An official communique states: After the German occupation of Kovno the garrison joined the field troops. Our troops are still on the left bank of the Niemen, ...
Article : 275 wordsRenter's correspondent at the British Headquarters lays stess on the "wonderful co-operation" of the British infantry and artillery at Hooge, and continues: ...
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Article : 38 wordsBrigadier-General M'Cay, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, has been accommodated at Viscount Ridlcy's house, Carlton House terrace, which has been ...
Article : 70 words"[?] Secole' does not consider that a war between Turkey and Italy will involve Italy's participation in the attack on the Dardanelles, ...
Article : 85 wordsCaptain Finch, commander of the White Star liner Arabic, which was sunk by a German submarine, states that the terpedo caused a ter[?]ific ...
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Article : 54 wordsIf is officially announced that an agreement has been arrived at with Germany for the repatriation of civilians who are unfit for military service. ...
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Article : 62 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the British sabmarine E13, while on the way to the B[?]tic, greunded yesterday morning on the island of Salfholm (Denmark) ...
Article : 808 wordsMr. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, in the course of an interview, said that neither the railwaymen nor ...
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Article : 219 wordsA "Central News" correspondent at the Dardanelles, writing on August 1, gives a story of a New Zealander's pluck, which, he says, is without precedent. During the ...
Article : 134 wordsMr. Appleton, secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, has visited the Front, and be stales that the greatest need is not men, but shells, and machincry ...
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Article : 103 wordsThe Belgian Relief Fund now amounts to £767,000. ...
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Article : 38 wordsThe Kaiser has conferred the Order of Merit on Admiral von Tirpitz, the German Minister of the Navy. ...
Article : 26 wordsGeneral Cadorna reports that he has further advanced towards Trent from the castern border of Trentino. The Italians are progressing northward of Borgo. ...
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Article : 189 wordsLieutenant Herbert Debenham, of the East Lancashire Regiment, formerly of Sydney, has been killed at the Dardanelles. ...
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Article : 35 wordsRussian fire at Vima brought down a Zeppelin, and an officer and an engineer and eight solders were taken prisoners. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Government has agreed to hold a secret meeting of the Chamber of Deputies to discuss all defence questions, but any vote the[?]fter will be taken ...
Article : 45 wordsA letter from the late Lieutenunt Hubert Meager, of the Third Australian Infantry, reached his mother in the Isle of Wight on the day of his death. In ...
Article : 108 wordsIt is officially announced that a large German fleet has penetrated into the Gulf of Riga, and that a battle is pro[?]ding. COPENHAGEN, Friday. ...
Article : 324 wordsSpeaking in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Millerand, Minister for War, stated that all the Government undertook with regard to the supply of ...
Article : 59 wordsA bluejacket's story of the sinking of the Austraian submarine U12 states that an Italian torpedo boat, when cruishing, saw the Austrian submarine approaching. ...
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Article : 114 wordsM. Millerand, Minister for War, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, admitted that since October last he had been [?]orced to change two-th[?]ds of the high ...
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Article : 135 wordsA Berlin message reports the capture of Novogeorgievsk, with 20,000 prisoners. AMSTERDAM, Friday. An official message from Berlin ...
Article : 274 wordsTurkey declares she is willing to allow Italian citizens in Turkey to leave, but insists on their paying cnormous taxes, and they will have to give up all their ...
Article : 312 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "Koclnische Volkszeitung," describing the German Chancellor's speech in the Reichstag, says: "It was as if the Chancellor was ...
Article : 236 wordsReports received here state that a German submarine, pursued by three destroyers and two other Allied ships, took refuge in Aivali Bay, being probably ...
Article : 41 wordsAdvires received by the American Press report the torpedoing of the White Star liner Bovie, formerly engaged in the Australian trade. The locality is unknown, ...
Article : 299 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Temps" states that a British seaplane hombed and sank in the Sea of Ma[?]mora a Turkish transport filled with troops. ...
Article : 38 wordsGeneral Botha has given an assurance to the landiess Duteh, and other would-[?] settlers, that there is room for thousands of them in German South-west Africa. ...
Article : 120 wordsA communique from the Caueasus states: One of our motor hoast attacked a large sailing vessel in the direction of the Euphrates. One hundred Cossacks ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Australians in the camp at Alexandria to-day celebrated the anniversary of the formntion of the first Australian brigade. They [?]oasted their fallen ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 23 Aug 1915, Page 7
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