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  2. GENERAL TOWNSHEND SURRENDERS

    It Is officially announced that General Townshend has surrendered with die garrison of Kut[?] Amara after sustaining a siege of 143 days. The Turkish report claims that over 13,600 men were included, but the War Office statement puts the number about ...

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  3. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    It is semi-officially stated in Paris that there is every reason to believe that the battle of Verdun has ended, and that the check -given to the ...

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  4. IRISH REBELLION.

    The “Dally Express’’ and Unionist newspapers other than the Northcline group censure Mr. Birrell or demand his resignation. The “Dally Graphic” ...

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  5. NAVAL WARFARE.

    It is officially announced that Roar Admiral S. R. Fremantle’s flagship, the battleship Russell, 14,000, and a main armament of four 12-Inch guns, struck ...

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  6. ATTACK ON THE CASTLE.

    The rebels showed masterly tacties by seizing the G.P.O St. Stephen's Green and Kelly’s corner they covered, the approach of troops from the ...

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  7. GERMAN FLAME ATTACK.

    Yesterdays French communique stated—The Germans on Friday evening, using flaming liquids, attacked our trenches westward of Thiamont ...

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  8. BRITISH GUARD VESSEL SUNK.

    A German communique states: — Our warships have destroyed a large British guard vessel off the Dogger Bank. ...

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  9. TH E BRITISH FRONT.

    General sir Douglas Haig reported on Friday:— This morning the Germans attempted to enter our trenches two points north of Roelincourt ...

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  10. GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK.

    It is officially announced by the Admiralty that a German submarine has been sunk by a British warship off the Eat Coast, and that the crew ­ ...

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  11. WOMAN LEADER.

    A striking figure in the rebellion was au elderly woman, stated to [?] of [?]Inga tine, who, arrived in green tunic and trousers, carried a rifle with ...

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  12. CONSIDERABLE LOOTING.

    Friday night’s report from Dublin showed that troops were arriving an day. There was intermittent fighting to the disadvantage of the rebels ...

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  13. MR. REDMOND’S HORROR,

    Mr. Redmend when Interviewed today, said. ‘‘My first feeling on hearing of the Sinn Fein revolt was horror, discouragement, and almost despair. ...

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  14. Australian Depot

    Genera Eirdwood and Colonel Sir Newton Moore went on Thursday to Weymouth and Suspected the men in camp there. General Bird wood ...

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  15. NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Amsterdam newspaper “Telegraph” says that 60 British vessels participated in Monday's attack on Zeebrugge. They included 50 trawlers, ...

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  16. WAR IN THE AIR.

    A Zeppelin flew over a Kentish coastal town on Thursday night, It did not' drop nay bombs, and departed after a heavy gun tire had been ­ ...

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  17. MESOPOTAMIA.

    It is officially announced that General Townshend and the force under his command hare surrendered to the Turks. ...

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  18. THE REBEL TACTICS.

    The flat roofs afforded the rebels | scope for their tactics of lying fiat or hiding behind chimney stacks and thence firing on the soldiers who had ...

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  19. Miners Wanted.

    The War Office is asking for ten thousand skilled miners for tunnelling work in the various trenches. ...

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  20. SUBMARINES' VICITMS.

    A German submarine has sunk the unarmed British steamer Industry, 4044 co[?] which was found to America. Her crew were left adrift in ...

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  21. INDIA.

    Lord Chelmsford, thee now Viceroy, now settled at Simla for the season, and the Indian press and public , given him a warm welcome. ...

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  22. LIBERTY HALL SHELLED.

    The castle was attacked at the same moment, and a policeman on duty shot dead, The Four Courts were entered and the great tomes of the law ...

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  23. MR. REDMOND’S OFFER.

    Mr. Redmond has placed himself at the disposal of the authorities, with whom he Is In constant touch, He has instructed the Nationalist volunteers ...

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  24. NAVY LEAGUE DEMONSTRATION.

    A Navy League demonstration was held is the Queen's Hall on Friday to urge the Government the urgency of more vigorous and comprehensive ...

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  25. FAILURE OF RELIEF.

    The War Office announces that an attempt was mode on the might of the 24th to send a ship load of supplies to Kut el Amara. Although it was ...

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  26. DUTCH STEAMER TWICE MINED.

    Amsterdam messages state that the Dutch steamer Maushaven, which had previously been damaged by striking a mine in the North Sea, and had been ...

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  27. OPERATIONS IN DUBLIN.

    The Commander-ln-Chief in Ireland has issued a communique saying that the operations in Dublin are proceeding satisfactorily. The organised ...

