It is generally admitted that there is riot much to choose between the fighting qualities of tho best German and French and British troops in this war. Nor, owing to the lack of opportunity, has there so far been any transcendent generalship on any one side. Tho war is more ...
Article : 154 wordsPARIS, Monday.--The latest communique reads:-- ."We have had further gains eastward of the Aix Noulette-Souchez Road, and from Neuville St. Vaast to "The Labyrinth." We ...
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Article : 4 wordsHuge contracts for the supply of high explosive shells have been placed, and measures are being taken to utilise skilled workers and engineers in the manufacture. ...
Article : 204 wordsTo realise what the ordeal has been to Sir John French and his men, it is necessary to remember that the line hold by tho British force falls on either side of the Flemish-French ...
Article : 232 wordsDUNKIRK, Monday.--While the British are building up reserves of high explosive ammunition before attempting another advance, the Germans are pouring an unending ...
Article : 154 wordsPARIS, Sunday.--Vice-admiral Nicol has been appointed to the command of the French naval forces in the Dardanelles, He has had a brilliant career, and is the ...
Article : 49 wordsPARIS, Sunday.--An official despatch states:-- "The Allies on Friday attacked along the entire front, with the object off taking certain points d'appul. The British centre ...
Article : 106 wordsROME, Monday.--The first, important battle has been raging since Thursday, for the possession of Tolmein (on the Isonzo, 18, miles north-east of Gorz). It is progressing ...
Article : 92 wordsOccasionally there would be some little choice as to location; a trench might be put down before the enemy came near, or the original line might be abandoned in favor of others ...
Article : 314 wordsPETROGRAD, Monday.--The enemy's Leng-San front is eighteen miles long, extending from the village of Stany, on the left bank of the Leng, to Zarmina, ten ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Italian and Austrian armies are now in close contact on the Isonzo river and according to advices the first big battle of the campaign has commenced. The Italian ...
Article : 1,737 wordsLONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Telegraph's'' correspondent at Chanak reports thai, a neutral army officer estimates that 2000 shells fell at Cbanak when the Allied ...
Article : 176 wordsOn the attacking side the first line of trenches swarms with selected troops; cager, dry-lipped men, rejoicing in their appointed task, yet fully conscious of the chances; intelligent ...
Article : 405 wordsAMSTERDAM, Monday.--An Austrian communique states:-- "The Italians suffered considerable losses at Montenero, 300 being, killed on the ...
Article : 42 wordsCAIRO, Sunday.--The wounded include Major Dawson, a New Zealander, who is recovering. Major Dawson and 150 Australians and New Zealanders held a corner ...
Article : 176 wordsA general from India told us that if we got to a certain village a few miles away we should probably see it being shelled by the enemy. There, as at many places along the front, the ...
Article : 509 wordsPETROGRAD, Monday.--A communique States:-- "The enemy, pursuing the offensive towards Moseiska, was subjected to heavy losses. The Russians crossed the right bank ...
Article : 134 wordsROME, Monday.--The "Messagero" states that during the aerial bombardment of Pola two Austrian battleships, which were manoeuvring to escape, collided, and one ...
Article : 40 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.-- The Governor General has received the following cable message from Sir Edmund Barton, who is at present in England:-- "Lord Kitchener ...
Article : 38 wordsCOPENHAGEN, Monday.--The new poison gas Zeppelins are furnished with three tanks, carrying gas bombs beneath the gondola portion of the airships. ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Monday.--It is officially stated that British gunboats on the Tigris have occupied Amarah, taking prisoner 30 officers and 700 men. ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, .Monday.--Mr. Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions, in conversation with a correspondent, stated:-- "I believe (lint things arc going all right. ...
Article : 118 wordsThe single chance of a big success is when then assaulting force succeeds in making a wide, clean, simultaneous conquest of the first line of trenches. No matter how many or ...
Article : 277 wordsPETROGRAD, Sunday.--A revolting story is told of the treatment of a party of Russian prisoners in Poland. They were locked up without food for several days, ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Mail's" Amsterdam correspondent reports that the super-Zeppelins are provided with aerial torpedoes made of aluminium and sustained ...
Article : 46 wordsAMSTERDAM, Monday.--A German correspondent at Constantinople describes the recent sinking of the British battleship Goliath at the Dardanelles. British warships, the correspondent ...
Article : 201 wordsAMSTERDAM, Monday.--The Germans are using the chief factories of Vilvorde (six miles north-east of Brussels) for the manufacture of asphyxiatiug gases. ...
Article : 37 wordsPETROGRAD, Monday.--A German submarine in the Gulf of Rign sank the transport Yenesei (3600 tons, armed with five 4.7in and 2 12-pounder guns). Thirty-two ...
Article : 52 wordsATHENS, Monday.--The condition of King Constantine has improved. His temperature is now 98.3deg. ...
Article : 19 wordsLONDON, Monday.--Record week-end lists include 5500 casualties in the ranks, of which 2169 were reported from the Dardanelles, where 111 of the First Lancashire ...
Article : 81 wordsIn this shelling of towns and villages close to the line the artillerymen have definite objects and frequently get remarkable results. We saw a tower which had been reduced at ...
Article : 582 wordsWhen you have boon with the British army for a few days you become positively fascinated by the operations of the colossal machine which is at work for us behind the lines. It is ...
Article : 1,271 wordsM. Le Guales de Mezauban, president of the Britanny Shipowners' Association, recently suggested to the French Minister of Marino that every Allied ship sunk by a Gorman submarine ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON, Monday.--A submarine sank the steamer Dunnett Head (343 tons) and the trawler Persimmon, north of Scotland. The crews were saved. ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Tue 8 Jun 1915, Page 7
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