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Article : 37 wordsThe Fronch offensive in the Arras region is still being attended by gratifying results, and the movement is beginning to assume considerable importance, in that it is daily ...
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Article : 124 wordsTelegrams from Basle state that the Germans have sent seven divisions towards the Tyrol. which have occurred during the past nine ...
Article : 219 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Athens says the latest news from the Dardanelles shows the Allies' position continues to improve materially. The Turks ...
Article : 84 wordsThe partial result of the elections indicates that M. Venizelos will score a triumph. The party has already won 200 seats, assuring a majority. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Anglo-French force in Nigeria attacked Garia, an important German station on the Bonne River, on May 31. The town surrendered on June 11. ...
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Article : 293 wordsTwo French destroyers bombarded Tchesme, in Asia Minor, opposite Chinos. The bombardment lasted forty minutes. All sailing vessels in the harbour were ...
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Article : 200 wordsThe Prize Court at Berlin, over-ruling the Kiel Court, decided that Germany shall pay full compensation for the seizure of the Swedish steamer Ellida, when on its ...
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Article : 36 wordsAn [?]ustrian communique states: The Russia front was broken east and southeast of Jaroslav. The enemy was forced to retrat. ...
Article : 29 wordsGermany, through the United States, has agreed to treat the British officers undergoing spoeial coniinement in reprisal for the differential treatment of submarine ...
Article : 44 words"Eye-Witness" writes: On the day our naval airmen scored their recent success, two of their comrades of the Flying Corps made an adventurous flight, reconnoitring ...
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Article : 84 wordsSo far as is known no sporting body in Australia has sent so many of its adherents to the fighting lines as the New South Wales Rugby Union. Up to date the union proudly boasts ...
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Article : 296 wordsMr. McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking on the second reading of the Finance Bill to provide a quarter's expenditure, foreshadowed some form of ...
Article : 54 wordsA communique states: We repulsed the enemys repeated attempts to cross the Winda[?], near Liatzkow (eastward of Libau) and also stopped their offensive ...
Article : 50 wordsAn acrimonious discussion took place at last nights meeting of the City Council on a recommendation by the finance committee of the council that no employee of enemy ...
Article : 367 wordsThe fresh vote of £250,000,000 to be asked for to-day, brings the total to £862,000,000 since the outbreak of the war. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. Roosevelt, in a letter to the National Security League conference says: The professional peace-at-any-price men who applauded the United States' abject ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Zeppelin recently destroyed at Evere has been identified as the LZ 38. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Germans near Shavli locked up 50 wounded prisoners in a farm loft, and set fire to the building. Ten of the least badly wounded escaped, although they were ...
Article : 37 wordsLord Cromer, writing to the "Times," supports the abolition of trade union rules in connection with the output of munitions. At the same time undue profits ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Minister for Defence, Mr. Allen, has received a cable from the War Office, announcing that his son, Lieut. J. H. Allen, has been killed in action. Lord Kitchener has ...
Article : 73 wordsA French airman accompanied by an observer, was reconnitring in the Woevre district when attacked by a German aviator. Owing to engine trouble the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Austrians have landed a force at San Giovanni, where they distributed rifles, machine guns ammunition, and money. Combined Austrian and Albanian forces ...
Article : 44 wordsWhen the British naval authorities decided to abandon the familiar 12-inch gun in favour of the 13.5-inch weapon their decision met with considerable criticism. It was ...
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Article : 34 wordsThe "Daily News" states that trades union representatives have agreed to the employment of unskilled labuur, including women, in the manufacture of munitions, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 16 Jun 1915, Page 11
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