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  2. THE SOMME

    There is comparative quiet upon the Western front. It is true there has been heavy fighting along the British front on the Somme. On Wednesday night the Germans attacked the British at several points, and were repulsed everywhere except in Trones Wood and Mametz Wood, where they made some progress. Next morning, however, the British retook Mametz Wood and regained some ground in Trones Wood (cast of Montauban). The British are ...

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  3. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that from information he has received from reliable sources the following German war ...

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  4. FRENCH RED CROSS

    The Governer-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) to-day received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies a copy of a telegram which was sent ...

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  5. PANIC IN GERMANY.

    An order has been issued by the German military authorities calling up all youths of the ages of 17 and 18 years, professedly for the purposes of military ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICAN CONTINGENT.

    The men in the contingent raised in South Africa for service in Europe have undergone their baptism of fire on the Western Front. ...

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  7. LORRAINE LINE.

    This afternoon's French communique states:— We have driven the Germans out of the trenches which they penetrated ...

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  8. IN CHAMPAGNE.

    This afternoon's French communique says:— We have carried out several successful coups de main on the enemy ...

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  9. AMERICAN TRADE.

    The foreign trade of the United States for the year ending June 30 amounted to 6,500,000,000 dollars, as compared with 5,000,000,000 dollars for ...

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  10. HUNGARY DEPRESSED.

    It is reported that General Pflanzer and the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, two of the Austrian leaders on the Russian' front, have been relieved of ...

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  11. THE EASTERN FRONT

    To-day's Russian communique states: There is intermittent artillery and rifle fire along the whole front from Riga to the Polesie (the Pripet ...

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  12. FRENCH OPERATIONS

    This afternoon"s French communique says:— Last night (Tuesday) was calm in our section of the Somme front. ...

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  13. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    General Sir Douglas Haig's report on the progress of the battle of the Somme, issued this morning, is as follows:— ...

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  14. THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY.

    The German Admiralty has recalled Admiral Holtzendorf from the retired list to take up an appointment as expert adviser. This action is interpreted ...

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  15. CONDITIONS TERRIBLE.

    Mr. Edward Johnson, an American, who has returned to New York from a visit to Germany, says the conditions there are terrible. There are ...

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  16. IN THE ADRIATIC.

    The British Admiral commanding in the Adriatic reports that an Austrian cruiser yesterday sank two British patrol trawlers, and damaged two ...

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  17. GERMANY'S SUBMARINE SERVICE.

    The German submarine Deutschland, which initiated the under-watar cargo service between Germany and America, has almost completed her unloading, ...

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  18. GERMANS AND PERONNE.

    German wounden soldiers say the Germans have blown up the Peronne-Saint Quentin railway, and that every street in Peronne has been transformed ...

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  19. ITALIAN WARSHIPS ACTIVE.

    Yesterday Italian warships bombarded the Austrian hydroplane station at Parenzo, to the south-west of Trieste, in the Adriatic, notwithstanding a ...

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  20. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.

    Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the committee appointed to deal with ...

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  21. EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

    In East Africa the Germans have been expelled from the provinces of Ruauda and Urundi, and have abandoned the province of Bukose. ...

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  22. THE GERMAN REPORT.

    To-day's German communique sums up the operations on the Somme thus; —The fighting near Contalmaison, Mametz. Wood, and Trones, Wood, is ...

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  23. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    There was a more buoyant and more confident tone at the London wool sales to-day than at the opening of the series owing to the doubts as to the intention ...

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  24. ON THE STOKHOD.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" says:—There is hot fighting on the western bank of the River Stokhod. The retreating ...

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  25. AN APPALLING STORY.

    Members of the Polish societies in America waited upon President Wilson to-day, and told him an appalling story regarding the suffering of the people in ...

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  26. FIGHT FOR TRONES WOOD.

    Fighting continues unabated in the region of the Somme. The recrudescence of activity at Ver[?]. shows that the Germans [?]tend to maintain some ...

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  27. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    Further attacks, by the Germans at Verdun are recorded in this afternoon's French communique as follows:— The Germans failed in two attacks ...

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  28. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The Italian communique issued today states:— We have made some progress in the Adige Valley. North of the Serra ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Flight-Lieutenant Douglas Gray, an Australian, who was a member of the squadron which attacked and destroyed a number of German balloons on July ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. AVIATION TRANSATALANTIC SERVICE.

    A company has been organised in New York to build airships for the trans-Atlantic flight. The first keel will be laid within a month Pilot Dupre ...

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  31. HIS LAST FLIGHT.

    Lieutenant Charles Valsey, of the Royal Flying Corps, whose death from wounds received in an air fight in France was announced last Saturday, ...

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  32. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    Her Majesty Queen Mary, and Prince George attended an entertainment given to convalescent Anzacs yesterday at Lord Blythe's ...

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  33. THE WAR FUNDS.

    Mr. P. W. Tewkesbury, who arrived in New York yesterday on his way back to Australia, is taking to the Commonwealth a flag bearing the signatures of ...

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  34. THE TURKISH WAR

    To-day's Russian official communique states:— We have captured the new Turkish fortified line westward of Erzeroum. ...

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  35. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    It is officially announced that the German submarine which attacked a coastal town of Durham yesterday got within a few hundred yards of Seaham, ...

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  36. THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, announced that the Government had adopted the resolutions p[?]sed by ...

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  37. CAPTURE OF CONTALMAISON.

    The second attempt to capture Contalmaison, and how it succeeded, is the theme of another thrilling narrative from the pen of Mr. Philip Gibbs, the ...

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  38. BRITISH ACTIVITY.

    In the course of his communique issued to-night General Haig says:— We are actively engaged in bombarding the enemy's positions between ...

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  39. EMPIRE TRADE.

    Sir George E. Foster, the Canadian Minister ot Finance, gave an address yesterday at the Freetrade-hall, Manchester, on the Empire's trade policy. ...

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  40. THE BRITISH LINE.

    It is reported that the British artillery is bombarding all along the line, and that there have been trench raids near Loos and also at Hohenzollern redoubt, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  41. FRENCH CONGRATULATIONS.

    The French newspapers are paying magnificent tributes to the courage of the British in recapturing Contalmaison, and note that this is the ...

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  42. BLIND SOLDIERS.

    Blind soldiers training at St. Dunstan's hostel competed to-day in a regatta at Putney, and won every event they entered for Private E. C. ...

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  43. IN THE BALTIC.

    Many British submarines have been seen in the northern Cattegat (Baltic Sea), and only small German steamers are now able to reach Norway. ...

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  44. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The Turks, in their communique issued to-day, make the following claim: —We have surprised an enemy cavalry detachment in the Felahie sector (north ...

    Article : 150 words
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