The German forces are attempting to advance upon Warsaw, from all sides but the cast; and they are endeavouring to cut their way to that front by way of the Narew and the Bug rivers. The map we publish to-day shows the position very clearly. They have crossed the Narew above Obryte Pultusk at one or two points, and are now trying to force their way to the Bug, and then to the railway from Warsaw to Petrograd. There is terrific fighting at the ...
Article : 431 wordsA German submarine has torpedoed and sunk the Swedish steamer Emma, 678 tons, in the North Sea. The crew of the Emma were first taken on board ...
Article : 272 wordsTo-day's Vienna communique thus deseribes the raid by Austrian cruisers on the east coast of Italy:—"Our cruisers and torpedo-boats have ...
Article : 110 wordsLast night's communique says:- We have occupied two German blockhouses on the eastern bank of the Sebratzmannele (a tributary of ...
Article : 105 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Athens correspondent says he has learnt from the Secret Service at Constantinople that the Austro-German offensive is ...
Article : 111 wordsThere is a remarkable machine-gun campaign in Canada, and delivery of 1,000 guns has been promised in a fortnight. The people of Hamilton, in ...
Article : 67 wordsDuring a field service, held for the German troops in the Argonnes yesterday, the Crown Prince addressed the mer who stormed the heights nea ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. T. J. MacNamara, the Secretary to the Admiralty, states that up to July 27 approximately 1,550 people had been killed by German submarine ...
Article : 46 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, moved the adjournment of the House until September 14. The Chamber was ...
Article : 1,560 wordsThe Vatican has received alarming news from the Holy Land. The Turks have cut off postal and telegraphic facilities from the Christians, who live ...
Article : 63 wordsLast night's communique says:- We have been making further notable progress on the Carse Platean, where we have captured trenches ...
Article : 59 wordsThe French newspaper "La Guerre Socialo" publishes a German Socialist's narrative purporting to be a statement by Captain Hersing, the commander of ...
Article : 158 wordsThe 12th German submarino from Antwerp has passed the Scheldt, and reached Zeebrugge. Allied airmen on Monday dropped bombs on enemy ...
Article : 95 wordsThe special correspondent of the "Morning Post" has sent the following message from Petrograde:- "The Russians are using very ...
Article : 431 wordsThe Germans are making heavy concentration of troops behind Krasnostay (30 miles south-west of Lublin), and to the south of Cholm. Trainloads of ...
Article : 39 wordsThe communique issued in Vienna yesterday says:—"The italians have failed in a second and more formidable attack on Gorizia. The enemy used ...
Article : 54 wordsLast night's communique says:- On Tuesday the Germans succeeded in crossing the Narow River nenr Novogorod (10 miles west of Loman), ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the Baltic Provinces the Germans have occupied Ponoviej (86 miles north-east of Kovno), and are attempting to advance eastward towards Dunaburg. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 283 wordsYesterday allied aviators successfully bombed a new aviation camp to the north of Chanak, on the Asiatic side of the Narrows of the Derdanelles, ...
Article : 48 wordsReports received at Amsterdam from Belgium state that French warships on Friday last bombarded Zeebrugge, and bedly damaged a German torpedo-boat ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Echo do Paris" states that the members of the Austrian staff have left Gorizia. General Cadorno, tho ...
Article : 90 wordsAga Khan, the spiritual Head of the khojahs, and leader of the Indian Mohammedan community, and his followers are organising a great assembly on ...
Article : 74 wordsA British airship accidentally exploded to-day at Wormwood Serubs, in South-West London. "Three people were killed and a dozen injured. ...
Article : 66 wordsReferring to the operations on the Narow front, the Communique issued in Berlin to-day states:—"We have captured Noworow, to the north of ...
Article : 78 wordsIn the House of Lords this afternoon Lord Bryce asked for confirmation of his information as to extensive massacres of Christians in Armenia by the ...
Article : 266 wordsThe fighting on the Carniola frontier, between the Carnie Alps and the bend of the Isonzo, is thus described in last night's communique: ...
Article : 87 wordsOne hundred and fifty Australians who are convalescent, and about one hundred New Zealanders, will attend St. Paul's Cathedral on August 4, when ...
Article : 104 wordsYesterday French aviators dropped bombs on Zeebrugge, and, it is believed, damaged two German submarines there. ...
Article : 58 wordsSven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, whose pro-German proclivities were strongly shown in his recent book on the war, has left for Warsaw, in ...
Article : 61 wordsThe thundering of the guns engaged in a heavy action in the vicinity of, Piaseczno (12 miles south-west of Warsaw) cehoes throught the streets of ...
Article : 145 wordsThe following despatch has been received from Reuter's special correspendent at the British headquarters: "The recent operations have revealed ...
Article : 137 wordsThe American Embassy at Berlin, in its report to the London Embassy on the Zerbst camp states that in the lazaret there is a civilian named ...
Article : 57 words"For ten days. says the special correspondent of the "Morning Post," the Germans have been making continuous efforts to advance, but ...
Article : 260 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. H. J. Tennant, the underSecretary of State for War, read the following letter from the General Officer ...
Article : 149 wordsThe tremendous fighting going on between the Vistula end the Bug and along the Bug is thus described in last night's communique: ...
Article : 148 wordsThe official communique issued in Paris this afternoon states:- To the north of Souchez the Germans, after a heavy bombardment, ...
Article : 124 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Captain F. E. Guest, the Liberal member for East Dorset, raised a discussion on the question of compulsory service. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 30 Jul 1915, Page 5
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