The fighting continued all Wednesday night and Thursday without abatement. The French burled the enemy back north of the Matz River, while the Americans broke up a violent German assault at Belleau. The Allied aerial squadrons did great execution, while a large number ...
Article : 122 wordsAt the meeting of the Imperial Conference, Mr. Walter Long, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, outlined the work of the conference which, he said, was as ...
Article : 216 wordsMr. Perris, telegraphing on Wednesday, said: This morning the outlook is decidedly more cheerful. The battle has taken a better turn. ...
Article : 463 wordsA French Eastern communique states:— Operations in Mount Kaimalinia have been successful. We advanced on the summit of Coratop to the source of the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe German attacks on Wednesday north of the Aisne were repulsed with terrible loss. Large numbers of German dead were left on the field. ...
Article : 142 wordsA Russian official message states that in compliance with Germany's demand, all Russian warships at Novo Rossiisk have been ordered to be transferred to ...
Article : 161 wordsAmsterdam reports that the crew of the Helena has arrived at Ymuiden, and are indignant at the German brutality. The submarine fired without warning, ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. JOHNSON, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. HIGGS (Q.) asked whether the ...
Article : 960 wordsSenator GIVENS, the President of the Senate, took the chair at eleven o'clock this morning. Senator MILLEN, the Minister for ...
Article : 1,386 wordsMr. Perris, as an instance of the bitterness of the struggle, describes the fighting at Courcelles. The Germans advanced under cover of ...
Article : 188 wordsIt is reported from Zurich that the Austrian military authorities in Poland have issued a statement that it is impossible to meet all the applications of military ...
Article : 59 wordsDuring an air raid on Calais, a bomb burst a water main, inundating a cellar, and drowning eight people, who had taken refuge there. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe latest French communique states: The Germans powerfully counter-attacked between Courcelles and north of Mery, but were caught by our fire, and ...
Article : 380 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" says: "The Imperial Conference is considering the disposal of the German colonies after the war. We cannot imagine the Allies ...
Article : 149 wordsThe departmental committee on the textile trades recommends the Government to convene a conference of representatives of the Governments of Australia, ...
Article : 54 wordsSir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in an interview with a representative of "Le Petit Parisien," said:— "Since January, we have sunk more ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. Saville Whiting, of Melbourne, has patented a screw fastener for wool bands which he claims will enable the bales to be made tighter. The stamping of bands ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the luncheon to the Japanese Mission in England, the Japanese Ambassador, replying on behalf of the Japanese delegates to the forthcoming International ...
Article : 198 wordsMr. Percival Phillips states that prisoners admit that the Germans bitterly resent the unpleasant activity of the British, who are constantly methodically ...
Article : 92 wordsDetails of the sinking of the Norwegian ships Vindeggan and Hendrick Lund, off the American coast, show that the latter approached during the ...
Article : 113 wordsSince the communique issued on Wednesday afternoon by General Foch, the French war critics are optimistic, and believe that the German "bull-rush" has ...
Article : 142 wordsThe British Admiralty reports that an armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk on June 5. Seven men, including four of the mercantile crew, are missing. ...
Article : 143 wordsA message from Pretoria, alluding to the unrest in the Transvaal, states that the discouragement by the authorities of the so-called "pick-handle commandoes" ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York Herald" states that he has secured documentary proof that the German leaders cannot win the war. Even if ...
Article : 113 wordsThe American Senate rejected a proposal in favour of the public discussion of treaties. President Wilson, in a letter to the ...
Article : 59 wordsSome precautionary measures for the defence of Paris have already been taken, although everyone is confident that the Germans will not reach the ...
Article : 74 wordsIt is understood that Irish-American troops will be trained in Ireland, and it is hoped this will give an impetus to recruiting. ...
Article : 97 wordsSpeaking at a meeting of the Royal Society on the paper by Mr. Fell, M.P., advocating the construction of the Channel Tunnel, Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer of ...
Article : 102 wordsRecruits to the number of 47 were enlisted in New South Wales yesterday. Among them were five from Newcastle. ...
