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  2. BALKAN BATTLES.

    The French army in Serbia, during a battle fought near Valandovo yesterday, defeated the Bulgarians. They are now pursing them to the frontier. ...

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  3. RUSSIA'S REVIVAL.

    A communique issued on Saturday stated:—"The Russians crossed the Upper Sars, south-east of Baranovitchi, taking 1,600 prisoners." ...

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  4. CALLANT BLACK WATCH.

    Although the British attack northward of La Basse on September 25 paled before that of Loos, it was nevertheless memorable for the superb gallantry of the Black ...

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  5. PORTUGUESE AID.

    The Portuguese Government is arranging to receive British wounded from the Dardanelles and Serbia, and is preparing the necessary hospital accommodation. ...

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  6. THE DARDANELLES.

    Have we failed at the Dardanelles? is a question which Sir Conan Doyle undertakes to answer in a striking article in the "Daily Chronicle." In a plea for ...

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  7. A TURKISH TALE.

    A Turkish communique issued on Sunday evening stated:—"Our gunners damaged an enemy torpedoer off Djugbair yesterday. The vessel was subsequently towed to ...

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  8. A TRAITOR PUNISHED.

    At the Old Bailey yesterday a British subject was sentenced to penal servitude for life for collecting information regarding Britain's forces and munitions and ...

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  9. EGYPT'S DEFENCE.

    The Sultan of Egypt has undertaken to raise 500,000 troops to defend the country against a Turkish attack. ...

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  10. ITALIAN LINER SUNK.

    In the Aegean Sea yesterday a German submarine sank the Italian liner Sicilia, without giving the vessel any warning. ...

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  11. THE "LABOUR LEADER" RAID.

    The Court has ordered the destruction of documents once in possession of the Independent Labour Party, which were seized during the raid on the "Labour Leader's" ...

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  12. THE KING'S APPEAL.

    Through the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Fergus[?] who is in Sydney the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) has received a message from the King calling ...

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  13. CAPE HELLES LANDING.

    Mr. Nevinson, a war correspondent, in a lecture on the Gallipoli campaign states:—"The men were shot down so quickly at the landing at Cape Helles that the spectators ...

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  14. THE HOHENZOLLERN REBOUBT.

    A Reuter's correspondent who visited the Hobenzollern redoubt in the north-west of France last week reports:—"The redoubt is shaped like a horseshoe, with a frontage of ...

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  15. POLITICS AND WAR.

    It is doubtful whether Mr. Asquith will be sufficiently well to attend at the House of Commons before Thursday. It is expected that the questions of the ...

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  16. RUSSIAN NAVAL SUCCESS.

    The accuracy of the Russian shooting caused an indecribable panic at Varns and Burgas. Seven divisions of Bulgarians are on the ...

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  17. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    On Monday 70 men were examined for the expeditionary forces and 49 were accepted. To-day 27 men volunteered at Adelaide and 17 were accepted for active ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR.

    An Army Order mentions Captain Oswald Watt, the Australian aviator, as a fine officer, who has exhibited great coolness and daring in many dangerous ...

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  19. BRITISH SUBMARINE SUCCESS.

    It is officially announced that a British submarine near Libau, towards the end of last week, sank a German cruiser of the Prinz Adalbert type. ...

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  20. ENTENTE'S NOTE TO GREECE.

    It is reported that the Quadruple Entente has presented an energetic Note to Greece, with a fixed period for her reply. ...

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  21. GERMAN ADVANCE STOPPED.

    The postponement of the German advance in Serbia is attributed to their considerable losses and a lack of reinforcements. ...

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  22. THE LOSS ADMITTED.

    The German Admiralty admits that the Prinz Adalbert herself was sunk on Saturday by two shots from a British submarine. Only portion of the crew was ...

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  23. STATE WAR COUNCIL.

    The State War Council, consisting of a number of representative local men, appears to be in a quandary as to its exact position and status. To this matter, ...

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  24. A WOMAN IMPOSTOR.

    Nellie Baker, an Australian dressed in khaki, and with her arm in a sling, was sentenced at Blackpool yesterday to six weeks' imprisonment for having obtained ...

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  25. ITALY'S CAMPAIGN.

    Yesterday's communique states:—"We obtained further successes in Ledro Valley, occupying the northern heights dominating the Bezzecoa basin. We repulsed an attack ...

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  26. REQUEST TO SERBIA.

    It is understood that Great Britain and France have asked the Serbian headquarters to resist for five more days, and that then etrective aid will be forthcoming. ...

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  27. TEMPORARY COMMANDS.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received a cablgram from General Birdwood to the effect that Lieutenant-Colonel Paton of the 25th ...

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  28. THE VELES STRUGGLE.

