The Germans are apparently being held by the British on the Northern Front. A report from Field-Marshal Haig states that the British line was intact on the whole Front on Wednesday evening. Since then there has been severe ...
Article : 156 wordsMr. and Mrs. Roberts, of Nambour, have received the sad news of the death of their son Robie, of gunshot wounds, in France on April 7, 1918. ...
Article : 1,576 wordsAt a secret session of the House of Commons, a message from Mr. Lloyd George was read, stating that the Canadians, who are holding Lens, are ...
Article : 76 wordsAdmiral von Capelle, speaking on the Naval Budget, in the Reichstag, said that the seizure of Dutch ships had proved the heavy tonnage losses of the Allies. He ...
Article : 86 wordsAn Italian official message says: We successfully raided a post in the Vallaresa sector. Italo-British aviators brought down 16 aeroplanes yesterday. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsThe £9,500,000 War Loan has been under-subscribed by £1,000,000. The compulsory clauses of the Act will be put into operation in order to find the balance. ...
Article : 41 wordsAt a well-attended meeting of the Anzac Day Celebration Committee, held in the Chief Secretary's office, the general arrangements for the celebration to ...
Article : 216 wordsThe Commander of the Italian air service states that the Austrians' air service has ceased to be effective as a fighting arm. Few Austrians dare appeal in ...
Article : 60 wordsThe war prayer meeting in the Albert-street Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon was even more largely attended than the two previous intercession ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Government by an Order in Council imposes heavy penalties on persons guilty, of creating unrest or suspicion in reference to the Allies' war aims or the ...
Article : 48 wordsA final rally, in connection with the Sixth War Loan will be made next Monday and Wednesday. The "tank," which did yeoman service a week ago, will again ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the Munich "Zeitung" states that Bulgaria objects to compensating Turkey and the Central Powers for the cession of the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe "Arbeiter Zeitung," published in Vienna, and edited by Dr. Victor Adler, leader of the Social Democratic Party, in a warning to "war-mad Germans," says: ...
Article : 117 wordsThe newspapers here admit the seriousness of the situation on the West Front, but express confidence in the ability of the British Army to hold the ...
Article : 119 wordsA memorial service was held in the old Cairo Cemetery on Sunday, February 24. The cemetery has the graves of many Australian and New Zealand ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Red Guards evacuated Abo after blowing up 13 steamers and removing all food. The Germans have junctioned with General Mannerheim's army, and the ...
Article : 70 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: There was no change on the British Front last night. Great activity by hostile artillery was shown from Givenchy to ...
Article : 269 wordsFinney, Isles, and Co., Ltd., and T. C. Beirne and Co., the two stores in which the prize scheme in connection with selling Sixth War Loan Bonds is being ...
Article : 153 wordsMr. W. A. Fisher (secretary of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League) has received the following notice from Major Jackson (staff officer ...
Article : 642 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Nationalist leader (General Hertzog) denounced the Government policy regarding internment camps, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 158 wordsThe American Liberty Loan has now reached a billion dollars (£200,000,000). ...
Article : 20 wordsWriting to a friend in Brisbane, an Australian soldier, who has been 2½ years at the Front, explains how he came to vote "No" on the conscription issue. ...
Article : 158 wordsThe State Department has received advices which say that the Teutons are converting Ukraine into a German colony. Germans and Austrians are ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Dublin conference of Nationalist members of the House of Commons, Sinn Feiners, and Labour representatives for organising resistance to conscription ...
Article : 66 wordsThe following additional subscriptions to the War Loan have been made through the A.M.P. Society:—Previous total, £74,550; C. E. G. Boyd (Mount ...
Article : 83 wordsThe following American wireless message has been made available through the American Consul:— London, April 18.—The British from ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Queensland district of the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers last evening extended a cordial welcome to Major D. E. Evans (D.S.O.), who has ...
Article : 164 wordsThe Rockhampton war loan total is now £320,159. It is authoritatively stated that £12,000 will be lodged at one of the banks on April 24, being an ...
