From Monday morning to Wednesday night the British bombarded the German lines, and then had not ceased. They are deliberately seeking to destroy every trench and defensive position and camp of the enemy within reach of their guns, and at the same time to kill as many Germans as possible. As an example of what is being achieved, it is stated that the headquarters of a Gorman corps last week were in a village within a wood, and that neither ...
Article : 330 wordsLast night's Russian communique records further successes by the Russian forces advancing on Bagdad as follows:— ...
Article : 53 wordsThe United States has asked General Carranza, the President of Mexico to release the captured American soldiers, but, no reply having, been ...
Article : 248 wordsThe Norwegian "Shipping Gazette" states that as the outcome of negotiations botweon Great Britain and Sweden, Great Britain is to partly ...
Article : 56 wordsA cable message recently announced the fact that a deputation of Australians resident in England had waited upon the High Commissioner ...
Article : 133 wordsIn the House of Lords, this afternoon, Lord Sandhurst, the Lord Chamberlain, announced that the Government proposed to take an early census of this ...
Article : 39 wordsIn to-day's Turkish communique it is stated that Turkish columns pursuing the enemy northward of the river Ohoruk (which rises 60 miles south of ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Pratten, the Australian Belgian Relief Commissioner, considers that although the operations of the Belgian Commission will continue on a large ...
Article : 132 wordsIn the course of to-days communique the Turks state:—British ships continue to bombard undefended places on the coast of the Red Sea, and are ...
Article : 99 wordsRegulations were issued to-day under the War Precautions Act to tighten up the system under which passports are issued. They provide that after ...
Article : 174 wordsThe Commandant, Australian Imperial Force Headquarters, Cairo, reporting under date April 29, says:— In connection with the anniversary of ...
Article : 293 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian," referring to-day to the purchase of a fleet of steamers for the Commonwealth, states that as the Australian ...
Article : 216 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday afternoon, Lord Newton stated that 2,000 British prisoners had been sent from Germany to Libau and Windhau, ...
Article : 88 wordsAn official statement just issued says:— The Germans, in announcing to the whole world the terrible effects of the ...
Article : 200 wordsThree hundred and ten Austrian soldiers have taken refuge in Roumania, and have been disarmed An Austrian officer among the number remarked:— ...
Article : 56 wordsGeneral Haig, reporting to-day, says:— Our patrols on Tuesday night entered the German trenches at several ...
Article : 108 wordsDefinite action was taken by the Federal Government to day with the object of compelling men of military age who have not already done so to send in a ...
Article : 133 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that the Government had derided to prepare, as soon as ...
Article : 68 wordsThe following communique was issued last night:— After lively artillery preparation, the Germans last night penetrated ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 401 wordsTo-day's communique states:— On the River Brenta the enemy reached a commanding position, and strongly organised his defences, thus ...
Article : 122 wordsAmendments were made to-day to the War Precautions Prices Adjustment Regulations vesting in the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) power to fix prices ...
Article : 148 wordsReplying to a deputation yesterday respecting the declining birth rate, Mr. Walter Long, the President of the Local Government Board, said he would ...
Article : 86 wordsIn their communique issued to-day the Germans state:—After a severe artillery bombardment, by way of preparation, which lasted twelve hours, ...
Article : 66 wordsAt to-day's pioceedings of the Commission appointed to inquire into the working of the British Air Service, Mr. Pemberton-Billing, the ...
Article : 101 wordsCorrespondents at the British front state that heavy shelling of the German lines has been in progress since the 26th hist., and if the enemy was over ...
Article : 214 wordsLord. Lansdowne (Minister without portfolio) and Mr. Walter Long (President of the Local Government Board), have tendered their resignations from ...
Article : 301 wordsThe trial of Dr. Liebknecht, the leader of the German socialists, was concluded in Berlin yesterday. He was found guilty, and sentenced to ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Russian official, communique issued last night describes a German attack on the extreme north of tho Russian front as follows:— ...
Article : 107 wordsThe weather yesterday was hardly of a nature calculated to encourage out-of-door activity, but, nevertheless, some 480 people from the city availed themselves ...
Article : 107 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent says the Austrians deserve credit in one respect—the rapidity of their retreat. Their offensive, ...
Article : 88 wordsIn the German communique issued to-day it is claimed that one German seaplane engaged five Russian aeroplanes in the Gulf of riga, and forced ...
Article : 75 wordsM. Stachoff, the Secretary of the Russian Duma, who reached Stockholm to-day, stated in an interview that the object of Russia was to get to ...
Article : 73 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon as to the result of his conference in Paris, Lord Robert Cecil, the Minister of ...
Article : 154 wordsThe "Cologne Volks Zeitung," describing the German encounter with the Canadian troops at Zillebeke, near Ypres, early this month, says that ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Austrians in the first two days (Friday and Saturday) of the Italian advance lost half the territory they had won in 45 days of bloody fighting, ...
Article : 210 wordsAt a meeting of the State War Council yesterday there were present:—Hon. W. M. Williams (vice-chairman), Hon. T. Gant, Hon. J. Earle, non. W. A. Woods, ...
Article : 252 wordsThe sinking by an Austrian submarine of the American steamer Petrolite, 3,710 tons, belonging to the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, has led ...
Article : 83 wordsThe German communique issued today claims that General Von Linsingen's forces have stormed and captured the town of Liniewka, westward ...
Article : 46 wordsThe German communique issued today states:—"The enemy, under cover of repeated and strong bursts of artillery fire, the explosion of mines, ...
Article : 63 wordsThe official communique issued here last night makes the following reference to the campaign in Bukowina:— The enemy, in their Bukowina, are ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Government of Uruguay has ordered a relief expedition to proceed to Punta Arenas, in Costa Rica, and there await a favourable opportunity to ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Lord Mayor of Belfast gave a luncheon to-day to Mr. T. J. Ryan, the Premier of Queensland. Replying to the toast of his health, ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) was questioned to-day concerning the obligation of the Commonwealth to supply 300,000 men by the end of ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Committed of the House of Commons on the Finance Bill negatived this afternoon the motion moved by Mr. J. Annan Bryce, the Liberal member for ...
Article : 88 wordsThe communique, issued this morning says:— There were chiefly grenade skirmishes last night at Hill 304 and ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Italian communique issued to-day states:— We have made prisoner 363 Austrian on the Isonzo front. ...
Article : 46 wordsA large crowd assembled on Wednesday to give a welcome home to Privates C. Hinton and Murray Jones in the Geeveston Town-hall. The former had ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 30 Jun 1916, Page 5
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