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  2. EVERY AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERED

    The whole of the Australian Navy in British waters volunteered for the Zeebrugge enterprise. An Australian-born officer was in the engine-room of one of ...

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  3. MAGNIFICENT RESISTANCE.

    Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters, telegraphed on Friday evening:—The French have borne the brunt of ...

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  4. THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

    Sir Douglas Haigh reports:—After severe fighting all day on the Bailleul and Holleboke front against greatly superior forces, the Allied troops ...

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  5. SHARP AND DECISIVE FIGHT.

    Mr. Perry Robinson, "The Times" correspondent at British headquarters, telegraphs:—Tuesday night saw the Germans in ...

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  6. BRITISH NAVAL RAID.

    A high naval force informs Reuter that the latest reports show that the Zeebrugge operations were completely successful. ...

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  7. GERMAN MILITARY POLICY.

    Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that according to the "Vorwaerts." the military were severely criticised in the Reichstag as regards the policy in the ...

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  8. KAISER VISITS ZEEBRUGGE.

    Renter's, correspondent at Amsterdam states that according to a Berlin telegram the Kaiser visited Zeebrugge on Tuesday and inspected the scene, of the naval ...

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  9. THRILLING EPISODES.

    The Admiralty has issued a full narrative, of the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend, which, in its stirring details, brings into strong relief both the immense ...

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  10. SITUATION WORSE.

    It is admitted that the situation in the north has become more serious as the result of the past two days' fighting as the enemy has not merely held ...

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  11. BULL-RUSH TACTICS.

    Reuter's correspondent at headquarters telegraphs:—Disconnected reports indicate that the bull-rush tactics of the enemy masses ...

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  12. ADMIRALTY ORDER.

    The Admiralty has issued the following order to the fleet:—"Their Lordships express to all concerried in the gallant successful ...

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  13. OSTEND OPERATIONS.

    It is authoritatively stated that though the shifting wind and smoke clouds interfered with the Ostend operations the conditions there may be attended with ...

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  14. FLUCTUATING BATTLE.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports:—There was great reciprocal artillery fire all night along the whole battle front northward of the Lys River. Fighting in ...

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  15. ATTACKS AGAINST FRENCH.

    Reuter's correspondent at the French headquarters telegraphed at midnight on Wednesday:—Pursning the policy of alternaturg ...

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  16. BRITAIN'S RESOURCES.

    In the course of his speech in the House of Commonson the supplies of munitions, Mr. Winston Churchill, referring to the use of poison gas, said officers concerned ...

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  17. NEWS OF THE WORLD.

    Two hundred seamen from the Melbourne are returning to Australia. ...

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  18. INTER-ALLIED NAVAL COMMITTEE.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent, in a message on Friday, stated that the Inter-Allied Naval Committee met in the morning, the French Minister for Marine ...

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  19. AUSTRALIANS' DESPERATE TASK.

    Further news confirms the report that Australians recaptured Villers-Brettoneux. It was one of the bravest deeds in their history. These troops were recently ...

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  20. HEDJAZ RAILWAY OCCUPIED.

    A report from Palestine says that a Hedjaz official report states that troops under the King of Hedjaz, in the week ending April 24, occupied 53 miles of the ...

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  21. HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

    "The Times" comments that it has not been shown how the House of Lords reform scheme will fit into the framework of an Imperial constitution or affect Federal ...

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  22. HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.

    Mr. Percival Phillips (correspondent of the "Daily Mail") says:—the Brettoneux battlefield and streets and roads are covered with corpses. This ...

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  23. SINN FEINER DEPORTED.

    Byramid Lynch, Sinn Fein "Food Director," was deported from Ireland yesterday, probably to America. ...

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  24. EARLIER FIGHTING.

    Sir Douglas Haig stated:—The battle is continning fiercely along the whole front from the neighborhood of Drancutre to the Ypres-Comines Canal ...

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  25. HEAVY FIGHTING PROCEEDING.

    Reuter reports from Vancouver that the Germans occupy Kemmel, Hill. Kemmel Hill is the highest point of the ridge which runs between the Armentieres ...

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  26. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

    The Admiralty reports:—Two of our destroyers on Monday last encountered and engaged five Austrian destroyers in the Adriatic. The enemy ...

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  27. PRO-GERMAN HUNGARIAN PREMIER.

    Josef Szyerenye, who has been made Premier of Hungary, is extremely friendly with Germany and closely connected with the Deutsch Bank. He is an advocate of ...

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  28. LIVELY ARTILLERY.

    A Paris communique states:—There was no infantry action to-day. Artillery fire continued lively south of the Somme and on both sides of the Avre. ...

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  29. INDIA AND THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Press Bureau reports that the Viceroy of India nominated Satyindra Leinha to represent India at the forthcoming sessions of the Imperial ar Conference and ...

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  30. "SUPERB SOLDIERING."

    British leaders were intensely relieved at the recapture of Villers-Brettoneux. King George, talking to an Australian, said: "You men have done magnificent ...

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  31. IMPERIAL APPOINTMENT.

    The Press Bureau states that Sir William Weir succeeds Lord Rothermere and that he was been appointed a Privy Councillor. ...

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  32. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE.

    A French communique states:—Violent artillery struggles took place south of the Somme. At night we carried out numerous ...

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  33. AUSTRIAN VERSION.

    An Austrian official report states:—On Monday our destroyers advanced in the Otranto Straits, and seriously damaged an enemy destroyer in an engagement ...

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  34. GERMAN REPORTS.

    A German, official report stages:—We captured Mount Kemmel, and threw the English out of positions at Wytschaete adn Drancutre. We advanced as far as ...

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  35. GERMANS IN PERSIA.

    Reuter learns that a number of documents were discovered in Persia, revealing German agents in Peraia in a similar [?]to these in the United States, who ...

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  36. WIN AT ANY PRICE.

    Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters telegraphed on Saturday:—Yesterday's fighting was the heaviest that has ever occurred in Flanders since ...

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  37. FRENCH STAND FIRM.

    A French communique states:—We counter attacked the Germans on the line from Villers-Brettonenx to the south of Luce this morning, and ...

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  38. EASTERN FRONT.

    The War Office announces that a Turkish official report issued in April 19 stated that upon a request by the English a two hours' armistice was arranged to ...

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  39. THE VINDICTIVE.

    Captain Carpenter, the commander of the Vindictive, states that the mole battery of six guns opened at 300 yards, on the Vindictive, which five minutes later ...

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  40. GERMANY AND HOLLAND.

    Captain You Salzmann, writing in the "Vossische Zeitung," on the attack at Zeebrugge, describes it as "damned plucky." but proceeds to address a ...

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  41. PRISONS REPORT.

    The annual report of the General of Prisons' records remarkable decreases in punishment. Prisoners are [?] treated as [?] beings with the ...

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  42. FIGHTING NEAR SALONIKA.

    A British official report from Salonik[?] states:—We withdrew [?]on April [?] from advanced villages in the Struma ...

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  43. TROOPS CONGRATULATED.

    The Press Bureau reports:—Sir Douglas Haig congratulated the shird cords commander and troops on the successfull and important operations at ...

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  44. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

    The Press Bnreau states that British aircraft during March dropped 23,000 bombs in the daytime and 13,080 at night time on the enemy's lines opposite our ...

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