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  2. FIGHTING NEAR VERDUN

    There has been renewed fighting on the Western front. The Germans severely bombarded the French to the westward of the Mouse, and the latter were compelled to evacuate a portion of their trenches on the northern slopes of Hill 304. The French batteries, however, checked the enemy's advance, and a fresh German division that attacked the hill sustained a crushing loss. The British made a successful raid on the German trenches ...

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  3. AMERICA AND GERMANY

    Germany, in her reply to the American Note demanding the cessation of the sinking of merchant vessels without warning, repudiates the suggestion that ...

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  4. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    The Minister of Munitions (Mr. Lloyd George), speaking at Conway, in Wales, yesterday said the task on hand was not for one or two parties, but for ...

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  5. THE IRISH OUTBREAK.

    It is officially announced in Dublin that Joseph Plunkett, Edward Daly, Michael Shanahan, and William Pearse, four prominent rebels, were ...

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  6. BOMBS ON BRINDISI.

    Yesterday five Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs on Brindisi, not even sparing the hospitals, where they killed four patients. ...

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  7. SITUATION SLOWLY CLEARING UP.

    The situation in Dublin is slowly clearing up, though desultory sniping recommenced on Tuesday night, but was quickly suppressed. ...

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  8. ITALIAN COUNTER-ATTACK.

    Two Italian aeroplanes counter-attacked the Brindisi raiders, one of which was destroyed. ...

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  9. STATEMENT BY AMERICAN SECRETARY.

    Mr. R. Lansing, the American Secretary of State, says that the alleged mistakes of German submarine warfare are inadmissable, and he might ask ...

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  10. THE LOSS OF THE L20.

    As the Zeppelin L20, which was wrecked in a storm off Stavangar, on the west coast of Norway, was rolling dangerously, Norwegian soldiers fired ...

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  11. THE THREATENED RUPTURE

    A message from the Pope was delivered to President Wilson yesterday. It is understood that the message reflects the apprehension of His Holiness as to ...

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  12. PLEA FOR CLEMENCY.

    Ireland has relieved the Government from dealing sternly with the leaders of the outbreak, but the public insists that steps be taken to end the menace, ...

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  13. AN ITALIAN RAID.

    Four of our hydroplanes effectively bombarded Durazzo on Friday morning. They returned unharmed, in spite of the fact that one was simultaneously ...

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  14. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    Repatriated Italians give lamentable reports as to the starvation of French and Russian prisoners working in the Westphalian quarries, none of whom ...

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  15. WAR IN AFRICA.

    A Nigerian intelligence officer in the Cameroons reports that in January the Germans promptly murdered natives for sympathising with the Allies, ...

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  16. THE WESTERN FRONT

    This afternoon's communique says:— After a violent bombardment along the line to the westward of the Meuso the Germans yesterday made a strong ...

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  17. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Four Italian torpedo-boat destroyers in the Upper Adriatic on Wednesday sighted 10 enemy torpedo-boats, which fled to Pola. The destroyers chased ...

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  18. "GERMANY'S PANGS OF HUNGER."

    The German Note pioads that allowances must be made for the errors of men of the German navy, in view of Great Britain's illegal ruses. In any ...

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  19. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE

    Last night's communique thus refers to the Russian operations in Armenia and the neighbouring regions:— A Turkish offensive movement from ...

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  20. INDIA AND THE WAR.

    Miss Constance Faithful, a daughter of the late Mr. William Pitt Faithful, of Sydney, New South Wales, has offered the India Office her family house, ...

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  21. MARRIED IN PRISON.

    Plunkett, one of the rebels who was shot, was a brilliant University graduate. He was a son of Count George Plunkett, the Director of the National ...

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  22. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The Salonika correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" gives a vivid narrative of the destruction of a Zeppelin at Salonika on Thursday night. He says ...

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  23. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The captain of the steamer Clan Macfadyen, 2,816 tons, which reached London to-day, reports that he encountered two submarines in the Bay ...

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  24. BRITAIN'S GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR.

    Lord Curzon, the Lord Privy Seal in Mr. Asquith's Government, addressing the Primrose League to-day, said he wished to dispel the illusion that the ...

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  25. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    Last night's communique says:— We captured by surprise some German trenches to the south-east of Lake Narotch. ...

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  26. THE LUSITANIA CRIME.

    It is 12 months to-day since the Lusitania was sunk by the Germans off Kinsale, and the occasion was commemorated yesterday by a procession, which ...

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  27. BRITISH OPERATIONS

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows:— We made a successful raid to-day (Saturday) on the German trenches ...

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  28. ASSURANCES LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED.

    It is understood unofficially that President Wilson is likely to accept the German promises contained in her last Note, but whether he will make ...

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  29. THE BALKANS

    The Bucnarest correspondent of the "New York World" sends the following message:— The hasty preparations now being ...

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  30. THE GERMAN FLEET.

    Captains of vessels arriving at Malmo, in Sweden, report that they sighted a large German squadron, comprising some of the biggest ships of the ...

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  31. TRIED FOR TREASON

    Senator Bogorodvay is conducting the prosecution of General Sukhomhnoff, till recently Minister of War, who is accused of high treason, abuse of power, ...

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  32. A GERMAN APPEAL.

    Mr. William Redmond, M.P. for East Clare, a son of Mr. John Redmond, who is now on active service at the front, writes to his brother as follows:— ...

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  33. THE TURKISH WAR

    General Lake, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces operating in Mesopotamia, reports that on the 3rd inst. the situation was ...

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  34. THE ADMIRALTY'S REPORT.

    The Admiralty states that the following report has been received from Admiral de Robeek, who is in command of the British warships in the ...

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  35. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The Board of Trade returns for April show that, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, imports increased by £2,046,780, and exports by ...

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  36. ATTEMPT TO CREATE STRIFE IN INDIA.

    Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Secretary for India, in a statement in the American newspapers, says that the Germans made every endeavour to ...

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  37. STOREMEN AND PACKERS' STRIKE.

    As the result of conferences between the employers and employees, the strike of the storemen and packers at the wholesale grocery warehouses in Sydney ...

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  38. DEFENCE OF THE REALM.

    A sensational case under the Defence of the Realm Act was concluded in Sheffield yesterday, when Albert Bright, an iron merchant, was charged with ...

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  39. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN BADLY DAMAGED.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily News" says that Dutch fishermen report that the Zeppelin L9 was sighted in the North Sea flying very ...

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  40. THIEVES FALL OUT.

    It is reported that intense animosity exists between the Bulgarian and the Austrian troops. They fought each other for eight hours recently to the ...

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  41. "AN UNREPENTANT BULLY."

    Commenting on the German Note, the "New York Herald" points out that on the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania lynch law is still in force ...

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  42. A NEW MOVEMENT.

    Marshal Liman Von Sanders has arrived at Smyrna with German forces, and is in command of the fifth Turkish army, which is encamped in the vicinity. ...

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  43. ATTACK BY BRITISH CRUISERS.

    It is officially announced by the Admiralty that yesterday the British light cruisers Galatea and Phæton (both of 3,520 tons, 30 knots, and ...

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  44. BRINGING IN THE PRISONERS

    A correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," who has toured the West of Ireland, says he has left with the impression that the action of the rebels was ...

    Article : 258 words
  45. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales is visiting the Italian front, where he will be the guest of King Victor Emmanuel. ...

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