General Peyton C. March (Chief of the American staff) states that a ten-mile penetration on the German front has been made, and the German drive against ...
Article : 93 wordsThere is ample evidence that the French offensive surprised the Germans. In their attacks French troops encountered an enemy division which was ...
Article : 67 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We made a successful raid south-castward of Robecq, taking 30 prisoners. We drove off raiders in the Villers ...
Article : 316 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the steamer Barunga (7484 tons), which was torpedoed and sunk at daybreak on Monday last, was voyaging to Australia with ...
Article : 599 wordsGeneral Maurice (military correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle") commenting on the counter-attack, says: General-[?]mo Foch has always preached that ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 526 wordsEye-witnesses of the counter-offensive [?]y the outstanding feature was the completeness of the surprise effected by Genera[?]ssimo Fo[?]h. Some German officers ...
Article : 658 wordsThe great counter-attack by the Allies on the Western Front continues with terrific energy and with continued successes for the Allied cause. The different reports vary in estimating the results, but the French have reached a point dominating the ...
Article : 164 wordsAn obstinate battle continues along the whole front. The Germans are desperately counter-attacking the Soissons plateau, and suffering bloody losses. The ...
Article : 139 wordsTelegrams from military experts point out that while General von Bo[?]m was preoccupied with the Marne attack, Franco-Americans broke into his back ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Australian Press Association states chat up to noon on Thursday the French between Belleau and the Aisne valley had advanced between three and four miles, ...
Article : 107 wordsA French communique received to-day states[?] After breaking the German offensive on our fronts in the Champagne and at Montagne de ...
Article : 525 wordsThe counter-offensive began at 6 o'clock in the morning. The ground was favourable for the use of mosquito tanks, cavalry, and artillery, of which full ...
Article : 602 wordsMr. Hughes, speaking at Cardiff at night, said the Allied offensive was not the end of the war, but the beginning of the end. If the Germans failed now ...
Article : 74 wordsDetails of the Australians' work at Villers Bretonneux show they displayed remarkable aptitude and great intelligence in co-operating with the tanks. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe war news has heartened the Stock Exchange, which has a strong tone all round. Consols are quoted at £56/5/. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the enemy used 23 divisions from his general reserve in an abortive offensive [?]in he suffered very heavy ...
Article : 352 wordsA wireless German official message says: The enemy made renewed attacks with great violence eastward of Villers Bretonneux. A great united enemy ...
Article : 312 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his report on aviation, says: We dropped eleven and a half tons of bombs on July 17 on dumps and railways at Bruges. A ...
Article : 260 wordsGerman U boats are again sinking ships off the American coast. Another report states that several submarines are attacking Tru[?]tic ...
Article : 48 wordsThe United Press states: Sir Douglas Haig's artillery is giving the Germans fits, and strengthens the indications that the A[?]ies, slowly and surely, are ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Navy Department announced at first that the cruiser San Diego was [?]k by a submarine off the coast, but it was stated subsequently that the cause was ...
Article : 51 wordsGeneral Maurice expresses the opinion that General Mangin's attack upset the plans of the Crown Prince. He is in great difficulties, but it is evident that ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Air Ministry states: On Thursday night we dropped bombs on the ben[?] works at Mannheim, where a fire broke out, the railway station at Heide[?]erg, ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Gunard liner Carpathia, 13,000 tons, has been sunk. The loss of life was small. LONDON, Friday. ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Admiralty reports: Aeroplanes despatched from a de[?]chment of the Grand Fl[?]t operating off th Jutland coast yesterday morning carried out two ...
Article : 186 wordsColonel Repington (military correspondent to the "Morning Post"), commenting on Generalissimo Foch's counter-attack between the Aisne and the Marne, says: ...
Article : 162 wordsA French communique received to-day states:—Our aviators participated brilliantly in the battle on July 16 and 17. Our bombing machines on July 16 ...
Article : 299 wordsThe United Press correspondent, telegraphing from the West Front, says: The German losses in front of the American positions were enormous. American ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Paris newspapers publish details of yesterday's fighting, emphasising the rapidity and completeness of the success of General Mangin's troops. Between the ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Admiralty states that between July 11 and 17 an force units co-operating with the Navy bombed and used ma[?] guns on enemy destroyers off the ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Australian Press learns that the French on Friday advanced an average of one mile on a front of 20 miles, from Montagne de Paris, which now is in ...
Article : 184 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the war correspondent, writes: "The Australians at night quietly annexed a strip of the German defences, one-third of a mile deep ...
Article : 139 wordsThe GErmans (Colonel Re[?]ington adds) began the 1918 campaign under advantages which they should never have been allowed to enjoy, putting an ...
Article : 324 wordsThe Bill to establish a mo[?]archy in Finland on the Prussian model has been withdrawn, having failed to secure a stat[?]tory majority in the Diet, although ...
Article : 47 wordsComments respecting the Allies' counter-offensive have not yet come from Germany. Rotterdam messages show that owing to the Government's gagging ...
Article : 79 wordsA submarine torpedoed and sank a French steamer. The crew escaped in two boats. The submarine then rammed one boat, cutting her into halves, and only ...
Article : 45 wordsBelgian Indep[?]dence Day was celebrated by a service in Westminster Cathedral and a fete in the Central Hall. Westminster Mr. Balfour, speaking at ...
Article : 90 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs telegraphed to-day:— Out success at Meteren was small compared with Generalissimo Foch's immense triumph. The Australians assisted the ...
Article : 149 words[?] communique states: American troops co-operating with the French between the Aisne and the Marne penetrated the enemy lines to a depth ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Australian Press Associstion learns that the latest news regarding the French counter-offensive is highly encouraging. The attack continues to be successful, ...
Article : 193 wordsOfficial advices received here state that the French and the Americans have now captured 30,0000 prisoners. Mr. N. D. Baker (Secretary for War) ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Admiralty announces that a British sloop was torpedoed and sunk on July 16. None of the officers, [?] only 12 of the crew, were saved. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Kaiser, on July 14, took up a position in a specially protected advanced post east of Reims. When the Champagne attack proved a failure, and the German ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Press Bureau states that parcel mails posted between June 9 and July 2, for all the States and for the South Sea Islands, were lost at sea, through enemy ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Press Bureau announces the following awards to American naval officers:—Vice-Admiral W. S. Sims, the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe city is overjoyed at the news of Generalis[?]mo Fo[?]h's masterly manoeuvre in striking a lightning blow on the neck of the German salient and scorting an ...
Article : 62 wordsThe United States has let contracts for 100,000,000 dollars (£20,000,000) worth of shipping to be constructed in Japan and China. ...
Article : 35 wordsAn air raid warning was given at midnight, but "all-clear" signal was made at 12.45 a.m. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe reports of the capture of Soissons by the French have not been confirmed. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Imperial War Conference will close nest week. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 22 Jul 1918, Page 7
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