The Battle of the Isonzo Still rages, and it is evident that the Italians expect to convert it into a decisive victory. Between Gorz and the Julian A[?]ps they are pressing forward and taking positions. South of Gorz, however, the Austrians are offering stubborn resistance, knowing that if they break here ...
Article : 271 wordsMr. J. W. Gerard, formerly American Ambassador in Berlin, speaking at New York to-day, stated that among the most important objectives of Germany ...
Article : 87 wordsOne hundred and fifty thousand people are homeless owing to the great fire at Salonika. The French are caring for 25,000 of them. ...
Article : 198 wordsDr. Michaelis, the German Chancellor, has just returned to Berlin after a visit to Belgium, where he had a conference with the Governor-General. ...
Article : 65 wordsA Commonwealth of Australia loan of £4,500,000 has been placed on the market. The price of issue is 98½, and the rate of interest 5½ per cent. The ...
Article : 131 wordsMr. Cyril Brown, the correspondent of the "Now York World," who is now at Stockholm, states that the appointment of Herr Wekerle as Premier ...
Article : 95 wordsFather Bernard Vaughan, the eminent Roman Catholic preacher, speaking at York yesterday, stated that no people desired pence more than the ...
Article : 129 wordsThe New York "Evening World" states that members of the crew of the British steamship Harrington Head, which was recently in New York, ...
Article : 107 wordsA cricket match was played yesterday at Lords between terms representing Australian and New Zealand convalescant soldiers, and was won by ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a series of conferences will meet in mo[?]cow this week. The most important one ...
Article : 142 wordsAll the munition workers at Cologne, the capital of Rhenish Prussia, have decided to strike for higher wages. Ninety thousand hands are involved. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Theodore' Roosevelt, addressing members of the Belgian mission now visiting America, stated to-day that an inconclusive peace with Germany would ...
Article : 58 wordsThe authorities at Gerak[?]s, in the Gr[?]ek provi[?]ce of Laconia, have arrested a German naval officier, who was disguised as a peasant. He was ...
Article : 52 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that neither the executive of the National Union of Railwaymen nor any responsible body connected with it intends to ...
Article : 266 wordsBritish warships bombarded Zeebrugge on Wednesday. The firing was heard at Flushing (about 22 miles away) ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a fresh political crisis in Germany threatens the position of Dr. Michaclis, the ...
Article : 190 wordsGeneral Maurice, of the British War Office Staff, states that the recent advances of the British in France and Flanders were all carried out according ...
Article : 269 wordsThe first list of the recipients of the new Order of the British Empire, which has been instituted by the King in recognition of the services of both ...
Article : 643 wordsIn his report this morning, FieldMarshal Sir Doug[?]as Haig says:- We advanced our line in the southwestern parts of Lens this morning. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe British Admiralty issued the following official report to-day:- Aviators of the Naval Air Service carried out a raid yesterday morning, ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Rumanian communique received to-day states:— On Tuesday the enemy launched attacks to the north of the Susitza ...
Article : 86 wordsThis afternoon's French communique states:— We have taken 7,640 prisoners, including 186 officers and 600 wounded ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states that the total number of casualties caused by the German air raid on Ramsgate and Dover yesterday was 11 persons ...
Article : 106 wordsThe following sick mid wounded soldiers are returning shortly to Tasmania:- Captain Smith, R. E., 12th Battalion. ...
Article : 1,008 wordsGeneral J. R. Royston has bad a conference with the Common wealth authorities and Mr. Bertram McKennal, the well-known Australian ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Russian official report received to-day at the British Admiralty Office says:— Fighting continues in the direction ...
Article : 55 wordsThe correspondent of the "Morning Post" at the British Headquarters writes:—The Canadians are still closing in around Lens. They ...
Article : 94 wordsA French shell fired on the Verdun front has blown up a German gas-shell dump, and the men attached to three enemy batteries were asphyxiated. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe State Department at Washington has been informed that Germany has threatened not to give Holland more ship steel unless she agrees that ...
Article : 104 wordsTo-day's Italian report, received by wireless, states:— We made progress yesterday to the northward and the southward in ...
Article : 95 wordsTo-day's French communique states: There is great enemy artillery activity to the north of the River A[?]ne, more notably on the ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the food shortage in the Austrian province of Bohemia is causing disturbances. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe United States, Senate to-day amonded the Revenue Bill, which now provides for a graduated tax of 1 per cent, on incomes up to 5,000 dollars a ...
Article : 66 wordsIn his report issued this morning, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says: Last night we repulsed, by means of machine-gun fire, an enemy ...
Article : 168 wordsTo-day's French communique again records numerous heavy aerial bombardm[?]nts by French aviators of railway stations, aviation grounds, a[?]rodromes, ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. J. Devlin, the Nationalist member for West Belfast, and other members of the Irish Convention, gave a Juncheon in Dublin yesterday to Mr. ...
Article : 497 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that President Wilson, after several lengthy conferences with expects, has mapped out ...
Article : 42 wordsExcessive rains have beaten down the corn crops in many parts of England, seriously affecting the prospects of the harvest. ...
Article : 28 wordsTwenty-two soldiers were killed and 60 wounded during a German air raid on a French hospital on Wednesday. They set fire to the buildings, which ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Austrian resistance on the Carso Platea[?] is most stubborn. The whole front in the Carso sector is enormously valuable to the enemy, and is held by ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is undetstood that Lord Rhondda, the British Food Controller, is pressing for imprisonment in bad cases of food profiteering, as the fines inflicted are ...
Article : 46 wordsCorrespondents at Washington state that there is much speculation and some disquietude, there owing to the latest advices received from Russia, ...
Article : 162 wordsTo-day's Russian report received at the British Admiralty says:— We retired yesterday, under pressure, in the direction of T[?]kkum ...
Article : 112 wordsSeveral Austrian divisions on the Carso Plateau were so badly shattered that they have been withdrawn from the firing line. The fighting around ...
Article : 168 wordsHerr Kuhlmann, the recently-appointed Foreign Secretary in Germany, addressing the main committee of the Reichstag yesterday, stated: ...
Article : 284 wordsThe following are the Bank of England returns for the week ending today:- Coin, £51,633,000. ...
Article : 228 wordsThe "Morning Post" correspondent at the Bri[?]ish Headquarters writes:— We have maintained our positions in the Flanders battle area. Half of ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the members of the Japanese Mission to America met with a most warm ...
Article : 60 wordsIn his report to might, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:— The air fighting during the past week has been inc[?]ssant, and more ...
Article : 84 wordsDr. K. A. Wallenberg, the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, states that Sweden will do without American goods rather than comply with the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states that the King has telegraphed to the King of Rumania expressing his admiration for the magnificent way in ...
Article : 89 wordsThe "Idea Nazionale" says the Austrian losses in the battle are estimated at 55,000 killed and wounded. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 25 Aug 1917, Page 7
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