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  2. THE GERMAN CLAIM.

    Last night's Berlin communique says:—The Bavarian Rifles and the East Prussian infantry to-day stormed strong earthworks to the west of Fort ...

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  3. GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORIES

    The Russian victory on the front between the Pripet River and the Roumanian frontier grows in extent and importance. The breach in the Austrian line made at Luck (or Lutak) widened rapidly, and it is reported that on a ninety miles front the Russians have advanced west for forty miles. In fact, from Rovno to net far from the Dniester River, the Austrians are in retreat, because they are threatened in rear from both Luck and at a point near ...

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  4. ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS.

    The Austrian commander in the Trentine has received orders to send all available divisions to Volhynia. Four divisions, which form the reserve, ...

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  5. EAST AFRICA.

    The Union Defence Department reports as follows:— General Smuts has cleared the Paree Mountains of the enemy, and ...

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  6. THE AUSTRIAN CLAIM.

    Last night's Vienna communique says:—In the Asingo region we have capture Monte Sisemol, to the north of Monte Emeletta and Monte Castel, ...

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  7. CELEBRATING THE VICTORY.

    A To Deum for the naval victory will be sung in St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, and also generally at all the churches throughout the country. ...

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  8. EFFECT OF RUSSIAN VICTORIES.

    The news of the Russian victories has electrified the public. It is believed that they will paralyse the Austrian offensive in the Trentine. ...

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  9. PART OF GENERAL PLAN.

    This afternoon's communique says:— M. Poincare has sent the following message to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army:— ...

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  10. THE GERMAN LOSSES.

    The notebook of a captured German staff officer contains an estimate of the German losses at Verdun up to the end of May as 425,000. This is based ...

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  11. THE NEW ZEALAND.

    Complete accounts of the battle[?] cruiser New Zealand's action show that she battered and helped to sink a big German ship. She herself was only ...

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  12. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig last night reported as follows:— To-day a party of the Gloucesters entered the German trenches south ...

    Article : 183 words
  13. THE TURKISH WAR.

    To-day's communique says:— We have dislodged the Turks from their positions to the south of Ha[?]tokop, in the region of Trebizond. We ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. FORT VAUX.

    A Chassour who was wounded in the fighting at Fort Vaux says:— The violence of the German, bombardment was inconceivable. At least 48 ...

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  15. THE NAVAL BATTLE.

    Officers of the Navy who are on furlough say they are amazed that the Germans should claim victory in the naval battle. ...

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  16. THE BALKANS.

    King Constantine has, according to a message from Athens, signed an order for the demobilisation of 12 classes of the Greek army, including a total of ...

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  17. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    This afternoon's communique says:— Fighting of extreme violence continues on the Sette Communi Plateau The battle for our positions cast of ...

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  18. AUXILIARY CRUISER TO THE RESCUE.

    In the great naval battle the Cunard liner Carmania, 12,884 tons, acted as the seaplone depot ship, and when the armoured cruiser Warrior was hard ...

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  19. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The Russians continue to develop their great offessive against the Austrians between the Pripet and the Dniester, and all accounts are agreed ...

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  20. THE RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT.

    The bombardment which preceded the Russian advance was so intense that it was heard as a continuous roar from 20 to 30 miles behind the firing ...

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  21. HOOGE BATTLE.

    The newspaper "De Telegraaf" states that the German losses at Hooge were heavy. The Red Cross activity recalls the days of October, 1914, and of ...

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  22. KING AND PRESIDENT.

    His Majesty the King, replying to the telegram of congratulation forwarded by M. Raymond Poincare, the French President, warmly thanked the ...

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  23. THE ZILLEBEKE BATTLE.

    The details of the fighting at Zillebeke, near Ypres, in which the Canadians were engaged, on June 2, show that it was the greatest event in the ...

    Article : 315 words
  24. ADMIRAL BEATTY AND HIS MEN.

    Admiral Sir David Beauty, addressing the officers and men of his battle-cruisers, said:—I offer you my sincere thanks for what will ever remain a ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. NIGHT PURSUIT OF THE GERMANS.

    The crew of the British torpedo-boat destroyer Sparrowhawk give vivid details of the destroyers night pursuit of the German warships after the main ...

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  26. THASOS ISLAND.

    French troops have occupied the Greek island of Thasos (which lies off the mainland of Macedomn, almost opposite the point where the ...

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  27. THE GENERAL POSITION.

    The Prime Minister of Italy (Signor Salandra), referring to the military situation, said to-day:— Favourable conditions enabled the ...

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  28. THE WAR COUNCIL.

    General Joffre, who reached London to-day, had a conference with the War Council. General Joffre drove through ...

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  29. A COUNTER-MOVEMENT.

    To-day's communique says:— The Germans have violently bombarded out lines in the region north-east of Krovo and south of Smorgon. ...

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  30. DERFLINGER SINKS.

    Travellers from Berlin state that they heard there that the German battlecruiser Derflinger (28,000 tons, and main armament of eight 12-inch guns, ...

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  31. THE POSITION ON THURSDAY

    The latest telegrams from Petrograd, Vienna, and Rome emphasise the far-reaching effect of the Russian victories. ...

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  32. THE DUBLIN.

    A gunner of the light cruiser Dublin (5,100 tons), asserts positively that she sank three German cruisers. The most thrilling incident occurred at midnight, ...

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  33. THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNTS.

    Last night's Vienna communique says.‑To-day the fighting on our front in Volhynia and Galicia was less severe. The Russians made attacks ...

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  34. VERDUN BATTLE

    This afternoon's communique says:— We have repulsed violent attacks made to-day by the Germans to the west of Thiaumont Farm, and ...

    Article : 186 words
  35. THE AUSTRIAN RETREAT.

    The Austrians have evacuated Dubno, and the Russian vanguard is now within 20 miles of Lemberg. It is reported, that since the outset of ...

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  36. GERMANY'S LATEST.

    The latest grotesque German explanation of the events leading up to the naval battle is contained in an American United Press wireless ...

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  37. HUGE AUSTRIAN LOSSES.

    Lemberg is full of wounded and the residents have been notified that every household must prepare to shelter the seriously wounded, who cannot [?]e ...

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  38. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN VOLHYNIA AND GALICIA.

    The Russians are attacking all along the line from the Dniester River, near Nizhniow (in the south), to Kolki (in the north), and still further to the north, but their heaviest blows on the Austrian front have been given on the Styr in the region of Luck, and in the region just north of the Dniester (south-west of Tarnopol). In the north the Russian forces advancing from Rovno have captured Luck (or Lutzk, as it is sometimes spelled), and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. BELGIAN MOTOR-CARS.

    It is officially stated that Belgian armoured cafs have rendered most useful assistance to the Russian troops in Galicia. ...

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