Military exports on Paris are satisfied with the recent events on the Somme. It is hoped that the encirclement of Guillemont and Maurepas by ...
Article : 128 words"The Times" correspondent at Paris, telegraphing on Friday night, says that the Somme gains were consolidated. Counter-attacks north of ...
Article : 151 wordsA commnique issued in Petrograd states that considerable forces of the enemy resumed the offensive west of Poahaice, on hte Zlota Lipa, but ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is reported that the German freight submarine Deutschland, which left Ba[?]timore (U.S.A.) on its return trip to Germany on August 1, has ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is reported from Paris that Goonges Carpentier the champion heavyweight boxer has been proposed for the hary Medal. he has ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Gipsy Caravan Carnival to be held in Warrnambool on behalf of the relief of Russian refugees, promises to be a huge success, as the ...
Article : 410 wordsLord Derby, speaking at Stockport, said the war was going in our favor. Military experts were absolutely satisfied with the progress made. ...
Article : 31 wordsMilitant organs in Tokio are clamouring for drastic measures to be taken against China in consequence of the trouble in Monglia, but it is ...
Article : 194 wordsA Paris communique states:—"We have captured the remainder of the village of Fleury, and have advanced between Thiaumont and ...
Article : 91 wordsPassengers arriving at New York aboard the Cunard liner Alaunia (13,400 tons) declare that they are confident that they saw the German ...
Article : 70 wordsLieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood has despatched to Mr. Andrew Fisher from Re[?] number of guns and other booty taken by ...
Article : 48 wordsIt is reported from Copenhagen that the Russians are employing Austro-German prisoners for the rapid construction of a railway linking up ...
Article : 25 wordsThe German newspapers savagely deride the statement made during the week by the British Prime Minister (Mr Asquith) that diplomatic ...
Article : 68 wordsPan-German newspapers support Count von Reventlow) (the well-known German naval writer) in his demand that Americans and other ...
Article : 49 wordsThe "Lance" journal states that a safe method has been discovered by ejecting exv[?]n into the weins to relieve the effects of [?]somous and ...
Article : 25 words"The Times" correspondent at Paris states: "The Germans have largely [?]st the initiative all Verdun. The French are not giving them any ...
Article : 75 wordsMessages from Petrograd reveal that the enemy's losses in the fighting which resulted in the Russians crossing the Upper Sereth averaged 70 ...
Article : 159 wordsThe "Daily-Express" naval correspondent sates that the new British airshirs are silver-grey in color and beautifully designed. They are easily ...
Article : 45 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig on Friday reports:—"The enemy's artillery has been more active. We extended our gains ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Beech Thomas tells of a new species of fighting adopted by the Germans singly and in numbers. They he hidden in shell holes quiescent in ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. and Mrs. Wm. Abraham, "Dursley Pank," Mepunga, received the sad nows to-day that their eldest son, Private William Strong ...
Article : 92 wordsColonel W. T. Reay and Mr. Macfarlane, Vice-presidents of the Australian Natives Association in London, waited upon Mr. Fisher (the ...
Article : 101 wordsFriday morning's applications for the new British loan of £50,000,000 in America totalled £5,000,000. Applications are pouring in so ...
Article : 57 wordsReferring to the Carso Plateau, General Chenifils, the French military authority, says the Austrians have apparently been reinforced from ...
Article : 66 wordsGeneral Haig in a communique dated Saturday reports fighting on the whole front from Pozieres to the Somme. The British gained ground ...
Article : 88 wordsGeneral Pittaluga, one of the Italian commanders, has been severely wounded by a shot from a sniper at Gorizia. ...
Article : 27 wordsWord was received on Saturday morning by Mr. A. Livingstone, of the railway gate-house, near the Cricket Ground, Warrnambool, that ...
Article : 89 wordsA Petrograd communique reports; "The enemy is active in Volhynia, east of Brody and south of the Pripet, but has been everywhere repulsed. ...
Article : 76 wordsOver 3,000,000 casualties are now officially admitted by Germany. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" states "The Allies achievements are a veritable masterpiece of war organisation, principally due to the colossal ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Ward Price writing on the 18th. says: The Bulgarians yesterday commenced an offensive on the whole Serbian front. They furiously ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is officially announced that the Marquis of Crewe (Lord President of the Council) has been appointed to the additional portfolio of President ...
Article : 87 wordsGeneral Haig in a later communique states: Our line advanced from Highwood to junction with the French over a frontage of two miles to a depth ...
Article : 127 wordsThe following is the text of Sir Douglas Haig's latest report, dated Sunday:—"The operations at various points ...