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  28. ACTIVITY ON WEST FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig reported on Friday: There were 24 aerial combats to-day. Four of our machines attacked eight German machines, ...

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  29. A THRILLING ESCAPE.

    A brother and sister who have arrived in London, when [?] by “Lloyds News,” told a [?] story of a motor car [?] under [?] ...

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  30. Compulsory Service.

    Reuben Hawley, an Australian musical student, who has been three years a resident of England. has been fined for not presenting himself of ...

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  31. TURKISH REPORT.

    The Turkish communique states that General Townshend’s garrison of 13,300 men surrendered unconditionally. ...

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  32. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    A German communique says: south ward of Lake Narocz we captured ­ positions between Stanarocze and Stachowee estate, taking prisoner 56 ...

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  33. Russians in London.

    It is officially stilted that Lord Kitchener Inspected on Saturday in thr quadrangle of the War Office a party Russian officers and soldiers, of ...

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  34. ALLIES' PARIS CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Bonar Law. who is In Paris in connection with the Allies inter-parliamentary conference, in an interview published by tho “Journal’’ said that ...

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  35. RUSSIAN WARSHIP BOMBED.

    A German naval communique issued on Saturday staled: Three of our aeroplanes dropped 31 bombs on the Russian warship Slawa (13,516 tons) in ...

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  36. AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS IN CONFLICT.

    Enemy deserters state that when the flooding of the Austro-German trenches ­ in the Pinsk marshes necessitated a withdrawal the Germans retired ...

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  37. Austria Treason Trial.

    SIXTEEN' SENTENCED TO DEATH. The “Frankfurter Zeltung" announces ­ [? ]treason trial at Scrajevo, the capital of Bosnia, at which 16 ­ ...

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  38. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    The German Ambassador in Washington, Count von Bernstorff, who is demanding the return of the compromising documents seized when ...

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  39. THE REBEL LEADERS.

    It is reported that four hundred rebels have been made prisoners at Sr. Stephen’s Green. The “Central News” says that the ...

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  40. ENGLISH WOMAN'S STORY.

    Au Englishwoman relates that the levo[?] in Dublin started on Monday. All the morning armed and [?] memoers of the [?] [?] were ...

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  41. NOTES ON THE WAR.

    The surrender of General Townshend at Kul el Amara is probably the greatest disaster that has befallen the British anus in this war. The loss ...

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  42. Conspiracy in Turkey.

    Odessa reports the discovery of an extensive conspiracy In Constantinople involving many high officials. The conspirators planned to arrest the ...

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  43. Australians Generosity.

    President Poincare has thanked the Agent-General for Now South Wales. Hon. B. R. Wise, for Australia’s great generosity. ...

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  44. PREFERENCE BETWEEN THE ALLIES.

    The commercial conference has passed a resolution In favor of preferential postal and telegraphic rates between Allied countries, the ...

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  45. Nailing Statues.

    The well-known Professor Pazaturek, of Stuttgart, protests against driving nails into Images In Germany, for Instance, Hindenburg at Berlin, ...

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  46. KAISER AUDIENCES AMBASSADOR

    The Kaiser has given an audience to the American Ambassador, Mr. Gerard, at the army headquarters. ...

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  47. Suez Canal,

    A Consul l[?]nople communique says. Our forces are advancing towards the Suez Canal, and have [?] four squadrons of the enemy. We ...

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  48. Balkan Campaign.

    An Athens message says that Greece persists In her refusal to allow the transport of Serbian troops the Greek railways. The ...

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  49. FEDERAL NEWS.

    The Federal Attorney-General has exempted from the regulations under the War Precautions Act the Starr Bowkert Building Societies and the ...

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  50. CITY IN DARKNESS.

    The city at night was in completed darkness. The lamps were put out or smashed, and traffic entirely ceased. At dawn reinforcements arrived, and ...

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  51. Atrocities in Serbia.

    Persons distributing American food in Serbia report that the Bulgarians hanging Serbians on the slightest charge sand that women hare been ...

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  52. East Africa.

    Colonel Von der Venter, commanding a column under General Smuts, has liberated many Boe families in the Kilimanjaro region who were ­ ...

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  53. Time Expired Soldiers.

    The “Daily Chronicle” says that time expired men have been leaving the army at the rate of five thousand a month since August last. ...

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  54. ACCOUNTS OF THE FIGHTING.

    The “Daily Chronicle's” Dublin correspondent in a message on Thursday said; “The rebels still hold Jacob biscuit factory, whose roof commands ...

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