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  2. THE SOMME

    Chief interest again centres in the Somme operations, because the British are so near the culmination of the stupendous task they began on July 1. They are attacking Guillemont incessantly, and the Germans are defending the place "with the courage of despair." General Haig reports that the Germans are holding on to the northern end of the village. It is reported from Paris that a British patrol has entered Martinpuich. The British are ...

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  3. ENEMY REPORTS.

    The German communique to-day says:—We yesterday stormed the enemy's now positions on the River Shara, near Wipczyna, and took 200 ...

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  4. BRITISH REPORT.

    To-day's report issued, by the War Office on the campaign in Salonika is as follows:— Yesterday we drove in the enemy's ...

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  5. GERMAN BISHOPS' CONFERENCE.

    German bishops in conference yesterday sent a message to the Kaiser, praying the Emperor and the peonle to bold out," The Kaiser replied:— ...

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  6. A NEW BOMB.

    The newest German device is a bomb which explodes laterally, and causes mutilation or death at forty yards. A flotilla of German aeroplanes ...

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  7. HUNGER RIOTS IN GERMANY

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that for a week past Hamburg has been in a state of semi-revolution, the exasperated ...

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  8. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The Italian communique issued today says:— The Austrians yesterday intensely bombarded the bottom of the Astico ...

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  9. WAR OFFICE CONTRACTS.

    The War Office has renewed its contract with the Stanmore Co. of New South Wales for the supply of 900,000 lb. of jam during the coming season. ...

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  10. THE TURKISH WAR

    To-day's Russian communique says: With the co-operation of our fleet, we have driven back the Turkish offensive. ...

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  11. COST OF LIVING IN AMERICA

    The cost of living in the past year in the United States has increased on an average by from 30 to 50 per cent. New York prices show an advance of ...

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  12. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    In connection with the announcement by the British Admiralty that the commander of submarine E23 had reported that he believed that on Saturday last ...

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  13. AUSTRIAN AGE LIMITS.

    The Austrian general staff has recommended that the military age be raised, to 60 years, and lowered to 16 years, in view of the enormons losses which the ...

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  14. ARMENIAN HORRORS.

    Professor Graete and Dr. Niepage, German teachers of Armenian children at Aleppo, protested to the German Foreign Office in October last against ...

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  15. GOLD SUPPLIES.

    The "New York Times" states that an analysis shows that before the war the banks of England, France, Russia, and Germany held 680,000,000 dollars ...

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  16. NEW POLISH KINGDOM.

    The "Journal de Geneve" affirms that, owing to the disastrous defeats she has suffered, Austria has renounced her pretensions to the sovereignty of ...

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  17. LOAN FOR FRANCE.

    Arrangements have been made in New York for a second commercial credit for France of £5,000,000, bringing the total borrowings of France in ...

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  18. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    British progress on the Thiepval front is announced by General Sir Douglas Haig in his report this morning, thus:— ...

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  19. ISONZO FRONT.

    To-day's Italian communique says:— Artillory duels are in progress on the Gorz front. AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE. ...

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  20. AERIAL FIGHTING.

    Further British successes in the air are announced by General Haig in his report to the War Office to-night as follows:— ...

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  21. THE NORTH SEA ENGAGEMENT.

    A German official statement repeats, the story that a submarine severely damaged a British battleship in the recent affair in the North Sea, and ...

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  22. THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.

    Owing to the shortage of pig iron the Imperial Government is taking over many tinplates now being manufactured. The Ministry of Munitions ...

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  23. BAVARIAN LOSSES.

    The Bavarian Socialist newspapers complain that the German General Staff is sending Bavarian regiments to the posts of the greatest danger, and ...

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  24. ITALY AND GERMANY.

    The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—The German press states that 50,000 Germans are fighting in Macedonia. The meeting ...

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  25. PLEASURE—THEN WAR.

    General Riedel, the Austrian commander at Gorz, and two colonels, have been court-martialled for absence on a pleasure trip during forty-eight hours ...

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  26. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Mr. E. G. Pretyman, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, replying on the debate in the House of Commons this afternoon on ...

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  27. SWEDEN'S ATTITUDE.

    Correspondence which has been published between the British and Swedish Governments relating to the interference by Sweden with British parcel ...

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  28. THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.