Article : 185 wordsIt is repoilted that General Sir Percy Lake (the British Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia) and Majar-General G. F. Gorringe (commanding ...
Article : 34 wordsEvery muscle of the body needs a supply of rich, red blood in proportion to the work it does. the muscles of the back are under ...
Article : 193 wordsAmnogst the local losses which will occasion deep regreit in the town must be numbered private Arthur H. Esam, sixth son of the late ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Hamilton Fyfe. telegraphing from the Russian front says:—The new Russian troops are the youngest and most vigorous yet seen. The ...
Article : 56 wordsGeneral Sir Archibald Murray, the British Commander-in-Chief in Egypt, estimates the strength of the Turkish forces engaged in the recent ...
Article : 95 wordsThere is a crisis in the manufacture of Iron Crosses in Germany owing to a shortage of silver, of which the Cross is partly composed. ...
Article : 44 wordsA communique from Petrograd states that the situation on the East front is everywhere unchanged. It adds that a squadron of ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is reported that Mr. J. Gulland (Jeint Secretary of the Treasury) has told a suffrage deputation that there had been recently a great advance in ...
Article : 78 wordsA shocking burning fatality occurred at Mortlake on Saturday evening, when a middle-aged man named Jack Yeoman met his death under ...
Article : 365 wordsIt is officially announced that the French forces have captured most of Maurepas village (south-south-east of Combles). ...
Article : 183 wordsThe Prince of Wales Fund has now nearly reached £6,000,000, and more than half this amount has been distributed. The Kitchener Fund has ...
Article : 38 wordsIn his report on the Turkish invasion of Egypt, General Murray covers the operations in the Katia district from July 19 to August 12. ...
Article : 149 wordsIt is reported from Cologne that the Central Powers have decided not to commit themselves to any statement regarding the future of Poland. ...
Article : 39 wordsClaims to the number of 65,000 have been received for assistance under the Government scheme to relieve soldiers of their civil liabilities. This ...
Article : 56 wordsRenter's special correspondent at headquarters in France states that the week-end fighting developed into one of the most important and most ...
Article : 119 wordsA deputation from the Federal Clyde Trades waited upon Mr. H. J. Tennant (Secretary for Scotland) on Friday afternoon to protest against ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Manly Anti-German League has aproved of a letter being forwarded to the Minister for Defence, alleging that there are two ...
Article : 67 wordsThe outlook for peace in the threatened railway strike in the United States was very black yesterday. The employes notified their ...
Article : 86 wordsIt is reported from Montreal that the Laborites are going to oppose the new registration system of recruits. ...
Article : 87 wordsTwenty-eight trucks of chaff, 32 trucks of potatoes, and eight trucks of onions arrived this morning. Prices throughout as usual at the ...
Article : 215 wordsThe electoral fight an England continues. The War Emergency Workers Committee has adopted a resolution ...
Article : 63 wordsA Berlin communique states that "the British have brought up several fresh divisions, and have advanced south-west of Martinpuich." ...
Article : 51 wordsThe latest Paris communique states—"North of the Somme, apart from isolated operations in which we ejected the Germans from the trench in ...
Article : 56 wordsIndignation was aroused at Covent Gerden (London) owing to a statement made by a foreign fruit-broker to a tribunal that it was impossible for ...
Article : 38 wordsHis Majesty the King has signed an Order-in-Council prohibiting exports to Sweden, except under a licence guaranteeing that the goods ...
Article : 38 wordsThe overseas Parliamentary delegates have returned from their visit to Ireland. Mr. A. Fisher (the High ...
Article : 131 wordsOn the occasion of the visit of the King of the front last week His Majesty conferred the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order on General Sir ...
Article : 52 words"The Times" correspondent in New York says that des patches which have been. received from American correspondents on the Somme front ...
Article : 93 wordsRiots have occurred in Sclileswig-Holstein (Germany ) in consequence of dealers charging the equivalent of £1 apiece for rabbits. ...
Article : 52 wordsRenewed - earthquakes are reported to have occurred at Anocona,Florence and Ferrara (in Italy). ...
Article : 20 wordsIn a special article written for "The people" by the French authority, General Cherfils, the says:—"The France-British are well on the ...
Article : 72 wordsSir George Askwith (Chief Industrial Commissioner) is hearing a deputation representing all shipyard workers, who are asking for advances ...
Article : 50 wordsFraud on the public is not being practised by forged £5 notes only, for it has been brought under the notice of the police that counterfeit shillings ...
Article : 90 wordsA notification has been made by the British Foreign Office that nobody will be permitted to land in Australia without passports. ...
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The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1890 ; 1914 - 1918), Mon 21 Aug 1916, Page 3
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