    A message from Athens emphasises the strategic importance of the fighting round Veles, which is in mountainous country, and states that if the Allies bring up ...

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  29. THE COURLAND ACTION.

    The Russian expedition in Courland, which was stronger than the Germans imagined, has pressed forward since Saturday morning, the Germans falling back. It is ...

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  30. SELF-CONVICTED.

    The French Embassy issued the following text of a letter found on a German soldier's body:—"When we captured a French trench on September 14, it was so crowded that ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN HARVEST.

    The Commonwealth High Commissioner (Sir George Reid), in a speech at Leeds, appealed to shipowners and millers to give the best treatment to the Australian wheat ...

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  32. GERMAN BRIRES TO GREECE.

    Dr. E. J. Dillon, in a message from Rome to the "Daily Telegraph," states:—"King Constantine recently promised the Kaiser to maintain the neutrality of ...

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  33. JUNCTION OF ENEMIES.

    The "Petit Parrisier's" Athens correspondant advises that the reports of the Serbian success in the north are confirmed. The Austro-Germans, being unable to junction ...

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  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The ninety-eighth list of casualties of Western Australian members of the Australian Imperial Forces engaged in the Dardanelles operations has been released by ...

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  35. RUSSIAN CAPTURES.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Petrograd reports that nothing like a full reckoning of the prisoners taken is shown in the recent Russian ...

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  36. CAPTURED GUNS.

    The German guns captured at Loos will be placed on public view on the Horse Guards Parade after next Wednesday. ...

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  37. BELGIUM'S OPPRESSORS.

    The German authorities have deported to Germany 7,500 Belgians of military age. ...

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  38. GALLIPOLI PROBLEM.

    There is much discussion of the prospects of the Gallipoli campaign, the consensus of expert opinion being that the Government is as determined as ever to push on to ...

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  39. THE BALKAN POSITION.

    The "Temps" expresses the opinion that the Serbian resistance deserves more rapid and more energetic help. The journal adds:—"Britain has to consider how she is ...

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  40. THE ZEPPELIN RAIDS.

    Inquests on the bodies of two persons who were injured by bombs thrown during the recent Zeppelin raids and who subsequently dred, were concluded ...

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  41. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The police have arrested Walter Scholta and Robert Fay on a charge of conspiracy. They were found in permission of dynamite caps. The men were equipped with a motor ...

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  42. NURSE CAVELL'S DEATH.

    The King and Queen have written to the mother of Nurse Cavell expressing their horror at the appalling deed, and adding that men and women of the ...

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  43. ENEMY STORIES.

    A Berlin communique issued on Sunday evening stated:—The Russians who forced a landing near Domes Ness returned to their vessel before the approach of the ...

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  44. HUNS AND VANDALS.

    Austrian areoplanes yesterday bombed the Pia[?]a of St. Mark in Venice, also the Church Degli Scalzi, damaging famous paintings by Tintoretto. ...

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  45. EXPENSIVE TO CONQUER.

    The "[?] A[?]ger" of Berlin, referring to the Serhian retreat states that General Mackensen's booty was practically nil. The Serbians strongly fortified new defensive ...

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  46. TRIESTE BOMBARDED.

    An Austrian communique issued yesterday evening states that enemy airmen bombed Trieste killing two and wounding 12 inhabitants. ...

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  47. OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT.

    A communique issued yesterday stated. "The first Franco-Bulgarian encounter on the 21st at Rabrovo was unfavourable to the enemy, who attacked on the following ...

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  48. GERMAN AERIAL LOSSES.

    The "Bourse Gazette" states that the German serial losses in the Baltic provinces up to date include two Zeppelins, four Albatrosses, 12 Tanbes, and one ...

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  49. ROUMANIA'S ATTITUDE.

    In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, M. Filipescu (Unionist) delievered a sensational speech, in which he accused the Government of evasion concerning military ...

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  50. BRITISH NEWS.

    An O[?]Council has been published abrogating Article 57 of the Declaration of London, whereby a merchant ship's flag is the sole test of her nationality, and ...

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  51. MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS.

    A [?] skrim of circumstances, pointing either to the institution of a new commence-raiding campaign by the Germans in the Carribean Sea, or the beginning of a ...

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  52. BRITISH AND GERMAN METHODS.

    Sir John Simon (Secretary of State for Home Affairs) in an interview yesterday said with reference to the Cavell trial:—"It offers no parallel to Britain's treatment of ...

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  53. THE SERBIAN REPORT.

    A communique issued last night stated:—"Three battalions have crossed the Drina near Vishegrad. The Bulgarians are strongly pressing towards Kniazevatz and ...

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  54. THE DVINSK BATTLE.

    The "[?] [?]" states that 80,000 Germans are now on the Dvinsk front between Illutz and Lrisviaty, where they have already lost over 40,000. The enemy ...

