The Balkan States are like vultures—out for prey. Now that Rounmania has joined the Allies, Bulgaria would like to chango sides, and Greece is anxious to enter the lists. These fear that Sorbia and Rouraania will come out of the war stronger than they, unless they are at the division of the spoils, especially in view of the likelihood of the Turks being finally driven out of Europe. If Greece decides for war on the side of the Allies, Bulgaria will ...
Article : 402 wordsIn his report from the British headquarters in France this morning, Genoral Sir Douglas Haig refers as follows to operations in the region of the ...
Article : 141 wordsThere was heavy fighting again this morning on a small front around Mouquet Farm. In the first morning light the Victorians made a considerable ...
Article : 185 wordsMassages from Bucharest state that King Fordinand of Bulgaria has left Sofia for Vienna. Prince Boris, the heir to the throne ...
Article : 67 wordsThe military authorities have established a motor-car service between Petrograd and Archangel to supplement the railway communication. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Russian communique issued to-day states:— We are continuing to advance along the Lake Van front, and ...
Article : 69 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Rome (Dr. Dillon) states:—The Bulgarian plan of action will be decided directly, and a ...
Article : 80 wordsGeneral Haig, in his report to-night, states:— Since July 1 we have made prisoner 266 German officers and 15,203 ...
Article : 46 wordsGeneral Haig, in has report this morning, states:— The enemy made a raid on our line south of Arras last night, but ...
Article : 77 wordsA wireless message received in Rome states that serious events are reported in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where many Turkish and German officers have ...
Article : 36 wordsTo-day's Italian communique states: In the Trentino our Alpine troops in the Val Assa area, after fierce fighting, seized the rocky peak of ...
Article : 78 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —The English yesterday repeatedly attacked in considerable force our positions between Thiepval and Pozieres, ...
Article : 151 wordsThe enthusiasm of the people of Greece for the Allies is increasing every day. King Constantine has telegraphed to ...
Article : 44 wordsThe official communique issued in Paris to-day states— Yesterday our troops participated in a brisk evening operation to the ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is reported at The Hague from Cologne that the Kaiser heard of the Roumanian declaration of war while at Oracow, and is now rushing at top ...
Article : 120 wordsYesterday (Monday) the Roumanians attacked along the wnole of their front, and obtained some successes. King Ferdinand of Roumania has ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Russians are throwing pontoons across the River Danube at Reni (on the loft bank of the Danube, near its junction with the Pruth), where the Roumanians ...
Article : 55 wordsLord Grey, the Foreign Secretary, has sent the following message to Baron Sonnino, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulating Italy ...
Article : 135 wordsGerman diplomatists expect that Greece will shortly enter the war on the side of the Allies. Many Greeks are leaving Germany. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger", announces that General Von Mackensen commands the Austro-Germans opposing the Roumanians. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn his latest despatch from the Western front, Mr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle" war correspondent, relates a dramatic story of the repulse of the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe tone of the London Stock Exchange is cheerful. All Government securities are firm. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe "New York Sun" says the conditions in the Balkans have become such that it seems impossible for Greece to any longer maintain neutrality. M. ...
Article : 52 wordsDr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, bluntly' refused the Roumanian Minister in Berlin a farewoll interview. The ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Swiss newspapers publish a message from the Austrian headquarters stating that the fighting between the Austrians and Roumanians is following ...
Article : 86 wordsParis nowspapers consider that Roumanian decision justifies the Salonika Expedition This decision is attnbuted to M. Briand's clearness of vision, ...
Article : 46 wordsThe German currency in New York now stands at a discount of 26 per cent., which is the lowest since the war started. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Russian communique issued in Petrograd this morning states:— We repelled an attack in the Tobolz region yesterday against our ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Roumanian declaration of war is considered in Great Britain as constituting an indictment of Austria and Germany as the war-makers. ...
Article : 61 wordsYesterday a German super-Zeppelin was blown away during a gale, and when over Terdonck. in Belgium, fell from a height of 2,000ft., and exploded. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Roumanian Note to Austria declaring war says the Roumanian alliance with the Central Powers ceased when Italy withdrew from the Alliance, ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Andrew Fisher, the High Commissioner of the Commonwealth, gave a farewell dinner al the Hotel Cecil last night to the Australian delegates ...
Article : 871 wordsTo-day's Austrian communique refers to the operations against Roumania as follows:—Our troops are fighting in all the passes on the Roumanian frontier. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Kaiser has appointed General Von Hindenburg as Chief of the German General Staff, General Von Falkenhayn, the former chief, having been ...
Article : 34 wordsRiots toot place yesterday at Dresden, the capital of Saxony, as a protest against the imprisonment of Dr. Liebknecht, the leader of the German ...
Article : 78 wordsNews of Roumania's intervention reached the Sommo on Monday, and aroused tremendous enthusiasm. It was telephoned along our trenches at ...
Article : 53 wordsA French report issued to-day on the campaign at Salonika states:— There is great artillery activity in the Lake Doiran region and on the ...
Article : 95 wordsIt is now known that Roumania has been munition making at high pressure for the last three months. ROME, Augest 30. ...
Article : 60 wordsAn Italian official message says that along the Whole front on Monday the troops cheered Roumania's entry into the war. The enemy replied with fierce ...
Article : 49 wordsThe "London Gazette" to-day and nounces that the King has been graciously pleased to award the Distinguished Service Order to Captain. Arthurs ...
Article : 128 wordsAustrian monitors and batteries have bombarded the town of Vorchiorovo and Turnu Severin at the Iron Gate, and also the town the ginrgeve, where the ...
Article : 232 wordsKing George has sent the following telegram to King Ferdinand of Roumania:— Your entry into the war has been ...
Article : 167 wordsAn official statement issued in London to-day states:— There are no developments on the Struma and Doiran fronts. ...
Article : 28 wordsAfter the, failure of Sunday's three violent attacks on the Serbians on the Banitza-Ostrovo road, the Bulgarians continued a desultory artillery fire The ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Landon correspondent of the "New York Times" states that in an inrterview with an American who was recently in Germany, the visitor says ...
Article : 89 wordsIt ia reported that the Greek troops have been withdrawn from Seres, 43 miles to the north-east of Salonika, and that the Bulgarian have occupied the ...
Article : 63 wordsthe Roumanian offensive has now being in earnest,in the from of an invasion of Hungary, via the Transylvanion Alps.The main point of attack is Rothemthurni Pass, which is the easiest route into Hungary,and Austrians are also expecting the Roumanians to advance along the Verchiorova Pass (near the Iron Gates),and they are busily engaged in fortifying it.The Roumanians have come contact with the enemy's advenced posts,which on an Austrian admission, have been forced to retire it. Acording to a Bucharest message we must not expect too much of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsAccording to the London correspondent of the "New York Times," an American just returned from Germany ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 31 Aug 1916, Page 5
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