The Russian communique issued today says:— Yesterday was a day of small thihgs. We regained a little of the ground ...
Article : 56 wordsAfter repeated portents of a great battle on the Eastern front, we get the report that Thursday was a day of small things there, and apparently Friday and Saturday also were quiet. It would almost appear that the messages suggesting a Russian offensive imminent were sent out from Petrograd for tactical reasons—to keep the Germans quiet while our Ally sent all possible help to Roumania. On the other hand, it may bo only the ...
Article : 562 wordsThe Russian Dreadnought battlecruiser Sevastopol (23,300 tans and a main armament of twelve 12-inch guns) struck a mine a week ago at ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" states that all Russian passenger traffic on the railways to Roumania has been suspended owing to the movement of ...
Article : 32 wordsLord Northbourne a few years ago, incensed at Mr. Lloyd George's Budget, publicly announced that he would roast a bullock on his estate ...
Article : 67 wordsTo-day's Russian communique says:— There has been desperate fighting on our south-western front in the wooded region south of the village of ...
Article : 75 wordsDuring the war period the Germans have sunk 308 neutral vessels, of 421,333 gross tonnage. The chief sufferers have been the Norwegians, who ...
Article : 98 wordsTo-day's Austrian communique claims that the Austro-Germans have gained ground against the Roumanians to the south-east of the Rotherturm Pass ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Amsterdam "Telegraaf" states that the Germans intend to deport to Germany all Belgians between the ages of 18 and 40 years. Two hundred and ...
Article : 41 wordsTo-day's communique says:— Everything is quiet in Dobrudja. PETROGRAD, November 4. To-day's Russian communique says: ...
Article : 33 wordsA Russian communique issued to-day says:— The Turks in the Caucasus yesterday attacked on our front from ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Dutch newspaper "Algemeen Handelsblad" protests against the action of the British authorities at Singapore in arresting Major Van der ...
Article : 68 wordsA French official message from Salonika states that the British have stormed the village of Alipsa (on the left bank of the Struma River, three ...
Article : 41 wordsThere is enthusiasm in France over the capture of Fort Vaux. The victory was due to the work of the splendid heavy artillery. It is the first time ...
Article : 96 wordsThe general belief among officials at Washington is that Germany can have no excuse for torpedoing and sinking the British steamer Marina, on the ...
Article : 137 wordsGeneral Sir J. G. Maxwell, the Commander-in-Chief of the troops in Ireland, retire from the position during the present month, and will be ...
Article : 438 wordsGeneral Haig reports as follows:— We have taken by surprise and captured a trench east of Gueudecourt, and have successfully raided trenches ...
Article : 142 wordsA French communique published today states:— An artillery duel is proceeding at various points on our Salonika front. ...
Article : 40 wordsA German wireless message claims that the withdrawal from Fort Vaux was not observed by the French, who bombarded the empty fort for many ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that serious complications threaten as a sequel to the occupation of Ekaterina, on the road ...
Article : 335 wordsThe capture of 10 000 prisoners in two days the Italians proves the great success of their effort to draw off the pressure from Roumania. ...
Article : 325 wordsYesterday a German submarine held up the Swedish steamer Runhild, and placed a prize crew on board, ordering her to proceed to Libau. Subsequently ...
Article : 52 wordsGeneral Haig reports to-day:— We have successfully raided the German lines to the north-east of Armentieres. ...
Article : 102 wordsIn to-day's issue the newspaper 'Il Tribuna" states that the Austrians in the southern portion of the Carso Platea[?] lost contact with the Austrians ...
Article : 103 wordsGermany has apologised to Holland for the flight of a Zeppelin over Dutch territory on October 22 last. She explains that, owing to motor ...
Article : 63 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" Milan correspondent says that the technical perfection and the abundance of munitions of the forces of General Cadorna (the Italian ...
Article : 102 wordsTo-day's French communique says:— Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down on the Somme front yesterday. PARIS, November 4. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe first day of the new Italian offensive on the Carso Plateau cost the enemy the loss of 15,000 men, onethird of whom were made prisoner. ...
Article : 135 wordsA French communique published today says:— We have brought down an enemy aeroplane in Alsac[?]. ...
Article : 28 wordsYesterday an observation balloon which was on fire came down in Norway. It is believed she belonged to a British warship patrolling the North ...
Article : 41 wordsTo-day's Austrian communique asserts that gigantic Italian attacks have been repulsed, and that altogether 2,000 Italians have been captured, but it ...
Article : 48 wordsThe official communique issued to-day respecting the operations of the British troops against the Germans in East Africa runs as follows:— ...
Article : 155 wordsA French communique issued this afternoon says:— North of the Somme the Germans this morning attempted to eject us ...
Article : 96 wordsA deputation from members of the Royal Colonial Institute waited to-day on Mr. Bonar Law, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and urged the ...
Article : 81 wordsRussia bas informed Sweden of her intention to lay another minefield in the Aaland Sea, in the Baltic, near Swedish territorial waters. ...
Article : 31 wordsAn Italian official statement issued to-day says:— Our infantry have captured a strong position on the southern slopes ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Rome newspaper "Il Tribuna" says that many Austrians who were taken prisoner were dying of thirst. They had been without water for three ...
Article : 89 wordsThe latest Italian official reports is as follows:— The Eleventh Army Corps, despite violent counter-attacks, has ...
Article : 309 wordsMr. Herbert Bayard Swope; who has recently visited Germany, says in the "New York World" that the strongest desire for peace exists among all the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent says:—Fort Vaux for the past week has been the butt of an almost overwhelming heavy ...
Article : 182 wordsA communique issued to-day says:— Our pursuit of the enemy in the Vulkan Pass continues. We have captured four more guns and much war ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Entente authorities in Greece have ordered wholesale arrests of spies connected ...
Article : 111 wordsThe National Labour Convention has been summoned to meet on December 7, when the question of food prices will be considered. ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. J. C. Wedgwood, the Liberal member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, writing in the "Sunday Times" urges the immediate raising and training of ...
Article : 47 wordsThe positions taken during the new Italian advance constituted Austria's strongest defences since the fall of Gorz The main Italian attack was ...
Article : 124 wordsA German official statement says that during the night of Wednesday last and the morning of Thursday German light sea forces from Flanders (Zeebrugge) ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that German intrigue, with the object of splitting up the Entente coalition, is increasing ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Greek Council of Ministers, with King Constantine presiding, has rejected Admiral De Fournet's request for the utilisation of the light vessels ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. W. F. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand and Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer, returned to London last night from the Western front. ...
Article : 183 wordsA Roumanian communique published to-day says:— We have advanced west of the Buzeu River (which runs through the ...
Article : 157 wordsCaptain Koenig, the commander of the German trans-Atlantic submarine Deutschland, says he expects that the U57, a ship of the U53'class. will ...
Article : 37 wordsAn Italian semi-official message says that two days' incessant fighting on the northern part of the Carso Plateau has not exhausted the dashing Eleventh ...
Article : 133 wordsA communique issued to-day says:— Owing to the violence of our bombardment for several days the enemy did not await the attack of our ...
Article : 269 wordsSir Henry Dalziel, the Liberal member for Kirkcaldy Burghs, will ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) an Tuesday for a day to discuss the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 6 Nov 1916, Page 5
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