The French have hurled the Germans back to the north side of the Matz River, and Press correspondents credit them also with having stopped the enemy's dangerous thrust, which was striking towards Compiegne from the north. Colonel ...
Article : 137 wordsSir Douglas Haig reported last night: South-eastward of Arras we inflicted heavy enemy casualties. A trench mortar was brought back, and two others were ...
Article : 119 wordsIt is stated that the submarine which said, the Vindeggen looted a large quantity of copper from her, and compelled the latter's crew to help to transfer ...
Article : 220 wordsA French communique regarding the operations in the Eastern theatee states: The operations at Mount Kamia and Mount Lenia have been successful We ...
Article : 96 wordsThe torpedoing of the two powerful Austrian warships is the most serious blow yet inflicted on the Austrian navy. Italian light torpedo boats have made ...
Article : 384 wordsYesterday, at the Central Station, a few minutes after the officially announced time of arrival, 4.15 p.m., another batch of returned soldiers, numbering 162, was ...
Article : 1,280 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the war correspondent of the "Daily Express," states that the prisoners admit that the Germans bitterly resent the unpleasant activity of ...
Article : 125 wordsA Russian official wireless message declares: In compliance with Germany's demand all Russian warships at Novcrossiysk have been ordered to be transferred to ...
Article : 92 wordsPress correspondents state that the French have stopped the enemy's most dangerous thrust, which was striking to-wards Compiegne from the north, and ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. G. H. Perris, war correspondent with the American forces, cabling this morning, says: The outlook is decidedly more cheerful, and the battle has taken ...
Article : 642 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Eric Geddes) in an interview with the "Petit Parisien," stated that since January we has sunk more submarines ...
Article : 174 wordsSir Douglas Haig, in his report dealing with aviation, announces: Our squadrons aeroplanes, some of which fell in flames, on the French Front destroyed 15 enemy ...
Article : 213 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph's" Russian messages indicate the widespread anti-Lenin feeling. It is significant that the most divergent sections of the ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Austriana admit that the battleship Izentistvan, 20,000 tons, was torpedoed and sunk, and that 100 men, including officers, were drowned. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe German in attacks on Wednesday notth of the Aisne were repulsed with terrible loss, and large numbers of German dead were left on the field. The ...
Article : 111 wordsThe evacuation of civilians from Compiegne was completed by noon on Tuesday. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Admiralty reports that an armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk on June 5. Seven men, including four of the mercantile crew, are missing. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Japanese Ambassador, in replying on behalf of the Japanese delegates to the forthcoming International Parliamentary Conference on Commerce, ...
Article : 199 wordsA marked feature of Wednesday's fighting, when the Germans with massed attacks made determined but unsuccessful efforts to regain the ground captured ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Stockholm correspondent of the United Press Association, who has recently arrived from Russia, says: The Finnish Government is organising an ...
Article : 125 wordsThe crew of the Helena, who have arrived at Ymuiden (a Dutch seaport), are indignant at the German brutality. A submarine fired without warning, and ...
Article : 98 wordsA German official wireless message states: Strong French counter-attacks south eastward of Noyon broke down with the heaviest losses. Over 60 armoured ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. Hilaire Belboc, the well-known writer and military critic, says the numerically superiority of the Germans on the West Front is in the proportion ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Australian Red Cross Society states that it is understood that a number of Australian troops are included among the 34 officers and 375 men who ...
Article : 47 wordsReferring to the military service treaty between Great Britain and the U.S.A., the United Press correspondent at Washington states that Americans in England ...
Article : 143 wordsAn official French communique this afternoon states: The enomy made an attack between Montdidier and the region of Antheuil, where we consolidated ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York Herald" advises that he has secured documentary proof that the German leaders know they cannot win the war ...
Article : 139 wordsWhen Finland declared her independence of Russia she appealed to other nations for arms, food, and recognition (says the "New York Independent" of April 27). ...
