He ranked as captain, but those who knew him best and loved him most were the soldiers of the line. When the 14th Battalion was recruited in Victoria he was ...
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Article : 256 wordsFollowing up their splendid initial success in the Champagne region, which was marked by extraordinary intrepidty and valour, the French have consolidated their gains, and made a further advance towards a railway line which is of the utmost value to the enemy. It is significant that the Germans ...
Article : 204 words"Generally as the result of a series of successful engagements, the positions of the Russian armies along our front," reports Petrograd, "is favourable. Our offensive ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Greek Chamber of Deputies was crowded on Thursday, and the Premier (M. Venezelos) was accorded an ovation, this action justifying his order for mobilisation. ...
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Article : 2,677 wordsBulgaria, according to Athens advices, has reinforced her troops guarding the Greco-Serbian frontiers. Three divisions of troops have beenn sent to Maronia, and ...
Article : 178 wordsThe number of men who have enlisted in Victoria for active service with the Australian Imperial Forces since war was declared now approaches 50,000. Yesterday ...
Article : 173 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" states that Lord Kitchener, in an address to the Labour Conference, said that he preferred the voluntary system, but the ...
Article : 95 words"Freeman's Journal" (Dublin) publishes details of the German plans for promoting strikes in America, which were first disclosed by the "New York World." ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Secretary of State for War (Lord Kitchener) has sent the following telegram to Field-Marshal Sir John French:— "War Office, ...
Article : 479 wordsPrivate telegrams from England and France to all neutral countries have been suspended for 48 hours. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe debate on the Budget was continued in the Houso of Commons on Thursday by Free-trade members. In a division over the imposition of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 wordsThe Paris newspaper "Le Temps" publishes a message from Nish, the temporary Serbian capital, which estimates that 500,000 Austro-German troops have been massed on ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Germon counter-attacks in the Artois (Northern France) have been restricted to the most violent hombardment of our new positions cast of Souchez. ...
Article : 410 wordsIn the House of Commons on Thursday Mr. R. L. Outhwaite (Liberal) inquired as to the truth of the statement of the British Ambassador at Petrograd (Sir George ...
Article : 94 wordsYesterday morning citizens of Melbourne saw a fine lot of young soldiers marching throughh the streets of the city. Not long before crowds had cheered the men who ...
Article : 93 wordsMiss Mary Davies, bacteriologist of London, nearly lost her life in an heroic experiment, conducted with the object of testing an antidote for poison. ...
Article : 175 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Eighty-seven recruits for the Expeditionary Forces were accepted to-day at the three metropolitan depots. Since the beginning of the week 130 men ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) has appeared in a new role, stepping from politics to art. Walking in the streat one day, he ...
Article : 162 wordsMitylene reports state that on Tuesday there was a naval bombardment in the Straits, which lasted all day. From Salonika it is reported that the ...
Article : 175 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—To-day 50 men volunteered in Adelaide, and 40 were passed as being fit for active service, making a total accepted during the week of 217. ...
Article : 30 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—In relation to the statement by Mr. Cann, the Acting Premier of New South Wales, on the question of recruiting the Minister for Defence (Senator ...
Article : 261 wordsWinter, with its many discomforts in the trenches, is setting in at the Dardanelles, and Mr. H. Budden, who is acting as agent for the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League ...
Article : 147 wordsDetails as to the reported torpedoing of a German cruiser in the Baltic Sea during August by a British submarine were sought by Mr. R. L. Outhwaite (Liberal) in the ...
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Article : 87 wordsA British official message relating to the success against the Turks in Mesopotamia success against the Turks in Mesopotamia says:—"After three days' fighting we dislodged the Turks from their position on ...
Article : 146 wordsNineteen-year-old Germans residing in Holland and Scandinavia have been called to the colours. There are indications of anxiety and ...
Article : 91 wordsHerr Zimmerman, the German UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, has made a statement in which he declares that Germany has no idea of prejudicing the ...
Article : 72 wordsSir,—With reference to Mr. Dunslow's letter, I am quite aware that he was referring to the Naval Expeditionary Force, and not the ships of the fleet stationed there; ...
Article : 89 wordsCopenhagen messages report that the German Admiralty has not received news from 47 submarines, and it is supposted that they have been lost. The real number which ...
Article : 49 wordsColonels McVea, Semmens, and Bolton, all of whom were invalided home after seeing active service in Gallipoli, have been allotted military positions in Victoria. It ...
Article : 80 wordsDr. R. W. Hornabrook, surgeon on H.M.A.S. Australia, returned to Melbourne yesterday after an absence of nearly 14 months. Though, for obvious reasons, Dr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsNew York reports that wireless telephone messages have been exchanged between Arlington (Virginia) and Honolula, a distance of 4,600 miles. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 2 Oct 1915, Page 17
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