The Italians have entered Gorizia. PORTLAND (Oregon), Wednesday. A message from London states that the Italians have captured Gorizia, with 10,000 ...
Article : 426 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France, reports: The position near Guillemont is unchanged. Our bombers advanced north of Pozieres, ...
Article : 87 wordsAn offical announcement states: In the region east of Swiniuchy we captured a portion of the enemy trenches, and took prisoner 13 officers and 600 men. We ...
Article : 238 wordsAn official statement has been issued that Viscount Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Aftairs, in acknowledging the notes of Dr. Page, American Ambassador ...
Article : 227 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. W. H. Cowan asked whether the Commonwealth Government would have any ...
Article : 265 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson were in Toowoomba to-day, after having spe[?] [?]ast evening as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ...
Article : 1,616 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states: North-westward of Pozieres the Australians advanced our linea 200 yards on a frontage of 600 ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Admiralty announces that naval aeroplanes bombed on enemy airship shed near Brussels from a height of 200ft. and eight hits were observed. A heavy ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. Massey, the war correspondent, wired from Romani on Sunday: "I can now give fuller details of the mounted Anzac troops' sterling work in Friday's and Saturday's ...
Article : 820 wordsThe military medal has been awarded to the following Australians:— Infantry.—Sergeant G. Wells, Corporals Tozer and Kinchington, ...
Article : 72 wordsA German official statement says: Russian attacks in the Stokbod salient and east of Kovel were rolled back. In hand-to-hand encounters we were superior to ...
Article : 94 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states: Violent German counter[?] attacks northward of Hem Wood were thrown back with heavy losses ...
Article : 221 wordsA special conference of the National Unionist Association was held to-day in the Queen's Hall. Mr. Bonar Law admitted that there had been differences of ...
Article : 262 wordsSixteen suits arising out of the sinking of the Lusitania have been filed by relatives of those who lost their lives, claiming damages totalling 1,000,000 dollars ...
Article : 317 wordsAn Austrian communique states: We captured the heights eastward of Warochta, on the Upper Pr[?]th, and withdrew in the vicinity of Ottynia to ...
Article : 119 wordsA vast store of munitions captured from the Russians in the battle of Tannenberg, and placed in the Konigsberg camp, in East Prussia, exploded, and ...
Article : 58 wordsA Gorman official message states: Franco-British attacks north of the Somme were broken. We took prisoner 10 British officers and 374 unwounded men and ...
Article : 81 wordsA Russian official statement says: West of Giumu[?]h Khane we drove off the Turks from a commanding height. We gained the offensive, and captured a ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Arthur Henderson, the Labour member of the Cabinet, who resigned the portfolio of President of the Board of rducation, will remain in the Cabinet ...
Article : 66 wordsAn Austrian communique states: F[?]erce [?]attles at Gorizia continue, and a few detachments of the enemy reached the town. We repulsed an Italian attack at ...
Article : 35 wordsA Belgian communique states: We successfully bombarded the fortifications in the Dixmude region. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Serbians have dispersed Bulgarian detachments on the Vardar, in, Macedonia. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe newspapers give prominence to the rapture of Gorizia, and describe it as a "great Italian victory," and a severe blow to Austria. Some express the opinion ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 274 wordsThe House of Lords amended the Bill appointing a Dardanelles Commission by adding the name of Mr. Justice Pickford. ...
Article : 25 wordsA German war correspondent reports that Peronne, on the Somme, is on fire as a result of the violent French bombardment. A large part of the town ...
Article : 59 wordsThe wheat market is very firm, and there are few offers. A pareel of 1000 quarters ex Malwa was sold at 67/6 per 4801b ...
Article : 151 wordsA Belgian communique states. The Germans in German East Africa have abandoned their positions at Maria, and half the north-western area of the colony ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Queen visited the English Soldiers' Club to-day, and singled out and conversed with Sergeant Dane, of Melbourne, who was wounded at Gallipoli. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. John Mott, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A., has arrived from Europe, where he visited the principal camps. He stated that the total number of war ...
Article : 82 wordsSecond Lieutenant Charles H. Langtree, of the Field Aitillery, and formerly of Melbourne, has died of wounds. ...
Article : 23 wordsAn official announcement issued to-day states: The east and north-east coast districts were visited by from seven to ten airships ...
Article : 203 wordsMajor Cheaps, the famous polo player, is definitely announced to have been killed. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe police are investigating information indicating that the recent disastrous explosion in New York was the work of German plotters, who were trying to ...
Article : 121 wordsLord Derby, in an interview with American correspondents in London, stated: The Allies are drawing the iron ring around the enemy tighter every day, ...
Article : 162 wordsClaude Asquith, son of Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, is a prisoner in Germany. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. Asquith in the House of Commons intimated that Lord Wimborne's position as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland would be modified in order to enable the office ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Tague introduced a resolution in Congress urging an investigation as to why the Senate resolution asking leniency for the Irish prisoners was not ...
Article : 42 wordsA German firm sought to compel an Italian firm, which contracted to supply British coal, to fulfil its contract. The Italian firm refused on the ground that ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Australian military authorities have taken over the Y.M.C.A. hostel, opposite the Horseferry-road headquarters, and it is hoped that it will be ready shortly for ...
Article : 181 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" state that the fifth German War Loan will be issued in September, and the amount will probably be from £750,000,000 to ...
Article : 37 wordsThe United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to discuss their differences by a joint commission. Included in the subjects to be discussed is ...
Article : 78 wordsIn the United States Senate Senator Thomas moved an amendment to the Shipping Bill, giving the Government authority to refuse clearance ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the active service age limit in Germany has been raised to 50 years. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Larcombe, Commissioner for the Comforts Fund, distributed 1400 cases of gifts to the Australian Light Horse prior to the men engaging in the [?]action at ...
Article : 40 wordsThe troops of General Villa, the bandit leader in Mexico, attacked a passenger train at Noria, and a sensational fight with the Carranzistas, who were ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Senate has passed the Army Bill[?] providing for an expenditure of £53,000,000. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe designs for the new American battle cruisers aim at producing the fastest major ships in the world. They will have a displacement of 32,000 tons, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Government has accepted the gift of the Duke of Sutherland of 12,000 acres of land for the settlement of soldiers and sailors who have served voluntarily ...
Article : 38 wordsA French destroyer yesterday torpedoed and sank an Austrian submarine off the island of Corfu. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the "New York World" states that the British searched the liner Friedrich VIII., bound from America for Copenhagen, ...
Article : 91 wordsThe "Secolo" states that one important secret was that the Italian artillery directed a terrible fire against the Austrian headquarters, observation ...
Article : 82 wordsMr. A. Henderson's committee on munitions and holidays reports that no general scheme of relays for holidays is practicable, owing to the urgent need to ...
Article : 61 wordsAn official statement says: Two persons were court-martialled on charges of espionage in July One was sentenced to 30 years' penal servitude, and the other, ...
Article : 50 wordsA Women's Party Conference will be opened to-morrow. The leaders when interviewed favoured a straight-out Presidential campaign for Mr. Hughes, and ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 11 Aug 1916, Page 5
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