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 wordsThe War Office announces that the fight on Saturday in Egypt resulted in a decisive British success. The enemy were under the personal ...
Article : 121 wordsThe 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 wordsTwo 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe executive, committee for the commemoration of the Shakespeare tercentenary has fixed May 3 for the celebration, as April 23, the date of ...
Article : 40 wordsThe 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 wordsTwo Hobart soldiers, A. E. Scurrah and Fergus Duff, writing from 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Lemnos on boxing Day, to acknowledge a "billy" ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 wordsThe "Financial News" warns the public that German secret agents in England are likely to try and create a financial panic. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe 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. ...
Article : 443 wordsThe "Liberte's" correspondent, reporting from verdun, says:— Saturday was one of the most glorious of days for the soldiers of France. ...
Article : 289 wordsA 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 wordsM. 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 wordsThe official communique issued in Rome to-day states:— There were intense artillery duels yesterday in the Plezzo Basin and ...
Article : 53 wordsSince the last information was issued this morning there is little news of the German attack on Verdun, except through the French communiques, ...
Article : 364 wordsIt is reported in Copenhagen from Berlin that the German Admiralty proposes to torpedo all steamers, including neutral vessels, in order to prevent ...
Article : 60 wordsDefinite progress has been made in the direction of establishing a uniform system of electoral registration throughout Australia. Senator Russell, who ...
Article : 124 wordsAlbert 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 wordsYesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Archbishop Delany attended at Claremont Camp to perform the opening ceremony of the Catholic-hall. His Grace ...
Article : 777 wordsTo-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 wordsCount Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to America, has been instructed to inform the United States that the German assurances regarding ...
Article : 132 wordsA fatal accident occurred at Burnie to-day, the victim being Mrs. John Sturzaker, of Stowport, 72 years of age. ...
Article : 198 wordsAt 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 wordsMartin Jacob Tasmar, a German resident of Goulburn Weir, who murdered his wife and afterwards cut his throat at Eilden on Sunday, has ...
Article : 345 wordsThe following is a copy of a lettergram despatched by the Commonwealth Statistician, Melbourne, to the State War Council, Hobart: ...
Article : 179 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig states in his report to-day:— We have repulsed a small attack south-east of Albert. The enemy ...
Article : 58 wordsThe "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 wordsUnder the auspices of the members of the London Chamber of Commerce and the association recently formed [?] protest against the duplication of the ...
Article : 566 wordsTo-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 wordsIn the Arbitration Court, before Mr. Justice Powers to-day, the hearing was continued of the claims of the Australian Commonwealth Public Service ...
Article : 130 wordsMr. W. Brace, the Labour memebr for South Glamorganshire, and Mr. Preston, the Labour member for M[?]rthyr Tydvil, addressed about 1,[?]00 ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 1 Mar 1916, Page 5
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