Not content with having recovered the ground in the Champagne district they lost on February 15, the French have attacked on a mile front, captured all the enemy's trenches, and also established themselves on Hill 185, an important position. Thus the German success of a month ag[?] has ...
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Article : 207 wordsTo-day is Reinforcement Day, and it means much to Hobart and Southern Tasmania. A supreme effort will be made to secure recruits in substantial ...
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Article : 111 wordsRifaat Pasha has left Geneva, hurriedly for Turkey, in charge of a mission in connection with the differences that have arisen between ...
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Article : 237 wordsThe Paris newspaper "Le Matin" says that the capture of Bagdad i[?] the Entente's greatest success during the period of the war, and reduces to ...
Article : 107 wordsGermany, through the Swiss Minister, has r[?]n[?]wed her attempts to amend the German-American treaty of 1798, in order to exempt German residents in ...
Article : 82 wordsThe State Department has notified foreign diplomat that armed guards will henceforth be placed on all American ships sailing through the danger ...
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Article : 64 wordsDefinite progress towards the re-election of candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives vacancies who will be acceptable to all political parties ...
Article : 230 wordsThe following official report on Italian shipping was i[?]sued to-day:- During the week ended Thursday, March 8, the arrivals at Itlian ports ...
Article : 58 wordsThe late Count Z[?]ppelin has bequ[?]athed to the German nation all his rights in his scientific discoveries and patents. ...
Article : 32 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, the Leader of the Government, said that the fall of Bagdad was the sequal to a series of ...
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Article : 84 wordsThe censorship of Russian domestic and political news continues. Several delayed telegrams from Petrograd in[?] dicate that there is considerable ...
Article : 236 wordsWhen the National Service Bill was reported with amendments in the House of Commons to-day, many members supported a new clause requiring that ...
Article : 275 wordsMr. J. W. Gerard, the farmer American Ambassador at Berlin, has arrived here. He will reach Washington on Wednesday. ...
Article : 29 wordsAmerican military experts agree that the military news in 1917 will consist of a series of Allied successes in France, and German retirements. The retreat ...
Article : 66 wordsFrontier reports indicate that there is a continuous stream of Germans passing through Belgium towards France. The Belgian frontier is still ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the Senate to-day, Senator Bakhap (Tas.) asked if the Administration would take into consideration the immediate submission of a bill to ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 14 Mar 1917, Page 5
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