Field-Marshal Sir John French, in reply to a message of greeting from the contingent now being raised in South Africa for service in Europe, stated: ...
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Article : 56 wordsYesterday the vessels torpedoed and sunk by German, submarines totalled six traders (steamers and sailing vessels), and seven trawlers. These ...
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Article : 272 wordsFresh German attacks on Kovno are thus described in last night's communique: On Monday night the Germans ...
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Article : 501 wordsTo-day's Berlin communique says:- "General Von Hindenburg has easily repulsed strong Russian advances along the road from Mitau to Rig[?]. ...
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Article : 58 wordsDr. Petrovitch, of the Serbian a[?]y reported to the Academy of Sciences in Paris yesterday that under his treatment of cholera by serums made in ...
Article : 106 wordsThe following communique regarding the German naval operations in the Baltic was issued in Berlin yesterday: —"On Tuesday our [?]eet attacked the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 13 Aug 1915, Page 5
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