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  2. FALL OF KOVNO

    As anticipated Kevno has fallen to the 16-inch howitzers, but only after nearly a fortnight of dreadful carnage. The Germans were made to pay a heavy price for admission to the city. The immediate consequence of the loss of Kovno has been the falling back of the Rassians south of that place to the line of the Niemen River; and it may affect the position along the Narew and the Bug Rivers. Between the Narrow and the Bug, and along the ...

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  3. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    Italian officers who have returned from the front spenk of the enthusiasm of the soldiers as unbounded As one of them put it: "They go into battle ...

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  4. THE TURKISH WAR.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in the recent desperate fighting at Anzae, there were heavy casualities on both sides. The reinforcements of the ...

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  5. PRESIDENT WILSON INFORMED.

    When the Arabic left New York on ber last voyage she had sandbags piled around her steering[?]ear for protection against shell fire, and it is believed that ...

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  6. ANZAC.

    Major Baker told the Ad[?]ide "Register" that "Anzae" was not on the map, "but if you follow the initials of the words Australian and New Zealand ...

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  7. RETURN TO ENGLAND.

    Lord Kitchener returned to Loudon yesterday, after a three days' visit to this western front. He expresses him self as [?] conlident than over of final ...

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  8. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The White Star liner Ara[?], 15.801 tons, has heen torpedoed and sunk off Fastnct Island, South-west Coast of Ireland, whilst on a voyage from ...

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  9. ARRAS-LENS LINE.

    This afternoon's communique says:- Our attack has made us masters of the point just north of Souchez, where the rond connecting the villages ...

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  10. TURKISH MUNITION SUPPLIES.

    Great activity is being shown at Krupp's branch works, at Constantinople, where about 2,000 shells are being turned out daily. ...

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  11. ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SENATE.

    In the Senate to-day. The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) said he regretted to inform the Senate that news had been recived ...

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  12. THE ISONZO LINE.

    Last night's communique says:- We have completely repulsed the counter-attacks made by the Austrians on our positions near Tolmein, which ...

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  13. FEELING IN TURKEY.

    The special correspondent ot "The Times" at Sofia sends the following message rogarding the feeling in Turkey:- "The antagonism between the ...

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  14. ARGONNE OPERATIONS.

    The fighting in the Argonne, is thus referred to in this afternoon's communique:- Our artillery overcame the German ...

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  15. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The German taetics at Kovno consist[?] in feigning an advance on Vilkomir [?] miles north-east of Kovno), with a [?] to engaging a portion of the ...

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  16. TYROLESE FRONTIER

    This afternoon's communique says: — In the Tonale Pass zone (north-west of Lake Gard) we expelled the Austrian troops defending the forl of ...

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  17. OTHER VESSELS SUNK.

    The Wilson liners Grodno and Serbin[?], and the steamers Thornfield and Dunslee have also been torpedoed and sunk by Gorman submarines. All the ...

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  18. THE WASTAGE OF WAR.

    Messages from Germany state that between 100,000 and 200,000 men have lately been sent from the western front as reinforcements for the German ...

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  19. ALSACE CAMPAIGN.

    This afternoon's communique says:- There has been violent and continuous fighting on the summit of the Lingekopf ridge. We have captured ...

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  20. FOUR MONTHS' FIGHTING

    Reuter' s correspondent at the Dardanclles thus reviews the last four months' operations on the Callipoli Peninsult:- ...

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  21. NORWEGIAN FLAG OUTRAGED.

    Yesterday a German submarine stopped the Norwegian mail steamer Hnakon. 1,654 tons, which was bound to England, and seized her mails. The ...

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  22. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    It is officially stated in Paris that Lord Kitchener and M. Millerand, the French Minister of War. have together visited the Western front. They spent ...

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  23. THE GULF OF RIGA.

    Last nigut,s communique saya:- Owing to the superiority of the Gorman fleet in numbers, our warships. which are protecting the ...

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  24. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The residents of Perak in the Straits Settlements, have presented two aeroplanes to the Army Council, making three machines received from the people ...

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  25. WAR SPECIALS.

    A War Special Edition will be publshed to-day (Saturday) at noon if sufficient news arrives in time. As usual, a Special Edition will ...

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  26. THE SOUTHERNLINE

    Last nights communique says:- Fighting continues with extreme tenaeity all along the front from Ossowiec to Brest-Litovski ...

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  27. THE BALKAN STATES

    It is stated in Sofin, the Bulgarian capital, that the Kaiser has telegraphed to. King Constantine of Greece, urging him to make no concession to Bulgarin ...

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  28. GJEBEY'S DRY GIN

    The Germans have occupied Kovno. and are advancing eastwards. According to a statement from Berlin, this has caused the Russians to withdraw from their positions near Suwalki. If this is correct, the Russians have probably retired across the Nremen. Further with very heaving is going on all along the front from Ossowiec to Wledawn. The struggle is particularly desperate in three places Hong the Bo[?] River, south of Osew[?] just to the south of Binlystok, and along the Bug near Wlodawa. The enemy claim to have forced the passage of the Bug in force both above and below ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE.

    It is reported in Amsterdam that Major-General Fitcheff, the Minister of War in the Bulgarian Ministry, has resigned, with a view to resuming the ...

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  30. WAR IN AFRICA.

    The "North German Gazette" declare[?] that the Governor of German SouthWest Africa never negotiated with Colonel Maritz, one of the rebel leaders. ...

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  31. IMPROVING THE SUCCESS

    To-day's communique says:- The Germans have occupied the town of Kouno. PETROGRAD, August 20. ...

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  32. NOVO-GEORGIEVSK.

    This afternoon's communique says:- The Germans have stormed two forts on the north-eastern front of Nove-Georgievsk. They continue to ...

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  33. THE SOUTH AFRICAN PARTY.

    The South African Party Congress met at Bloemfontein yesterday, and there was a crowded attendance of delegates. The meeting gave an ovation ...

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  34. THE COST OF KOVNO.

    [?]grams from In[?]uch, the capital of the Austrian Tyrol, state that the capture of Kovno cost the Germans, several army corps. They lost 30,000 ...

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