Article : 107 wordsThe United Press correspondent with the British headquarters in France says: With sullen perseverance the Germans continue to throw troops against the ...
Article : 306 wordsA submarine recently attacked an American destroyer. A torpedo blew off the vessel's stern, and one man was killed. There were 20 other men in the ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the correspondent of the "Daily Express," at the British Headquarters, telegraphs: The storm centre swung to-day back to the Lys ...
Article : 200 wordsBoonah and district has subscribed £24,410. In addition to this there has been a large investment in war Savings Certificates. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 wordsThe Man Power Bill has received the Royal assent. The House of Lords amended the Man Power Bill, providing that all men granted ...
Article : 56 wordsA Paris journal states that the Germans for the past week have been concentrating great bodies of assault troops south of Arras, lavishly equipped with ...
Article : 51 wordsMembers of the House of Commons sharply heckled Mr. Bonar Law owing to Major-General Trenchard (Chief of the Air Staff) having resigned in ...
Article : 74 wordsThe services in All Saints' Church on Anzac Day will be:—Holy Communion, 7.15 p.m.; Solemn Requiem, 11 a.m. Names of soldiers killed in action should ...
Article : 255 wordsA largely-attended meeting of Irish-Americans has passed the following resolution: "We deeply deplore the attitude of those Irish who are unwilling to submit to ...
Article : 83 wordsThe imports into Great Britain for the quarter show an increase of £26,089,590, and the exports a decrease of £8,108,816. The re-exports totalled £4,377,980. ...
Article : 30 wordsA later message from the United Press correspondent states that seven attempted assaults were made on Wednesday towards Kemmel Hill and ...
Article : 40 wordsA French communique this afternoon states: In the region of Corbeny our fire dispersed a strong enemy detachment attempting to reach our lines. After heavy ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 wordsThe "Tribune," in an editorial pays a tribute to the valuable recruiting speeches delivered by Captain Knyvett whose death has been reported, and ...
Article : 352 wordsA new German attack has been developed between Givenchy and Robecq, with small German gains. FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. ...
Article : 102 wordsOfficial figures received say that the British Empire had 7,500,000 men in the army and navy on April 1, of whom England furnished 4,530,000, Scotland ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Munich "Allgemeine Zeitung" fears that the capture of Amiens will entail heavier sacrifices than those at Verdun; nevertheless, Amiens must be taken. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe United Press Association of America states that General Sir Henry Rawlinson sent a letter to General Pershing (in command of the United States ...
Article : 63 wordsThe announcement that Surgeon-Colonel Sutton, C.B., C.M.G., was to lecture on his expenences at the Front attracted a large number of the public to the Albert ...
Article : 291 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Lord Derby, who has been Secretary of State for War since 1916, has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister ...
Article : 111 wordsSergeant Fern, M.L.A., died at his home at Lidcombe at midnight on Thursday. While on active service be received the effects of an enemy shell when ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," reports:— Prisoners say that our fire which is sweeping the northern roads is most ...
Article : 537 words"Le Matin" estimates that there were 300,000 German casualties in the first part of the German offensive, between Noyon and Albert, and 200,000 in the ...
Article : 34 wordsThe "R.S.S. Day" effort will terminate on May 25. The proceedings will begin on May 11 with the "Rising Sun City," and end at the Stadium on the evening ...
Article : 100 wordsA German official wireless message states: Following the retreating enemy we captured Zonnebeke and drove back the enemy behind Stenebrook. A ...
Article : 82 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger" (a jingo and reactionary paper) reports the Kaiser, after visiting the Flanders field hospitals, as having remarked: "Didn't I try to keep ...
Article : 71 wordsThe wife of Captain Worley, who was in command of the missing steamer Cyclops, says that the vessel is safe in an American port. The officials do not ...
Article : 40 wordsMr Alex. Clark, Norfolk-rood, South Brisbane, has received from his son, Driver A. G. Clark, some unique war souvenirs. They take the form of ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 20 Apr 1918, Page 5
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