The Russian and enemy accounts of the recent fighting on the Eastern front fail to agree; but the cables indicate that no marked change in the general position has taken place. The offensive against Warsaw has not made material progress. The Austrians achieved a small success in the ...
Article : 152 wordsReuter's correspondent at the Dardanelles, describing the fighting in the Achi Baba region on the 12th and 13th, states that the intense heat was ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is officially stated that the number of British soldiers killed in France since the beginning of the war is 48,372, and not 45,372, as previously announced. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 wordsAt a Court-Martial opened yesterday at the Guildhall, Westminster, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Prior, commanding the transport depot at Deptford, was charged ...
Article : 116 wordsAn employee of a salvage company, who has just returned from Constantinople, where he was engaged in repairing warships, states that the Turks are within sight of ...
Article : 144 wordsTwo German submarines raided the Faroe fishing bank and shelled the trawlers without warning. The crews of the submarines jeered at the fisherman, shouting: "We ...
Article : 295 wordsA Turkish communique accuses the Allies of using asphyxiating shells. This probably foreshadows the intention of the Turko-Germans to use such shells ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 388 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary to the War Office, announced that a certain amount of enteric fever and dysentery ...
Article : 39 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-night the Foodstuffs Commission Bill was passed. The Bill enables the Commissioners to obtain returns from holders of foodstuffs, and is ...
Article : 44 wordsTurkey has recently purchased from Bulgaria all the material captured from, her in the Balkan war, including guns, shells, and cartridges. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn pursuance of a promise which he made some time ago, Mr. J. Wren has decided to give £500 and a gold medal to Lance-Corporal Jacks, as he was the first Australian ...
Article : 96 wordsLord Methuen, Governor of Malta, states that there is at present perfect hospital accommodation here for 6,000 wounded soldiers, and that this will be increased to ...
Article : 46 wordsA communique issued late last night stated. "The position on the Dwina and the Niemen is unchanged. The enemy to the south-west of Kovno were re[?]ulsed on. ...
Article : 210 wordsThe amendment to the Coal Prices Bill, moved by Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, to bring within the scope of the measure all contracts made ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Italians are now masters of the lower Isonzo, and hold all the dominating points in western Carso from where the Austrians were once able to shell the crossings. ...
Article : 127 wordsIn the Senate to-day, The Honorary Minister (Senator Russell) moved the second reading of the War Loan (Imperial Government) Bill. He said ...
Article : 241 wordsA communique issued yesterday evening concerning the operations in Asiatic Turkey stated:—"The enemy have been strongly reinforced in the Mush region, and they ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Justice Rich to-day concluded the hearing of evidence in connection with the inquiry made by him, as a Royal Commission, into charges made by Mr. Orchard. ...
Article : 120 wordsSir Edward Grey yesterday telegraphed to Mr. Lansing, American Secretary of State, that Britain was preparing another Note to the United States on the subject of ...
Article : 63 wordsIt is officially reported that Russian torpedo boats bombarded Samosoun and Rizeh on the Black Sea, killing 150 Turkish sailors. ...
Article : 32 wordsAn Austrian light cruiser and four destroyers yesterday bombarded the Adriatic coast railway between Senigallia and Pesaro, and also the towns of [?]ano and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe French troops, after a brilliant engagement, have occupied the important town of Lome in the Cameroons. The German troops mutinied and deserted. The ...
Article : 83 wordsThe "Cotton Gazette" states that data collected from authoritative sources show that about 900,000 bales of cotton entered Germany through neutral sources during ...
Article : 34 wordsThe fifty-seventh list of casualties among the members of the Australian Imperial Forces engaged in the Dardanelles' operations was released by the Censor last night, ...
Article : 2,423 wordsThe newspapers of Rome express satisfaction with the British manifesto to Italy, and declare that it proves the continuance of the traditional Anglo-Italian friendship. ...
Article : 66 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day, The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) moved the second reading of the War Pensions Amendment Bill. At present, he said, ...
