The following official despatches have been issued:— London, March 28 (1 p.m.).—"Servere fighting occurred last night astride the Somme and northwards from Albert to ...
Article : 732 wordsThe German Foreign Office prolesses to have no knowledge of the recapture of Odessa by the Soviets. German newspapers report that the Black Sea between ...
Article : 64 wordsA long-range gun is bombarding Dunkirk. It has fired 26 shells in three days, and there have been five victims. ...
Article : 92 wordsReports received from the frontier are to the effect that all the available buildings in Western Germany have been converted into hospitals, and that the number of ...
Article : 163 wordsA wounded French captain, whose company was rushed up to the front in a motor lorry at a critical moment, says that they found themselves confronted ...
Article : 104 wordsThe American "tanker" Panlsboro engaged in an hour's fight with a submarine. The U boat sank. ...
Article : 27 wordsFire standard ships were launched on Wednesday, and of these four were built in the yards of Messrs. Harland and Wolff Ltd., Belfast. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe United Press Association's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Bolshevik leaders assert that the German offensive on the west front gives Russia ...
Article : 56 wordsThe German authorities have decided that all men of military age who are now in prison must join the army. ...
Article : 31 wordsSome of the German newspapers which have apparently been inspired emphasise the difficulties encounterd on the Western front, and warn the German public to ...
Article : 37 wordsThe "lucky bag" fete in aid of the Lith Battalion, to be held (through the kindness of his Excellency the Governor, Sir W. Ellison-Macartney) in Government House ...
Article : 92 wordsThe following official despatch has been received from the British headquarters in Mesopotamis:—"On March 26 we carried out a highly successful operation on the ...
Article : 202 wordsIn reply to President Wilson's message, Field Marshal Haig telegraphed:—"Your message has touched us all greatly. Accept the heartfelt thanks of one and all, ...
Article : 85 wordsOfficial opinion and the tone of the newspapers throughout the country reflect America's unshakable confidence in the ability of the British to hold the Germans. ...
Article : 366 wordsThe Council of Commissaries has asked Germany to say definitely to what width she intends to define the Ukraine frontiers, as they are already beyond the limits ...
Article : 55 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" (which is edited by Herr Theodore Wolff) says that General von Gallwitz's command on the western front embraces 250,000 Austrians. ...
Article : 31 wordsGerman papers sound a new note of anxiety regarding the offensive fearing the results from the bringing up of the Allied reserves. The "Vossieche Zeitung" ...
Article : 70 wordsThe newspapers are giving prominence to the remainder of Prince Lichnowsky's "Apologia," which is a long and astoundin document, proving fully the ex-Ambassador's ...
Article : 416 wordsMr. McCallum Smith has received the following report by Lieutenant Harold D. Nanman concerning the death of his brother at the front:—"I was chosen for a rather ...
Article : 201 wordsAccording to a Madr[?] wireless message, nine survivors from the steamer Arno Mendi have reported that their vessel was torpedoed near Brest, a naval port of ...
Article : 50 wordsIn the House of Assembly yesterday afternoon the Premier (General Botha), reintroduced his motion expressing appreciation of the valour of the British ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Spanish steamer Mar-Baltico has been sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. [The Mar-Bartico was a steel screw steamer of over 2,000 tons, and was built ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Peake) has issued the following statement regarding the financial outlook of the State:— "The war is causing tremendous strain, ...
Article : 264 wordsThe following official despatch has been received from the British headquarters in Palestine:—"Our forces east of the Jordan were converging on Wednesday forenoon on ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. E. N. Hurley, chairman of the Shipping Board, in the course of a speech, said that America had 37 steel shipyards when she entered the war. Since then she had ...
Article : 126 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Express," telegraphed from the front yesterday:—"The attack towards Arras from the ...
Article : 282 wordsThe Black Line to the Left indicates the Allied front on June 1, 1916. The Hoavier Black Line to the Right, shows approximately the British position on the morning of the German offensive, March 21, 1918. The localoties and the nature of the fighting, at the time of preparation of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 57 wordsServices were held in a number of the churches yesterday, and were in most cases well attended. At St. George's Cathedral the Litany ...
Article : 585 wordsM. Venizelos, the Premier of Greece, speaking in Parliament last evening, confirmed the news as to the arrest of two Greek military officers who had arrived ...
Article : 67 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says that the question of raising the military age in Britain to fifty years is among the latest proposals which the Government is ...
Article : 48 wordsFour violent explosions occurred in a munitions factory in Jersey City (opposite to New York on the Hudson River), and very extensive damage was done,a block ...
Article : 82 words"Messages received here are insistent that the French troops are barring completely the road along the Oise Valley towards Paris. The Germans occupied twice ...
Article : 80 wordsThe following wireless German official messages have been intercepted by the British Admiralty authorities:— Berlin, March 28 (8 p.m.).—"The British ...
Article : 201 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated this evening that several committees were at work arranging the details of the Ministry's new recruiting ...
Article : 67 wordsA special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," telegraphing from the front on March 28 with regard to the fighting in the Oise region, describes the ...
Article : 314 wordsIn opening the annual conference of the Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia to-day, the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) said that if we ...
Article : 265 wordsThe British official Press Bureau reported last evening:—"During the night the enemy crossed the Somme to the southward, near Chipilly. Consequently, our left ...
Article : 236 wordsThe revenue of Victoria for the nine months of this financial year, ended on Thursday, was £808,794 more than for the corresponding period of 1916-17. ...
Article : 30 wordsM. Georges Clemenceau (the Premier of France) says that the Government proposes to incorporate the whole of the 1919 class in the active army of France by April 15. ...
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Advertising : 108 wordsA special correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) telegraphed yesterday from the front:—"There has been heavy fighting west of Beaumont Hamel, ...
Article : 108 wordsReports by mail from the Australian Red Cross Commissioner contain news of the distribution of Australian Christmas presents in hospitals and convalescent homes ...
Article : 253 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs the special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs from the front:—"The enemy sideslipped with some force north of Arras, ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 30 Mar 1918, Page 7
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