The King has paid another of his quiet, businesslike visits to the Western frout, and moved about without an escort. His Majesty came upon Australian troops, who cheered him with loyal enthusiasm. From the Somme it is reported that the British have retaken trenches that were lost on Sunday in the counterattack. A message from Captain Bean describes the British as continuously moving forward, and they cannot now ...
Article : 429 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —We have repulsod attacks by the enemy south of Lake Doiran. ...
Article : 26 wordsThree cases of bubonic plague have been discovered in Bristol. The medical officer of the port thinks that it is possible that an infected rat, which was ...
Article : 51 wordsGeneral Zanakitsas, the Greek Minister of War, has forbidden officers of the Greek army to participate in the election campaign. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Russian communique issued this morning states:— We continue to advance along the Upper Strypa. ...
Article : 123 wordsYesterday the Germans torpedoed and sank the Danish steamer Ivar in the North Sea, and a Spanish vessel in the Mediterranean. The crews of both, ...
Article : 39 wordsNotices have been posted in Great Britain calling to the colours all males of the age of 18 years and eight months. They will not, however, be liable for ...
Article : 68 wordsGeneral Botha, the Prime Minister of South Africa, who has been on a visit to General Smuts, the officer commanding the British forces operating ...
Article : 86 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. E. S. Montagu, the Minister of Munitions, in a speech reviewing the work of the Munitions Department, ...
Article : 875 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, the First Commissioner of Works, stated that Italy's imports of ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Pan-Germans in Berlin have petitioned the authorities to suppress the writings of Herr Theedore Wolff, the editor of the "Berliner Tageblatt," on ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Commission appointed, under the presidency of Mr. Justice Bailhache, to inquire into the air defences of Great Britain, has presented an interim ...
Article : 129 wordsThe "Daily Chronicl[?] states that it is believed that the Central Powers— Germany and Austria—will on Friday proclaim the independence of Poland, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that a cable message had been received from the High Commissioner to the offect that ...
Article : 60 wordsArising out of the resolutions passed at the Economic Conference of the Allies in Paris, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Switzerland have ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is explained at Austrian headquarters that General Von Bothmer's retreat is owing to the fact that his front was held by troops of inferior quality. ...
Article : 36 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig's reference to the fighting in the Somme region in his report issued this morning is as follows:— ...
Article : 103 wordsMrs R. Higgins of Claremont, received word yesterday that her son Private T. S. Kenshole, 12th Battalion, was officially reported as missing ...
Article : 128 wordsTo-day's Russian communique states: Two of our hydroplanes have successfully bombed an enemy aerodrome on the shores of Lake Kanger, in ...
Article : 59 wordsYesterday the crew of a Zeppelin airship attempted to drop bombs on the Swedish steamer Norland, which was bound from Middlesbrough, in ...
Article : 87 wordsThe underwriters have received 80 per cent, of the New South Wales loan of £2,500,000 at 5½ per cent. The smallness of the public ...
Article : 72 wordsTo-day's German communique on the Eastern front is as follows:—All the Russian attacks south of Brody have failed. General Von Bothmer has ...
Article : 84 wordsA wireless message received in Amsterdam states that M. Golenvaux, the burgomaster of Namur, in Belgium, has been court-martialled and shot without ...
Article : 43 wordsAstounding statements have been made to the New York District Attorney (Mr. Smith), who is investigating the vice trust in the city. It is ...
Article : 90 wordsThe prospects of the French wine crop are much brighter. The latest estimate is about 45,000,000 hectolitres (990,000,000 gallons). Labour is more ...
Article : 45 wordsThe King, who has been on a visit to the Western front, has sent to General Sir Douglas Haig the following general older to the army in Franco:— ...
Article : 364 wordsThis morning's French communique states:— There is great artillery activity along our Somme front. ...
Article : 43 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —Last night the English made repeated attacks between Ovillers and Bazentir. le Petit, lasting far into the night. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe following cablegram has seen sent to General Sir Wm. Birdwood by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes):— On behalf of the Government and ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. W. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, is now on a visit to Italy, and has arranged an agreement to supply Italy with coal and ...
Article : 49 wordsTo-day's Italian official communique states:— Our gallant troops last night repulsed several counter-attacks by the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe threatened strike among American railway employees is likely to be averted. Dr. Wilson, the President, has asked the employers to concede ...
Article : 95 wordsMr. Carl Von Wiegand, the Berlin correspondent of the "New York World," sends a vivid story of the fighting on the Somme. He says:—I am ...
Article : 394 wordsShe "Star" tells, the story of how a prayer book saved the life, of Private Carlett, an Australian soldier, now in Chic[?]ester Hospital, during the charge ...
Article : 80 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister of War, announced that Field Marshal Lord Nicholson, Lord Cheylesmore. Mr. ...
Article : 61 wordsIn his report this morning, General Haig says:— The Germans north-west of Hulluch yesterday exploded a mine, but we ...
Article : 119 wordsThe number of cases of infantile paralysis in New York has now reached 6,100. There have been 1,400 deaths. The epidemic is now widespread, and ...
Article : 74 wordsThe French have taken prisoner a son of General Von Bissing, the German military governor of Belgium. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Governments of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have informally protested to Germany against the latter's new declaration, by which she makes ...
Article : 42 wordsA wireless message from Rome states that it is estimated that the Austrian losses since August 4 on the Italian front have been 2,500 killed, 40,000 ...
Article : 57 wordsTwo days ago the Germans attempted to stem the progress of our troops northward of Pozieres. For a whole morning they showered every sort of ...
Article : 378 wordsA remarkable incident occurred in Dublin last night at a banquet given by the Nationalists to the oversea delegates to the Empire Parliamentary ...
Article : 223 wordsThe "Daily News" states that, speaking to a neutral subject at an official deputation in Berlin, the Kaiser said: —"It is curious how the British theory ...
Article : 164 wordsTo-day's Russian communique states: During our offensive in the region of Sakiz (a town in Azerbaijan, Persia) we have captured a strong ...
Article : 46 wordsThe French commnniquo [?]issued this morning refers to the Verdun region as follows:— Violent bombardment continues at ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, in a despatch recording the visit of His Majesty, states:—The King visited all parts of the front. All the ...
Article : 358 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday afternoon, Lord Sydenham, a former Governor of Victoria, asked whether the Government had considered the ...
Article : 212 wordsThe sittings of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Dardanelles campaign have begun. The first discussions will be held in private, but the ...
Article : 55 wordsThis morning's French communique states:— A German detachment, after a heavy bombanrdment, yesterday ...
Article : 117 wordsThe "New York Times" Berlin correspondent cables as follows:— I have spent we evenings with the man of mystery, the ...
Article : 176 wordsFrank Norman Cox, a lieutenant in the Worcester Regiment, was committed for trial at the Bow-street Police Court yesterday, on a charge of bigamy, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 17 Aug 1916, Page 5
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