Article : 24 wordsSenator Sherek, the chairman of the Appropriation Committee, states that by next year America will have in her shipyards ships with a dead-weight carrying ...
Article : 31 wordsThe "New York Times," discussing the possibility of the German fleet coming out, says: "Germany may send out her navy, not anticipating victory, but ...
Article : 76 wordsA recruiting meeting was held at the central depot in Newcastle last evening, Mr. D. L. M'Donald presiding. Appeals were delivered by Private Jackson, V.C., ...
Article : 124 wordsMajor-General Maurice, the military correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," writes:—The Germans have established themselves on the Thiescourt Plateau, in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 496 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: —A successful operation in the neighbourhood of Merris yielded 48 prisoners, 6 machine guns, and a trench mortar. ...
Article : 268 wordsMr. Samuels, the Attorney-General for Ireland, replying in the House of Commons, to a question, said, regarding the circumstances of Ireland, 50,000 was a ...
Article : 51 wordsA report from Milan states that the torpedoing of two powerful Austrian warships is the most serious blow yet inflicted on the Austrian navy. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe casualties of the representatives of the Australian Young Men's Christian Association during the present fighting of the French include Mr. Trueman, who was ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Montague, the Secretary of State for India, stated in the House of Commons, that the proposals for the reform of the Government of India, which the ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that the rejection by the Prusian Lower House of franchise reform for the fourth time is causing widespread bitterness, and ...
Article : 61 wordsA meeting, of the Italian Red Cross Day Committee was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers yesterday. Alderman Kilgour, the Mayor, presiding. It ...
Article : 146 wordsNewspapers comment on the improved position of labour since the settlement of the brief strike at the Birkenhead Shipbuilding Yards early in the week. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe "London Daily Telegraph" states that Russian messages indicate a widespread anti-Lenin feeling. It is significant, it says, that the most ...
Article : 150 wordsColonel Repington, the military correspondent of the "Morning Post," states that the French counter-attacks give the necessary answer to the assertion of ...
Article : 231 wordsIn an Interview in Venice, Captain Rizzo, the commander of one of the motors which sank two Austrian battleships, said:—"We were going slowly in ...
Article : 193 wordsSir Joseph Jones, formerly Lord Mayor of Sheffield, was charged at the Bow-street Police Court yesterday that, on various dates between September 1st, 1913, ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. Higgs, in an interview to-day, said that he was not surprised at the determination of the Government to get rid of the Prime Minister, who had ...
Article : 200 wordsA marked feature of Wednesday's fighting, when the German massed attacks made determined but unsuccessful efforts to regain the ground captured by the ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Australian official correspondent telgraphs: The Australians on Wednesday consolidated their new line between Morlancourt and Sailly-Laurette. After our ...
Article : 357 wordsA further report of the committee under Mr. J. H. Whitley, M.P., is definitely against compulsory arbitration on the ground that neither employers nor ...
Article : 138 wordsA German official report states:—Strong French counter-attacks south-westward of Noyon broke down with the heaviest losses. Over sixty armoured cars are ...
Article : 71 wordsAmsterdam reports, that the Austrians admit that the battleship Izentistvan, of 20,000 tons, was torpedoed, and sank. A hundred officers and men were ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Federal Government has decided to grant £2035 relief to the sufferers from the cyclone in North Queensland. This afternoon two well-dressed men ...
Article : 130 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that although German semi-official messages insist that there is no fear of the Allied army manoeuvring and interfering in the ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Stockholm correspondent of the United Press states: An Austrian newspaper correspondent told me that the price of food and its scarcity are most ...
Article : 67 wordsJohn Maxwell, aged 75, was burned to death in his home this morning, at Paddington. He lived alone, and had been in bad health for the last few days. It is ...
Article : 77 wordsDespite the withdrawal of the French from the left bank of the Oise, which was effected on Monday night, M. Clemenceau, the French Prime Minister, speaking in ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 15 Jun 1918, Page 7
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