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 ...
Article : 936 wordsThe 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 ...
Article : 3,658 wordsA 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 wordsRepatriated Australians belonging to the 27th Battalion captured at Dernacourt on April 5 include Private Cottell, of Cairns, and Private Duminski, of Albion, ...
Article : 145 wordsThe 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 wordsNews has been received that Lieut. G. K. Freeman has received the Military Medal. Mrs. T. Helliwell. Albany-road, Gosnells, ...
Article : 902 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Express," telegraphed from France on Tuesday:— "The Canadians, in penetrating Start Wood ...
Article : 501 wordsThe members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce entertained Mr. W. M. Hughes at luncheon yesterday, some 300 representatives of Lancashire's industrial ...
Article : 301 wordsThe 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 wordsSome 23,000 officers whom the Bolshevik Government interned in Moscow have been released in consequence of popular demonstrations having taken place. ...
Article : 32 wordsGeneral Semenoff's troops after their recent "set back," have resumed operations against some seven thousand Bolshevik troops around Khailar (Manchuria), where ...
Article : 81 wordsMajor-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 wordsMr. G. Gilmour, special representative of the Australian Press Association in France, in a message despatched on Sunday, said:— ...
Article : 1,170 wordsMr. 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 wordsThere 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 wordsAllegations 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 wordsThe Paris newspaper "Le Journal" asserts that Lieutenant Schweiger, who commanded the German submarine which torpedoed the British liner Lusitania has ...
Article : 79 wordsAmerican troops attacked German troops on the Samioches front, and Germans attacked Americans. The struggle continues on the Fismette front. ...
Article : 30 wordsAn 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 wordsReplying to the Norwegian Government's protest, Germany offers compensation whenever it is proved that a Norwegian vessel has been torpedoed without warning ...
Article : 77 wordsThe 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 wordsThe following French eastern communique was issued on Tuesday evening:—"In Albania our troops effected without molestation a slight withdrawal. Contact with ...
Article : 35 wordsThe "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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsA 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 wordsYesterday 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 wordsMr. 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 wordsThe 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 wordsAn 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 wordsThe following aviation reports have been made available:— London, Aug. 27 (9.35 a.m.) (from the Air Ministry).—"The attack on Mannheim ...
Article : 226 wordsThe following American wireless news has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:— Detroit (Michigan).—The Polish ...
Article : 339 wordsYesterday morning the British troops launched an attack from the old shellshattered, tumbled moorland which was once Pozieres. For the fourth time in ...
Article : 678 wordsIn 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" ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 29 Aug 1918, Page 5
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