The allies are giving the Germans no rest on the Somme front. The weather may be bad, but they are rising above difficulties of that character, and keeping ...
Article : 755 wordsA Berlin communique asserts that the enemy advances at both Rancourt and Bouchavesnes failed. We repulsed strong. French grenade attacks northwest of ...
Article : 142 wordsWhat is going to happen on the Somme front cannot be foretold, or exactly foreseen. For seventy-two hours a bombardment to stupendous intensity has been smashing up the German lines, and French and British guns of all ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Italians have cut the water supply from Trieste. A communique reports an increased enemy artillery activity on the Trentino ...
Article : 223 wordsM. Shoovaieff, Russian War Minister, in a special cable to the New York "World," comments on the Roumanian position. "The Germans," he wires, ...
Article : 98 wordsA Vienna communique reports that a Russian attempt to break through north- ward of Perepelniki failed with heavy losses. Two Alpine battalions attacked ...
Article : 93 wordsIn his despatch General Sir Archibald Murray says, "The 9th Australian Horse, under Major Scott, did most successful reconnaissance work at Jifj Affa from ...
Article : 140 wordsReferring to the enormous increase in the United States foreign business: President Wilson predicted a great. era of world trade, which could be he held and ...
Article : 47 wordsWiring yesterday morning, General Sir Douglas Haig reported:—" We to-day have been everywhere successful. We stormed positions on a six-mile front between Combles and Martinpuich for a depth of more than a mile. We ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Roumanians continue the struggle at Mount Calimann, and are advancing towards, the Austrian trenches south west of Dorna Vatra. The Austrians, ...
Article : 64 wordsBerlin cables to the New York "Time"' declare that the leading editors are assailing the censors, demanding the right to express opinions on the conduct of ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Bulgarian effort in the Dobrudja has been broken, while the arrival of Turkish reinforcements suggests that the enemy's reserve leas been exhausted. ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. W. J. Hunt, of Foresters Hill, Bridgenorth, received a cable from head quarters stating that his son, Private W. Hunt, had been wounded in the right ...
Article : 808 wordsMorval stands on the heights northward of Combles, and with subterranean quarries, trenches, and wire entanglements 'constituted a formidable fortress. The possession of Morval and Les Boeufs is of considerable ...
Article : 74 words375 Shoeing Smith Ranahan; Lieutenant Wearne (60th Light Horse); And 1534 Sergeant Major Berry. ...
Article : 18 wordsAddressing the National Mission of Repentance at the Guild Hall, the Bishop of London said we did not want a patched-up peace, but if there were real peace ...
Article : 73 wordsMajor G. C. Elliott and Lieutenant J. Coglan. ...
Article : 9 wordsLieutenant E. Sawer; 1188 Sergeant Liddy: 2617 Private Wilson; Captain Langley; 842 Sergeant Edwards; 1237 Sergeant Major Linford; ...
Article : 20 wordsMajor White. Lieutenant-Colonel C. Richardson, of the New Zealand staff, is also recommended for good service with the ...
Article : 25 wordsAccording to the official police records, more persons were killed by motor cars in the United State during the year than were slain in Great Britain by the ...
Article : 61 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Germans attacked our outpost east. ward of Courcelette, but were repulsed. Our mines last night northward of Neuve ...
Article : 57 wordsA communique reports that eve easily repulsed a German attack eastward of Vans Chapitre Wood, and there has been intense artillery work in the Thiaumont ...
Article : 359 wordsThe German submarines seized the Dutch steamer Batavier II., and took her to Zeebrugge. A Dutch torpedoboat demanded an explanation, and the ...
Article : 71 wordsSeventeen thousand Cretans on Sunday entered Canea without opposition, and took possession of the public buildings, replacing the authorities. ...
Article : 28 wordsSeveral airships crossed the eastern and north-eastern coasts between 10.30 and midnight, and dropped bombs at several places in the northern and north ...
Article : 42 wordsThe prisons' report for 1916 shows that the prisoners sentenced numbered 64,000 compared with 115,000 in 1915. The decrease is ascribed to the enlistment of ...
Article : 40 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent declares that there are 30,000 Cretans under arms in the island, which is in their complete possession. Only ...
Article : 42 wordsA party of seven convalescent soldiers returned by the Loongana yesterday. They were met and welcomed by Mr. Hardwicke Weedon, members of the Red. ...
Article : 115 wordsM. Venizelos has gone to Crete, and later visits Mitylene, Chios, and Samos. He will issue a proclamation to Cretans, placing himself at the head of a national ...
Article : 106 wordsBy a Imperial decree all the German officers' pay will be decreased from October. The War Minister and Commander-in-Chief will lose £50 sterling a ...
Article : 41 wordsA bomb pierced the roof of a house in the Loudon district, and hung suspended in the rafters without exploding. A fireman mounted the roof and ...
Article : 34 wordsField-Marshal Lord French reports it is believed that six airships visited the north-east and southern countien. There were some casualties and damage, but ...
Article : 33 wordsDiplomatic circles state that Herr von Jagow resigns the Foreign Secretaryship owing to ill-health. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe captured Zeppelin's course can be traced by the jettisoned cargo found in the fields, including a machine gun, aluminium water tanks, and ammunition. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger" states that M. Venizelos has arrived in Salonika. LONDON, Sept. 25. The "Daily Chronicle's" Athens ...
Article : 64 wordsA Berlin official message asserts that the naval airships bombed London and strategic places on, the Humber, Sheffield, and Nottingham, causing heavy fires. The ...
Article : 104 wordsThere was frenzied ball activity on the Stock Exchange to-day, and it is claimed that 2,392,000 shares changed hands. All stocks showed an upward ...
Article : 109 wordsDespite war times and other local troubles, that it was anticipated would have militated to some extent against the Tasmanian spring stock exhibitions this ...
Article : 194 wordsSix thousand soldiers are guarding the Palace of Tatoi, where King Constantine remains in confinement. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Dominion Government has appointed a board, whereof Sir Thomas Tait, formerly of Australia, will be director, to stimulate enlistments. Exemption ...
Article : 56 wordsThe French raid on Essen had disastrous effects. The incendiary bombs set fire to Krupp workshops, and the raid generally alarmed Berlin. ...
Article : 29 wordsA despatch from Berlin declares that Herr Jagow visited Mr. Gerard to-day, and the latter goes to Copenhagen on Tuesday, and sails for America on ...
Article : 106 wordsIn a three column leader analysing the war, the New York "Tribune" says it is patent to the least trained military eye that Germany is beaten. She ...
Article : 102 wordsThe American comment on the destruction of Zeppelins over England suggests that aerial frightfulness will now be as successfully countered at the submarine ...
Article : 62 wordsLieutenant Sidney Wilson, an Australian, ascended in a biplane, and was lost in the clouds. When he reappeared he was crashing earthwards, it is ...
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Advertising : 1,049 wordsFishermen at Esjberg report seeing four Zeppelins travelling slowly southeast, apparently short of fuel. One was damaged aft, and was accompanied by ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 27 Sep 1916, Page 5
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