Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—We successfully attacked a post southward of Sillers Guislain on Thursday ...
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Article : 31 wordsIn the week ending December 8th the arrivals of vessels at French ports numbered 845, and the sailings 967. One vessel over 1600 tons was sunk, ...
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Article : 167 wordsMiss D. MacPherson, of Mayfield, has received intimation that Lieutenant T. Clif Pittaway has been awarded the Military Cross for service in action in France. ...
Article : 79 wordsTo-night, at the Waratah Pictures, "Peggy, Will of the Wisp." will be screened as the chief attraction, being a tale of an Irish girl who robbed the rich to give to the poor. ...
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Article : 956 wordsMessrs. J. M. Baddeley, A. Lewis, and W. Brennan, executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the ...
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Article : 289 wordsAt the Newcastle recruiting depot yesterday three volunteers were accepted and two rejected. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 15 Dec 1917, Page 7
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