Both French and British official reports record further gains on the western front, particularly in the region of Loos and in Champagne. Narratives of the first two days of the battle are beginning to come in. What seems to have struck observers was the absences of anything which appears to the eye, but the terrific noise of the bombardment which made the whole atmosphere, and even the ...
Article : 1,065 wordsThe communique issued yesterday stated : There has been fierce fighting by the Dvinsk, Obsmiany, and Baranovitch (south of the middle Nlemen) ...
Article : 397 wordsIn reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day Sir Edward Grey said that Bulgaria had taken up a position of armed neutrality to defend ...
Article : 330 wordsA German communique claims that ground has been gained against the Allies' offensive and that twenty officers and 760 men have been captured. ...
Article : 278 wordsSir John French's report states: We made further progress to the south ward of Loos, where severe fighting continues. We now hold all the ground ...
Article : 665 wordsReuter's correspondent at Athens says that the Allied victory comes at the right moment to dispel the last vestiges of pre-Germanism in Greece. ...
Article : 124 wordsA German communique states: The booty taken in the battle of [?] included three guns, seventy-five machine guns, and numerous baggage carts. ...
Article : 250 wordsThe following announcements have been made in America: The French officially claim additional gains east of Souchez and North ...
Article : 260 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Sir Edward Grey said that not only was there no hostility between England and Bulgaria, but we has a traditional ...
Article : 953 wordsIt is reported that the 41st German Army Corps has been overtaken by a flood in the Piusk marshes, and it is believed that nearly all the men have ...
Article : 127 wordsThe enthusiasm over the Allied offensive is refloated by exceptional activity on the New York Stock Exchange Sales to-day totalled 1,450,000 ...
Article : 114 wordsFrom thirty miles off the great bombardment sounded like the roll of a giant drum, or the rattle of a tremendous machine gun. Viewing the ...
Article : 1,681 wordsIn replaying to Mr. Joynson Hicks in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Asquith refused to make a statement regarding the position and prospects at ...
Article : 209 wordsThe communique issued last night stated: We continue to gain ground foot by foot towards the crests east of Souchez. The prisoners include ...
Article : 370 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" comments on the sobriety with which this gratifying success has been received; this forms a tribute to Great Britain's ...
Article : 358 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Captain F. E. Guest invited Mr. Asquith to make a statement on national service. ...
Article : 1,309 wordsTo-day's communique states: We have progressed nearer and nearer the crests south-east and east of Souchez. The Germans in Champagne are ...
Article : 480 wordsThe cavalry played an important part in the offensive in Champagne. The horsemen swept on the enemy like a hurricane after the infantry had ...
Article : 171 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent with the British headquarters, in a message dated Sunday, said: Five hundred miles of ...
Article : 3,015 wordsThe Under-Secretary ti the War Office, Mr. H. J . Tennant, when questioned whether the soldiers who had been long in trenches could get leave, ...
Article : 179 wordsThe pro-German Ministers in the Bulgarian Cabinet, M. Toutchew, Minister for Finance, and M. Bakalow, Minister for Commerce, Industry, and ...
Article : 191 wordsAll accounts agree that the British continue to make progress in Artois. A big battle is proceeding in Champagne. while the Allies are preparing ...
Article : 1,461 wordsOn Sunday British aeroplanes bombed a train near Douai and wrecked three coaches, pound which the Germans, who had alighted from the train, ...
Article : 285 wordsThe “Daily Telegraph's” correspondent at Rome says that it is reported that Dedeagatch is full Bulgarian soldiers who are fraternising with the ...
Article : 463 wordsA number of French wounded have arrived from Champagne covered with chalky mud. They state that the infantry attack began at noon on ...
Article : 1,001 wordsThe Anglo-French Loan Commission has accepted the American bankers' offer of 500,000,000 dollars at 5 per cent. for five years. The notes are to ...
Article : 223 wordsIt is officially stated that the Anglo-French loan has been fixed at £100, 000,000 at five per cent, interest. ...
Article : 85 wordsLord Kitchener and Mr. Asquith to-day addressed the Joint Labor Board upon the military situation. The necessity of such appeals was proved ...
Article : 395 wordsThe British have heard of the hammering of the Russians, the apparent deadlock at Gallipoli, and the painfully slow progress by Italy, and now ...
Article : 255 wordsA syndicate headed by Mr. J. P. Morgan has taken up the Allies’ war loan at 96 and has offered it to the public at 98. ...
Article : 103 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Asquith, replaying to a question whether Lord Haldane was acting in any other capacity than Chairman of ...
Article : 199 wordsThere is profound satisfaction here at the commencement of the offensive in the west, but it is realised that incessant blows alone will shake the ...
Article : 373 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Rome says that travellers from Constantinople state that Russian, French, and British aviators have ...
Article : 187 wordsThe newspapers to-day comment on the fact that the censor permits the word "Victory" to be applied to the battle in Champagne. This is the ...
Article : 163 wordsThe "Westminster Gazette" correspondent in the north of France, Writing in September 23 (Thursday) said: This day saw a continuous British ...
Article : 1,492 wordsCritics explain the large captures of prisoners by the French advance in Champagne being so rapid. The bombardment so disorganised the enemy's ...
Article : 306 wordsThe Cabinet is now considering Lord Kitchener's estimate of largely increased army requirement for 1916, Mr. Balfour's memorandum on sea ...
Article : 270 wordsThe Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, announced in the House of Commons to-day that every effort was being made through the American ...
Article : 319 wordsSeveral trains of prisoners taken by the British have arrived. All are glad that their fighting is over. ...
Article : 111 wordsGreat Britain has guaranteed Dr Dumba, the Austrian Ambassador in Washington, a safe conduct to Europe. Owing to Dr. Dumba's secret ...
Article : 194 wordsThe German newspapers, evidently inspired, are unanimous in stating that the Allies aimed at breaking the German front and securing a final ...
Article : 743 wordsMany of the German prisoners state that they had just arrived from the Russian front and had been re-equipped at Berlin, where there was great ...
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Daily Post (Hobart, Tas. : 1908 - 1918), Thu 30 Sep 1915, Page 5
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