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  2. THE SOMME

    The great push on the Somme is being continued by both British and Frech, and further positions have been gained. Leuze Wood has been taken, and our troops are pushing on towards Combles, which place must be now commanded by artillery from several points. Then they are attacking Ginchy, which also must fall, as it is being assaulted from three sides. Captain Bean's report indicates that the Australians lost Mouquet farmstead on Sunday ...

    Article : 451 words
  3. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    To-day's Russian communique says:— We yesterday captured a fortified position in the direction of Halicz (at the junction of the D[?]iester with the ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. THE BALKANS.

    To-day's Roumanian communique states:— We hold the whole of the Dobrudja frontier. ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. ITALIAN ADVANCE.

    There are many hearts aching in Athens at the news of the Italian advance into the interior of the Epirus. In their advance the Italians are ...

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  6. HUNGARY'S LAMENT.

    The Hungarian newspapers indulge in melodramatic descriptions of the heroio resistance made by the Transylvaman peasants. The "Pestinaplo" (a ...

    Article : 131 words
  7. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    The British and French Ministers at Athens yesterday gave the Greek Government a list of 60 Austrians and Gormans whose expulsion from Greece was ...

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  8. ENEMY REPORTS.

    The Germans in to-day's communique admit that between the Zlota Lipa and the Dniester the Russians pressed back their centre, and also gained ...

    Article : 69 words
  9. FUTURE POLICY OF GREECE.

    According to reports received in Copenhagen from Berlin, King Constantine of Greece conferred with the re[?] sentatives of the Allies yesterday and ...

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  10. THE TURKISH WAR

    To-day's Russian communique says: Our troops advancing in the region of Oghnet (north-west of Mush) are inflicting great losses on the enemy. ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. THE SALONIKA FRONT.

    The official report issued by the War Office on the Salonika situation is as follows:— Yesterday thero were patrol ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Officials of the Admiralty examined to-day the remains of the Zeppelin observation car which were found in East Anglia. It is believed that the wire ...

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  13. IN TRANSYLVANIA.

    To-day's Roumanian communique states:— After lively fighting in the region of Borszek (Carpathians), we have ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. FRENCH REPORT.

    To-day's French communique states: There was violent artillery fire yesterday on the River Struma, at Lake Doiran, and along the whole of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. EAST OF SUEZ.

    The following report was issued today on the British campaign in Egypt, east of the Suez Canal:— Our airmen raided the enemy's ...

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  16. ZEPPELINS AT BUCHAREST.

    It is reported from Berlin that three Zeppelins have raided Bucharest, and the Germane claim that some wheat stores were set on fire. ...

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  17. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    This morning's report by General Haig states:— We have effectively shelled the enemy's hutments at Polygon Wood, to ...

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  18. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    In his report this morning General Sir Douglas Haig states:— During last night we captured the whole of Leuze Woodl (east of ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. THE ALLIED SQUADRON.

    A wireless message received in Rome from Athens states that the Allied Squadron which has arrived in the Piraeus, the naval port of Athens, will ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.

    The German newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" states that the Grand Duke Nicholas is to assume the command of the Russian army operating against ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. TURKISH LEVY EN MASSE.

    The Turkish Government has ordered a levy on masse on all males in the country, regardless of nationality, between the ages of 17 and 55 years. ...

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  22. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    To-day's Italian cammunique is as follows:— The first snow has fallen on our front. ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. SENSATION IN HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The arrival of thousands of fugitives in Budapest has provoked riots in the Hungarian capital. A sensation was caused in the ...

    Article : 234 words
  24. VERDUN AND LORRAINE.

    This morning's French communique states: — Our machine-guns immediately stopped a Gorman attack on Fleury ...

    Article : 61 words
  25. ALLIES' BOMBARDMENT.

    German war correspondents emphasise the terrific character of the Anglo-French bombardment. The "Berliner Tageblatt" says:—It is ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. ALBANIA.

    To-day's Italian communique alludes to the fighting in Albania as follows:— Our infantry, cavalry, and artillery on Monday raided the right bank of ...

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  27. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    At dawn yesterday the Australians attacked Mouquet Farm and the ridge to the north-west of it. The farm was taken at the first rush, and the line ...

    Article : 265 words
  28. THE GERMAN STORY.

    To-day's German communique says: —The battle on both sides of the Somme was continued yesterday with undiminished intensity. Twenty-eight ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. BATTLE STORIES.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle" war correspondent, sends a vivid description of the capture of Guillemont, Leuze Wood, and Fallemont ...

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  30. GERMAN WOUNDED.

    Train after train of German wounded pass Liege, in Belgium, every day on the way to Germany. One single consignment which arrived at Liege ...

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  31. ZEPPELIN HEAVILY DAMAGED.

    The Hague correspondent of the Central News Agency states that one of the Zeppelins which took part in the recent raid on England was so severely ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. A PROMISING SITUATION.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, writes:—The importance of our gains since Sunday does not seem to have been sufficiently realised. In the ...

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  33. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS.

    The directors of the Royal Flying Corps have applied to General Bird-wood, the commander of the Australian forces, for 200 Australians to become ...

    Article : 55 words
  34. PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH.

    This morning's French communique states:— Our curtain of fire last night broke down many German attacks against ...

    Article : 158 words
  35. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The chief subscribers to the new German war loan are the savings banks ...

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  36. THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.

    We publish the above [?] to indicate the bearing of the Anglo-French offensive on the Somme when it is complete. When the Allies' have cleared the heights to the north of the Somme the Germans must fall back over the plain which runs away north-east past Cambrai, and then north to Lille. The German forces south, of Peronne—between Peronne and Laon—will be in danger, as their salient will become more acute, and the Allies will either cut or threaten their lines of communication. Thus the Somme wedge threatens the German line both north and south, and if it effects all that is hoped for, it will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 159 words
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