The British continued their advances towards Bapaume on Wednesday, [?]espito heavy driving rain. They, pushed towards the town from Grevillers, and northward on a two and a half mile front; upon Achiet-le-Pctit from the south, on a 2,000 yard front, and north-[?]ast between Bocquoy and ...
Article : 417 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, Leader of the Government, said the representatives at the Imperial Conference would be able to ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Admiralty has issued the following report on shipping:- The arrivals during the week ended Sunday last of merchantmen over ...
Article : 157 wordsIt is announced that General Brusiloff, the victor in the great Russian of[?]ensive in Volhynia and Galicia last June, has again taken over the ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Press Bureau made the fellowing announcement to-day:—Mr. R. E[?] Prothero, President of the Board of Trade, has asked the Archbishop of ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Cabinet has approved of Sir Alfred Mond's scheme for the inauguration of a National War Museum. ...
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Family Notices : 419 wordsTo-day's German communique says: —We have captured 256 Russians and several machine-guns on the Narajowka River, in Galicia. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, Leader of the Government, informed Mr. Asquith that he would give him every facility to make ...
Article : 154 wordsA thrilling aviation feat was performed at Brooklands to-day. An airman looped the loop sideways, wing over wing, making the biplane revolve like a ...
Article : 73 wordsThe German newspapers are publishing huge advertisements of the sixth German war loan. It is admitted in financial circles that the [?]all, of Bagdad ...
Article : 67 wordsA German official message says:— French thrusts between Lake Ochrida and Lake Prespa, in the Monastir region, have failed. We have repulsed ...
Article : 34 wordsA correspondent of the "New York World" states that in an interview Count Bernstorff, formerly German Ambassador at Washington, said that he ...
Article : 86 wordsAn extraordinary Food Control-Committee has been formed, under the Premier (Prince Galitzin), but the Duma, Zemstvos, municipalities, and ...
Article : 133 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt," discussing the Roumanian situation, admits that the Roumanian army has been thoroughly reorganised. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, moved that the House accept the Indian war contribution. He said ...
Article : 1,051 wordsGeneral Sarrail, Commander-in-Chief in Macedonia, is shortly to marry Madamoiselle De Joannas, a French nurse serving in Macedonia. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. J. W. Gerard, formerly American Ambassador at Berlin, has arrived at Washington for the purpose of presenting his report to President Wilson. ...
Article : 85 wordsA German communique states:—Our seaplanes on Monday bombed two Russian destroyers which approached Canstanza and forced them to return. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe "New York Times" correspondent, who travelled with Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador, who has just returned from Berlin, says that ...
Article : 93 wordsTo-day's report from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:- We have advanced on a 1½-mile front to the south-westward and ...
Article : 179 wordsMr. Roth, the returned American Consul in Saxony, says:—The standard of living among the poorer classes in Saxony is terrible, and on a par with ...
Article : 111 wordsMajor Moraht, the military critic of the "Berliner Tageblatt," who has just returned from a visit to German headquarters, publishes a sensational article ...
Article : 81 wordsA German submarine on Sunday last sank the American steamer Algonquin (1,806 tons), bound for London with a cargo of foodstuffs. ...
Article : 379 wordsChina Iras broken off diplomatic relations with Germany. As a sequel to this step, China has seized six German steamers at ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Zurich correspondent, of the Paris newspaper "Petit Parisien" says that there were enormous crowds on Sunday in the churches in Berlin, when ...
Article : 84 wordsA French official message says:- Between Butte de Mesnil and Maisons do Champagne (in Champagne) the Germans to-day delivered ...
Article : 195 wordsThe sending from the Commonwealth by post or otherwise of parcels to British prisoners of war interned in neutral or enemy countries is prohibited by a ...
Article : 119 wordsDriver Ryan, W. D. Launceston severely, previously reported wounded. Grace, M. F., Lake Creek Queensland, Casey, W. Gym[?]ie Queensland. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Greek Government has promised M. Guill[?]rmin, the French Minister at Athens, that punishment shall be met[?]d out to the crew of the Greek ...
Article : 63 wordsA message from a press correspondent at British headquarters states:—Heavy rain fell yesterday. Our men pushed forward over the sodden fields, and as ...
Article : 172 wordsLord Milner; a member of the War Cabinet without portfolio, presided today at a lunch[?]n to the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward P. Morris, Premier of ...
Article : 255 wordsDriver Dobson, S. P., Penguin, second occasion, seriously, previously reported returned to duty. Driver Nisi[?] H., Hobart. ...
Article : 52 wordsWord has been received in Hobart that among the Australians to receive the Military M[?]dal given for service in action are Bugler O. L. E. Mollross ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Court of Appeal to-day confirmed the sentence passed upon Herr Schro[?]der, editor of the "Amsterdam Telegraaf," of three months' ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsThe Army Council is considering the introduction of a distinguishing mark for soldiers who have served long periods in the firing line. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing on Wednesday evening, says:- The enemy are still holding out at A[?]hi[?]t-le-Petit and Bucquoy, though ...
Article : 248 wordsThe War Office has rec[?]ived the following official message from the British forces in Mesopotamia:- Our advanced detachments are now ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Railway Brotherhood, who have threatened to strike on Saturday next, have assured President Wilson of their absolute loyalty in the event of ...
Article : 84 wordsThe German newspapers have given Count Von Bernstorff a cool welcome back from American. They blame him for giving too many interviews. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe following (th[?] 279th) casualty list has been released for publication. The names, unless it is otherwise stated, are those of privates. The ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Labour party has passed a resolution urging the Government to again endeavour to settle the Irish question. ...
Article : 29 wordsAs a result of Australian and other representations, it is announced that the Government will permit the importation of certain qualities of Australian ...
Article : 62 wordsThe case of Driver William Richard Campbell, an Australian, who was arrested at Gork, on a charge of posing as a winner of the Victoria Cross, came ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Ryan), in a statement to-day in connection with the repatriation scheme, said that up till December 31 last advances by way of assistance ...
Article : 168 wordsGunner Crawford, R. A, Burnie, 14/11/16, previo[?]ly reported wounded and missing. Latham, H., Franklin, 14/2/17, ...
Article : 257 wordsCaptain Thomsen, of the steamer Frederick VIII., confirms the main features of the "Daily Express" account of the mysterious bag ab[?]ard the ...
Article : 156 wordsA deputation, representing the Bradford wool trade,to-day waited on Mr. H. W. Forster, Financial Secretary to the War Office, and Sir A. H. Stanley, ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Press Bureau states that His Majesty King George, in acknowledging, the congratulations of Allied sovereigns and Ministers on the capture ...
Article : 80 wordsA press correspondent, writing from British headquarters on the Ancre, says that Grevillers (one [?]ile west of Bapaume) is one of the least punished ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 16 Mar 1917, Page 5
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