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  2. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

    The war is like a moving picture, in which our interest is swiftly directed from scene to scene. All eyes until the other day were riveted upon Verdun, on the West; now we must follow the fortunes of the great Russian offensive along the northern section of the Eastern front. General Kuropatkin's attack is no flash in the pan, but an attack in great force at points along a front of nearly 200 miles. The Germans were preparing a ...

    Article : 556 words
  3. THE ATTACK ON NEUTRAL VESSELS.

    The Amsterdam "Telegraaf' states that the only wireless messages sent out by the Dutch liner Tubantia, 13,911 tons, which was sunk by the Germans ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. THE GENERAL ELECTION.

    There were several novel features about Saturday's general election. For the first time a State referendum was run in double harness with the election to choose ...

    Article : 3,445 words
  5. COMPLETE BRITISH SUCCESS.

    The following official statement has been issued here:— The British operations on the Ruwu River have been completely ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. ACTIVITY OF THE GERMANS.

    The newspaper "Politiken" states that steamers which have recently arrived at Copenhagen report having seen many of the newest and lastest ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    An engagement took place in the North Sea on February 29 between the British merchant cruiser Alcantara and the German raider Greif, and it ...

    Article : 562 words
  8. TWO HUNDRED SUBMARINES

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily News" states that Germany has at least 200 subnarines at her disposal, and will shortly inform all neutral ...

    Article : 59 words
  9. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    Last night's communique says:— The Russian offensive is developing [?] the north-west of Lake Varganek, and desperate buyonet fighting is ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Mr. George Prade, well-known aeronautical expert states that he inspected the Zeppelin brought down recently at Revigny, in ...

    Article : 291 words
  11. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows:— On Friday night the Germans sprang a mine near the Hohenzollern redoubt (near Loos), and entered one ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. ON THE BLACK SEA.

    Last night's communique says:— Our torpedo-boats have destroyed 16 Turkish sailing vessels on the Anatolian coast of the Black Sea. ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. DEFENCE OF EGYPT.

    The War Office states that, owing to the satisfactory military position in Egypt a reorganisation of the forces there has been effected. General Sir ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. THE BALKANS

    The fighting on the front between Ghevghe[?]i and Doiran continued on Friday with greater intensity, and is tending to develop into a general action ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. BAGDAD.

    A Russian diplomatist in Rome states that if the Russians occupy Bagdad before the British, the fact will not lead to any modification of the policy ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. THE RUSSIAN OBJECTIVE.

    The "Morning Post's" special correspondent at Petrograd sends the following message about the position on the Eastern ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. THE WESTERN FRONT

    Last night's communique says:— There have been somewhat violent artillery actions in the Argonne today (Saturday), and a deal of ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The fourth German war loan is an unqualified failure. The middle classes show themselves quite indifferent to the frantic newspaper appeals for ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. ARMED MERCHANT VESSELS.

    The Entente Allies have sent a joint Note to the United States, refusing to consider the American proposal for the disarmament of merchant vessels. ...

    Article : 34 words
  20. ROUMANIA.

    Roumania has completed the formation of 40 new regiments. This brings the infantry she has now mobilised up to 120 regiments of 3,800 inch each, or ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Co.'s steamer Sussex, 1,353 tons, was torpedeed between Dieppe and Folkestone to-day. She has ...

    Article : 1,271 words
  22. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    From a reply given in the House of Commons this afternoon by Mr. R. MeKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, there appears little likelihood ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. EAST AFRICA

    General Smuts has sent the following telegram about the operations against German East Africa:— The Germans retreated through ...

    Article : 183 words
  24. STARVING THE POLES.

    The Vatiean Reveiver reports that the Germans are requisitioning all the foodstuffs in Poland, and the starving peasantry have been ordered to kill ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. A GERMAN ASSAULT.

    A Bavarian division attempted on Wednesday to debouch fiom the Avo[?]court Wood and to ascend the first slopes of Hill 304, but they were mown ...

    Article : 199 words
  26. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    The stormiest sitting of the Reichstag on record took place yesterday during the debate on the budget. Herr Haase, a Socialist, created a ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. THE TURKISH WAR

    The following official statement about the position in Mesopotamia was issued to-day:— General Townshend reports that ...

    Article : 84 words
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