The Germans have begun a great assault upon the outer defences of the great French fortress of Verdun. About 300,000 men are engaged. They have occupied some ground previously held by the French outposts, but have not yet reached the main defences. The French garrison has been reinforced, and our Ally is confident that the position can be held. Verdun is the one fortress that has baffled the enemy from the outset of the war. It is a ...
Article : 303 wordsThe Czar was present to-day at a service of thanksgiving for the victory a[?] Erzeroum, and then unexpectedly attended and addressed a gathering of ...
Article : 327 wordsM. Raymond Poincare, the President of France, has bestowed the following classes of the Legion of Honour upon British, Australian, and New Zealand ...
Article : 327 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day made a statement respecting the examination services, which have been reinstituted at the various ...
Article : 157 wordsMr. Charles Dwyer, of Sunlight, Alonnah, has received intimation that his son, Private Thomas V. Dwyer, was admitted to the 4th Auxiliary Hospital, ...
Article : 436 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce), speaking to-day with regard to the liquor question in New South Wales, said:—"As I stated on Wednesday, the ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Pope has requested the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to give instructions to Austrian aviators to abstain from air raids, and has ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Hilaire Belloc, the well-known writer, contributes to this week's journal, "Land and Water," a well-reasoned analysis of the German losses, ...
Article : 264 wordsThis afternoon's communique, after stating that the French had receptured some parts of the trenches, they lost in the Bois de Givenehy (near Lens) says: ...
Article : 476 wordsAccording to the American newspapers, President Wilson has decided to refuse any concessions to Germany and Austria relative to their declaration ...
Article : 72 wordsLast night's communique shows that the Verdun battle is the most important fighting on the Western front since the battle of Loos and the ...
Article : 528 wordsOn the motion for the second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon of the Consolidated Fund Bill, which empowers the Treasury to issue ...
Article : 1,063 wordsA proclamation under the War Precautions Act published to-day in the "Commonwealth Gazette" appoints the Minister of Defence, the secretary of ...
Article : 308 wordsThe various Ministers in the Imperial Government have decided to accepted 5 per cent. Exchequer bonds for a quarter of their salaries. ...
Article : 33 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, announced that Lord Robert Cecil, the Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office, ...
Article : 67 wordsA number of Russian journalists who are visiting Great Britain were to-day received at Buckingham Palace by the King. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 wordsMr. Andrew Fisher says that now he has visited most of the hospitals, depots, and institutions which are restoring Australian sick and wounded, ...
Article : 90 wordsMr. Bonar Law, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon said that since the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe debate was resumed in the House of Lords yesterday on the following motion moved by Lord Sydenham, formerly Governor of Victoria:—"That, in ...
Article : 136 wordsPlaying in a driving snowstorm to-day at Hornchurch the New Zealand football team secured their fifth successive victory, defeating a team from the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe banks and insurance companies have received intimation that the married groups under Lord Derby's recruiting scheme will be called up, ...
Article : 41 wordsThe acting secretary of the State War Council yesterday received the following letter from the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce):— ...
Article : 295 wordsThe committee of investigation, consisting of Mr. T. F. Davies (chairman), Mr. Burt, K.C., and Major McInerney to-day resumed the inquiry into ...
Article : 157 wordsIt is officially reported in Madrid from Toneriffe that the British steamer Washburn, 3,300 tons, has arrived there in control of a prize crew, ...
Article : 82 wordsSir Newton-Moore, the Agent-General for West Australia, and Captain Muirhead Collins, the official secrotary in Great Britain of the Commonwealth, ...
Article : 50 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce last week a motion in favour of adherence to free trade was rejected. A memorandum ...
Article : 116 wordsMuch comment has been occasioned by the audience which the King of Roumania has given to M. Taku Jonescu, the leader of the Opposition, and M. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe newspaper "Le Temps" says:— The German attacks on the advanced French lines before Verdun are being carried out on a front of five ...
Article : 70 wordsAll the yacht and motor-boat owners have entered very heartily into the spirit of the yachting trip to returned soldiers to be held to-morrow afternoon, ...
Article : 183 wordsAfter having suffered great losses on the Yser and round Ypres, the Germans have now concentrated troops lower down the line, and launched ...
Article : 94 wordsThe British Government has prohibited the export of pig iron and sugar to all destinations, and of nuts, fresh, dried, and Preserved fruits to ...
Article : 53 wordsKing Constantine has given an audience to M. Venizelos, and also given a long audience to M. Duno, the Roumanian Minister at Athens. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe great fortress of Verdun, which stands guard over the line of the Meuse just opposite the great German fortress of Motz, has been a thorn in the side of the Germans almost the beginning of the war, when its stubborn and successful resistance helped to upset the plans for the great German rush on Paris. The man given above shown the exient of the fortified area round Verdun and southwards to Tool. This area includes the wooded heights on both ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 25 Feb 1916, Page 5
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