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  2. ALLIES' HAMMER BLOWS

    London, Aug. 27 (1.55 p.m.) (from Field Marshal Haig).—"There was severe fighting on Monday afternoon and evening between Maricourt and Bapaume, also ...

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  3. THE LEFROY MINISTRY.

    The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. P. Collier) continued the debate in the Legislative Assembly yesterday on the Address-in-Reply, and in a speech lasting nearly ...

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  4. ANOTHER HUN ATROCITY.

    A clear case of a German submarine attempting to sink "without a trace" has been revealed by the French Government. The steamer Lyndiane was torpedoed ...

    Article : 282 words
  5. BRITISH NEWS.

    Repatriated Australians belonging to the 27th Battalion captured at Dernacourt on April 5 include Private Cottell, of Cairns, and Private Duminski, of Albion, ...

    Article : 145 words
  6. MESSAGE FROM FOCH.

    The Governor-General has received the following cable message from Marshal Foch, in reply to a message of congratulation from his Excellency on the success of ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. MISCELLANEOUS.

    News has been received that Lieut. G. K. Freeman has received the Military Medal. Mrs. T. Helliwell. Albany-road, Gosnells, ...

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  8. CANADIAN TROOPS.

    Mr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Express," telegraphed from France on Tuesday:— "The Canadians, in penetrating Start Wood ...

    Article : 501 words
  9. MR. W. M. HUGHES.

    The members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce entertained Mr. W. M. Hughes at luncheon yesterday, some 300 representatives of Lancashire's industrial ...

    Article : 301 words
  10. GERMAN REPORTS.

    The British Admiralty on Tuesday intercepted the following wireless German official message:—"We arrested the enemy attack to the north of the Scarpe before our ...

    Article : 106 words
  11. RUSSIA.

    Some 23,000 officers whom the Bolshevik Government interned in Moscow have been released in consequence of popular demonstrations having taken place. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. SIBERIAN EXPEDITION.

    General Semenoff's troops after their recent "set back," have resumed operations against some seven thousand Bolshevik troops around Khailar (Manchuria), where ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. MILITARY SITUATION.

    Major-General Sir Frederick B. Maurice, military correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," says in the course of a review of the military situation after a ...

    Article : 417 words
  14. NEWS THAT THRILLED.

    Mr. G. Gilmour, special representative of the Australian Press Association in France, in a message despatched on Sunday, said:— ...

    Article : 1,170 words
  15. ALLIES AND CZECHO-SLOVAKS.

    Mr. Arno Dosch Fleurot, the New York "World's" correspondent at Petrograd, says that within two days 2,000 Russian officers, from subalterns to generals have been ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. PRISONERS ROBBED.

    There is evidence that a number of British prisoners of war in Germany are not receiving their food parcels, which are stolen or withheld by the German ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. COMMONWEALTH.

    Allegations have been made in the Labour Press that in the event of the voluntary system failing: Mr. Hughes (the Prime Minister) in order to secure ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. THE WAR AT SEA.

    The Paris newspaper "Le Journal" asserts that Lieutenant Schweiger, who commanded the German submarine which torpedoed the British liner Lusitania has ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. AMERICANS V. GERMANS.

    American troops attacked German troops on the Samioches front, and Germans attacked Americans. The struggle continues on the Fismette front. ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. GENERAL ITEMS.

    An Italian official message issued on Tuesday stated:—"The British to the westward of Asiago raided brilliantly the enemy's posts, and overcame the garrison ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. NORWEGIAN PROTEST.

    Replying to the Norwegian Government's protest, Germany offers compensation whenever it is proved that a Norwegian vessel has been torpedoed without warning ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. BRITISH FOURTH ARMY.

    The British Fourth Army captured over 200 guns. They are a very mixed lot, including several 5-9 naval guns, while others are 20 years old. The fighting at ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. ALBANIA.

    The following French eastern communique was issued on Tuesday evening:—"In Albania our troops effected without molestation a slight withdrawal. Contact with ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. HONOURS FOR NAVAL HEROES.

    The "London Gazette" contains stirring stories of deeds of heroism and indomitable courage in the course of a long list of "mentions" by Vice-Admiral Sir Roger ...

    Article : 581 words
  25. TRANSFERS TO GARRISON ARTILLERY.

    The District Commandant (Brigadier-General Williams) has called for applications from members of the A.I.F. who enlisted for general service for transfer to ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. SENUSSI LEADERS.

    The Sheik of the Senussi tribesmen, with his suite voyaged from Tripoli to Pola in a German submarine. They visited Vienna and are proceeding to Constantinople. ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. ITEMS FROM AMERICA.

    The New Zealanders during Monday night outflanked Bapaume and reached the railway to the north of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road. There is street fighting on the ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN COPPER.

    A renewal of the contract for the sale of Australia's output of copper to the British Ministry for Munitions was announced to-day by the Acting-Prime ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. AUSTRALIAN ADVANCE.

    Yesterday the Australian infantry pushed on south of the Somme towards Cappy. The Germans had been firing with a single field gun, which was planted on the road ...

    Article : 243 words
  30. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Moran, of 16 Brisbane-terrace, Perth, have received word that their second son, Private A. S. Moran, was killed in action on August 7. ...

    Article : 417 words
  31. AMERICA.

    The Senate has accepted tentatively an amendment of the Man Power Bill, providing for the "work or fight" proposal, and stipulating that the provision should ...

    Article : 58 words
  32. "DIGGERS."

    An officer who is just back from the front relates that the first question asked by an Americanised German prisoner was, "Say, why do they call Australians ...

    Article : 220 words
  33. AVIATION REPORTS.

    The following aviation reports have been made available:— London, Aug. 27 (9.35 a.m.) (from the Air Ministry).—"The attack on Mannheim ...

    Article : 226 words
  34. WIRELESS NEWS.

    The following American wireless news has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:— Detroit (Michigan).—The Polish ...

    Article : 339 words
  35. SCENES IN POZIERES.

    Yesterday morning the British troops launched an attack from the old shellshattered, tumbled moorland which was once Pozieres. For the fourth time in ...

    Article : 678 words
  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In June last the London cable messages contained a reference to the internment of British airmen in Holland after a fight with the enemy. The London "Times" ...

    Article : 330 words
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