Cabled requests for money frequently received by relatives in Australia from soldieis abroad are sometimes viewed with suspicion, although in most cases ...
Article : 145 wordsThe further details of the Battle of Verdun show that when the blow fell on Sunday, the 20th inst., the Frenrh were outnumbered and even in Saturday's great conflict the Germans, by sheer weight of numbers, forced their way up te the site of the dismantled fort of Donaumont, despite their enormous losses. The French artillery, however, was very powerful, and their quickfires and machine-guns numerous. With the arrival of reinforcemets, ...
Article : 416 wordsThe Salonika, correspondent of the "Petit Parisien" states that the significant news has been received from Bulgaria that anti-war meetings have ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. W. R. Campion, a prominent member of the London Stock Exchange, and Unionist member for the Lewes division of Sussex, gave a luncheon at ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that Verdun has been completely evacuated by civilians. It is a quaint little town of 20,000 ...
Article : 137 wordsDriver Cyril Schaedel, of the Army Service Corps, who enlisted in Sydney, is at present on final leave in Hobart. He was for many years connected with ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. H. J. Tonnant, the Under-Secretary for War, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the British casualties in the Serbian and ...
Article : 45 wordsA Berlin wireless message says the Kaiser telegraphed to the Diet of Brandenburg: —"I much rejoice in the new great strength and loyalty to the death ...
Article : 61 words"Munitions and munitions, and still more munitions," declared Viscount French last March, and to-day the munitions are here. When the Allies ...
Article : 2,469 wordsDr. Jessie Scott, of Auckland, who was lately on the staff of the Scottish Women's Hospital in Serbia, has arrived in London in good health. She says ...
Article : 79 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that Rear-Admiral D. R. S. De Chair, Admiral of the Training ...
Article : 53 wordsBerlin messages state that, under cover of a snowstorm, the German artillery continued ceaselessly shelling the ridges from Douaumont to Cote de ...
Article : 107 wordsThe inquest was opened at Dover today on the victims who lost their lives in the disaster to the P. and O. liner Maloja. The first officer, in his ...
Article : 53 wordsA Russian communique issued yesterday states:— One of our torpedo-boat destroyers in the Black Sea dispersed a Turkish ...
Article : 40 wordsThis afternoon's French communique States:— Violent attacks in the region of Donaumont were everywhere ...
Article : 173 wordsMr. McKenzic, a member of the West Australian Parliament, has proceeded to the front on Red Cross service, and is providing his own ...
Article : 39 wordsLast night's French communique, states:— There is great artillery activity in the Vosges, more particularly in the ...
Article : 59 wordsIt is officially stated in Paris that the French auxiliary cruiser Provence, 3.941 tons, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on Saturday last by ...
Article : 162 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. H. J. Tennant, the Under-Secretary for War, said the Government did not consider it necessary to ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says fighting continues along the lines held since Friday across Poivre Crest, through ...
Article : 255 wordsA soldier who fought at Ornes, on the Cotes des Meuse, says the order came on Thursday to prepare to retire, as the position was becoming untenable, and ...
Article : 183 wordsIn the French communique issued this morning, it is stated:— Our artillery batteries in the Champagne district have wrecked ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports, under yesterday's date, as follows:— We brought down a German aeroplane behind our lines to-day, and ...
Article : 55 wordsThe House of Lords this afternoon debated the question, of the pensions of soldiers. Lord Newton, speaking for the Government, said if all the ...
Article : 58 wordsA batch of Australians connected with one of the siege batteries left London to-day for the Western front. It has been known for some time that ...
Article : 47 wordsMany of the suburbs of Verdun were severely hammered during the bombardment, and numerous civilians were among the victims. ...
Article : 542 wordsThe Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom met today to discuss after-the-war problems. Mr. McKenna, the Chancellor of the ...
Article : 233 wordsAn authoritative account of the operations at Verdun states that the great oftensive is one of the most carefully-planned and powerfully-equipped ...
Article : 190 wordsThe "Paris Journal" relates an episode which occurred in the Caures Wood during the battle. To the possession of this wood the ...
Article : 112 wordsYesterday two German balloons broke from their moorings in Flanders, and dropped into the sea. The aeronauts were made prisoner. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe official communique issued in Petrograd yesterday afternoon stated: We drove back the enemy yesterday, and advanced a little near the ...
Article : 66 wordsThe British Admiralty announces that the Germans during 1915 sank 40 British and 14 neutral unarmed merchant vessels without warning. ...
Article : 32 wordsNon-official messages say there was intense excitement when the general commanding the reinforcing armies massed in the French rear announced ...
Article : 104 wordsDuring February 621 war pensions were granted, bringing the total to 4,003. The annual liability is now £126,220. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe official Russian communique issued in Petrograd yesterday states that Turkish officers captured in the flight from Erzeroum complain bitterly ...
Article : 70 wordsA graphic description by an eyewitness of the recent torrific fighting around Verdun only adds horror to the details of the titanic struggle. He ...
Article : 311 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) disapproves of the suggestion of a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly that a disciplinary ...
Article : 76 wordsIn view of the recent condemnations by the War Office of Australian tinned meats, the Agents-General of the States have held a meeting, and decided to ...
Article : 44 wordsAs a result of the ninth day of the battle of Verdun, official and unofficial reports indicate that the fury of the enemy is spending itself. The attack to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Admiralty states that yesterday Lieutenant Simms, of the Naval wing of the Royal Flying Corps, attacked an enemy aeroplane, and shot it down ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. W. Long, the President of the Local Government Board, stated in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon that the Government was considering ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) admitted to-day that he was a convert to conscription. He added that it was evident from the response to the ...
Article : 55 wordsTelegrams from Amsterdam state that already 45,000 Germans have been killed in the battle of Verdun. Endless trains of wounded are arriving at Metz, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 2 Mar 1916, Page 5
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