The British on Friday advanced on a mile front to the north of Martinpuich and Flers, and on Saturday detachments pushed forward in several directions, notably to the east of Courcelette. To the west of Mouquet farm the Germans delivered a strong counter-attack, doubtless in an attempt to case the pressure upon Thiepval. The affair is described as very violent, but the enemy were driven back with heavy losses. With Courcelette in our hands, the ...
Article : 594 wordsSeveral forts at Halicz have fallen. PETROGRAD, September 23. To-day's Russian communique does not mention the Halicz fighting, but ...
Article : 132 wordsIt is officially announced that a number of airships last night dropped bombs on various places on the East and South-East Coast of England. ...
Article : 290 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Government, suspecting that 300 members of the crew of the Greek armoured ...
Article : 72 wordsThis morning's French communique says:— The Germans to-day made a strong attack on our new positions between ...
Article : 220 wordsA great battle has been raging for two days between the Serbians and the Bulgarians on the right bank of the Cerna and on the River Brod, near ...
Article : 90 wordsOn Wednesday last the Greek Government forwarded an urgent Note to Germany demanding the immediate return of the Kavala garrison to Greece, ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Paris "Journal" says:—A battle is raging with redoubled violence north of Halicz, and on the banks of the river ...
Article : 69 wordsTo-day's report by the War Office on the Salonika campaign states:— On the Lower Struma front yesterday Allied warships shelled ...
Article : 93 wordsTo-day's Italian communique says:— Despite unfavourable weather, we have made progress in the Vanoi Valley, and also towards the summit of ...
Article : 62 wordsTo-day's Russian communique states: The enemy south-east of Lake Narotch (east of Vilna) yesterday launched a gas attack, which lasted two ...
Article : 62 wordsA German seaplane approached Dover this afternoon, and dropped three bombs, but caused no casualties. Anti-aircraft guns were in action, and ...
Article : 44 wordsTo-day's German communique states: —There were artillery and grenade engagements in the Somme region yesterday. ...
Article : 68 wordsTo-day's French communique says:— Between the Vardar and the Cerna a Bulgarian attack at Zborsko yesterday failed, with heavy losses. ...
Article : 108 wordsGerman warships have captured the steamer Colchester, 1,207 tons, belonging to the Great Eastern Railway Co., and taken her to Zeebrugge, on the ...
Article : 66 wordsTo-day's German communique is as follows:—Near Korytnica the Russians still occupy small portions of our positions. We made prisoner on ...
Article : 74 wordsAn Italian seaplane squadron has successfully bombarded enemy batteries and trenches, and an observatory at Pirana, and Salvere, in Istria. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn his report this afternoon, Genaral Sir Douglas Haig states:— Between Flers and Martinpuich we advanced this morning on a mile ...
Article : 398 wordsThe Canadians had a brilliant share in the battle of Friday, the 15th inst., when they forced back the Germans over a mile, captured Mouquet Farm, ...
Article : 314 wordsTo-night's French communique says: The total number of prisoners in the battle of the Somme from July 1 to September 18 is 55,800, of whom ...
Article : 78 wordsTo-day's Roumanian communique states: The battle in Dobrudja raged with increasing intensity for four days, ...
Article : 98 wordsThe War Office issued the following official announcement to-day:— Our aeroplanes on Monday night last heavily bombarded an enemy ...
Article : 40 wordsThe "New York Tribune," commenting on the report that Germany is considering a resumption of ruthless submarining, says:—"Why can the idea ...
Article : 195 wordsThe Italians continue their advance in Upper Epirus (Albania). ...
Article : 16 wordsOf 22 Relgians who were sentenced to death at Hasselt on Friday for espionage 17 have already been executed, including two girls of the ages of 16 and ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that the authority and prestige of King Constantine of Greece are almost gone, and his ...
Article : 269 wordsTo-day's Turkish communique states: —East of Suez we attacked hostile troops in the vicinity of Tow[?]le Wells. We compelled the enemy to retire. ...
Article : 39 wordsThis afternoon's report by General Haig states:— Last night we raided the German trenches south of Arras, and took ...
Article : 80 wordsThe United Press Association has received the following London despatch: Germany will attempt to fly another "peace kite" about the middle of ...
Article : 259 wordsBetween the 8th and 11th of the present month German submarines have sunk eight Norwegian ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 19,733. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says General Von Mackensen's army in the Dobrudja is without food and munitions, as the Roumanian ...
Article : 49 wordsWriting of the work of the Canadians, Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, says:—The capture of Courcelette by the Canadians was one ...
Article : 223 wordsGermany has accepted the offer of Holland to submit the question of the sinking of the Dutch liner Tubantia to arbitration after the war has ...
Article : 37 wordsTo-day's German communique says: —Artillery and grenade engagements were the order on the Meuse yesterday. ...
Article : 23 wordsIt is believed that General Von Hindenburg has collected 30 divisions of troops from the French, Russian, and Italian fronts, and added 14 Bulgarian ...
Article : 68 wordsTo-night's French communique says: After a sharp grenade combat, an attack by the enemy to the southward of Col Due Ste Marie, in the ...
Article : 39 wordsIn connection with the sinking of a British vessel on September 2, on board of which were several American muleteers, the British Admiralty has ...
Article : 72 wordsThe following official announcement has been made by the Germans at Berlin:—German seaplanes off Varna on Wednesday successfully bombarded two ...
Article : 226 wordsBaron Schenk, who was the chief German agent in Athens, and was expelled at the demand of the Allies, has returned to Berlin. In an interview with ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Admiralty issued the following report to-night:— Naval aeroplanes yesterday (Friday) attacked German aerodromes at ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, writes:—Wednesday was a day of mist, rainstorms, and mud. British troops and Germans lie near each other ...
Article : 132 wordsThe leading Berlin newspapers give prominence in large type to a manifesto issued by the People's Committee, calling for a speedy defeat of England. ...
Article : 143 wordsThe following additional honours have been awarded to Australian and New Zealand officers and men for services at the front:— ...
Article : 2,371 wordsNew Zealanders wounded in the great victory on the Courcelette-Combles front on Friday, September 15, have arrived in London from the Somme ...
Article : 961 wordsThe Allied fleet at Salamis, in the Gulf of Athens, has been increased to 85 ships, and is prepared for a long stay. ...
Article : 35 wordsKing Constantine's harangue at the swearing-in of recruits of the Athens garrison, to whom he stated that they must show blind devotion to their ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 25 Sep 1916, Page 5
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