Semi-official French advices state that the battle of Verdun was renewed on Thursday, when the German activities were marked by serious ...
Article : 385 wordsThe Germans' colossal effort to capture Verdun has eclipsed all other phases of the war during the past week. A week ago it was known ...
Article : 908 wordsDanish butter is selling at 178/ to 182/. ...
Article : 21 wordsA Petrograd communique states: Our artillery dispersed an offensive north of Chartoysk. Our Caucasian campaign is exceptionally difficult ...
Article : 66 wordsFor Australia's new army 50,000 men are required, and in addition 16,000 every month for reinforcements. ...
Article : 35 wordsMajor As[?]land has returned to London from Serbia via Vienna, and says that there is growing irritation between the Austrians and Germans. ...
Article : 135 wordsA wireless message received at Rome status that twenty German Dreadnoughts have left the Kiel Canal. ...
Article : 38 wordsGeorge Brown (11.10) beat Albert Lloyd in seven rounds at West Melbourne statium on Saturday. ...
Article : 25 wordsFour thousand spectators, mostly in khaki; attended at a Rugby match when a South African soldiers' team beat the New Zealand convalescents ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is reported in Washington that the capture of the German raiding steamer, Moewe, is not confirmed. It appears that the report of the ...
Article : 50 wordsQualifications.—Age 18 to 45 years; minimum height 5 feet 2 inches; chest measurement, 32 inches. Rates of Pay.—Lieutenant, 21/ per ...
Article : 169 wordsThese teams met on the Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon. A beautiful wicket had been prepared, and W. M'Donald, who won the toss, ...
Article : 546 wordsThe capture of Bitlis has caused a second great wedge in the Turkish front; thus giving the Russians the whole Van region, and severs the ...
Article : 41 wordsA message from Bombay states that the Portuguese have sized all the German steamers at Mormugao and interned the crews. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says 18 of the Clan M Tavish's crew have arrived at Tilbury, and state that Count von Donah is commanding the Moewe. The ...
Article : 296 wordsThe latest official Petrograd communique says: "We have occupied Dijar." ...
Article : 13 wordsThe latest unofficial news from Paris states: The battle of Verdun was continued on Saturday with undiminished intensity. The day closed ...
Article : 180 wordsAn Austrian communique claims that a recent capture near Durazzo included 34 Italian guns and 12,400 rifles. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe "London Observer" Petrograd correspondent reports that there is a curious tremor along the north Russian front as if ...
Article : 48 wordsWhat is described as a remarkable example of German mendacity is forthcoming from New York. Count von Bornstorff, the German ...
Article : 119 wordsAthens advices declare that the Turks are in complete despair at the probability of Bagdad being occupied by the British. It is believed that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger's" correspondent from Lorraine heights says:— Even from this distant point one could recognise the fierceness of the ...
Article : 98 wordsIt is explained in London that the chief obstacle to the shipment of paper and other goods to the Dominions is the freight requirements of the ...
Article : 46 wordsAdvices received at Athens from Constantinople state an attempt has been made to assassinate Enver Pasha, who was wounded. Alarmed at ...
Article : 99 wordsWashington advices state that voting 68 against 14, the Senate has defeated Senator Gore's resolution warming Americans to keep off the ...
Article : 65 wordsRoumanian despatches reaching Rome declare that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is not really ill, as was reported earlier, but is shamming ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Paris "Figaro" supplies a thrilling story of an engagement at Verdun. It states that the Germans were ...
Article : 165 wordsGeneral Petain, the French commander, rose from Colonel to General through work in the retreat from Charleroi, and he brilliantly ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is reported from Rome that Baron Sonnino, the Italian Foreign Minister, delivered his promised address in Parliament justifying Italy's ...
Article : 156 wordsGerman newspapers at Zurich publish wireless message from Washington emphasising the gravity of the German-American situation. ...
Article : 22 wordsM. Clemenceau says: "If Germany fails at Verdun the issue of the war will then be decided. ...
