Official accounts of the recent fighting in France and Belgium indicate that the Allies are more than holding their own. German reports boast of the annihilation of a British force north-west of La Bassee; but this is not confirmed. The French communique mentions fairly substantial successes all along the extended line, and a correspondent at Dunkirk states that the French offensive from Lorette to Neuville has placed a strong body of the enemy in dire straits. ...
Article : 244 wordsMr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking at Shrewsbury yesterday, said that victory could not be won by soldiers and sailors unless they ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is reported that 115,000 men are employed at the Essen gunworks, making especially big guns, of very long range. ...
Article : 31 wordsA cable communication has been received by the Navy Office at Melbourne from the Commonwealth naval representative in London stating that Lieutenant-Commander ...
Article : 66 wordsLast night's communique stated that the enemy on the Bzura front spread a cloud of asphyxiating gas along a front of several miles. Our troops on the right bank of ...
Article : 125 wordsReports from Rome state that although the condition of the King of Greece has improved his case is considered to be hopeless ...
Article : 33 wordsThe cotton operatives who threatened to strike have agreed to submit their demands to arbitration without any cessation of work. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 wordsThe Russians have confiscated a substantial consignment of bar gold from Mongolia, destined for a German bank. The gold was despatched under a Chinese name. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the German submarine U29, which was very active off the Scilly Islands during March, was sunk by a British warship. ...
Article : 33 wordsAdvices from Germany state that the mails from the Swedish steamer Thorsten, which was recently seized and removed to Germany, have been handed, unopened, to ...
Article : 37 wordsAccording to proclamations approved on Saturday by the Executive Council higher prices will come into operation to-morrow for butter, bran, and pollard. The new ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 724 wordsIt is officially stated that an Italian fleet has been co-operating with the British and French in the Mediterranean, and policing the Adriatic, seeking out the petrol depots ...
Article : 47 wordsSir Thomas Smartt, Leader of the Unionist Party, in the course of a speech, foreshadowed an opportunity for the young manhood of South Africa to join their ...
Article : 60 wordsA communique, issued late last night, states that the battle of Lubackzow, on Tuesday, was remarkable for a brilliant and bold attack by cavalry upon infantry, in ...
Article : 102 wordsChristiania newspapers demand a clear statement of the Government's attitude with respect to the destruction of Norwegian vessels by German submarines. ...
Article : 49 wordsIn a letter, an Australian trooper describes the operations on the Gallipoli Pennsula as a trial of nerves. He says the campaign has probably been more severe ...
Article : 186 wordsSeveral Berlin newspapers state that the Grand Duke Nicholas brought up splendidly trained troops from Odessa to Grodek, and in an address to them, said: "We will ...
Article : 43 wordsThe British vessel Ailsa (876 tons), bound from Norway to Leith, has been torpedoed. The crew were saved. The steamer Dulcie, bound from Shields ...
Article : 59 wordsThe correspondent of the "Observer" at Petrograd states that the object of the Austro-German attack on Lemberg is to impress Bulgaria and Roumania. The ...
Article : 66 wordsFor the week ending June 16 the shipping arrivals and departures totalled 1,347. Eight vessels were sunk, aggregating 26,076 tons, Five fishing vessels were also sunk. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe New York "Herald" states that German agents are buying 12 per cent of the ammunition produced at Hartford, 15 per cent. from Bridgeport, and 10 percent. ...
Article : 171 wordsPrisoners report that the Russians forced the Austrians, who invaded Bessarabia on the Roumanian frontier, to retreat to Bojan, and captured a great quantity of ...
Article : 42 wordsIt was reported from Gaba Tepe (the Dandanelles) on June 8 that everything was quiet around Auzac, except at Quinnspost, where there was constant hard ...
Article : 119 wordsFriday night's communique stated:—"There was a violent artillery duel north of Arras, where our front has not been modified. We reached the outskirts of ...
Article : 263 wordsAn officer of the 13th London Territorials describes his battalions' share in the advance on Bois Grenier and Festubert in the operations in the Richebourg district ...
Article : 337 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung," in an article, deprecates any excessive optimism on Germany's part respecting the Galician struggle. It states:—"We must not forget that ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Germans claim that General Von Mackensen defeated the Russians, and drove them back to previously prepared positions near Grodek. ...
Article : 26 wordsThere is not usually a very large muster on Fridays at the Barracks as a rule, but last Friday proved an exception, as 183 passed before the enrolling officer. ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is stated by the "Frankfurter Zeitung" that 20 Armenians were executed on Tuesday in front of the War Office at Constantinople on a charge of intriguing to ...
Article : 61 wordsThe following communique was issued in Berlin yesterday:—"We attacked the Russian position at Grodek. The Russians are still holding out south of the Dniester. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) made an explanation yesterday morning, concerning the rejection of recruits on account of their teeth. Colonel Fetherstone, ...
