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  2. THE SOMME

    The German High Command must have suffered a great shock when it was discovered that the Anglo-French forces, ignoring the great offensive at Longueval, had resumed the offensive from the Anere to the Somme. Hitherto a German offensive has had the effect of bringing movements elsewhere to a standstill, but on the Somme the original plan is resumed calmly while the attack at Longueval is still in progress. Nothing could better show ...

    Article : 370 words
  3. GERMAN CONDITIONS

    The Hague correspondent of the American United Press Association states that a wave of ghastly crime and suicide is sweeping over Germany, due ...

    Article : 140 words
  4. THE RED CROSS.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the High Commissioner of New Zealand speaking at the opening of a Canadian hospital at Patney to-day, said the ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. IN CHAMPAGNE.

    This morning's communique says:— We have penetrated a German trench to the north-east of Auberive, in the Champagne, and brought back ...

    Article : 33 words
  6. THE TURKISH WAR

    A Petrograd communique says:— We have occupied the town of Kyghy, an important junction of the roads from Erzingan and ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. AERIAL ACTIVITY.

    In his communique issued last night General Haig says:— At daylight on Thursday our aeroplanes threw many tons of explosives ...

    Article : 159 words
  8. GERMAN SUBMARINE MINE LAYER.

    Mr. T. J. Macnamara, the Secretary to the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that a German submarine minelayer would ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. IN MESOPOTMIA.

    A report issued by the British War Office says:— There is nothing to report from Mesopotamia. The heat there is ...

    Article : 37 words
  10. MARKETS AND MONEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 275 words
  11. PEACE MOVEMENT IN HUNGARY.

    A few days ago it was reported from Buda Pesth, the Hungarian capital, that Count Karolji, President of the Independence Party, had resigned, and ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. THE DARDANELLES AND MESOPOTAMIA.

    The House of Commons was crowded this afternoon, in anticipation of the debate on Sir Edward Carson's motion for the appointment of a Select ...

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  13. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The new blow inflicted by the Russians on the enemy in Volhynia, opens up possibilities of action in the Vladimir-Volynsky and Lemberg regions. ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. GERMANY'S ANTI-ANNEXATION POLICY.

    A majority of the leading German newspapers new support the anti-annexation policy of Dr. Von Bothmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. ITALY AND GERMANY.

    A decree that has been issued by the Italian Government forbids the passage of German goods into Italy. The authorities are also taking ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    General Sir Douglas Haig's report this morning runs as follows:— We have regained a little ground in the Delville Wood and at ...

    Article : 219 words
  17. REVIEW OF SITUATION

    Both the British and the French people are delighted at the news of General Foch's capture of five miles of ground on the Somme frent. The ...

    Article : 281 words
  18. RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

    On the recommendation of a Select Committee, the House of Lords has passed a bill revoking the cedicil of the will of Mr. Cecil Rhodes providing ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. WAR EXPENDITURE.

    Mr. McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, questioned in the House of Commons this afternoon as to the war expenditure of £6,000,000 a day, ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Violent cannonading was heard on Wednesday night between Landsort, on the coast of Sweden, and the island of Gottska Sando, to the north of ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    To-day's Russian communique says: Seventeen enemy aeroplanes bombed a hospital and lazaret at Zamiren, north-east of Baranowitchi, ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

    Replying to a deputation yesterday Mr. R. McKenna the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the British Government was now paying £80,000,000 ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. DRINK LICENSES.

    A memorial, which has been extensively signed by distinguished men and women, not, however, connected with temperance societies, has been ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. BRITISH AND GERMAN NAVAL PRISONERS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. T. J. Macnamara, the Secretary of the Admiralty, stated that the British had taken prisoner 136 German ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    M. Balof, a French Red Cross commissioner in Armenia, reports that he visited 45 villages round Trebizond, and out of 8,343 people in these ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

    Major-General Sellheim, of the Commonwealth military forces, who has been on a visit to Switzerland for the purpose of securing the exchange of ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    General Haig, in his report this morning, announces raids in which Australian troops played a part, as follows:— ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. A ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.

    It is reported from Cologne that Russian guns have wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga. ...

    Article : 26 words
  29. FRENCH ADVANCE

    The official communique issued in Paris this afternoon states:— We captured trenches from Hardecourt Knoll to the River Somme, and ...

    Article : 158 words
  30. GERMAN SURPRISE ATTACK.

    The Germans, in attacking Longueval and Delville Wood, launched several regiments in mass formation on a narrow front. The British were ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The captains of steamers arriving at Copenhagen report the presence in the North Sea of a large number of German submarines, apparently of a bigger ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. IN VOLHYNIA.

    The Germans in Volhynia have hurled back enemy forces coming from the westward of Svidniki (west of Sokal), in a northerly direction. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. RIOT IN GERMAN CAMP.

    The "Frankfurther Zeitung" states that British prisoners participated in a riot at an unnamed camp. The German guards fired, and killed two of ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. AUSTRALIA.

    Fredk. Russell Holland, secretary of the No-Conscription Fellowship, was in the District Court to-day fined £15, with £8 8s. costs, on a charge of ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. "LONDON LEADS."

    Mr. Phillip Gibbs, the war correspondent, reports from France:— In the great offensive the British Territerials proved themselves great ...

    Article : 649 words
  36. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The Italian communique issued to-day states:— The persistent bad weather has interfered with the activity of our troops ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. TASMANIA.

    Private A. D. Ford, of the 47th Battalion, who was one of the soldiers who returned to Tasmania by the t.s. Loongana on Thursday, but was detained at ...

    Article : 116 words
  38. VERDUN HOSTILITIES.

    The French communique issued this morning states:— West of the Meuse the Germans are continually bombarding Avocourt ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. GERMAN REPORT.

    To-day's German communique states: —The English have again penetrated the village of Longucval and Delville Farm, but our counter-attacks ...

    Article : 106 words
  40. AUSTRALIANS AT THE FRONT

    A young Launceston artillery noncom., writing from the rest billets behind the firing line in France, after a spell of duty in the gun-pits, ...

    Article : 707 words
  41. THE WAR SPECIAL.

    A War Special will be Published as usual on SUNDAY at about midday. The Price is: ONE PENNY. ...

    Article : 22 words
  42. THE ANGLO-FRENCH RENEWED OFFENSIVE.

    Though the Germans are still attacking at Longueval, the Anglo-French troops have resumed the general offensive. The British are advancing from a poinh north of Ovillers, to Bazentin, to Longuevel, to Hard court. Between Bazentin and Longueval the British have advanced 1,000 yards, and from Hardecourt to the Somme (on a south-easterly line) the French have captured the enemy's first line of trenches on a five-mile front. The French, also have had successes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
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