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  2. GERMAN WINTER QUARTERS.

    The news from the eastern theatre Is not so satisfactory as has recently been the case, for it appeal’s that the Russians have received a check on their advance towards Thorn. The German accounts claim an Important victory, but the Russians state that ...

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  3. TURKEY.

    Messages from Constantinople state that the Japanese Amadassador departed on Tuesday. ...

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  4. BATTLEFIELD INCIDENTS.

    The Germans were constructing a Pontoon bridge across the Vistula, when a Russian officer with twenty men, under a fearful fire conveyed a ...

    Article : 77 words
  5. CONTRABAND CARGO.

    A British cruiser has seized the American steamer Kro[?]and In the Mediterranean, conveying 2500 tons of war munitions from New York and ...

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  6. MARINE PROBLEMS IT PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Watkins, M.H.A., gave notice yesterday of the following question dealing with the position of the present occupant of the position of ...

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  7. LORD ROBERTS.

    It has now been revealed that Lord Roberts died at No. 54 Rue Carnot, St. Omer, a town In Pas-de-Calais, 26 miles south-cast of the port. A ...

    Article : 237 words
  8. LIBAU BOMBARDED.

    An official commmunique states that two German cruisers and ten torpedo [?]oats have bombarded the Russian Baitie pert of Libau, causing several ...

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  9. FIRING ON AMERICAN CRUISER.

    The State Department has received official information that the Turkish forts at Smyrna fired on the American cruiser Tennessee. ...

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  10. RUSSIANS FALLING BACK.

    An official communique states: The Russian advance guards between the Vistula and the Warta are [?]alling back in the direction of Azouvs, and ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. ENEMY GIVES THE RANGE.

    During the battle on the northern front a German shell fell near a French battery without bursting. A lieutenant deciding to and the range, ...

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  12. KING ATTENDS FUNERAL.

    It is announced that the King will himself attend Lord Roberts funeral. ...

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  13. DAMAGE TO THE TOWN.

    The bombardment of Libau caused damage to several factories, the railway station, and the poorer parts of the town. A petroleum reservoir was ...

    Article : 137 words
  14. VICTORIA’S CONDOLENCES.

    The Agent-General for Victoria (Hon. Peter M’Bride) on behalf of the Government and people of Victoria, has telegraphed to Lady Roberts,­ ...

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  15. PRESIDENT WILSON DETERMINED TO KEEP PEACE.

    President Wilson is determined, despite all statements to he contrary and no matter what the arts of the alleged firing on the Tennessee appear ...

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  16. ON THE SEA.

    The First Lord of the Admitalty (Mr. Winston Churchill) has announced that the total British naval losses are 232 officers and 3455 men killed: ...

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  17. UNITED STATES.

    Major-General W. W. Wetherspoon. lately retired from the General Staff, has written to the newspapers pointing out that it is impossible to protect ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. SIR GEO. REID’S MESSAGE.

    The following cable message has been received from Sir George Reid— London, November 18, 6.40 p.m.— Official—The first division. of the ...

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  19. A MISUNDERSTANDING.

    The Tennessee is proceeding to China. There are indications that the Turkish fort’s action was due to a misunderstanding. ...

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  20. TREBIZOND BOMBARDED FROM THE SEA.

    An official commenique states that the Russian Black Sen [?]ect has cannonaded the fort and barracks of Trebizond Turkey’s chief port on the ...

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  21. CANNONADING IN THE BALTIC.

    Heavy [?]ing has been heard off Gothland, a Swedish island in the Baltic, 4 miles cast of the mainland. The chief centre of interest in the Russo-German struggle now centres the front in North-West Poland. The Russians in their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. “A NEW EMDEN,”

    The Kaiser, in replying to a message of condolence from the town of Emden, alluded to the tragic but heroiz end of the cruiser which [?] he said. ...

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  23. NEW ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE YSER.

    It Is reported that the Germans are making a new effort to cross the River Yser, and an extrusive movement of Landsturm troops from Ghent ...

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  24. THE ALLIES CAMPAIGN.

    An official communique Issued to-day states: The German bombardment from the sea coast to the L[?] has been continued. Considerable ...

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  25. WAR MISCELLANY.

    A Dutch news agency states that the late King Carlos of Roumania wrote to King Albert of the Belgians in July advising Belgium to devote ...

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  26. GERMAN SPY CAUGHT IN COPENHAGEN.

    A German spy has been arrested while trying to open the breech of a zan in the fortifications of Copenhagen. ...

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  27. DEFENSIVE MEASURES.

    The Germans are undertaking great defensive measures from Bruges to Courtal, and are also strewing land mines from the front towards ...

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  28. AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  29. GERMANS STRENGTHEN THEIR LINES.

