Somme the English have launched strong attacks over a wide front, but they were shot ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. BULGARIAN PRISONERS.

    The Russians recently captured some Bulgarians, who had been compelled to advance against their will under the threat that they would ...

    Article : 221 words
  27. PROJECTED ZEPPELIN SERVICE.

    An American despatch to Amsterdam says that Germany will inaugurate in August a trans-Atlantic passenger and freight service by means of Zeppelin ...

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  28. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Russian torpedo-boats in the Baltic have captured two German steamers, the Lissabon (5,000 tons) and the Worms (9,000 tons). ...

    Article : 35 words
  29. AUSTRIA COMPLAINS.

    The "Neue Freie Presse" of Vienna complains bitterly of the failure of the Germans, Bulgarians, and Turks to show a livelier interest in the Russian ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. AN AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR.

    Lieutenant F. E. Grimwade, son of Mr. E. Norton Grimwade, of Toorak, who early in the war enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps, was captured by ...

    Article : 406 words
  31. GERMANY'S GREAT SUSPENSE.

    Mr. Carl Von Wiegand, in a despatch to the "New York World," from Berlin, says:—Germany is in a vice-like grip of pressure, which is likely to increase ...

    Article : 546 words
  32. FRENCH FRONT.

    This morning's French official communique states.— The French region on the Somme is at present calm. The prisoners we ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. GERMANY'S ALTERED MOOD

    Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor of Germany, in a statement in the "North German Gazette," says he has officially abandoned ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    In this morning's communique the situation at Verdun is dealt with as follows:— There is great artillery activity at ...

    Article : 157 words
  35. A GREAT FORTRESS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent on the Western front, sends the following further particulars of the movements of the ...

    Article : 538 words
  36. PERONNE OPERATIONS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says Biaches lies at the foot of a declivity on the edge of the Somme Canal, opposite Peronne, ...

    Article : 189 words
  37. THE BATTLE OP THE SOMME.

    The capture of Contalmaison now makes the Allies' new line complete from Ovillers to Barleux (south of Peronne). It runs through Ovillers, Contalmaison, Montauban (or, rather, Trones Wood, a mile and a quarter to the east), and Hardecourt, to the Somme, Biaches, and Barleux. The original line is shown in black. The British advance ranges from 1,000 yards to 2½ miles, and the farthest point gained by the French is about six miles. The Germans hold part of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
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