Article : 111 wordsIn the American reply to the German Note concerning the sinking of the William Frye, the authorities do not admit that any American ship with contraband goods ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,834 wordsAn Austrian communique, issued on Friday, declared:—"We have occupied Tarnograd. The Russians between the Lower San and the Vistula have retired on several ...
Article : 117 words"Le Matin" publishes extracts from the Kaiser's letter to a Bavarian Court personage, in which the writer insists on the certainty of attaining "the sole object for ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Hungarian battalion which was annihilated when attacking north-east of Montenero had climbed the Vrata mountain, hoping to outflank the Italian ...
Article : 345 wordsIt was announced on Saturday by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) that he had received a cable message from Cairo, stating that 11 officers and 29 men of other ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsReuter's correspondent at the British headquarters states that a cartridge belt from a German machine gun, picked up in the Ypres area, had had the lead of ...
Article : 86 wordsA despatch from Sir John French, received yesterday, stated:—"We have occupied 250 yards of German trenches north of Hooge, which our successes forced the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Government is in favour of the present Parliament being extended for a year, There will be no municipal elections until November. ...
Article : 32 wordsThere was a meeting on Friday of the committee appointed at the public meeting at the Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday, in connection with the movement for a big ...
Article : 273 wordsA French officer describing the recent combat southward of Hebuterne stated:—"A battalion on our right was assailed by hand grenades and knives. That settled it. ...
Article : 58 wordsIn summing up in the case against two partners in Wm. Jacks and Co., who are charged with selling iron are to Krupps, Lord Strathelyde said that nothing short of ...
Article : 160 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that the German Government is considering whether it will prosecute the Archbishop of Cologne for treason, in publishing a special prayer ...
Article : 84 wordsThe correspondent of the Central News Agency at Dunkirk reports:—"The French offensive from Lorette to Neuvelle squeezed 150,000 Germans into a front of four and ...
Article : 165 wordsA man named [?] Cauvelier and his wife, both Belgians, and Henri Guraerot, a native of Dunkirk, all conducting a potato business at Capelle, have been sentenced to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 wordsDetails of the French air raid on Karisruhe-show that the first bomb fell near the Emperor's monument, in Kaiser Platz, tore up the tramway, and killed two people and ...
Article : 125 wordsReferring to the death of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford "Le Journale" says that Warneford described several large circles, and made several rapid descents. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 wordsWith a garrison averaging 30,000, and very powerful natural and artificial defences, multiplying the possibilities of resistance Tolmino is gradually becoming for ...
Article : 114 wordsThe casualty lists published to-day include 81 officers and 2,576 men, of both services. The 5th Battalion of the South Lancashires suffered 46 killed; the 2nd ...
Article : 53 wordsDuring the past nine days 400,000 German troops have traversed Belgium and 300,000 were sent to the fighting line where the French pressure was dangerous. ...
Article : 95 wordsThere was a large and influential gathering at the Town Hall on Friday, when it was decided that the Victorian division of the Red Cross Society should take steps ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Archbishop of York's Committee which has investigated the alleged increase in illegitimacy, on account of the war, reports that the rumours are without ...
Article : 64 wordsIt has been officially announced at Berlin that the last Prussian casualty lists total 71,483, bringing the grand total to 1,409,480. These are apart from the Saxon, ...
Article : 45 wordsA meeting of the executive committee of the Perth central branch was held at St. George's House on Wednesday last. There were present Mesdames Bruche (in the ...
Article : 556 wordsAs the delta of the River Isonzo is so shallow as to be impracticable to war ships, the Italian naval gunners silenced the batteries of Duino by means of ...
Article : 51 wordsLieutenant-Colonel R. E. Courtney, whose name appears among the list of wounded and sick, is a member of the legal firm of Courtney and Dunn, of Melbourne. He ...
Article : 101 wordsA Berling communique states that the British north-west of La Bassee suffered another defeat. "The British attacked," says the communique. "but were ...
Article : 55 wordsA communique states:—"Our artillery continued to bombard Malborghetto, the forts of which attempted to reply, but were silenced. On the night of Wednesday last ...
Article : 329 wordsThe production of Scotch malt whisky has decreased by 1,000,000 gallons for the season. ...
Article : 21 wordsReuter's correspondent at Sofia states that Ministers of the Triple Extents have met and exchanged views regarding the Bulgarian Note. The Note is couched in ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Italian submarine Medusa, which was sunk by two Austrian submarines, was reputed to be the fastest submarine in the world. The two Austrian Submarines were ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Government has decided to establish a national shell factory at Birmingham. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 21 Jun 1915, Page 7
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