Article : 405 wordsAt the first meeting of the Imperial Conference Mr. W. H. Long (Secretary of State for the Colonies), who presided, outlined the programme of the work for ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. E. S. Montagu (Secretary of State for India) stated in the House of Commons that proposals for the reform of the Government of India, which the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Senate has rejected the proposal for a public discussion of treaties. President Wilson, in a letter to the Senate, referred to his statement of last January, ...
Article : 66 wordsGeneral Maurice, military writer of the London "Daily Chronicle," in a review of the position, says: The Germans have established themselves on Thiescourt ...
Article : 233 wordsA message from Pretoria, alluding to the unrest in the Transvaal, states that the discouragement by the authorities of the so-called "pick-handle commandoes" ...
Article : 119 wordsThe delegates to the Imperial Conference attended a meeting of the War Cabinet to-day. The conference will meet again to-morrow. ...
Article : 172 wordsMr. Sherek, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, stated at Washington that during the next calendar year America would have shipyards of 10,000,000 ...
Article : 36 wordsA French communique says: The Germans powerfully counter-attacked between Courcelles and North Mery, but were caught by our fire and compelled to retire ...
Article : 292 wordsSince the afternoon communique issued by Generalissimo Foch, the experts in Paris have been optimistic that the German bull rush has been stopped. It is ...
Article : 885 wordsGreat interest is being taken in the "March for Freedom." Arrangements are well in hand for welcoming the men on arrival here. The local branch of the ...
Article : 62 wordsIt is understood that the Irish American troops will be trained in Ireland. It is hoped that this will give an impetus to recruiting. ...
Article : 112 wordsA report received here from Vienna states that the Austrian military authorities in Poland have made a statement declaring that it is impossible to ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. Peter Bowling, the great trade unionist, who is known throughout Australia, will arrive in Brisbane next Tuesday. On Wednesday, at 12.15 p.m., he ...
Article : 132 wordsDuring an air raid a bomb burst a waterman, which inundated a cellar, and eight persons who were taking refuge there were drowned. Altogether there ...
Article : 47 wordsNegotiations for the purchase of the output of Australian and New Zealand butter and cheese are progressing. It is expected that the price of butter will be ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Saville Whiting, of Melbourne, has patented a screw fastener for wool bands, which, he claims, will enable the bales to be made tighter and the stamping of the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Departmental Committee on textile trades has recommended the Government to convene a conference of representatives of the Governments of ...
Article : 65 wordsPrivate Peter Dawson, the famous baritone, will speak and sing in Toowoomba, on the evenings of the 17th, 18th, and 19th. and assist at the "March for Freedom" ...
Article : 65 wordsNewspapers comment on the improved position of Labour since the settlement of the brief strike at Birkenhead shipbuilding yards early in the week. There ...
Article : 67 wordsSir Joseph Jonas, ex-Lord Mayor of Sheffield was charged at the Bow-street Police Court with having, on various dates between September 1, 1913, and ...
Article : 118 wordsThe rejection by the Prussian Lower House of franchise reform for the fourth time is causing widespread bitterness, and threatens the disruption of the ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. S. W. Thornton (secretary to the Red Cross Commissioner) who is visiting Brisbane, will return to France shortly in the A.I.F. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 wordsThe annual congress of the Women's Co-operative Guild, Bradford, has rejected the central committee's recommendation for workers of the International ...
Article : 37 wordsThe "New York Times," discussing the possibility of the German fleet coming out, says that Germany may send out its navy not anticipating a victory, but ...
Article : 99 wordsMr. T. O'Hagan, the Government representative of the Soldiers' Employment Bureau, has left Brisbane on a tour of the country, in order, it is announced, to ...
Article : 110 wordsSenator Pearce announced to-day that advice had been received of the presentation by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. E. Bingham of an aeroplane for the use of ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Home Secretary (Mr. H. L. Samuel), in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said that in view of the circumstances in Ireland 50,000 was ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Australian Y.M.C.A. casualties during the present fighting on the French Front include secretary Trueman, who was killed; two other secretaries gassed; ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. Bonar Law will, on Tuesday next, move a credit vote of £500,000,000, in the House of Commons. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 15 Jun 1918, Page 5
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