A French communique states: The night was relatively calm on the Front from the Oise to the Somme. The artillery struggle assumed a certain activity ...
Article : 129 wordsWe were told in the cables this week that when the tired and hungry men at Hebuterne, whose arms ached owing to killing Germans all day, turned to meet a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 994 wordsA wireless message from Amsterdam states that Count German (Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs), speaking at a meeting of the Vienna City ...
Article : 605 wordsThe enemy apparently has not yet completed his preparations for the second phase of his great offensive. Two things are credited with having caused worry to Marshal von Hindenburg. The first is the stunning blow inflicted on the ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Ministerial Caucus met again to-day. At the conclusion of the proceedings to-night the Prime Minister made an official statement, in the course of which he said ...
Article : 1,125 wordsThe figures in connection with the sale of war bonds contest stand: Toowoomba, £76,480; Rockhampton, £58,370; Townsville, £31,490. ...
Article : 27 wordsAt the public meeting held at 1 p.m. to-day, at the corner of Ruthven and Margaret streets, for the purpose of advocating subscriptions to the War Loan, ...
Article : 259 wordsA German official wireless message declares: The position is unchanged, Stubborn enemy counter-attacks near Hebuterne, and between the Luce and the Avre, broke ...
Article : 58 wordsThrough the rude and bloody alternations of fortune in 12 days of battle the French military critics are convinced that the Germans have now lost their ...
Article : 113 wordsDublin has sent a message to the United States: "Owing to the President's co-operation we will receive the strong reinforcements which are so ...
Article : 63 wordsA message from Paris reports: Aeroplanes made a raid on Paris this morning There are no details at present. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe war bond campaign received a great impetus from a largely attended public meeting to-night, presided over by the mayor (Alderman Gough). Much ...
Article : 67 wordsThe United Press correspondent says: The enemy carried out a heavy bombardment with gas shells near Lens, at night time, but von infantry action ...
Article : 79 wordsField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reported this morning: We took 50 prisoners and captured 13 machine guns yesterday between the Avre and the Luce. ...
Article : 248 wordsThe chairman of the Southport Shire Council (Councillor E. Fass) has received, the following challenge fiom Alderman Hattersley (mayor of Coolangatta):— ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" announces that the Germans had a nasty reverse at Grivesnes, a low, straggling village, 20 miles from Amiens, ...
Article : 129 wordsA discussion on the possibilities of securing peace took place at the annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Caucus Party, which concluded ...
Article : 113 words"Tank" week on behalf of the war loan was opened by a huge gathering in Martin place during the noon hour to-day in less than an hour subscriptions ...
Article : 110 wordsTo-day was the first day of the "tank" week campaign in connection with the Sixth War Loan in Melbourne and suburbs. A "tank," specially constructed here for ...
Article : 132 wordsA wireless message from Paris states that the casualties caused by the long-range gun yesterday were 4 killed and 9 injured. ...
Article : 29 wordsMr. PhilIp Gibbs, the war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," reports: The enemy in the next battle will meet men who are not tired, and whose resolution ...
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Advertising : 262 wordsIt is reported that General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson has left Versailles, where the Allied Council sits, and will be succeeded by General Sir Hubert Gough, of ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Press Bureau reports: The day has been quiet on the whole British Front, and there has been no serious fighting on the French Front. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe New Zealanders captured the 109 machine guns mentioned by Field-Marshal Haig in his despatch on Monday morning. ...
Article : 153 wordsThe "tank" bank week was successfully inaugurated in Adelaide to-day, when his Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry Galway) took £1000 worth of stock and ...
Article : 81 wordsAn official message from Palestine reports: Our raiding operations against the ledjoz railway were successfully accomplished on March 30, and we commenced ...
Article : 95 wordsM. Bernstein, the Petrograd correspondent of the "New York Herald," learns that Austria asked England to negotiate for a separate peace with the ...
Article : 96 wordsMrs. Goodson, Southport, has received word tihat her son, L.-Cpl. Norman Watts, is coming home. Mrs. G. T. M'Donald, Pine-street, ...
Article : 414 wordsThe White Star liner Celtic has reached port safely. [The Celtic, which is a vessel of 20,004 tons, was torpedoed, but did not sink. She had ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Press Bureau reports: In replying to an announcement by the President of Brazil that there will be an early departure of warships from Brazil to Europe ...
Article : 69 wordsThe United Press correspondent with the British forces in France says: Only small affairs characterise the latest fighting on the British Front. The British, in a ...
Article : 124 wordsSenator Pearce (Minister for Defence) has sent the following cablegram to General Sir W. R. Birdwood, commanding the Australian Army Corps: "Australia looks with ...
Article : 97 wordsA Russiau official message states: Replying to Berlin, the Russian Government has promised to take the most severe measures to prevent the Red Guards entering ...
Article : 45 wordsMembers of the House of Commons intend to question the Government on the matter of the Independent Labour Party's Conference at Leicester, which ...
Article : 93 wordsAt Abrami (?) further fierce fighting is expected. The horizon is black with German troops, but the Allies, with heavy artillery and large reserves, are ready for ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Stockholm correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states that the increasing food shortage in Finland has been aggravated by the prospective impossibility ...
Article : 103 wordsSenator King has introduced a resolution in the Senate urging a declaration of war against Bulgaria and Turkey. The resolution has been referred to the Foreign ...
Article : 38 wordsThe War Office has fixed the price of the British wool clip for 1918 at 60 per cent. above the average for June-July, 1914. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe correspondent of the United Press Association telegraphs: The Germans must have been hard hit not to have been able to have patched up their fighting ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Senate has passed a Bill providing for the drastic punishment for disloyalty. A term of 20 yeirs' imprisonment, and a fine of 10,000 dollars (£2000) are provided ...
Article : 94 wordsThe liability of the Commonwealth for war pensions is steadily growing. On March 28 the number of pensions granted was 95,706, involving an annual liability ...
Article : 44 wordsThe soldiers of the garrison of Thursday Island, like other sections of the Defence Force, are performing important work for the country, but in their ...
Article : 62 wordsA bar to the Military Medal has been awarded to Sergeant G. Stewart, of the Australian Medical Corps, and Corporal G. Eastier, of the Infantry. Fifty-seven ...
Article : 47 wordsIt has already been notified by advertisement that the following banks are prepared to receive applications for subscriptions to the Sixth War Loan, and ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 4 Apr 1918, Page 7
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