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  55. A POPULAR COMMANDER.

    This morning General Walker, commanding the 1st Australian Division, was wounded in the arm and hip. He was making a tour of the defences, which it is his habit ...

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  56. ENEMY STATEMENTS.

    A Bulgarian communique issued on Sunday evening stated:—"We are advancing between Kniashevatz and Ziatchar and have reached the left bank of the Timok. ...

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  57. RUSSIAN FINANCE.

    A ukase issued on Saturday authorised credit operations abroad to the extent of £550,000,000. The Minister for Finance foreshadows the reformation of the fiscal ...

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  58. BULGARIA'S MILITARISM.

    A telegram from Sofia states that M. Stamboulivsky has been sentenced to imprisonment for life on a charge of having promoted an anti-militarist agitation. ...

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  59. GERMANY'S FOOD.

    The extraordinary scenes that took place recently in the meat markets of Berlin are described in the "Voerwaerts," the leading Socialist journal of Germany. The ...

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  60. MORE GERMAN EXCUSES.

    An inspired German telegram makes new allegations against Nurse Cavell "in view of the incorrect and exaggerated foreign comments." It states : "A long trial proved ...

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  61. THE WESTERN THEATRE.

    A communique issued yesterday afternoon stated:—"We have had an important success in the Champagne district, capturin, the Courtine work north of ...

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  62. GERMANY'S AIM.

    The Earl of Cromer in a letter to the "Times" states: "Germany's success against Russia induced the Bulgarian King to join with Germany and the King of Greece to ...

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  63. THE CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN.

    Messrs. C. E. H. Hobhouse, P. Alden, and J. H. Whitehouse, M's.P., have on behalf of the anti-conscriptionist members of the House of Commons, issued a manifesto ...

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  64. A MINERS' CORPS.

    Preparations are well afoot for despatching from Australia to the front an Australian Miners Corps, and the military authorities of France street are inviting ...

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  65. SERBIAN SECOND LINE.

    It was reported yesterday that the Austro-German forces which crossed the Drina above Vishegrad have turned the Serbian second line ...

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  66. WOMEN AND WAR.

    Herr Zimmerman, the Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office, in a message from Berlin declared: "The female sex in law has only one preference, namely, that a woman in a ...

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  67. DEDEAGATCH BOMBARDMENT.

    An aeroplane directed the fire of twenty battleships in the attack on Dedeagatch. A thousand soldiers of the garrison were killed, and many wounded. The 40th ...

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  68. THE GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique issued on Sunday evening stated: "We immediatly ejected the enemy who penetrated our positions north-east of Souchez. Enemy airmen ...

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  69. A GERMAN SCHEMER DEAD.

    Baron von Wangenheim, formerly German Ambassador at Constantinople, died yesterday after a short illness. He was a personal friend of the ...

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  70. UNPRECEDENTED MISERY.

    An official statement declares that the scarcity and high prices of food in Germany have caused a panic. The Imperial Chancellor (Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg) ...

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  71. A FEINT ATTACK.

    The landing at Karatchali (on the north shore of the Gulf of Saros) early in August, it is now explained, was merely a feint carried out by 380 Cretan ...

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  72. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.

    The reorganisation of the hospitals and the arrangements at Horse Ferry-road to deal with convalescents has left the problem of treating Australian officers and men on ...

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  73. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Sir John French reported on Sunday:—"There has been considerable artillery activity during the last three days southward of the La Bassee Canal, but no infantry ...

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  74. ANTHNIAN ATROCITIES.

    Reuter's correspondent at the Dardanelles states:—"The stories of the Armenian horrors have been fully confirmed by an eye witness, who in one instance saw ...

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  75. KING FERDINAND DECORATED.

    A German wireless message announces that the Kaiser has conferred the Iron Cross on King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. ...

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  76. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    In the House of Assembly to-day Mr. Young asked the Premier (Mr. C. Vaughan) to ascertain as promptly as possible whether it was the intention of the Federal ...

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  77. AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

    The American Note to Great Britain on the blockade of German ports and the [?] of American cargoes declares: "The British order-in-council is illegal under ...

    Article : 125 words
  78. A BULGARIAN VIEW

    The Sofia correspondent of the "Nienws van den Dag" telegraphed on Saturday :—"It may be considered certain that the Entente's undertaking in the Dardanelles has ...

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  79. A DISGRACED AMBASSADOR.

    The "Vossiche Zeitung," a Berlin journal, states that the Emperor Francis Joseph has knighted Dr. Dumba, whom the American Government recently expelled from ...

    Article : 53 words
  80. THE KING IN FRANCE.

    His Majesty the King is paying a visit to the British army in France. Yesterday his Majesty visited the English, Canadian, Australian, and Indian ...

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