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  2. BATTLE STILL RAGING

    The further accounts to hand of the great battle west of the Meuse on Sunday only confirm the fact that along the whole front from the Meuse to Avocourt the Gormans were repulsed with great slaughter. General Petain repeated at Bethincourt the tacties he had played with such success at Forges a week or two ago. Having prepared a new battle front in the rear he, on Saturday night, withdrew the troops from the advanced post at Bethincourt. ...

    Article : 516 words
  3. ENGLAND AND FRANCE

    At Buckingham Palace to-day the King welcomed the 30 members of the French Parliament who are now visiting England as the guests of the British ...

    Article : 194 words
  4. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Lieutenant. Cudmore, of the Royal Field Artillery, who belonged to South Australia, has been killed in action. He was mentioned in despatches recently, ...

    Article : 39 words
  5. THE NEW ARMY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 356 words
  6. N.S.W. MONOPOLY IN OIL

    Mr. Justice Pring to-day resumed his inquiry under the Royal Commission into the allegations made concerning certain negotiations in connection with the ...

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  7. AUSTRALIA.

    A warning to those who may receive a circular from Egypt, offering, on payment of £1, to obtain information regarding Australian soldiers abroad, was ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE

    The Russian official communique issued to-day describes the progress of operations in Asia Minor:— Our troops in the Caucasus have ...

    Article : 209 words
  9. SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER.

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, presided at a dinner given last night to the visitors. There was a brilliant and representative gathering. ...

    Article : 596 words
  10. TASMANIA.

    The Burnie Y.M.C.A. Field Service Committee, at a meeting today, reported having forwarded £85 to the central committee since January. The ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. RED CROSS INFORMATION BUREAU.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 603 words
  12. MR. HUGHES.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Sir E. A. Goulding, the Unionist member for Worcester asked whether, in view of the date of Mr. Hughes's ...

    Article : 495 words
  13. THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of "The Times" says he understands that the Chief of the General Staff and the military members of the Army Council ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. THE WESTERN FRONT

    This afternoon's communique says:— The operations on Sunday wore marked by the first great German attempt at a general offensive along a ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. TURKS OPTIMISTIC.

    A telegram from Constantinople says that the Turks express confidence in the situation in Mesopotamia. They have concentrated over 100,000 troops at ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    To-day's official communique says:— We have captured a trench in the Lower Strypa district of Galacia. The enemy made fruitless counter-attacks, ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. NAVAL WARFARE.

    The Danish newspaper "Aftenrposten" states that for the first time since the beginning of the war, German steamers have arrived at Norwegian West Coast ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. THE GERMAN STATEMENT.

    A wireless message sent out from Berlin to-day says:—We isolated two fortified French points of support called Alsace and Lorraine, situated ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. THE TURKISH WAR

    General Sir Percy Lake, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force marching to the relief of General Townshend at Kut-el-Amara, ...

    Article : 247 words
  20. THE AVOCOURT FIGHT.

    The "Petit Parisien" says:— The Germans hurled at least a division into the fray between Quavacourt and the Avocourt cross-roads, south of ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    Lloyd's states that the Germans have torpedoed and sunk the British steamers Zafra (3,578 tons), Glenalmond (2,888 tons), Silksworth Hall (4,777 ...

    Article : 163 words
  22. SUNDAY'S BATTLE.

    The moment the Germans leapt from their tronches, and rushed against the Avocourt-Bethincourt sector on Sunday, the French artillery opened a furious ...

    Article : 303 words
  23. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    The Australian and New Zealand troops in London will attend a memorial service in Westminster Abbey on Anzac Day (April 25). Sir Thomas Mackvmzic, ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. GERMAN MUTINEERS SHOT.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News Agency says that the remnant of a German battalion that recently fought at Douaumout, was ...

    Article : 70 words
  25. THE BRITISH LINE.

    The struggle for the possession of the eraters in the St. Eloi salient, south of Ypres, still continues, according to the latest report by General Sir Douglas ...

    Article : 144 words
  26. FRUIT TRADE.

    The bulk of the apples forwarded by the P. and O. liner Medina sold to-day at about 1s. to 2s, per case below last week's rates, when the fruit ...

    Article : 226 words
  27. BRITISH BUDGET.

    Members of the House of Commons this afternoon severely criticised the now taxes on railway tickets, matches, and amusements. Mr. McKenna, the ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. TURKEY AND GERMANY.

    Messages received in copenhagen from Berlin indicate that 'there is a serious disagreement between Germany and Turkey, owing to the recall of ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. GERMAN INHUMANITY.

    The shocking treatment meted out to British prisoners at the Wittenburg camp, in Germany, as diselosed by the evidence collected by the Select ...

    Article : 169 words
  30. THE GERMAN SITUATION.

    Col. Repington, "The Time" military expert, says: "The Germans had not the wit to make the most of their successes, and secure a ...

    Article : 104 words
  31. VICTORIAN GOLD YIELD.

    The Victorian gold yield for March was 26,099oz. gros, or 24,501oz fine, a decrease of 9,352oz. fine compared with the vield for March, 1915. The return ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. THE RECENT SUCCESS.

    Mr. Edmund Candler, the war correspondent, who is at the British headquarters in Mesopotamia, describes the storming of the Turkish positions at ...

    Article : 315 words
  33. ENEMY EVERYWHERE REPULSED.

    The French communique issued last night states:— The bombardment west of the Meuse is growing in intensity. ...

    Article : 168 words
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