Further details of the naval engagement off the Dutch coast throw little light upon it. The Germans were surrounded, and some broke through, but how many were sunk is not stated officially. A German report admits the loss of only one boat. Probably we shall learn the facts in a few days. The V69 might have boen captured, but the British appear to have dov[?]ted their attention to crippling and sinking as many of the enemy as possible. ...
Article : 371 wordsThe partial mobilisation of the Swiss militia began to-day. The troops departed towards the frontiEr with demonstrations of enthusiasm. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, has appointed an inter-departmental committee, under Sir Alfred Mond, to consider the demands for ...
Article : 68 wordsA Swiss correspondent in Berlin estimates that the war has cost Germany £2,500,000,000, and points out that a large indemnity will be necessary if ...
Article : 39 wordsLord Devonport, the Food Controller, has decided, with a view to augmenting the supply of barley and sugar for the purposes of food, and also for ...
Article : 160 wordsThe body of Dr. Angell, the chief chemist at the munition works where the disastrous explosion occurred last week, has been found among the ruins. ...
Article : 38 wordsSpeaking at Bristol to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the Government in the House of Commons, made a notable ...
Article : 765 wordsLarge numbers of youths aged 18 are rallying to the colours, although the proclamation calling them up has not yet been issued. ...
Article : 31 wordsLord Derby, Secretory of State for War, and Mr. R. E. Proth[?]ro, President of the Board of Agriculture, state that the urgency of the military ...
Article : 176 wordsImperial Consols, 2¾ per cent., quoted at £53, a fall of 10s. since Thursday last. ...
Article : 20 wordsHe is having a hard time. I do not see that there is any reason to make light of it. If you do you rob him of the credit which, if any man deserved it, he ought ...
Article : 1,800 wordsThe Labour Conference at Manchester, under the presidency of Mr. G. J. Wardle, the Labour member for Stockport, was resumed to-day. ...
Article : 429 wordsA French communique issued to-day says:- Last night we successfully carried out a surprise attack near ...
Article : 87 wordsA Russian official wireless message intercepted by the British Admiralty states:- After a vigorous bombardment the ...
Article : 62 wordsThe enlargement of the main dock at Tilbury, on the Thames, has been completed. The new accommodation provides berths for three additional ...
Article : 94 wordsAmong the military works carried out by the British during the Sinai campaign, cast of the Suez C[?]al, is the construction of 300 miles of railway, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Swedish newspaper "Tidning," published at Borns, states that an extensive system of espionage has been discovered in Sweden. A spy named ...
Article : 70 wordsLloyd's reports that the following additional vessels have been torpedoed and sunk by German submarines:- Salland, s.s., 3,657 tons (Dutch). ...
Article : 68 wordsTo-day's German official message says:—An artillery engagement has [?]gain commenced to the south-west of Riga. ...
Article : 59 wordsLast night's report from Field-Marshal Haig says:- The enemy to-day attempted a raid to the south-westward of Loos, but ...
Article : 71 wordsOwing to the present exigencies of the war, the British Government has forbidden Messrs. Hadfield and Co., the British firm of ammunition makers who ...
Article : 55 wordsThe following four men entered the Claremont camp yestetdtiy:- E. C. Jeffrey, labourer, Devonport. E. H. Ims, orchardist, Kingborough. ...
Article : 467 wordsThe British Admiralty has intercepted the following Russian official wireless message, which refers to the claim in a German communique published ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says he yesterday went on board the German torpedo-boat V69, which fled to the Dutch port of ...
Article : 501 wordsDr. Bury, the Anglican Bishop for Central nnd North Europe, and assistant to the Bishop in the Diocese of London, who has recently been on a ...
Article : 75 wordsTo-day's report from Field-Marshal Haig says:- During air fighting yesterday six German aeroplanes were destroyed, ...
Article : 94 wordsThe State Department at Washington has instructed Mr. J. W. Gerrard, the American Ambassador in Berlin, to accept an offer made by Germany to ...
Article : 60 wordsLord North[?]liffe, after a visit to the front, has cabled to the United Press Association of New York stating that a great many Americans are in the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Kaiser will spend his 58th birthday, which he reaches on Saturday next, with the fleet at Wilhelmshaven, where a great demonstration is being ...
Article : 36 wordsThe long lull in the fighting on General Brusillo[?]f's front has been due to had weather. A sharp battle has taken place in the ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam newspaper "Tyd," who is often exceedingly well informed, asserts that the last round of the conflict, beginning ...
Article : 112 wordsThere is still the widest difference of opinion, in the American newspapers and nmong publicists as to the desirability of President Wilson's proposals ...
Article : 250 wordsThe report of the Dominions Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the trade, resources, and legislation of the Empire, will include a proposal ...
Article : 71 wordsOfficial notice has been received that Lance-Corporal Edward[?] Ernest Ford, son of Mrs. Eliza and the late Mr. James Ford, of Triabunna, was killed ...
Article : 473 wordsTo-day's French communique says: We made several successful coupsde-main last night south of Chilly (south-west of Chaulnes). ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the Paris newspaper "Le Matin" states that the Allies' blockade will not be removed until all their demands are met. A ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Press Bureau states that on the occasion of the reopening of Parliament, as the country is at war, the King and Queen and suite will arrive ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 26 Jan 1917, Page 5
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