The British prisoners taken at the fall of Kut-el-Amara are distributed in groups in the province of Angora, in the mountainous interior of Asia Minor. ...
Article : 51 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig this afternoon issued the following report on the situation in the Somme region:— We progressed yesterday ...
Article : 188 wordsThere is stirring war news from nearly every front. Even the unveracious enemy has to admit the success of the arms of the Allies. There have been important victories gained on the Italian, Western and Eastern fronts, the offensive has started in the Balkans, and the British are still pushing the Turks back. Having crossed the Isonzo, the Italians have pushed on north, south and east, and taken several towns and ...
Article : 499 wordsFighting on the Australian front beyond Pozieres has not ceased since the first attack, although on some days it is only local. ...
Article : 329 wordsThis morning's Russian communique states:— General Sakaroff's forces, despite desperate enemy resistance, are ...
Article : 401 wordsThe preliminary meeting of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Dardanelles campaign will take place on Tuesday, when the procedure will be ...
Article : 55 wordsDr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Chancellor, and Herr Von Jagow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, have arrived in Vienna to confer with the ...
Article : 43 wordsAdvices from Constantinople state that there are great manifestations there in favour of peace. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe French have started an offensive in the Balkans. They have captured Doiran railway station in Serbia, and have seized the heights beyond the ...
Article : 102 wordsIt is officially stated in London that the British mounted troops have inflicted very heavy casualties on the Turks in the Bir el Abd district, 15 ...
Article : 245 wordsThis morning's French communique states:— We have captured two German machine-guns north-east of Hardecourt. ...
Article : 262 wordsTo-day's French communique states: There are grenade skirmishes north-west of Thiaumont works. PARIS, August 12. ...
Article : 82 wordsA wireless message received in Paris from Salonika reports a lively artillery fight in the region of Hill 227, where the Bulgarians abandoned many dead. ...
Article : 54 wordsTo-day's Italian communique states: We have captured strong Austrian defences in the San Michele and San Martino sector, and the ...
Article : 229 wordsAt the instance of General Sarrail, General Cordonnier has been sent to assist him in the co—ordination of the operations of the Allies in the Balkans. ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the Suez Canal battle General Lawrence's force put out of action more than one-third of the invaders, and those who escaped suffered severe ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Austrians have retired to a line from Tornovo (six miles east of Gorz) to the Vippacco River, and their heavy artillery has been withdrawn still ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "New York Herald" says that Gorz is more important to Austria than Verdun is to France, and the Austrian people will not be fooled much longer ...
Article : 58 wordsGeneral Haig, in his report late last night, states:— British aviators recently raided Zeppelin sheds at Brussels, railway ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is believed that the capture of Stanislau has cut the connection between General Von Bothmer's and the Archduke Carl's armies. ...
Article : 31 wordsFurther deaths have occurred as a result of the German air raid on the East Coast of England on Tuesday night last. The damage to property was ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Italian forces on the Isonzo have begun a new offensive movement north of Gorz, on the Tolmino sector. It is believed the fall of the town of ...
Article : 41 wordsThere were stirring scenes connected with the Italian entry into Gorz. After the first parties dashed across the fords the columns followed in perfect order, ...
Article : 486 wordsLast night's Russian official announcement to the effect that General Brusil-off had seized the whole of the Strypa Line opposite Tarnopol and Buczacz ...
Article : 74 wordsDetails are now available as to the progress made by the French mentioned in Friday night's communique. Picked troops stormed the German ...
Article : 127 wordsGeneral Haig, in his communique issued last night, says:— South-eastward of Ypres the enemy's infantry, comprising a ...
Article : 41 wordsIn an unofficial communication from Constantinople it is admitted that after a prolonged battle the British have captured part of the Turkish left wing ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "New York World," in describing tho capture of Monte Sabotini, says:—The Italian commander had driven a long tunnel ...
Article : 107 wordsPrior to Thursday General Brusiloff's armies had made prisoner 402,000 Austrians and Germans since June 4. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe German communiques disclose that German troops are fighting alongside the Austrians in defence of the Carpathian passes, and experts are ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Kaiser has placed General Mantenfel, the commander of the 14th Corps at the battle of the Somme, on tho retired list, owing to the British successes ...
Article : 43 wordsTwo German seaplanes dropped four, bombs to-day on Dover, but without doing any damage. One officer and six men were slightly injured. ...
Article : 59 wordsThis morning's Russian communique states:— We have pushed back the Turks a considerable distance, in the region ...
Article : 124 wordsTo-day's Austrian communique says: —North-east of Stanislan and southwest of Monasterzyska the Russians, by bringing up superior forces, achieved ...
Article : 183 wordsThe King has telegraphed to King Emmanuel of Italy, congratulating him on the great success of the Italians at Gorz, which His Majesty says will have ...
Article : 89 wordsNews from an Austrian source shows that the Eleventh Hungarian Regiment was annihilated at Gorz, and scarcely a man escaped. The Austrian losses ...
Article : 63 wordsFacts gathered from reliable sources show that the Germans are habitually understating their losses. We can conclude that on the average the ...
Article : 124 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —Yesterday a squadron of our seaplanes successfully bombarded enemy monitors and other liglit vessels off the Flemish ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the United Press Association says:—The Austrians lost more than 50,000 in killed, wounded, and prisoners during the ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Mil[?]n correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" has had an interview with the Japanese Admiral Akiyama, who watched the attack on Gorz, "The ...
Article : 116 wordsSergeant-Major Baron, of the French aviation corps, dropped 300lb. of high explosives on the powder factory at Rottweil, the German town to the ...
Article : 58 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —North of the Somme native and British troops made attacks without result, and French storming attacks against ...
Article : 100 wordsA Turkish communique, dated Wednesday, is as follows:—The Russian forces in the Caucasus defending the region of Bitlis and Mush are being ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Italians crossed the River Izon zo at Gorz, and then rapidly extended the breach in the Austrian defences both to north and south of that city. To the north they broke through nearly to Plava, and south of Gorz they have crossed the Vippacco River, and taken Ranziano, Rubbia, Dobordo, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 98 wordsThe Austrian air raid on Venice last week resulted in serious damage being done. The historic church of Santa Maria Formosa was entirely destroyed. ...
Article : 58 wordsAll reports received in Switzerland agree that a grave political crisis has arisen in Austro-Hungary. The Isonzo disaster has demoralised the ...
Article : 44 wordsViennse newspapers report that in their recent offensive the Italians used a new howitzer which was almost noiseless. The Austrians were not aware ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 14 Aug 1916, Page 5
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