The following French communique was issued yesterday morning:—"There is somewhat great reciprocal artillery activity in the region of the Vauxaillon ...
Article : 314 wordsSir Douglas Haig reported last night:—"Early this morning we attacked and captured enemy positions on a front of 2,000 yards to the west and north-west of Lens. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,682 wordsThere is a hitch in the Anglo-German exchange of prisoners, as Germany objects to Hull as the port of embarkation. Lord Newton says he can only suppose that the ...
Article : 57 words11th Battalion, Lady Workers.—A meeting of the general committee will be held on Friday (August 24) at 3.45 p.m. at the Bunders' Exchange, St. George's-terrace, ...
Article : 548 wordsThe Home Office has forbidden the holding of a meeting of delegates at Leeds in connection with the Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe 332nd casualty list was released by the Censor yesterday, and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soliders, together with those ...
Article : 844 wordsEnemy airships appeared over the Yorkshire coast last night. One attacked the mouth of the Humber, and dropped a number of bombs. They then went seaward ...
Article : 50 wordsA wireless Italian official message issued yesterday states:—"The battle on the Julian front is uninterrupted. Our troops on the extreme right, despite the ...
Article : 478 wordsThe following wireless German official message was intercepted yesterday by the British Admiralty:—"The artillery preparation for the Verdun thrust began on ...
Article : 135 wordsA wireless Russian official report received last night stated: "We repulsed several enemy attacks to-day on the Bistristea River, south-east of Krutche. The enemy ...
Article : 85 wordsThe first day of the offensive more than fulfilled expectations. Deadman Hill was the battle pivot and its capture in a single day, though tunnelled and strongly ...
Article : 156 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown, of Oxford-road, Victoria Park, have received word that their son. Gordon Thomas Brown, reported missing on April 16, is a prisoner of war at Limburg, ...
Article : 437 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reported last night: "Chaotic conditions continue in Finland. The Diet has [?]at for four months, and ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the "Cologne Gazette" says that heavy British artillery is irresistibly bombarding Hermade Hill. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe "Echo de Paris" mentions a new giant French gun now being used at Verdun, which throws a shell nearly six miles high. ...
Article : 34 wordsCorrespondents declare that the Italian pressure is continuous, and that the Austrian line is cracking at various points. The Italian artillery is magnificent, and the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Admiralty reports that light naval forces, operating off the Jutland coast yesterday morning, destroyed a Zeppelin. There were no survivors. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe forts attacked by the tanks during the recent fighting consisted mainly of farm buildings, strengthened with concrete 5ft. thick. These places often proved ...
Article : 128 wordsIt is officially announced that the president of the Board of Trade (Sir Arthur Stanley) met the Associated Society of Railway Engineers and Firemen yesterday and ...
Article : 340 wordsThe "Corriere della Sera" says:—"The Austrians have been preparing for weeks to evacuate Trieste. All the archives and the valuables from the museums, churches. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe "Evening Standard" states that the German aeroplanes which passed over Holland last week intended to attack England, but returned owing to bad weather. ...
Article : 145 wordsA conspiracy trial of an unusual nature is proceeding in the Criminal Court before the Chief Justice. Three persons are concerned and it is alleged that two of them ...
Article : 412 wordsThe Germans are forcing the civilian inhabitants of Roulers, in Belgium, which is situated 13 miles north-east of Ypres, to prepare to evacuate the town and are ...
Article : 52 wordsAn Austrian communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"South of Auza, on the Isonzo, to-day the enemy slightly drove our front in. Our troops maintained their ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Labour Party's adjourned conference was opened yesterday. Mr. Arthur Henderson, ex-Minister, denied that he was deliberately and ...
Article : 630 wordsYesterday was the sixth day of the strike of lumpers at Fremantle. The wharves were almost deserted, and the day passed without incident. The strikers met at the ...
Article : 291 wordsA French Eastern communique issued early yesterday stated: "There was a violent artillery duel yesterday in the Cerna bend and north of Monastir. Our ...
Article : 80 wordsThe amendments to the War Time Profits Tax Assessment Bill, which the Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) will ask the House of Representatives to agree to, ...
Article : 538 wordsA proclamation issued under the Munitions War Act on Friday prohibited the railway drivers and firemen from striking, and made it illegal to apply union funds ...
Article : 36 wordsThe verdict in connection with the disaster to the steamer City of Athens was that the vessel was sunk by a British submerged mine in consequence of being ...
Article : 62 wordsParliament has adjourned to October 16. The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reviewing the secret session states:—"The warlike improvement ...
Article : 140 wordsThe correspondence that passed between Sir Robert Borden (Prime Minister) and Mr. Rogers, who has just resigned the portfolio of Minister for Works, has been ...
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Advertising : 74 wordsAt the beginning of the present month a big effort was made under the auspices of the Red Cross Society to augment the Prisoners of War Fund. From the initiation ...
Article : 182 wordsThe United States has loaned to England £10,000,000, making the total amount of American loans to the Allies £391,200,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. James W. Gerard, recently American Ambassador at Berlin, has been made a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath in recognition of his services to British prisoners ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is semi-officially announced that the United States has no programme for discussion with the Japanese mission, but that anything the latter desires to discuss will ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Watt), replying to Mr. Heitmann, said that there was no transport available by which ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 23 Aug 1917, Page 5
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