The only news of note from the western theatre of war in Europe states that the Germans suffered very heavy losses at Angres, and that the Allies captures 400 prisoners. Eighteen French aeroplanes of Wednesday dropped bombs into Ludwigahafen, the chief manufacuring place of material for the production of Germany's poison gas, and caused great destruction. ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Admiralty has announced that the battle ship Majestic, supporting the operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula, has been torpedoed and sunk. Nearly all the officers ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 3,481 wordsFurther details of the German air raid on Southend show that a Zoppelin was seen coming from a north-casterly direction at 10.50 p.m. After circling over Southend ...
Article : 124 wordsAn official Turkish version of the sinking of the Triumph states:—On midday Tuesday the Triumph passed slowly before Ariburna accompanied by two tropedoers. The ...
Article : 136 wordsThe "Daily Express" states that Lord Fisher intimated to the Government that he would return to the Admiralty only on his own terms, namely, the inclusion of his ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Admiralty, referring to the exploits of the British submarine E11, reported yesterday that she sank a Turkish vessel in the Sea of Marmora which had on board a ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is officially announced that Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson has been appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, and that Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson will remain on the ...
Article : 47 wordsH.M.S. T RIUMPH. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 3 wordsA large meeting of Australians was held at the Trocadero yesterday to devise means to help the Australian wounded who are coming to England. Sir George Reid (High ...
Article : 222 wordsThe following communique was issued yesterday:—Eighteen French aeroplanes, each carrying 50-kilogramme projectiles, to-day bombared the aniline dve works at ...
Article : 122 wordsIt is estimated that the German casualties in the Western Galician drive already number 106,000. ...
Article : 29 wordsDetails of the fighting at Gabatepe last Friday show that the Turks attacked at 3 o'clock in the morning and made desperate assaults in serried columns for 12 hours, ...
Article : 128 wordsMilitary critics point out that the Russian trenches to the South cast of Przemysl are fortified with reinforced concrete, and that this accounts for the determined ...
Article : 38 wordsThe "Journal des Debats," differing from the majority of the French newspapers, says that the question of compulsory service in Britain is not of practical ...
Article : 82 wordsA communique issued at Vienna yesterday evening stated:—"We captured Nienowice and the Hosodysko heights to-day and took 2,000 prisoners and six guns. We ...
Article : 64 wordsReferring to the German aeroplane which was brought down into the German lines on the 21st., "Eyewitness" states "that the machine fell headlong on the parapet of a ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Press Bureau at Cairo announces that General Birdwood has reported that during the suspension of hostilities to enable the Turks to bury their dead, much ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Lloyd George presided over a meeting of the Munitions Committee yesterday, those attending including Lord Kitchener, the Marquis of Crewe, and Lord Curzon. ...
Article : 32 wordsArchduke Joseph Ferdinand has concentrated strong reinforcements on an eight-mile line from Hussakow to six miles behind the Lember railway which ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Empire Parliamentary Association entertained the New Zealand nurses yesterday at the Houses of Parliament, prior to their departure for Egypt. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Admiralty has announced that the auxiliary vessel Princess Irene was accidentally blown up at Sheerness yesterday and that 77 dockyard workers perislied. ...
Article : 141 wordsThe ship Morwenna, bound from Montreal to Cardiff in ballast, was torpedoed and shelled when 100 miles from St. Anns Head (Wales). The crew were landed, but it is ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Operatic Spinners' Amalgamation in Lancashire has demanded a general advance of 10 per cent in wages, despite their agreement not to ask for a change of wages ...
Article : 65 wordsH.MS. MAJESTIC. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2 wordsReuter's correspondent at the British headquarters reports that the only result achieved by the Germans in Monday's gas attack near Ypres was to inflict terrible ...
Article : 159 wordsThe High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, and the Agents-General for the various Australian States hade farewell to Mr. Lewis Harcourt, at the office of the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Betty has been torpedced and sunk in the North Sea. The crew were landed at Shields yesterday. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe newspapers are reserving judgment on the question whether the Nebraskan was mined or tropedoed. They point out that if the vessel was torpedoed by a German ...
Article : 58 wordsA complaint was recently made to the Postmaster-General (Mr. Spence) by the Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament (Mr. Cook) that a rule in the ...
Article : 104 wordsIt is unofficially stated that a large party of refitters in addition to the dockers and crew, were on board the vessel. Two pillars of flames at intervals of a few ...
Article : 157 wordsThe official report issued at Berlin denies that statement by the British "Eyewitness" that German artillery fired on the Saxon troops who were wishing to surrender, and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe following official report has been issued in Rome:—"We have occupied Sellaprevala and also the approaches to Valdagna. Our casualties were few and the ...
Article : 80 wordsOn Thursday the Allies at Sedd-el-Bahr advanced 10 kilometers and hold a strongly fortified line near Krithia. At Achi Bahr heavy losses were inflicted on the Turks ...
Article : 37 wordsA communique issued last night stated:—"A very stubborn battle on both banks of the San between Przemysl and the River Lubasz continues with great intensity. The ...
Article : 132 wordsDjavid Pasha has, in consequence of the decision of the Young Turks, gone to Berlin to announce that Turkey will conclude a separate peace with the Allies. ...
Article : 37 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day the Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Jensen) submitted a return covering the period, from August 25, 1914, to May 25. ...
Article : 274 wordsThe Princess Irene, which was largely manned at Chatham, had only left the dockyard 24 hours previously. She was moored to a buoy 350 yards from the shore. ...
Article : 454 wordsThe "Echo de Paris" reports that General von Sanders, who has had command of the Turkish operations at the Dardanelles, has been wounded, and has ...
Article : 50 wordsA message from Budapest yesterday stated that Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier and Minister of the Interior, referring in the Chamber of Deputies to ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Russian commander-in-chief in the Caucasus reports that his troops have occupied Urumiah. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 29 May 1915, Page 11
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