Article : 26 wordsWith the object of assisting in clearing up the mystery surrounding the murder of William Patrick Haines, chauffeur, on the Bulleen road on ...
Article : 284 wordsThe Washington Government has decided that the Appam belongs to Germany under the Prussian treaty, but it was desirable to submit the ...
Article : 42 wordsThe "London Daily Telegraph" in a leader says: Nothing could be more hopeful than the present position at Verdun; firstly, because the French ...
Article : 83 wordsThere is an English parish, only 48 miles from London, where roads, shops, lamps, telephones, motor cars, and post offices are unknown. The island ...
Article : 176 wordsDuring the first week of the bombardment northward of Verdun the Germans expended upwards of 400,000 projectiles or every calibre daily. ...
Article : 58 wordsAn Austrian submarine sank the Swedish steamer Torborg. The submarine towed the boats with the crew to the Spanish coast where a ...
Article : 32 wordsSigner Salandra, the Premier, on behalf of Baron Sonnino. Foreign Minister, informed the Chamber that it was inopportune to make a ...
Article : 36 wordsAn Austrian submarine torpedoed the Italian steamer Java. The crew were landed at Piraeus, the seaport of Athens. ...
Article : 22 wordsA Zurich message states: The Frankfort Bourse on Friday ended in a panic. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Paris "Matin" says the Brandenburgers have been able to prolong their resistance at Fort Dou[?]mont by means of a narrow ...
Article : 38 wordsAn explosion, which occurred in a magazine at Couronne Fort, St. Denis, spread to the powder works near by. A ca[?] containing 32 ...
Article : 85 wordsA communique issued in Berlin claims that Lieutenant Immelman, a noted German airman, has shot down his ninth enemy machine cast of ...
Article : 38 wordsMichael Mulhall, aged 47, licensee of the Victoria Hotel. Gisborne, was filling a can with petrol last night when he struck a match to see if [?]he ...
Article : 56 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We exploded five mines near the Hohenzollern redoubt and occupied the craters, of which one contains the ...
Article : 58 wordsAn official Paris communique stat-s[?]—"Hot fighting is taking place near Douaumont. We hold the upper part of the knoll on the northern slope on ...
Article : 102 wordsWe have heard very little during the past week from the Russian side and nothing about Italy. Probably Verdun has overshadowed all other ...
Article : 186 wordsMr. Andrew Lang, of Corowa, New South Wales, has been gazetted [?] the rank of temporary flight-commander in the Royal Flying Corps. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Rev. F. P. Williams on Saturday received a telegram from the Rev. T. P. Bennett, who has been serving as chaplain with the ...
Article : 77 wordsNo developments of any importance nave occurred in connection with the motor car murder mystery, and it is recognised that the detectives have ...
Article : 125 wordsA message from Athens states that an outbreak of fire exploded the Sivas powder magazine at Constantinople. ...
Article : 24 wordsAn official message states that a German seaplane returning from England fell in the North Sea. The observer was drowned and the pilot ...
Article : 50 wordsA Paris communique states: "We carried out a destructive artillery fire on the enemy's works east of Neuville and south of Berryaubac. We ...
Article : 46 wordsA German communique says.—The French attacked the village of Douaumont and the lines adjoining, but were repulsed in close range fighting. ...
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Advertising : 584 wordsSeven French aeroplanes flew from Salonika to Smyrna. They bombed the batteries and returned. One aeroplane fell into the sea. A British ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Germans, in a communique, have admitted the recapture by the British of the trenches in the Ypres salient which the Germans captured ...
Article : 85 wordsA Paris report states: When the Germans were driven back on Wednesday the enemy artillery resumed its shattering fire, ploughing the ...
Article : 165 wordsMary Mulcare, a widow, aged [?]4, who kept a boarding house at Footscray, was burned to death by a fire which occurred at her residence last ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. V. Williams, an English magistrate, has given £100 to the New Zealand soldiers at Hornchurch Hospital, for the purchase of prizes for ...
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The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1890 ; 1914 - 1918), Mon 6 Mar 1916, Page 3
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