The German great offensive movement seems to have for the time being drifted again from Verdun to the west of the Mouse, beyond Bethincourt. The enemy failed at Verdun partly because there he could not use those gallant weapons, poison gas and liquid fire. These methods are not of inuch service when atacking an enemy upon a hill top if the hill cannot be scaled. At Malancourt the Germans, using liquid fire, managed to gain some ground, but nothing ...
Article : 377 wordsA striking anti-German vote took place to-day at the election of the London Stock Exchange Committee. For 30 seats there were 40 candidates, of whom 27 ...
Article : 115 wordsThe following questions sent in, by a Tunnack correspondent were submitted to the State War Council yesterday:—1. Why was the selection of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 wordsThe bombardment by the combined air fleets of the Allies on Monday reduced the harbour of Ze[?]brugge to a condition of chaos. Two submarines ...
Article : 188 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon the debate on the Army Vote for providing 4,000,000 men centred on the question of recruiting. Several ...
Article : 164 wordsMr. Hughes and his wife visited the Baroness Burdett Coutts's school at Westminster to-day, and received an enthusiastic reception, the children ...
Article : 731 wordsThe arrival of British submarines in the Southern Cattegat, between Denmark and Sweden, has caused a sensation in the latter country. One was off ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. A. Jameson, general secretary the Y.M.C.A., has returned from a successful organising tour among the North-Western and Western coastal ...
Article : 95 wordsThe ballot-paper to be marked by the elector in voting for the House of Assembly election on Saturday will contain the names of the candidates for the ...
Article : 499 wordsIt is reported that Herr Ballin, the chairman of directors of the Hamburg-Amerika line, has informed his fellow-directors that Germany's policy is to ...
Article : 53 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, stated that Great Britain, France, and Russia during the past few ...
Article : 80 wordsThe following, the 156th, list of casualties among the Commonwealth troops was released yesterday. The names, unless it is otherwise ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Germans claim that all their aeroplanes engaged in the Kent raid have returned safely. ...
Article : 35 wordsThis afternoon's communique says:— To the westward of the Mouse the Germans to-day renewed their attacks, accompanied by jets of flaming ...
Article : 403 wordsA Bulgarian Monk, who has reached Salonika reports that a Bulgarian regiment at Palanka has mutinied and killed the officers and M. Sgoureff, Chief ...
Article : 42 wordsThere were unpr[?]nted scenes at Buckingham Palaces yesterday when the King and Queen entertained wounded soldiers, including a number of ...
Article : 110 wordsAdvices received in Berlin from Constantinople state that Enver Pasha has returned from an extended tour of inspection. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 wordsAn inquest was held to-day on the body of John Ritchie Laidlaw, a New Zealander, who was killed at Hendon a few days ago whilst training for ...
Article : 68 wordsO'Connor, J. (7th), Footscray. ...
Article : 8 wordsThe Russian troops yesterday captured Ispahan, a famous city of Persia, to the south of Teheran. The city of Ispahan, once the capital ...
Article : 584 wordsThe "Figaro" states that the forces at Salonika are preparing for action, and the military chiefs and representatives of the Allies there are going to ...
Article : 76 wordsWiltshire, R. J. (3rd L.H. Bde. Headquarters), Elmhurst. ...
Article : 12 wordsMass meetings demanding definite action on the part of the United States on behalf of the Allies, and also the dismissal of Count Von Bernstorff, the ...
Article : 72 wordsColonel Repington, the "Times" military critic, writes as follows:—The position of the army as regards numbers is critical. We have 70 United ...
Article : 170 wordsRiley, A. (23rd), Bendigo. ...
Article : 7 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Allies will shortly publish evidence and documents proving that Austria and Bulgaria have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsThe Hague correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" emphasises to-day that the Germans are preparing for a ruthless after-the-war commercial ...
Article : 147 wordsLeatch, A. T. (2nd L.H.), Tara, missing, believed to be drowned. ...
Article : 13 wordsAt the annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association at Warragul to-day, the Board of Directors submitted an amended motion declaring ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 wordsTo-day's Vienna communique says:— After a brave defence lasting for six months we have evacuated the ruined bridgehead fortifications on the Dniester ...
Article : 159 wordsIn the Legislative Council of India to-day, Sir Ebrahin Rahimtoo[?]a moved a resolution asking the Government to appoint a committee to consider the ...
Article : 300 wordsGeneral Cadorna has arrived in Paris, and states that when the weather improves the Italians will advance in a manner that will satisfy everyone. ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Haynes moved the adjournment of the Assembly to-day to discuss the unsatisfactory reply given by the Premier (Mr. Holman) in regard to the ...
Article : 152 wordsA decree was issued by the Imperial Government to-day prohibiting the importation of luxuries into Great Britain, and also of spirits, except brandy and ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Minister of Munitions, stated in the House of Co[?]nmons this afternoon that Mr. W. Runciman, the President of the Board of ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Candler, the British press correspondent in Mesopotamia, referring to the recent British operations at Es-sinn, says:— ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Admiralty states that yesterday (Monday) four British torpedo-boat destroyers chased three German torpedo-boat destroyers off the Belgian coast ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsThe rate of exchange for the German mark reached its lowest point in New York yesterday. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. Hewison (president of the Australian Natives' Association) yesterday protested against the treatment that was being meted out to some soldiers ...
Article : 82 wordsA German wireless message states: "The Russians are extending their attacks to the uttermost northern point at Wixe. We repulsed them south of ...
Article : 71 wordsIt is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap your vitality when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will relieve you. You don't know where a persistent cough ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 23 Mar 1916, Page 5
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