    According to the “Daily Mail” there are indications that the Germans are strengthening their lines towards Soissons. ...

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  30. STARVING GERMANS.

    According to “The Times” in the flooded area in West Planers, especially between Dixmude, Ostherke, and kaskerke, there are many German ...

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  31. WITH THE RUSSIANS.

    The Germans claim a great victory for General Hindenburg over the Russians advancing on Thorn. The streets of Berlin are decorated ...

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  32. WARSHIPS ASSIST ALLIES.

    “The Telegra[?]” states that the allies warships on Monday bombarded a factory on the canal which runs from Zeebrugge to Bruges. The ...

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  33. TASMANIA.

    It will be remembered that shortly after the outbreak of the war, the Minister for Mines Intimated that. in view of the adverse effect of the crisis ...

    Article : 449 words
  34. DIXMUDE IN RUINS.

    Dixmude is now little more than a name. Since October 16 it has been the storm centre of artillery fire, and scarcely a stone upon a atone Is left. ...

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  35. RUSSIAN GENEROSITY.

    Detail of the Russian annexation of the East Austrian province of Bukovina show that the Cossacks made a dramatic entry into czernowitz, with ...

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  36. GERMAN TRANSPORT INTERNED.

    The German steamer Karnak, an auxiliary transport, has been interned at Antofagasta. ...

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  37. EAST AFRICA.

    In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Crewe (Secretary for India) said that at the beginning of the war our position in British East Africa was ...

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  38. TURKS REPULSED.

    It is officially announced that the Russians have repulsed the enemy in skirmishes in the direction of Erzerum, and have occupied Doutakh, all ...

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  39. ENGLAND.

    There has been a great public demand for the prospectuses of the war loan, but there was no rush as the prospectuses were obtainable at every ...

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  40. CEASELESS CANNONADING.

    An official communique issued at midnight stated: There was a very violent and almost ceaseless cannonade throughout the day along the ...

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  41. FALSE REPORT.

    Surgeon J. C. Beaumout, medical officer aboard the White Star liner Olympic, stated on arrival here that it is absolutely untrue the Olympic ...

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  42. HOLY WAR IN ISLAM.

    Berlin newspapers state that the Kaiser has telegraphed to the Crown Prince that the Sheik Ul Islam has proclaimed a holy war for the whois ...

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  43. TH E GERMANS RETREATING.

    The 7Daily Chronicle’s” Calais correspondent says that German transport wagons are choking the roads towards Brussels, apparently ...

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  44. GERMANY.

    The German Government has sent twelve million marks in gold to the Danish National Bank because the exchange on German bank notes has ...

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  45. N.S.W. PARLIAMENT.

    The Chief Secretary, Mr. Cann, replying in the Assembly this afternoon to a question put by Mr. Cohen, stated that the Government was in ...

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  46. MINES NORTH OF IRELAND.

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Meath hinted that the German mine field off the north-east of Ireland had been laid by Irish fishing boats in the ...

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  47. CANADIANS SENT PACK.

    Forty-six men belonging to the Cana­dian contingent have been rejected on the ground of their German or Aus­trian nationality, and sent back to ...

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  48. DISTRESS IN BELGIUM.

    Cardinal Morcer, in appealing for food on behalf of the Belgians at Malines, writes, “The famished children in desperation often go to the ...

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  49. UNREST IN ALBANIA.

    The Young Turks believing that Essad Pasha, the leader of the revolution against the Prince of Wied, aims at pacifying. and freeing Albania ...

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  50. 1700 ENEMY KILLED.

    The German son the coast, noticing that the British warships’ fire spared the houses at Middlekerke, on the sea-front, went to them to reside. ...

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  51. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Violent thunderstorms were experi­enced at Mungindi, on the north-western plains, last night, and 342 poinst of rain fell in two and a half ...

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  52. WAR LOAN OVER-SUBSCRIBED,

    The war loan is quoted at 2/6 pre­mium According to the “Financial News” the loan was over-subscribed at noon yesterday. ...

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  53. GERMANS MASSING AT THORN,

    The Germans have assembled their chief available force in the neigh borhood of Thorn. Their immediate objectives being plock and Kutne ...

    Article : 298 words
  54. COURT-MARTIAL ON WRECK OF OCEANIC.

    The court-martial has opened on the wreck of the armed cruiser Oceanic The vessel was wrecked on Foul Island, north coast of Scotland. ...

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  55. SOUTH AFRICA.

    A further remnant of General Beyers’­ commando has been captured. ...

    Article : 79 words
  56. SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS.

    A Select Committee has been ap­pointed on Mr. Asquith’s motion to consider the soldiers’ pensions scheme. ...

    Article : 84 words
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