The Allies' War Council apparently has decided that the Russian offensive shall begin now, because the main German concerntration of troops is at present on the Western front. Accordingly, our Ally has undertaken operations with great vigour at several points with success. In Courland, the offensive has been undertaken at Jacobstadt, on the Dwina, and two villages have been recaptured. About 200 miles south of Riga heavy fighting has taken ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 389 wordsThe King and Queen entertained another large party of wounded soldiers including Australians and New Zealanders, to afternoon tea and a concert at ...
Article : 320 wordsMr. Frank Clarke, M.L.C., handed in his resignation as a member of the Victorian Parliamentary Recruiting Committee to the Premier (Sir ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 638 wordsThe Port and Transit Executive Committee of the Port of London Authority has introduced a new form of shipping note, which is intended to relieve the ...
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Article : 804 wordsThe Russians are now attacking with great vigour on the Dwina front and to the south of Dvinsk. Last night's communique thus describes the fighting:— ...
Article : 250 wordsReplying in the House of Lords yesterday to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford the Duke of Devonshire, one of the Lords of the Admiralty stated that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 924 wordsLast night's communique says:— After a bombardment which lasted all day long t[?]he Germans made several attacks this (Wednesday) evening ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 600 wordsThe Norwegian newspapers protest against the submarining of vessels without warning, and regardless of the ships belonging to non-combatants. ...
Article : 79 wordsGeneral Cadorna, the Italian Commander-in-Chief, is now on a visit to England. He arrived in London to-day, and received an ovation. Amongst ...
Article : 45 wordsTo-day an Australian soldier named Milnes, who was travelling from Weymouth, fell from the train at Dorchester, and had his left leg badly crushed. ...
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Article : 242 wordsThe rope of a captive balloon, which was at a height of 11,500 feet on the French front, suddenly broke yesterday, and the occupant used a parachute ...
Article : 94 wordsThe German newspapers admit that the Russian attacks are becoming heavier, and that fresh Russian forces are being brought into the fight. An even ...
Article : 73 wordsThe State War Council met yesterday. There was a comparatively limited attendance of members, and only routine business was dealt with, ...
Article : 157 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for India, referring to the inadequacy of hospital ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Russian Black Sea fleet yesterday torpedoed and sank, of[?] Cape Kali Akra (on the cast coast of Bulgaria, not far from Varna), the 7,000-ton steamer ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 24 Mar 1916, Page 5
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