Severe fighting has taken place in Bukowina. The Germans have gathered forces in the south to check the Russian advance there, and have done so after two days and a night of severe fighting. It will be remembered that recently there was loud complaint from Buda Pesth that if measures were not ...
Article : 358 wordsThose who had expressed confidence in a complete solution of the political situation to-day were disappointed, as, beyond a statement by the Prime ...
Article : 835 wordsUnforeseen circumstances have compelled the authorities to withdraw the leave of the New Zealand footballers at the front who were to meet the ...
Article : 56 wordsThe British Consul at Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, has informed the American Consul in Rome that the American four-masted schooner Lyman ...
Article : 162 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon the Labour member for Stockport condemned the pac[?]st spe[?]ches of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the Labour ...
Article : 117 wordsAS already stated, General Sececu, of the Roumanian army, has been condemned by court-martial sitting at Jassy to five years' p[?]nal servitude and ...
Article : 171 wordsThe municipality of the Russian town of Kherson, on the north coast of the Black Sea, between the River D[?]i[?]per and the River Dni[?]st[?]r, has leased the ...
Article : 77 wordsA German s[?]-official message states that if the American st[?]amers Ro[?]hester. Orleans, and St. Louis, now on their way to Europe, are [?]ncountered ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that an American who has just left Germany after a war-long residence there states that ...
Article : 397 wordsIt is stated in Berlin that in order to meet the interest on the German war loans new taxes are to be levied to produce £60,000,000 a year. These ...
Article : 58 wordsM. Marc[?]l Hutin, the well-known French writer, states that he has received figures from a well-informed source which indicate the effi[?]acy of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Admiralty has intercepted the following official German report:—At the b[?]y[?]n[?]t [?]oint we have st[?]med several Russian positi[?]ns at ...
Article : 50 wordsThe House of Commons to-day passed the vote of credit for £500,000,000. ...
Article : 21 wordsAdmiral Sir John J[?]llicoe (First Sea Lord), in a speech in the City of London to-day, alluded to the fact that the Imperial Navy included men from ...
Article : 147 wordsMr. Hoover, who supervised the work in Belgium of the American Relief Committee, says he hopes that other neutrals will take up the work, and ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following French Macedonian communique has been issued:- Following a violent bombardment on Monday, important German forces ...
Article : 99 wordsField-Marshal Haig, in his report issued last night, says:- To-day we captured a strong point to the south-eastward of Grandcourt, ...
Article : 185 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Sir George Cave, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, answering suggestions regarding ...
Article : 277 wordsThere are strong indications that a diplomatic break between America and the other Central Powers—Austria, Turkey[?] and Bulgaria—is imminent. A ...
Article : 53 wordsThe communique issued to-day says: The enemy made an attack last night on our lines in the sector at Baccarat, in Lorrain[?], but it was a ...
Article : 57 wordsLloyd's reports that the following vessels were to[?]pedo[?]d and sunk yesterday by German submarines:— F. D. Lambert, s.s., 2,193 tons ...
Article : 40 wordsThe unofficial de[?]als by Germany that she offered to negotiate with the United States is regarded with amazement, in view of the State ...
Article : 81 wordsA German official message intercept[?] ed by the Admiralty says:—The Italians have attacked our positions on the Ce[?]na salient, north of Monastir, ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. W. F. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, opened to-day a temperance club at Poplar, in the East End of London, which has been financed ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Scandinavian Governments— Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—handed identical Notes to Germany and Aus[?]ria, on Monday, protesting against ...
Article : 79 wordsThe off[?]cial French communique issued last night stated:- We delivered a successful coup-demain to-day in the Pro[?]nes sector, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Admiralty reports:—Our naval aircraft on Saturday made a successful flight from the Eastern Mediterran[?]an to Constantinople, and considerably ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Admiralty by wireless has intercepted the following German official report:—To-day we r[?]pulsed by hand-to-hand fighting two English attacks ...
Article : 48 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York World" says he finds that the House of Commons is curiously unimpressed with the new Government's ...
Article : 83 wordsSir L. G. Chiozz[?] Money, speaking in the House of Commons for the Shipping Controller (Sir Joseph Maclay)[?] said the latter was hoping for the best, ...
Article : 92 wordsThe communique issued to-day says: A German aeroplane to-day bombed Dunkirk, and the regions of Pompey, north-west of Nancy. Two civilians ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the Beard of Trade assumes possession of all the coal mines in the United Kingdom for the duration of the war. Mr. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Premier yesterday replied to the further comments which appeared in the leading columns of "The Mercury" of that day concerning his att[?]tude on the ...
Article : 255 wordsThe following is the full text of the semi-official French report dealing with the interview with Field-Marshal Haig: French war correspondents ...
Article : 466 wordsThe publicity campaign on behalf of the war loan, and also country-wide appeals to small investors, are producing excellent eleventh hour results. To-day ...
Article : 267 wordsMessages received in New York from Berlin flatly deny that Germany has invited suggestions for the avoidance of wa[?] with the United States. The ...
Article : 834 wordsFollowing is a copy of the letter received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) from Archbishop Ceretti, Apostolic delegate at Sydney, dated ...
Article : 320 wordsThe American railway companies announce that owing to the congestion of goods, due to American ships not sailing for Europe, no shipments from the ...
Article : 66 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that so far as could be ascertained, all the ...
Article : 63 wordsCount Von Bernstorff, the former German Ambassador to America, arrived to-day at Hoboken, opposite New York, and Went on board the Danish ...
Article : 281 wordsMr. W. Long, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon that no communications had been received ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Admiralty reports that it has received the following Russian official message by wireless:- After bombardment with chemical ...
Article : 149 wordsMr. Leonard Rodway, C.M.G., the Government Botanist, who gave evidence yesterday before the Public Works Committee on the question of ...
Article : 131 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Sir George Cave, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, said a Home Office Committee was ...
Article : 84 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. W. Thorn[?], the Labour member for West Ham South, called the attention of the Government to the ...
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