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  2. THE WESTERN FRONT

    The Germans on Tuesday continued their desperate attempts to take Fort Vaux, and claim to have captured the position on that day. On the other hand, the French say, at 3.30 on Wednesday morning, they still held it, but it was then cut off by bombardment from other points. The Germans may be in possession, and yet they may be only anticipating, as they have so often done. If they have taken the fort, they have got a footing on the heights ...

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  3. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY

    Mr. Hughes has returned to London after his visit to France. Whilst there he attended a reception given by M. Raymond Poincare, the President, ...

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  4. LORD KITCHENER.

    An eye-witness of the sinking of the Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener, states that it was a wet and stormy night, but that it was light enough to ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. BATTLE INCIDENTS.

    A survivor of the destroyer Fortune says:— The German battleships let rip at us with 11-inchers. All our boats were ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. KITCHENER'S SUCCESSOR.

    The "Manchester Guardian" has forecasted that Mr. Lloyd George will succeed Lord Kitchener as Secretary for War. ...

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  7. THE NAVAL BATTLE

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Balfour) last night at the luncheon of the Imperial Council of Commerce delivered a striking speech upon the naval ...

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  8. THE BRITISH LOSSES.

    A total of 1,792 officers and men were lost with the Invincible and the Defence. JAPANESE OFFICER DROWNED. ...

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  9. THE NEW ZEALAND.

    The "Scotsman" publishes a special narrative of the New Zealand's share [?]n o[?]e of the greatest sea fights in history. It says: She flew Rear-Admiral ...

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  10. LORD KITCHENER'S WORK.

    Sir Douglas Haig has sent the following message to the King:— The memory of Lord Kitchener will remain with the army as an ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. THE GERMAN LOSSES.

    The Germans admit the loss of the Dreadnought battle-cruiser Lutzow (28,000 tons, eight 12-inch guns, twelve 6-inch guns, twelve 24-pounders, five ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig last night reported as follows:— Yesterday (Tuesday) the Germans succeeded in capturing our front line ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. THE TURKISH STATEMENT.

    To-day's Constantinople communique claims that the Turks have driven the Russians from positions on the Asia Minor front extending for 14 kilometres ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. THE NEWS IN GERMANY.

    A message from Berlin states that no telegram of the year has created a sensation equal to the news about Kitchener. Special editions published late ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. RESCUE OF SURVIVORS.

    It is officially stated in Berlin that German small cruisers and torpedoboats rescued an ensign and one man from the Queen Mary, two men from ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. BRITISH OPERATIONS

    Mr. Candler, the British press representative in Mesopotamia, describing the fight at Deitaisha on April 15, says:— ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. FEELING OF ALLIES.

    The news of Lord Kitchener's death has caused stupefaction. The newspapers reprint in leaded type Kitchener's happy saying:— ...

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  18. THE BRITISH VICTORY.

    Sir Edward Grey, replying to M. Sazonoff's congratulations on the naval battle, says:— "Knowing that the enemy ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    In the fighting from the Pripet to the Roumanian frontier the Russians have now, it is officially stated, made prisoner 41,000 Austrians, including 900 ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    There is to be a memorial service at St. Paul's at noon on Tuesday (June 14). The King and Queen are to attend. ...

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  21. GERMAN REJOICINGS.

    Thousands of people took part in a thanksgiving service on the steps of the Reichstag Chamber in Berlin on Sunday afternoon. Rector Runge spoke of ...

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  22. MR. BALFOUR'S TRIBUTE.

    Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at the luncheon of the British Imperial Council of Commerce last night, said:—The navy is ...

    Article : 310 words
  23. EAST AFRICA.

    The following statement about the campaign against German East Africa was issued yesterday:— Colonel Northey reports that ...

    Article : 129 words
  24. VERDUN BATTLE

    The official communique issued in Paris this afternoon states:— Our machine-gun fire smashed a powerful German attack on Vaux ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. AN AUSTRIAN RETREAT.

    Last night's Vienna communique says:—In face of superior Russian forces operating in Volhynia, on the Upper Puilooka, we withdrew yesterday ...

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  26. ADDRESS TO THE TROOPS.

    Mr. Hughes yesterday visited the Australian forces at the front in France. Though clearly ill through the tremendous strain of the tour through the ...

    Article : 516 words
  27. THE TURKISH WAR.

    Last night's communique says:— Our artillery yesterday stopped a large Turkish offensive movement in the direction of Erzindjan. ...

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  28. THE ANZAC BOOK.

    Captain Bean reports:—The Anzac Book which was published in England last week has attained great popularity amongst the men here. The ...

    Article : 182 words
  29. IN AUSTRALIA.

    His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro Ferguson), in addressing the members of the Naval Brigade at the Naval Depot, Williamstown, at ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. THE ANZACS.

    The Germans last week opened a very heavy bombardment just before dark against a portion of our line. The ...

    Article : 265 words
  31. TURKS ROUTED WITH HEAVY LOSS.

    Last night's communique says:— We have occupied a strongly fortified Turkish position in the region of Hannkin (86 miles north-west of ...

    Article : 66 words
  32. BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN LINE.

    The above map shows Bois Grenier, the wood near which the Australians have raided a German trench, and killed or made prisoner the occupants, and got safely back. This wood is about two miles south of Armentieres. Last week the Australians, doubtless in this same locality, drove back the Germans when they had entered a trench captured after bombardment. This part of France is very flat. The British have been heavily engaged to the east of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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