The allied fleet under Admiral Carden continues its attack on the forts of the Dardanelles, but is being held up at the Narrows. The smashing of the ferts at the mouth of the Dardanelles was an easy business, because the fire of many ships could be concentrated upon them from the Egean Sea. Within the Channel, on the other hand, there is not much room to manæuvre, and every vessel is within'range of land ordnance of all calibres. Progress is ...
Article : 383 wordsOwing to engine troubles the Zeppelin L8 was compelled to descend near Gondalas to-day, and in doing so crashed into some trees and broke in two, ...
Article : 63 wordsLast week the Swedish steamer Blenda, 1,015 tons, was arrested at Copenhagen by the Danish authorities. She embarked a large quantity of guns ...
Article : 109 words"The Times" military correspondent estimates that twelve Austro-German Army Corps (about 500,000 men) are operating on the Pilica. This is the ...
Article : 61 wordsThe French liner La Touraine, 8,429 tons, on board of which a fire broke out in mid-Atlantic, arrived at Havre to-day. ...
Article : 30 wordsIt is rumoured in Paris thal another Zeppelin, the L9, has been wreeked in the English Channel. She was sighted drifting in the sea a few miles from ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is officially announced at Cettinje, the Montenegrin capital, that the Austrians are massing large forces on the frontire, and are driving out from ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Joekey Club will meet on the 16th inst. to consider whether racing shall be continued this year. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe French Government has appointed a Commission to study the conditions for utilising frozen meat, in order to protect live stock during the war. ...
Article : 40 wordsIn the fighting in the Persian Gulf, where the1 British garrison from Askar made a reconnaissance and attacked 12,000 Turks, the latter lost 600 killed, ...
Article : 43 wordsThe British Red Cross Society has diverted 500 cases of the gifts from Australia to the Australian medical service in Egypt. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe steamer Bengrove was torpedoed by a German submarine off Hfracombe, in the Bristol Channel, on Sunday, and sunk. Her crew were saved. ...
Article : 96 wordsFifteen thousand labourers in the Clyde shipyards will strike on Saturday unless they receive Id. an hour increase. One hundred and fifty thousand ...
Article : 94 wordsReuter states that the Greek Crown Council, with only two dissentients, favours immediate intervention in the war on the side of Great Britain, France, ...
Article : 320 wordsColin Leigh Remington, an importer, trading under the name of W. McLean and Co., electrical engineers, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of ...
Article : 131 wordsDjemal Pasha, who commanded the Turkish army which attempted to invade Egypt, in a despatch to Constantinople, describes the Suez Canal ...
Article : 116 wordsThe British Admiralty states that from the time the German submarine blockade started on the 18th of last month up till the third inst. 8,634 ...
Article : 62 wordsVice-Admiral Sir Sackville Carden, who is in command of the Anglo-French fleet atacking the Dardanelles, reports that on Saturday last the ...
Article : 247 wordsA high official of the Board of Trade stated on January 22 that the riso in [?]e prices ol food — particularly corn — was engaging the very close ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 963 wordsThe official communique issued in Paris this afternoon states:- We have captured trenches to the north-west of Souain, in the ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Admiralty announces that since the [?] beginning of the war the British sailors have done their utmost to rescue Germans whose vessels have been sunk, ...
Article : 178 wordsYOUR personal service is required, cither with the forces abroad or in the National Reserve at Home. YOU should respond to one or other of ...
Article : 56 wordsThe majority of the Turkish troops at Smyrna have been withdrawn, and those remaining are reported to be in a, pitiable condition. ...
Article : 31 wordsOn Friday last a German submarine attempted to torpedo the Channel steamer Lydia, 1,175 tons, belonging to the London and South-Western Railway ...
Article : 77 wordsThe British ships engaged in the operations in the Dardanelles were:- The QUEEN ELIZABETH, battleship, completed last year, displacement, ...
Article : 310 wordsGerman prisoners recently captured state that their batteries have been restricted to firing 40 shots a day unless a General of Division gives the order ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsIt is officially announed by the Admiralty that on Sunday last six naval aeroplanes made a raid at Ostend, and dropped 11 bombs on the German ...
Article : 96 wordsGerman prisoners in France will henceforth he treated similarly to the French prisoners in Germany, and their various privileges have been withdrawn ...
Article : 57 wordsFurther details of the loss and recapture of trenches at Notre de Lorette, in the region of Arras, where the Germans brought up large forces, show that the ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Parliament of British Columbia has been dissolved. The general election will he held on the 10th of next month. ...
Article : 29 wordsBLACK SEA TOWNS BOMBARDED. PETROGRAD. March 9. The Russian Black Sea fleet has bombarded the coast of Turkey in Asia in ...
Article : 80 wordsThe attention of the Government was again drawn in the House of Commons yesterday to the pamphlet being circulated in Germany, entitled "The Facts ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Turks have transferred £8,000, [?] from Constantinople to Konia, in Asia Minor, and also large sums depasited in Gorman banks, despite the ...
Article : 51 wordsIn response to the special appeal by the Belgian Commission, wc have received the following sums, and shall be pleased to acknowledge and forward any further ...
Article : 1,950 wordsLieutenant Tyndball, of the Fourth Dublin Fusiliers, who accompanied the Australian Contingent to Egypt, has been killed in action in France. ...
Article : 27 wordsReports with reference to the war on the Eastern front indicate that the Germans are falling back into East Prussia. The advance of the Austrians ...
Article : 291 wordsThe Turkish communique claims that the batteries in the Dardanelles are undamaged, that a French cruiser was put out of action, and that the hostile ...
Article : 39 wordsHeavy gunfire has been heard at Roulers, in Belgium, from the direction of Ypres. Many train loads of German wounded have already arrived at ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is reported that after vigorously replying to the attack by the AngloFrench fleet the forts at Kremkouy. Kilid Bahr, and Namazia. which are ...
Article : 45 wordsThe 11-inch guns of the battle-cruiser Goeben have been removed, and mounted near Nagara, just beyond the Narrows in the Dardanells. ...
Article : 31 wordsVice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, who is in command of the squadron operating against Smyrna, reports that his vessels detailed for the work swept a way ...
Article : 112 wordsThe communique issued to-day is as follows:- Snowstorms have interfered with the operations in the Champagne ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 10 Mar 1915, Page 5
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