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  2. BATTLE OF VERDUN

    The German attacks up the valley of the Meuse to the north of Verdun were continued without cessation from Sunday to Thursday night, despite enormous losses. They had suffered so heavily that the French thought that they were weakening. On Saturday, however, they resumed the attack in tremendous force on a narrow front. The ground between Fort Douaumont and the river was so swept by the French artillery that the Germans moved ...

    Article : 365 words
  3. THE TURKISH WAR

    The War Office announces that the fight on Saturday in Egypt resulted in a decisive British success. The enemy were under the personal ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. THE LIVERPOOL MUTINY

    The story of rioting by soldiers in Sydney on February 14 was retold to-day at an inquest held by the Acting City Coroner (Mr. A. Gates) concerning the death ...

    Article : 883 words
  5. AUSTRALIA.

    Two detachments of sick and wounded soldiers disembarked at Port Melbourne to-day. The first group consisted of 166 men from Egypt, and the ...

    Article : 60 words
  6. VICTORIAN PUBLIC SERVICE.

    The State Cabinet decided to-day that a census of members of the Public Service should be taken with the view of ascertaining the number of Germans ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. GENERAL CABLES.

    The executive, committee for the commemoration of the Shakespeare tercentenary has fixed May 3 for the celebration, as April 23, the date of ...

    Article : 40 words
  8. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The War Office reports that General Aylmer, who is advancing to the relief of General Townshend at Kut-el-Amara, bombarded, on the 22nd inst., the ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. TASMANIA.

    Two Hobart soldiers, A. E. Scurrah and Fergus Duff, writing from 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Lemnos on boxing Day, to acknowledge a "billy" ...

    Article : 478 words
  10. THE NEW ARMY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 words
  11. ENEMY'S SECRET AGENTS.

    The "Financial News" warns the public that German secret agents in England are likely to try and create a financial panic. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. MINES NEAR DOVER

    The Lord Warden Hotel at Dover is crowded with survivors of the P. and O. liner Maloja, who are sleeping in the passages and the billiard-room. ...

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  13. BATTLE OF VERDUN.

    The "Liberte's" correspondent, reporting from verdun, says:— Saturday was one of the most glorious of days for the soldiers of France. ...

    Article : 289 words
  14. ARMENIAN OPERATIONS

    A wireless message received at Rome states that Russian forces from Erz[?]roum are advancing upon Trebizond, a port on the Black Sea, and that an ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. THE FRENCH PREMIER'S STATEMENT.

    M. Aristide Briand, in the Lobby of the Chamber of Deputies to-day, gave a graphic story of the French counter-attack on Douaumont. He said the ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The official communique issued in Rome to-day states:— There were intense artillery duels yesterday in the Plezzo Basin and ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. THE GERMAN ONSLAUGHT.

    Since the last information was issued this morning there is little news of the German attack on Verdun, except through the French communiques, ...

    Article : 364 words
  18. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    It is reported in Copenhagen from Berlin that the German Admiralty proposes to torpedo all steamers, including neutral vessels, in order to prevent ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. ELECTORAL REGISTRATION.

    Definite progress has been made in the direction of establishing a uniform system of electoral registration throughout Australia. Senator Russell, who ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL.

    Albert Dent, aged 15 years, has had a remarkable escape from death. He was a patient in the surgical ward of the Melbourne Hospital, awaiting an ...

    Article : 92 words
  21. CATHOLIC HALL IN CAMP.

    Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Archbishop Delany attended at Claremont Camp to perform the opening ceremony of the Catholic-hall. His Grace ...

    Article : 777 words
  22. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE.

    To-day's French communique states: North of Verdun the activity of the German artillery is still great, except to the west of the Meuse, ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. THE SINKING OF MERCHANT VESSELS.

    Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to America, has been instructed to inform the United States that the German assurances regarding ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BURNIE.

    A fatal accident occurred at Burnie to-day, the victim being Mrs. John Sturzaker, of Stowport, 72 years of age. ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION.

    At graphic description of the terrific fighting round Verdun is given by an eye-witness. He relates that as the battle proceeds the front is growing ...

    Article : 464 words
  26. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    Martin Jacob Tasmar, a German resident of Goulburn Weir, who murdered his wife and afterwards cut his throat at Eilden on Sunday, has ...

    Article : 345 words
  27. PRIME MINISTER'S RECRUITING APPEAL

    The following is a copy of a lettergram despatched by the Commonwealth Statistician, Melbourne, to the State War Council, Hobart: ...

    Article : 179 words
  28. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig states in his report to-day:— We have repulsed a small attack south-east of Albert. The enemy ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. THE FRENCH LINE.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent says the arrest of hostilities north of Verdun on Thursday night proved only an interval in the fierce ...

    Article : 297 words
  30. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Under the auspices of the members of the London Chamber of Commerce and the association recently formed [?] protest against the duplication of the ...

    Article : 566 words
  31. GERMAN CLAIM.

    To-day's communique from Berlin claims that the Germans have gained ground to the extent of 1,600 yards at Navarin farm, and have captured 1,000 ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

    In the Arbitration Court, before Mr. Justice Powers to-day, the hearing was continued of the claims of the Australian Commonwealth Public Service ...

    Article : 130 words
  33. MINERS AND THE WAR.

    Mr. W. Brace, the Labour memebr for South Glamorganshire, and Mr. Preston, the Labour member for M[?]rthyr Tydvil, addressed about 1,[?]00 ...

    Article : 101 words
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