Article : 250 wordsIt is officially reported that 70,000 bales of cotton destined for Sweden were recently stopped in England. After inquiry 55,000 bales were allowed to proceed, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe following Berlin communique was issued yesterday:—"We repulsed a Russian attack from Mitau. We are closely following the retresting enemy between ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsIn reply to the Pope's appeal the Austro-Hungarian Government has promised to respect churches and sacred monuments in Italy if these are not used for military ...
Article : 39 wordsAt a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society to-day, a letter was received from the military authorities stating that the society's show grounds were required for ...
Article : 88 wordsSir Edward Hain, speaking at a meeting of the London Shipowners Society yesterday, said that whatever were the criticisms of Britain's unpreparedness for ...
Article : 146 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" states that within a short space of time every large workshop in India will be making munitions, and that general work in the railway ...
Article : 40 wordsItaly has received no reply to her protest against the Turkish persecution of Italian subjects. A diplomatic rupture is regarded as probable. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that he was unaware whether the death sentences passed on the ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day, On the subject of delays which have occurred in the production of uniforms and other equipment for the expeditionary ...
Article : 173 wordsA communique issued yesterday stated:— "As a measure of reprisal for the bombardment of Furnes and Dunkirk, we have bombarded the German cantonments ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,139 wordsThe following communique was issued yesterday.—"We have occupied Monte Lavanech, and have established ourselves on the heights dominating the right slopes of ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Archbishop of York, in giving his experiences of a ten-days' visit to the Grand Fleet, said that it seemed as if there was one word written on every ship, ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. Nadaud, a correspondent of the "Journal" has interviewed a number of German prisoners, many of whom have fought on both fronts. They declare that ...
Article : 155 wordsThe War Pensions Amending Bill, which was introduced in the House of Representatives to-day, includes in the definition of the army medical corps, nurses accepted ...
Article : 558 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday Lord Newton stated that the payments to dependents of married soldiers amounted to £750,000 weekly. The War Office did not ...
Article : 78 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-night Mr. Elmslie, Leader of the Opposition, moved —"That in the opinion of the House definite action should be taken by the ...
Article : 87 wordsA Danish aeroplane fell into the sea near here yesterday, two naval officers being killed. Concurrently with the submarine ...
Article : 43 wordsAn official German report states:—"We compelled a French aeroplane to descend north-west of Tourcoing, and we captured a British aeroplane and two aviators near ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for the Home Department, announced that the Internment Committee had ...
Article : 104 wordsA Vienna communique claims that the Italian attack on the Carso plateau has again been repulsed after heavy hand-to-hand fighting. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Greene (N.S.W.) moved the adjournment of the House, to draw attention to the manner in which nurses leaving for the ...
Article : 710 wordsAll men in Schleswig between the ages of 39 and 50 who have had no previous service have been called up at two hours' notice. ...
Article : 33 wordsGerman prisoners state that a shell killed General von Leppert when he was visiting the Germon trenches at La Foutelle. ...
Article : 25 wordsA correspondent of the Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger," describing the battle on the Isonzo, refers to it as incomparable with anything which has yet taken place. ...
Article : 83 wordsSir Edwin Cornwall, Sir Frederick Cawley, Mr. Ellis Griffith, Captain F. E. Guest, Major-General Sir Ivor Herbert, Sir Alfred Mond. Mr. Dudley Ward, Mr. J. C. ...
Article : 102 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. J. G. Butcher, K.C., asked whether, in view of the amount imported from Australia, it would be possible to issue mutton ...
Article : 84 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Athens reports that arrivals from the Dardanelles state that the Turks apparently believe that the Allies will choose ...
Article : 102 wordsIt is unofficially stated that the Austrians have been retreating from Gorizia since Monday, suffering enormous losses. The evacuation of Podgora is only a ...
Article : 52 wordsUnder the new drink regulations the hotels on the Clyde and in other Scottish industrial areas are only allowed to open on Saturdays, between 4 o'clock in the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 29 Jul 1915, Page 7
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