The following cable message was received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day from General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in France:— ...
Article : 326 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig in his midday report to-day says:—We raided trenches at Loos. The enemy shelled Stuff and Schwaben ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Cunard Company's steamer A[?]a, 13,305 tons, has been sunk. All the passengers have landed. It is believed that four of the crew ...
Article : 227 wordsThough in some quarters it is considered that Roumania has passed the corner, some correspondents declare that the crisis is not yet permanently passed, as the ...
Article : 558 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the Central News Agency says that King Constantine was conci[?]atory during his interview with the British Ambassador, Sir Francis ...
Article : 127 wordsThe comparative lull on the Somme continues. Nevertheless, the offensive has been progressing the whole time, as the big guns are slowly creeping nearer the German ...
Article : 119 wordsThe British and French have held their recent gains on the Somme against strong counter-attacks. Bad ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" emphasises the importance of the weather as a factor on the Eastern front. There are signs of an ...
Article : 125 wordsThe London correspondent of the "World" interviewed Lieute[?]t-Colonel Maurice, Director of Military Operations. He said:—"The main strategic purpose of ...
Article : 84 wordsThe capture by the Servians of the village of Brod, southwards of Monastir, is reported in the latest French communique, which proceeds:— ...
Article : 100 wordsExtracts from German newspapers which have been published predict great activity by German submarines in American waters. Shipping routes near the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in Paris says that, owing to the loss of Sailly and S[?]sel, the Germans are hastily forming a fresh line of defences between ...
Article : 93 wordsA Zurich message says that Field Marshal von Falkenhayn has been wounded in the leg, and has relinquished the Transylvanian command. ...
Article : 423 wordsGeneral Sir Newton Moore is carrying out many improvements at Salisbury Plain so as to increase the comfort of the trodps wintering there. The men will be well housed, and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe following Australians have received the Distinguished Service Order:—Major George Herbert Bourne, of the Light Horse; and Captain George Matson Nicholas, of the Infantry. ...
Article : 104 wordsA correspondent of the Paris "Matin" says that British airmen in recent operations have made 3000 trips across the enemy's lines, to a dozen made by enemy ...
Article : 64 wordsBoth section of the Labour party and over 40 Liberals supported Mr. Redmond's motion condemning the present system of government [?]n Ireland (which was lost by 303 votes ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral BIRDWOOD, commanding the Australian Army corps [?] France, has forwarded the following message to the Mayor of Kal goorlie in response to a request for a message on conscription, especialy for one from the Mining Corps: ...
Article : 166 wordsThe War Office, in a review of the East African operations, says that the bulk of the enemy is now confined to a limited aron in the south-eastern portion of the ...
Article : 214 wordsThe House of Commons has passed a motion for the second reading of a bill annulling the German Rhodes scholarships and empowering the trustees to substitute Imperial ...
Article : 104 wordsThere, was a record "Flag Day" in London to-day on behalf of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Thousands of ladies, nurses, and ...
Article : 152 wordsA French communique on Thursday morning stated: We organised our gains at Sailly and Saillisel and the adjacent conquered positions. We broke up ...
Article : 251 wordsGermany has applied the ticket a system to men's and women's clothing. ...
Article : 19 wordsMichael Herbert Kennedy, the third man arrested in connection with the Tottenham murder, was brought up for trial before the Chief Justice (Sir William Cull[?]n) at the Bat[?]urst ...
Article : 418 wordsThe Consul-General for Japan, Mr. S. Shimizu, in welcoming Dr. Batchelor, a visitor from Japan, at a dinner given by the Japanese Society of Sydney on Wednesday, said:— ...
Article : 377 wordsGeneral Ha[?]g's summary of the recent fighting in the region between Thiepval and Le Sars is a most interesting statement as it confirms the opinion, which all but the ...
Article : 296 wordsGermany is evidently determined to lose no opportunities for squeezing the smaller nations on whose soil she has set her invading foot. Her latest decision to compel ...
Article : 324 wordsIt is officially announced that Mr. Runc[?]man, President of the Board of Trade, has appointed Sir Gerald Muntz (late president of the Institute of Metals) chairman of the ...
Article : 112 wordsDuring this month or early in November we shall reach the climax of the titanic war on the Russian front, says the Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post." ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Berlin newspaper "Germania" publishes a full report of Count von Reventlow's anti-Ho[?]weg conference. It states that one speaker conveyed to the ...
Article : 186 wordsIn the course of a speech at Chicago, President Wilson said he would like to think that when the time came for a settlement of the war America was able to assist in ...
Article : 78 wordsSir Douglas Haig, reviewing the operations on the Somme front since his last summary, says:—In the area between Thiepval and Le Sars we have gradually ...
Article : 284 wordsMr. Androw Fisher, speaking at Birmingham, said that the Dominions were anxious for some form of central government, giving them a voice with British representatives. ...
Article : 43 wordsIf we wish to arrive at a true understanding of the enemy's real feelings regarding the seriousness of the Somme offensive, we need not pay too much attention to extracts from ...
Article : 336 wordsA Coroner's inquiry was held at the Lockhart Courthouse into the circumstances connected with the fires at the Lockhart wheat stacks on the 14th instant. ...
Article : 341 wordsThe steamor Palma (from Sydney) and the steamer Paparoa (from Wellington) have arrived at London. The 4-masted bq Jut[?]opolis (from Sydney) has arrived at ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Ryan) stated that he had received the following letter from the Assistant Minister (Mr. Fihelly):—"Department of Justice, Brisbane, October 18. Dear ...
Article : 279 wordsThe War Office announces: The mounted troops carried out a reconnaissance at Moghara, [?]ast of Ismailia. After two night marches in sandy ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Griffith (Minister of Education) and Mr. Hollis, M L.A., were the principal speakers at a meeting at the corner of Morton-street and Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, last night. ...
Article : 244 wordsAn Italian communique states: The enemy re-entered the redoubt known as "The Tooth of Pasu[?]," but was driven out promptly, after a hand-to-hand struggle. ...
Article : 37 wordsIn spite of German efforts to prevent their recruitment, another 5000 Chinese coolles have been despatched to France, to be employed thero [?]n unskilled work of national ...
Article : 32 wordsA Canadian officer. Lieutenant Jones, who had been deprived of his commission by court-martial, has been reinstated for gallantry. He re-enlisted as a private, ...
Article : 83 wordsThe German Embassy in Washington admits that the submersib[?] Bremen has been lost. She is now a month overdue. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe German Governor of Belgium, von Bissing, announces that all unemployed Belgians dependent on charitable relief are liable to compulsory work, the alternative ...
Article : 58 wordsA Russian communique states:—Advance post fighting has taken place in the Caucasus in the Kalked and Mush areas. ...
Article : 22 wordsAlthough the menace to Roumania still remains, there are further signs this morning ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 21 Oct 1916, Page 17
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