There are several pointers in the war cablegrams to-day, and their source is Germany. The German people are being prepared for possible retreat on both East and West. A semi-official report, issued from Berlin, puts it cunningly that on the Somme the German Army has been forced back not more than a sixth of an inch "on the map," and that, "as on the Marne," it may be necessary to fall back a third, or even two-thirds, of an inch. Such a statement, of course, ...
Article : 508 wordsThe "Messagero" states that the Austrians have sent 100,000 Russian prisoners to the Forest of Ternova, the River Vippaco, Laibach, and ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Germans, in their communique to-day, state:—In a counter-attack we have recaptured the trenches at Zwdyn, south of Brody, which we lost on ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. J. W. Gerard, the American Ambassador in Berlin, has sent a congratulatory telegram to the owners of the German trans- Atlantic submarine ...
Article : 190 wordsThe "Daily Express" states that the new British Zeppelins have appeared off the Danish coast on patrol duty, and showed that they are able to ...
Article : 148 wordsThis morning's French communique states:— The enemy, after an intense bombardment, yesterday attacked our ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Serbians have begun a counteroffensive, and are now attacking Sorovitsh (between Florina and Lake Ostrova). The French and Italians are ...
Article : 41 wordsThe disagreement between Austria and Hungary is increasing. There was a stormy all-night sitting of the Hungarian Parliament last night. The ...
Article : 147 wordsIn his report this morning General Haig says:— We carried out successful raids last night north of Neuville St. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe official report issued by the War Office to-day on the operations in the Balkans is as follows:— Our Salonika forces ou Wednesday ...
Article : 92 wordsIn the Zeppelin raid on England last night there were many marvellous escapes in wrecked buildings. An old lady in the upper floor of one house fell ...
Article : 406 wordsAs already announced, the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Willehad, 4,761 tons, which had taken refuge at Boston, Massachusetts, since the beginning of the ...
Article : 116 wordsTo-day's French communique states: By a curtain of fire we stopped a German attack this morning, following a bombardment in the Forest of ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Russians are advancing along the entire Asiatic front, and the Turks have evacuated Bitlis. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe latest news from the front is meagre, but indicates that the position on the right wing is practically stationary. The Serbians continue to struggle ...
Article : 65 wordsA Belgian communique issued to-day states:— The Germans yesterday attempted to cross the canal near Het Sast ...
Article : 42 wordsA German communique issued yesterday states that the British report that a German submarine was sunk in the North Sea on the 19th inst., when the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" correspondent on the Somme front says:— The Germans have constructed what is really an eight-mile fortress extending ...
Article : 270 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in his report this morning states:— We joined up with the French, who had made important progress ...
Article : 519 wordsGeneral Haig, in his report this morning, states:— Our aircraft yesterday attacked points of military importance behind ...
Article : 154 wordsTo-day's German communique refers to the fighting in the Balkans thus:— We have made some progress in the Balkans, north-west of Ostrovo Lake. ...
Article : 114 wordsA German Government wireless message asserts that Great Britain has informed the Netherlands Government that all armed British merchant vessels have ...
Article : 47 wordsThis morning's Russian communique states:— Our offensive is continuing westward of Lake Van, and we are ...
Article : 98 wordsIn reference to the report of Mr. J. W. Gerard, the American Ambassador at Berlin, that Admiral Von Tirpitz has issued a manifesto strongly ...
Article : 179 wordsIt is understood that the Germans at Maurepas consisted of the First Division of the Prussian Guards, personally commanded by the Kaiser's son, Prince ...
Article : 48 wordsThe following official announcement of the campaign in Mesopotamia was made to-day:— The situation on the Tigris and ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Italians have occupied Port Palermo, in Albania, across the Straits of Otranto from Italy. This is of gieat importance, as information has in the ...
Article : 43 wordsTo-day's German communique is as follows:— There have been oft-repeated Anglo-French attacks on the whole of the ...
Article : 114 wordsA wireless message from Rome states that, owing to the refusal of Greek generals to evacuate the forts in eastern Macedonia, Greece has informed ...
Article : 110 wordsThis morning's Russian communique states:— The Germans have discharged poisonous gas northward of Vleika ...
Article : 146 wordsTo-day's Turkish communique says: —There has been a skirmish between detachments of our troops and enemy reconnoitring parties 25 kilometres (15½ ...
Article : 56 wordsWhen the German airships were returning from the raid on England, two of them violated Dutch territory, and were fired upon. ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, writes:—The German garrison at Thiepval is in a death trap. There is nothing of the village left but ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the boarding steamer Duke of Albany, 1,997 tons, has been torpodoed and sunk by a submarine in the North Sea. ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is officially stated that British naval aeroplanes have successfully bombarded enemy airship sheds at Namur. One aeroplane has not returned. ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Italian communique issued today states:— In the Trentino we have made fresh progress on the slopes of Monte ...
Article : 102 wordsA semi-official note in the German newspapers attempts to reassure the public regarding the Franco-British offensive. It says:—France and ...
Article : 171 wordsThe "Cologne Gazette," discussing Roumania's attitude, says the Central Powers were able to hope for Roumania's assistance when they were ...
Article : 47 wordsIn New York yesterday, cotton for delivery in 1917 sold at 16 cents per lb. Only twice since the Civil War have these rates been exceeded. ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is officially stated that on Monday last Brigadier-General Van der Venter, who is leading one of the British columns ...
Article : 102 wordsThe War Council has notified that it intends to acquire all stocks of lighter-weight leather in the United Kingdom, and has ordered owners to ...
Article : 51 wordsThe correspondent of the "Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung" on the Eastern front says:—General Brusiloff is bringing up huge reinforcements in the ...
Article : 90 wordsTo-day's French communique states: We have consolidated the ground we conquered on Thursday north-east of Maurepas. ...
Article : 206 wordsFive French Dreadnoughts have been completed since the commencement of the war, and now form a powerful and homogeneous fleet. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Italian communique issued today says:— The Austrians are shelling the town of Gorz and the bridges on ...
Article : 34 wordsDr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, has ordered the liquidation of 11 British firms in Berlin, including the gasworks ...
Article : 43 wordsThis morning's French communique states:— The artillery on both sides is active at Thiaumont work. ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Matin" says the Archduke Charles Francis, heir to the Austrian throne, is in command on Marshal Von ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Capetown correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that General Botha's statement regarding the recrudescence of a rebellious movement ...
Article : 95 wordsHerr Heineken, of the North German Lloyd Shipping Co., says that Germany is ready for after the war competition. Every ship lost has been ...
Article : 96 wordsWhile preparations are being made at New London, in the State of Connecticut, for the arrival of the Bremen, an officer of the White Star liner Baltic, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe "Idea Nazionole" states that small Turkish detachments are helping the Austrians on the Carso Plateau, east of Gorz. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 28 Aug 1916, Page 5
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