Brigadier-General H. E. Elliott, of Victoria, has been specially congratulated on account of a fine raid made by a battalion on the Somme. ...
Article : 185 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 wordsThe re-captured lost ground between Butte-de-Mesnil and Maisons-de-Champagne was a brilliant feat, carefully planned, regaining a long crest full of observation ...
Article : 449 wordsEstimates of the length of the British line on the west front vary, owing to the fact that it is not publicly known how far it extends beyond Roye. ...
Article : 69 wordsReuter's correspondent at Paris states semi-officially that activity on the Ancre is momentarily calm, but the British are continually driving in the German flanks on ...
Article : 53 wordsA French communique states:— "In the Champagne, after intense artillery preparations, we carried the greater part of the salient, which the enemy ...
Article : 149 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "The situation is unchanged. We silenced batteries, shelling Ypres and bombarded enemy trenches westward of ...
Article : 182 wordsField-Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig reports:— "The total number taken prisoner at Irles (west of Bapaume) was 292. "Our artillery crushed attempts at ...
Article : 299 wordsFor intensity the aerial fighting in France at present has been unparalleled since July last. Fifty-six aeroplanes, of which the Germans claim 33, have been ...
Article : 225 wordsA French communique says:— "We carried out a coup de main at Quennevieres, between the Oise and the Aisne, and brought back prisoners. We ...
Article : 256 wordsSir Douglas Haig states :—"Yesterday evening the enemy launched five raids on the trenches north of Wuverghen, and re-attacked with four parties this morning. ...
Article : 193 wordsAllied publics await the commencement of the tremendous spring fighting with great expectancy and hopefulness, and they should soon know what plans have been maturing ...
Article : 275 wordsA French official message says:—"We entered the wrecked enemy trenches at several points south of Roye. The enemy three times furiously counter-attacked ...
Article : 223 wordsField-Marshal Haig reports:—"We advanced slightly on both sides of the Ancre Valley, and entered trenches near Bi aches, and brought back prisoners. The enemy ...
Article : 67 wordsGeneral Haig reports:— "We attacked and captured the village of [?] and neighboring defences. Our advance extends over a front of three miles. ...
Article : 75 wordsA message from "The Times" correspondent at the British headquarters says:— "The retreating enemy was closely pursued as he hurried from Bouchavesnes, ...
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Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Thu 15 Mar 1917, Page 13
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