    The Commission appointed to inquire into the Dardanelles campaign examined to-day General Sir Charles Monro, who was Commandpr-in-Chief of the ...

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  29. AT VERDUN.

    To-night's French communique says: To-day we made a brilliantly-conducted attack on the German positions between Fleury and Thiaumont ...

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  30. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    The German communique to-day states:—We have made good progress in clearing the highlands west of Ostrove, and we have repulsed Serbian ...

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  31. THE EASTERN FRONT

    The progress of operations on the Russian front is dealt with in this morning's communique issued at Petrograd, as follows:— ...

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  32. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    A wireless message received in New York from Berlin states that the German trans-Atlantic submarine Deutschland, which left American waters on ...

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  33. THE SUEZ CANAL BATTLE.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Poarce) to-day made available the following cabled report from Sir Archibald Murray, Commander-in-Chief of ...

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  34. MARTINPUICH PENETRATED.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says:—"There have been three days of desperate fighting in the northern part of Guill[?]mont. The enemy are ...

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  35. ANTI-BULGARIAN MOVEMENT

    The Bulgarian Minister at Athens threatens to leave the city owing to the anti-Bulga[?]an demonstrations which are being held there. ...

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  36. IN ALSACE.

    To-day's French communique says:— Our grenadiers to-day repulsed a coup de main by the Germans at Hartmannsweiler-Kopf, in Alsace. ...

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  37. BULGARIAN INVASION.

    It is announced by the Greek Government that the Bulgarians have not occupied the towns of Scres and Drama, and the port of Kavalla, east of ...

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  38. PORTUGUESE FOR THE FRONT.

    In addition to the 5,000 Chinese labourers who have arrived at Marseilles, and will be employed in Frenc[?] war factories, 10,000 Portuguese ...

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  39. THE BALKANS.

    The Serbians are standing fast against violent Bulgarian attacks between Ostrovo and Petrisko. The fighting on the west wing is ...

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  40. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    To-day's French communique says:— Last night there was a heavy artillery duel, which lasted all night long, north and south of Manrepas. ...

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  41. ROUMANIAN'S ATTITUDE.

    The Budapest correspondent of the "Morning Post" says:—The Hungarian newspaper correspondents at Bucharest are flooding the papers here with ...

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  42. TALK OF PEACE.

    Replying to numerous questions in the House of Commons last night, Lord Robert Cecil, the Minister of Blockade, said he could say definitely and ...

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  43. GERMAN REPORT.

    The German communique emanating from Berlin to-day states:—The English yesterday yainly repeated their attacks at Thiepval, Pozieres, and ...

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  44. CRUX OF THE SITUATION.

    The Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" has had an interview with M. Joseph Reinach, the noted authority on international affairs, Who takes an ...

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  45. GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER.

    Dr. Liebknecht, the leader of the German Socialists, who was recently arrested for "treason during war time," has been sentenced to 49 months' ...

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  46. MYSTERIOUS MACKENSEN.

    The "Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung" denies that General Von Mackensan is on the Western front, and says he is Commanding against the enemy forces ...

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  47. BRITISH SUPER-ZEPPELINS.

    Lord Montagu, in a speech yesterday at Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk, stated that three or four new 780ft. long super-Zeppelins would be ready in ...

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  48. HEROIC GREEKS.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" cables:— The heroic struggle of the Greeks who resisted the Bulgarians at ...

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  49. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    General Haig states in report this morning:— We have successfully raided the enemy trenches opposite Lens. ...

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  50. AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day; that med[?] ...

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  51. ROUMANIAN'S DANGER.

    The newspapers here, commenting on the situation in the Balkans, emphasise the importance of the attitude of Roumania, and it is generally believed that ...

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  52. THE SOMME CAMPAIGN.

    The above map, which is a reproduction of one in the "London Times" received this week, sets out very clearly the one in the "London Times" received this week, sets out very clearly the position on the Somme front. It shows the mill at Pazieres, the cemetery to the west, Mouquet Farm to the north-west. From Mouquet Farm the British have advanced towards Thiepval, and hold Hill 136 and Hill 141, which overlook the place. To the north they are on the Courcelette-road. From a point north of Ovillers the British have advanced near to Thiepval from that side. From Bazentin and pozieres the British have advanced upon Martinupich, and it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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