Although the Germans have made a furious bombardment and desperate assaults on a wide front, they have been repulsed everywhere except on a front of two and a half miles to the, eastward of Amiens. They captured Hahgard-en-Santerre, ...
Article : 149 wordsAmong the vessels in the harbour at Zeebruggs was the steamer Brussels, of Which the late Captain Fryatt was in command when she was captured by the ...
Article : 106 wordsThe latest naval records show that the destruction of U boats is being satisfactorily maintained. ...
Article : 27 wordsA French Eastern communique states: Fighting activity continues very lively in the different sectors. We scored a Series of fresh successes. British ...
Article : 108 wordsThe following United States wireless message has been released by courtesy of the United Stated Consul:— Washington.—More than l6,000,00,000 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,955 words"A" largely-attended meeting of Unionist members of the Houses of Commons and Lords has passed a resolution in favour of a Federal devolution scheme with the ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Italian official report on the operations of submarines states that one vessel above 1500 tons has been sunk. The number of vessels that arrived at ...
Article : 52 wordsThe United Press correspondent at Washington learns that a rearrangement of America's war credits with the Allies has been virtually agreed upon, and ...
Article : 242 wordsMajor Newman, in the House of Commons, called attention to a member of the Sacred College having pledged himself to oppose conscription in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 137 wordsCaptain Carpenter, describing the Vindictive's exploit, said he had believed that the guns mounted on the mole left the chance of getting alongside remote. The attack on ...
Article : 593 wordsInformation from Berlin states that official proceedings have been instituted against the "Deutsche Zoitung" (Conservative journal) for stating that ...
Article : 115 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: Heavy fighting took place all night in and around Villers-Brefonneux, and continues. We regained ground by ...
Article : 176 wordsA French communique states: A furious bomoardment of the Anglo-French positions South of the Somme and on the Avre was followed by a German attack ...
Article : 299 wordsThe American liner St. Paul, 10,230 tons, turned over in the dock and sank. Labourers to the number of 500 who were on board the St. Paul escaped ...
Article : 97 wordsThe United Press correspondent states: Terrific fighting took place all night on the heights eastward of Amiens. Tanks were used on both sides for the first ...
Article : 308 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association states that the Government will take measures to control the wool industry. The details ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, war correspondent of the "Daily Express," states: The enemy failed everywhere except at Villers-Bretonneux, where heavy fighting ...
Article : 140 wordsThree thousand persons attended the Anzac memorial service in the Central Hall to-day. Included were 100O Anzacs, mostly convalescents, Mr. A. Fisher ...
Article : 369 wordsThe following honours have been awarded to Australians:— Bar to D.S.O.—Brigadier W. Grant, of the Light Horse, for gullantry in ...
Article : 313 wordsNaval experts believe that the entrance to Bruges Canal is effectively blocked, compelling the enemy submarines to find an exit by the Ostend Canal. Although this ...
Article : 133 wordsAt a conference between the Hunter's Hill Council last night and the local Recruiting Committee, on the steps to be taken to secure recruits from the ...
Article : 160 wordsA report from London states that the Germans have captured Hangard-en-Santerre. VANCOUVER, Thursday. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe United Press correspondent states that British tanks at Villers-Bretonneux drove the German tanks off the field. The German infantry, which the tanks ...
Article : 136 wordsThe "New York World," commenting on the Zeebrugge raid, says: The operation was carried out with splendid dash, skill, and daring. The exploit shows that ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. Winston Churchill (Minister for Munitions), in moving the Munitions' Vote in the House of Commons, said that since March 21 we had lost nearly 1000 guns, ...
Article : 335 wordsFive men offered at the Adelaide-street Drill Shed yesterday, and three were declared fit. Those who offered were: William Michael Doherty and Stanley ...
Article : 68 wordsAn Italian Official message reports: Our seaplane squadron on April 22 scored two direct hits against an enemy torpedo boat in the neighbourhood of Pola, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe following pensons have volunteered at the Chinchilla Shire Office since Friday last:—Albert Allen (Chinchilla), Theodora Henry Humphries and Leopold Little ...
Article : 52 wordsThe United Press correspondent at Washington says that officials believe that Holland will not accept German demands. If the British succeeded in bottling ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Australians have recaptured Villers Bretonneux, taking 600 prisoners. ...
Article : 21 wordsA wireless Russian message states that Germany has been asked for an assurance that the Russian Black Sea fleet, while obeying the terms of the peace treaty ...
Article : 57 wordsSergeant J. F. Foster who had been appointed recruiting, officer for Capricornia, has arrived here from Gympie, in succession to Captain O'Brien who goes ...
Article : 67 wordsAt the Chamber of Commerce meeting to-day members expressed themselves in accord with the resolution adopted by the Australian Associated Chambers of ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Government has taken a decisive move regarding a post-war economic offensive. Henceforth it renounces the nation's commercial treaties, also 52 ...
Article : 105 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at the British Headquarters, reports: The Australians attached Villers-Bretonneux at 10 o'clock ...
Article : 165 wordsA German official message states: Naval warfare operating from the Flanders coast is undisturbed by British attacks at Ostend and Zeebrugge on ...
Article : 34 wordsThe City Council last night, after considerable opposition from Labour aldermen, carried a motion to support and cooperate with the recruitng movement. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Lord Rothermere has resigned his position as Pressent of the Air Ministry for health reasons. ...
Article : 51 wordsAt the suggestion of the Queensland Recruiting Committee, permission has been given for scouts to assist in the welcoming home of returned wounded and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsA meeting of citizens at Buluwayo, the principal town in Rnodesia, passed a resolrution that, in view of the large native population and the disaffection of the ...
Article : 69 wordsThe preparations for "R.S.S. Day" are proceeding apace, and the art union tickets are selling well. The "Rising Sun City" will be conducted in Albert-square from ...
Article : 114 wordsHerr Meyer (professor of geography at the Leipzig University) states that Portugal must contribute to Germany's war expenses by banding over the Portugaese ...
Article : 48 wordsTwo boxes filled with explosives were discovered in the Zurich Canal. An in quiry is expected to lead to important results. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Japanese Embassy announces that Baron Goto has succeeded Baron Motono as Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe first reading of Lord Southwark's Decimal Coinage E[?] was carried in the House of Lords. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 27 Apr 1918, Page 5
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