The Roumanians have suffered a defeat on the Arges River, to the north-west of Bucharest. In the midst of a great battle, German cavalry advancing from the south got on their flank, and forced a retreat. This looks like bad generalship, and it is an astonishing thing that the enemy should have sufficient cavalry to carry out such an operation successfully. This is one of the rare occasions of the present war on which cavalry have been used on a large ...
Article : 386 wordsThe Commission appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the conduct of operations in Galliopli and the Dardanelles, including the supply ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that from newspaper information it is learned that the reason for the Kaiser's absence from the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsIn the Russian Duma yesterday, General Trepoff, the Russian Premier, reaffirmed the resolve of Russia to carry the war to a victorious issue, and he ...
Article : 50 wordsGeneral Trepoff, the Russian Premier, started in the Duma yesterday that a treaty was signed by the Ailies months ago giving Russia ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Kaiser has telegraphed to the R[?]i[?]hstag thanking its members for the passage of the Compulsory Civilian Service Bill, by which, he says, the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe "New York Times" prints a story from the "Providence Journal" to the effect that two German submarines are in West Indian waters. Four left Kiel ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is officially announced that Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, with a view to a more effective prosecution of the war, has decided to advise the King ...
Article : 1,908 wordsThe British, French, Russian, and Italian Governments have issued a declaration stating that by deliberately creating unemployment in Belgium as ...
Article : 287 wordsTo-day's Roumanian communique says:— In the course of various attacks in Moldavia and Northern Wallachia ...
Article : 158 wordsM. Romanos, a member of the Greek Government, has resigned on the ground that he is unable any longer to tolerate the attitude of the Greek Government ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Scandinavian countries-Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—are seriously considering the food problem. Prices have risen abnormally in Norway ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Allies have placed an embargo on all Greek ships anchored at Marseilles. ...
Article : 23 wordsA War Office report from Salonika states:— Our patrols have successfully raided Neekhori (on the Struma River, 22 ...
Article : 44 wordsGeneral Haig reports to-day:— The enemy's artillery is active at Lesbœufs. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Lloyd George, writing to Mr. Ellis W. Davies, the Liberal member for Carnarvonshire, regarding the State purchase and control of the liquor trade, ...
Article : 96 words"These messages are directed to us as well as to the people who live in Great Britain," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), in the course of an interview ...
Article : 262 wordsAn official message says:— An intense artillery duel is proceeding at Barleux (south-west of Peronne). ...
Article : 68 wordsTo-day's French communique states: Bad weather is hampering operations in Macedonia. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. Cadbury, the youngest son of Mr. Georgo Cadbury, the chocolate manufacturer, and a member of a well-known Quaker family, on leaving ...
Article : 63 wordsA Roumanian semi-official message denies the statement made by Wolff's Agency, which is controlled by the German Government, that Bucharest has ...
Article : 71 wordsThe "Echo de Paris" states that in the tragic adventure at Athens, where the Allied troops and warships attacked the Greek Reservists, the French flag ...
Article : 127 wordsDr. Wilson, the President of the United States, does not share the apprehension that fierce trade rivalry will follow the war. He considers that ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Vienna correspondent of the Paris "Matin" states that he has received advices showing that, as a result of negotiations between the ...
Article : 61 wordsTo-day's German communique, says that the battle on the Arges Valley (north-west of Bucharest) was won by the 9th Army Corps. The Kaiser has ...
Article : 93 wordsTo-day's French communique says: — Seven of our aeroplanes last night heavily bombed German factories at Thionviile (in Western Lorraine) and ...
Article : 38 wordsDr. Woodrow Wilson, the President of the United States, in a speech to-day, said that the peace of the world could only come with liberty, for with ...
Article : 65 wordsGeneral Haig reports last night as follows:— The raid we carried out at Ypres on Saturday night caused many ...
Article : 60 wordsThe details of Friday's events in Athens are not yet known in London or Paris, but it is understood that King Constantine assured the Allied Ministers ...
Article : 310 wordsA Russian official message says:— In Transylvania we are successfully attacking in the valley of the River Trotas (in Northern ...
Article : 45 wordsRegret was expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day at the circumstances which called forth the comment from the "Cologne Gazette" ...
Article : 140 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent with the Russian Headquarters staff on the Roumanian front says that the main danger threatening Bucharest ...
Article : 348 wordsToday's French communique states: A violent artillery duel is proceeding on the right bank of the Mouse, especially in the Vaux and ...
Article : 34 wordsLast night's French communique says:— A mining duel is proceeding in the Argonne region. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Victoria League was hold in the Town-hall, Hobart, yesterday, Mrs. Stournion presiding. ...
Article : 122 wordsAn official message issued in Rome to-day says:— We have straightened our line on the Carso Plateau, and on a front of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe above map sets out very clearly the present situation in the Roumanian campaign. South of Bucharest, between the River Arges and the Danube, the Roumanians and Russians have had a victory in which they took a number of prisoners and 26 guns. In the Valley of the Arges, north-west of Bucharest, the Roumanians have fought a great battle, in which they were forced by a flanking movement from the south to retreat to the east of the river. The Russians hold the line from the Oitoz Pass to the Jablonitza Pass in Bukowina. They are heavily engaged at the Gyimes Pass, where they ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 5 Dec 1916, Page 5
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