It is announced in to-day's cables that the Australians and New Zealanders are in France, and have taken over a part of the first line of trenches. The Anz[?]s, as a matter of fact, have been in France for some time, but for military reasons the information has not previously been published. Fierce fighting has been resumed in the vicinity of Verdun, and the Germans have subjected the French to the ...
Article : 234 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that the condition of the present Russian army is excellent. It is wholly armed with Russian rifles of the new model. Every ...
Article : 73 wordsThe American Ambassadors in London and Paris have advised Dr. Wilson; the President, that the Allies are not at all inclined to discuss terms of peace ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the House of Representatives today Mr. Higgs (the Federal Treasurer) delivered the Budget. He said:—I desire to place before you a clear budget ...
Article : 6,067 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Asquith said that Steps, were being taken to ascertain what Government offcials were implicated in the Irish ...
Article : 295 wordsThe moment the Australians entered their section of the front line of trenches the Germans opposite held up a banner inscribed "Welcome to the ...
Article : 34 wordsAnother Note is to be sent to Germany informing her that if her instructions to the submarine commanders are observed diplomatic relations ...
Article : 117 wordsReports from Constantinople state that General Townshend and the four members of his General Staff have been taken to Bagdad, to which place the ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Hughes, when interviewed, said:— I hail the announcement with satisfaction. I feel perfectly confident ...
Article : 54 wordsThe proposal to evacuate the Australian and New Zealand hospitals in England, and transfer them to Marseilles and Egypt is exciting much comment. ...
Article : 769 wordsSir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has asked the American Government to obtain from its Embassy at Constantinople ...
Article : 58 wordsThe American Note accepting Germany's new submarine policy adds that the United States cannot entertain, much less discuss, any suggestion ...
Article : 58 wordsThere is no cessation of the titanic struggle round Verdun; indeed, during the last few days the fighting has been more desperate than ever to the west ...
Article : 231 wordsThis afternoon's communique says:— In the direction of Erzingan the Turks, under our heavy artillery fire, evacuated the whole of their first line ...
Article : 35 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. H. J. Tennant, the Under-Secretary for War, stated that Irish prisoners of war in ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Warner Allen, the war correspondent, authoritatively denies that the Australian artillery has been fighting at Verdun. ...
Article : 27 wordsThis afternoon's communique states that the Bre[?]lau has bombarded Eupatoria (on the west coast of the Crim[?]a). ...
Article : 29 wordsFour more rebels were executed this morning. Their names were Cornelius Colbert, Edmund Kent, Michael Nallon, and J. Houston. Kent was one of the ...
Article : 126 wordsSir Douglas Haig reports as follows: — To the east of Thieval Wood the Germans, after a heavy ...
Article : 91 wordsA motion in the House of Commons yesterday to modify the Order in Council prohibiting the press from referring to Cabinet proceedings, was negatived ...
Article : 76 wordsThe naval attache to the British Embassy at Washington is investigating a report that two German commerce raiders are at large in the North Atlantic, ...
Article : 143 wordsAt the conclusion of a secret meeting of the Federal members of Parliament to-night, the Acting-Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) said that, beyond ...
Article : 49 wordsGeneral Birdwood urged the Anzacs to live up to the ideal set forth by Lord Kitchener, and proceeded:— "You have made yourselves a ...
Article : 369 wordsThe Vatican has been overwhelmed with appeals from America to save the life of Sir Roger Casement, but the Pope is unwilling to interfere. ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is definitely stated that the Australians and New Zealanders are now in France. Not only have they arrived on the Western front, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Rev. Father Wattel, the President of the Catholic University School in Dublin, has died from the effects of a gunshot wound received when he was ...
Article : 51 wordsTo-day's Berlin communique makes the following claims:—We have captured the whole network of French trenches on the northern slopes of Hill ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the Anglican Synod last evening Archdeacon Whitington moved,— That this Synod, while deploring the stupendous sorrow and loss ...
Article : 574 wordsIt is reported from Constantinople that a German submarine has struck a mine and sunk in the Black Sea, off Varna. Many of the crew were saved ...
Article : 45 wordsWhen Mr. A. Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, resigned a few days ago, it was stated that Mr. Lewis Harcourt, the First Commissioner of Works, ...
Article : 82 wordsSince Wednesday the German batteries have concentrated a deluge of metal on Hill 304, Morthomme Hill, and the slopes of the little valley ...
Article : 373 wordsNearly half the Australians, and most of the New Zealanders, who are on the Western front, have seen fighting either on Gallipoli or in Western Egypt. Their ...
Article : 270 wordsBefore the rebellion broke out there was a split in the Sinn Fein, Council as to starting the outbreak, but the fatal decision was carried by a small ...
Article : 40 wordsA submarine has Sunk the French sailing ship Marie Molinos (1,946 tons) off the Spanish coast. The submarine gave the crew 15 minutes to take to ...
Article : 47 wordsLord Loreburn, a former Lord Chancellor, intends to move a vote of censur[?] on the Government for its policy in Ireland before the rebellion broke out. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe White Star liner Cymric (13,370 tons, built in 1898) is reported to be sinking. NEW YORK, May 8. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe arrangements for the disembarkation and entraining of the men were excellent. British landing officers and military police superintended the ...
Article : 139 wordsThe British Admiralty describes as an absolute fabrication a wireless message sent from Berlin to the German Embassy at Washington stating that ...
Article : 63 wordsLloyd Kubie, 22 years of age, who arrived from Tasmania about 12 months ago, was shot dead on Friday evening at Jepperson's farm at Burrandowan, ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. Justice Hau[?]hach[?], of the High Court, has been appointed chairman of the committee appointed to inquire into the administration of the British ...
Article : 43 wordsM. Venizelos, the former Premier of Greece, who wanted to intervene in the war on the side of the Allies, and resigned from the Chamber of Deputies ...
Article : 47 wordsOn the last day of the trip a meeting was arranged on a troopship and General Birdwood addressed 3,500 men. A printed copy of his remarks ...
Article : 322 wordsThe Australians are of fine physique, and made a great impression on the French people as they marched through the cobbled streets. When they were ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 10 May 1916, Page 5
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