The news from the Western front is again very important, though not voluminous. On the Somme the Germans are fighting with more dash and tenacity than they have shown in recent battles. Probably the last positions between the British and Bapaume are being defended by fresh, picked troops. They defended the positions around Courcelette and at Eaucourt l'Abbaye with courage, and at one or two points retock ground they ...
Article : 416 wordsTo-day's War Office report on the Salonika compaign states:— The positions we captured on the Struma front on Saturday include ...
Article : 137 wordsThe following manifesto has been issued by the Federal Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. M. Hughes):— TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA. In your hands lies the destiny of your ...
Article : 2,637 wordsLord Byrce will contribute an article in the "Manchester Guardian" to-morrow (Wednesday), in which he will say that the majority of the American ...
Article : 239 wordsMr. Glen Curtis's new 10-plane machine, which is described as a Zeppelin destroyer, was tested yesterday at Buffalo, in New York State. The ...
Article : 57 wordsTo-day's French communique says: The English on the left bank of the River Struma repulsed several counter-attacks yesterday, in which ...
Article : 73 wordsIt was announced by the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day, that the first draft of men for munition work in England, who left Australia ...
Article : 82 wordsThe torpedoing by the Germans of five Norwegian steamers to-day has increased the bitterness of the Norwegians against Germany, and the ...
Article : 52 wordsTo-day's German communique says:— The Roumanians have won ground on both sides of the River Kukel (in Transylvania). North of Orsova (Iron ...
Article : 65 wordsOfficial notification has been received that Private J. A. Maxwell, 26th Battalion, died on the 10th September at War Hospital, Ormston, being ...
Article : 211 wordsHerr Dernburg, formerly, German Secretary for the Colonies, in an article in the "Berliner Tageblatt," hints that Germany is about to renew her ...
Article : 83 wordsIn to-day's communique the Germans claim that in a sortie in the Champagne region yesterday they captured 39 French prisoners. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn his report this afternoon, General Sir Douglas Haig states:— During last night we beat off a German attack against our ...
Article : 244 wordsA Bavarian battalion order found in the Battle of the Somme upbraids the men for being "wasteful of munitions through nervousness" and adds:— ...
Article : 97 wordsA wireless message received in Rome from Petrograd states that the Russians have launched a fresh and violent offensive on a front of 112 miles. ...
Article : 85 wordsSir Charles Johnston, formerly Lord Mayor of London, has called the attention of the Home Office to the fact that an unnaturalised German, named ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Morning Post" says the Greek Government has ordered all Greek destroyers and torpedo-boats to be moored at ...
Article : 62 wordsThis afternoon's French communique states.— In a minor operation last night we captured German trenches and ...
Article : 143 wordsMr. T. F. Locke, of Premaydena, writes:—In Saturday's "Mercury" my son, S. G. Locke, is reported among the wounded in France. His many. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Russian communique issued today records:— Stubborn fighting continues on the rivers Naraiuvka and Zlota Lipa, in ...
Article : 143 wordsThe German Legation at Athens has informed the Minister of Marine that German submarines will sink all Greek ships found in the service of either the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe experts from New York during September averaged 10,000,000 dollars a day, of which half the value was in munitions. ...
Article : 30 wordsGeneral Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief, in an Order of the Day congratulating the French[?] Army in the Somme region on its achievements, ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Rev. R. J. Campbell, formerly pastor of the City Temple, who has joined the Church of England, has published the story of his spiritual ...
Article : 106 wordsA Dutch report states that fourteen Zeppelins participated in the last raid on England. Spectators narrate that the ...
Article : 531 wordsA plea to the United States to work towards peace has been uttered by the Crown Prince of Germany in an interview with Mr. Hamilton Holt, a ...
Article : 460 wordsA correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on the Wrstern Front writes:—brilliant deeds were frequent in the recent fighting. The New Zealanders proved ...
Article : 199 wordsTo-day's German communique says:— During fighting on a large soale along our Thiepval-Ran[?]urt front yesterday, we sanguinarily repulsed the ...
Article : 63 wordsEleven men appeared before Mr. MacF[?]rlane, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with treason. They were Charles Reeve, aged 20 (England), ...
Article : 101 wordsA correspondent of the "Vossische Zeitung" (Berlin), says:—The Russians are equipped with heavier artillery and greater supplies of ammunition. They ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—The continuous bombardment is no longer confined to the Somme region. The enemy's ...
Article : 98 wordsThe arrangements for the prosecution of a vigorous affirmative campaign in Tasmania in connection with the Referendum Bill, are well in hand. ...
Article : 703 wordsThe British infantry advanced with characteristic spirit in the capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye, and they were greatly aided by the "tanks." Their ...
Article : 140 wordsTo-day's Russian communique states: The situation is quiet along our front in the Caucasus: ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), on being seen to-day in reference to the alleged importation of Maltese under contract, said he was having a most ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Greek Legation states that the Turks are massacring Greeks in Asia Minor, and are also arresting notable Greek citizens. ...
Article : 49 wordsIn this afternoon's report General Haig states:— We successfully raided the enemy's lines to the northward of Neuville St. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 4 Oct 1916, Page 5
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