Reuter's correspondent at headquarters, telegraphing at 7.30 on Saturday evening, says that the British progress continues most satisfactory. We captured a wood, ...
Article : 54 wordsSuch of the cable news on this page so headed has appeared in "The Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood ...
Article : 42 wordsA telegram from Paris states that French military experts are giving great attention to the British offensive. They declare that the British success ...
Article : 111 words"The Times" correspondent at the British headquarters says that the artillery terrifically pounded the German second line before the new advance. Generally speaking, ...
Article : 585 wordsMr. Redmond has received a letter from his sons, Captain Redmond, of the Dublin Fusiliers, showing that his latest position in the fighting line is next to the Ulster ...
Article : 39 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said :— "A great, and I think I am entitled to ...
Article : 207 wordsA French war correspondent, describing the battle for the Trones Wood, says that it has probably been the bloodiest and most obstinate struggle of the war. He ...
Article : 206 wordsBitter feeling marks the fighting in France. The British army seems to have been wholly converted to the French viewpoint, ...
Article : 145 wordsMr. Lloyd George described the efforts of the Allies to increase the output of munitions. He said the work of supplying the navy occupied 1,000,000 men, but ...
Article : 119 wordsA report from Sir Douglas Haig states that at dawn on Friday the British attacked the enemy's second line and broke through a front of four miles, capturing ...
Article : 44 wordsA correspondent, describing the struggle for Contal Maison, declares that with the exception of the Verdun battle, there has never been such intense fighting ...
Article : 234 wordsReuter's correspondent at the Press Camp states that the latest reports show that we captured the villages of Longueval and Bazentin Le Grand, both east of ...
Article : 45 wordsSir Douglas Haig's report states that there had been heavy fighting all day on Saturday in the Pozieres-Guillemont sector of the German second line, and it resulted ...
Article : 147 wordsA French correspondent states that the results obtained by the British in the past three days are most important. They constitute an advance which is ...
Article : 66 wordsThe news from the west front to-day (Friday), has been the best since the "push" began. It brings into the prospect what the people have not dared to hope, ...
Article : 106 words"The Times" correspondent at the front states that the capture of Mametz Wood and Contal Maison brings the British to within 300 yards of the front trench in ...
Article : 79 wordsA correspondent of the "Daily News," describing the fierce fighting at Mametz, Contal Maison, and Ovillers, says the oversea troops engaged in these operations ...
Article : 82 wordsReuter's correspondent at the British headquarters in France says that later reports confirm the success of the morning's attack. The British suffered small losses, ...
Article : 127 wordsA picturesque story is included in narratives of the wounded. An official who was wounded in the advance says that he found shelter in a ...
Article : 99 wordsThe storming of the village of Contal Maison by the British troops was a magnificent feat of arms. Mr. Beach Thomas, representing the ...
Article : 169 wordsMr. W. Beach Thomas, a "Daily Mail" correspondent at the front, describes in a despatch the terrible and tangled battle for the Trones Wood. ...
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Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Thu 20 Jul 1916, Page 13
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