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  2. WAR IN AFRICA.

    A German force has attacked Kakamas (in (Bechuanaland, just to the north of the Orange River), but was repulsed. ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    The struggle in the district between La Bussee and Bethune has been renewed, but no details are given regarding it, except the statement that a ...

    Article : 279 words
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  5. GREAT BATTLE IN POLAND

    The war in Middle Poland is again being prosecuted with the greatest determination. The struggle there for some weeks now has raged upon the Bzura and Rawka rivers, which are about 30 miles to the west of Warsaw. The Bzura is a tributary of the Vistula, and the Rawka a tributary of the Bzura. General Von Hindenberg has selected this district as his route to Warsaw, and has been trying for several weeks to break through. The ...

    Article : 505 words
  6. BELGIAN RELIEF.

    Mr. P. McHride, the Agent-General for Victoria, has given to Belgian doctors the £100 forwarded by the Victerian Medical Benevolent Association. ...

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  7. BRITAIN'S DETERMINATION.

    The Army estimates submitted by the British War Office provide for 3,000,000 men of the Home and Colonial forces, exclusive of the troops ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. PLIGHT OF THE REBELS.

    After the surrender of the rebel leader, Commandant Kemp, 49 rebels who had been disarmed by the Germans arrived at Upington. ...

    Article : 35 words
  9. THE SERVIAN WAR.

    A message from M. Pashitch, the Prime Minister of Servia, announces that Austro-German forces totalling 400,000 men are being massed for a ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    Since the war broke out in August 1,165 non-commissioned officers and men of the British Army have been promoted to commissioned rank. ...

    Article : 34 words
  11. THE AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.

    General Maxwell, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Egypt, has cabled to Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner of Australia, ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. DE WET TO BE TRIED.

    Christian de Wet, who is now a prisoner at Johannesburg, is shortly to be put on his trial at Bloemfontein on a charge of high treason. ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. SPORT AND THE WAR.

    Owing to the war the American lawn tennis association has decided not to challenge for the Davis Cup this year. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. GERMANS EVACUATE ANGOLA.

    The German troops who recently invaded Angola, in Portuguese West Africa, have evacuated the country. There have been many native risings, ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. THE IMPROVISED RAILWAY.

    The "Morning Post's" special correspondent, in a message from Alexandria, states that considerable surprise is felt in Egypt that 12,000 Turks ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. SENSATION ON FRENCH LINER.

    A sensational incident occurred on the voyage of the liner Champagne, belonging to the French Compagnie Generale Transatlantique across the ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. ANGLO-TURKISH WAR.

    There was no lighting on the Suez Canal yesterday. The force which attempted to bridge the canal formed part of the 25th Turkish division, and ...

    Article : 269 words
  18. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    The newspaper "Le Matin" states that the Kaiser, while recently at Charleville, near Sedan, in the north-east of France, had a violent quarrel with ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. FIGHTING NEAR LA BASSEE.

    There has been further heavy fighting in the district between Bethune and La. Bassee. Two trains full of wounded, including 400 Germans, have ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. JAPANESE WARSHIP WRECKED.

    All the officers and men of the Japanese armoured cruiser Asatna, 9,700 tons, which went ashore near Point Bartolomi, on the coast of Mexico, and ...

    Article : 140 words
  21. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    The outstanding feature about the fighting on the eastern front is the failure of tremendous efforts by the Germans to break the Russian lines along ...

    Article : 747 words
  22. THE TURKISH FORCES.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Rome stares that the recent fighting along the Suez Canal has caused a notable change in the attitude of ...

    Article : 192 words
  23. THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT

    The first Canadian contingent has arrived at the front. ...

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  24. THE GERMAN STATEMENT.

    The following communique was issued in Berlin to-day:- Strong attacks made by the Russians on our positions in Middle ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. THE COASTAL OPERATIONS.

    Mr. Basil Clarke, war correspondent for the "Daily Mail," writes under date December 23 as follows:- The slow but steady success of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 977 words
  26. HUNGARIAN FORCE IN PERU.

    It is reported that the Russians are threatening to envelop the, Hungarian forces in the district round Korosmeze (a town on the Hungarian side of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The newspapers in South Africa endorse abandonment of the Imperial Conference this year, considering the hands of the Union statesmen are full ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. THE AUSTRALASIAN ARMY.

    The streets of Cairo are full of newlyarrived Australians and New Zealanders, and the city has lost none of its gaiety. ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. ADVICE OF THE EX-SULTAN.

    Abdul Hamid, the ex-Sultan of Turkey, advises the Young Turks to conclude peace with the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia) ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. CASUALTY LIST.

    Captain J. A. Boll, pf the New Zealand Medical Corps, has died in Egypt. ...

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  31. BATTLE OF BORJIMOFF

    Throughout two days and nights the Germans swept the Russian positions round Borjimoff the fire of 600 massed guns. Many of the shells fired ...

    Article : 443 words
  32. GERMANS CROSS THE RAWKA.

    The Germans threw a barrel bridge across the River Rawka yesterday, and three companies succeeded in crossing on it. The Russian guns then destroyed ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Aeroplanes from the Allies' lines dropped bombs to-day on Zeebrugge, the German submarine base on the Belgian coast. The extent of the damage ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. FRENCH MINISTERS.

    The French Minister of Finance (M. Dumont) and the Minister of War (M. Etienne) will shortly proceed to London. ...

    Article : 27 words
  35. SUEZ CANAL BATTLE.

    In the battle on Wednesday on the Suez Canal the British captured three machine guns, 90 camels laden with stores and ammunition, and took 600 ...

    Article : 49 words
  36. THE MACEDONIAN PHALANX.

    Philip of Macedon adopted from the Thebans the system of using troops in compact masses, which forced their way through the enemy's ranks by sheer ...

    Article : 296 words
  37. WORK FOR WOMEN.

    The Queen's Work for Women Fund has now reached the amount of £132,070. The first contingent of 120 girls who are, with the help of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. THE ENEMY ROUTED.

    It is understood that in the Turkish advance on the Suez Canal on Wednesday morning an Arab regiment attacked Toussnun. A Sikh regiment met ...

    Article : 128 words
  39. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    A correspondent in Holland of the London "Daily Chronicle" states that in addition to the published losses Germany lost in the recent battle eight ...

    Article : 72 words
  40. THE TURKISH ADVANCE ON EGYPT.

    As the Turks have not the command of the sea, their only chance of invading Egypt is tocross the Suez Canal at some point. The total length of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 606 words
  41. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Great Britain, France, and Russia are arranging to take over in equal portions the advances made or being made to countries now fighting with them ...

    Article : 113 words
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