Heavy fighting in the lake region south of Dvinsk and to the south-east of Vilna is thus described in last night's communique:— ...
Article : 145 wordsSir John French issued the following special order of the day for October 3:- We have now reached a definite ...
Article : 582 wordsAll eyes are now turned to the Balkan States, and to-day or to-morrow we should know whether they are to be drawn into the whirlpool of the world war. Russia has sent an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding the dismissal of the German officers in her service within twenty-four hours. On the other hand, Austria, and Germany have threatened to attack Roumania the moment she attempts a mobilisation of her army. General Von Mackensen is ...
Article : 275 wordsThe official communique issued in Paris this afternoon states:- Between Souehez and the Givenchy wood the enemy made four attempts ...
Article : 42 wordsThe American naval attaches report that the British have captured or destroyed between 50 and 70 German submarines. ...
Article : 35 wordsYesterday a German patrol boat struck a mine at the mouth of the River Ems, and had to be beached at Borkum, one of the Frisian islands. ...
Article : 41 wordsIt was reported at first that the danger of an immediate break in the diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany over the sinking ...
Article : 153 wordsThis afternoon's communique says:- The Germans have bombarded a portion of our reserve trenches in the Valley of the Suippe. They are still ...
Article : 82 wordsThe subscriptions to the Anglo-French loan of 500,000,000 dollars have already reached 7,000,000,000 dollars beyond that amount. ...
Article : 29 wordsFive Hungarian regiments yesterday were entrenched on the hills near the monastery of Potchaeff, in Volhynia, when the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe following, the eighty-sixth, list o[?] casualties amongst the Commonwealth troops at the Dardanelles was released yesterday. ...
Article : 251 wordsA semi-official narrative of the Champagne battle from Saturday, September 25, to Wednesday, describes the ground captured to the northward of Souain ...
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Article : 414 wordsThe "Observer's" correspondent at Petrograd says that the fear for the big cities of Petrograd, Moscow, and Kiev has died away. A real change ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Russian Minister it Sona has been ordered to depart unless Bulgaria within 24 hours breaks with the Teutons and dismisses the Austro-German officers ...
Article : 367 wordsReports from Sofia show that there is a lack of enthusiasm, and many protests against mobilisation. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe news of the Russian ultimatum has aroused intense excitement in Greece. M. Venizelos has arrived at Salonika. ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Milan newspaper the Corriere della Sera" states that Russia has a new army of 1,500,000 men ready in the ...
Article : 36 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger's" Athens correspondent says the Greek Government allows it to be clearly understood that it will consider any Bulgarian attacks ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Russian Duma has been convoked for Friday next, which is five weeks earlier than it was intended the House should meet. ...
Article : 33 wordsYesterday's Berlin communique says:- "The British monitors have again bombarded Westende. The English have ...
Article : 90 wordsCarlsen, A. (4th Reinforcements), Queenstown, 8/8/15. QUEENSLAND. King, T. A. (5th L.H.), Fernvale; Picot, ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Russian newspapers report that the Austrian and German prisoners captured by the Russians from the beginning of the war to September 17 ...
Article : 36 wordsThe mobilisation of the Bulgarian Army is complete. There are 350,000 men in the field. Regiments of artillery have been sent to the Serbian frontier. ...
Article : 35 wordsAn artillery officer, describing the bombardment, says:—There was a grand supply of ammunition on Friday. Our machine-guns prevented the Germans ...
Article : 648 wordsThe Sofia correspondent of the Paris "Temps" states that it is reported that Bulgaria, with the assistance of Garmany and Austria, is endeavouring to ...
Article : 122 wordsSir Edwin Pears, the eminent authority on Turkish affairs, who resided for many years in Constantinople, and was the leader of the European Bar there ...
Article : 83 wordsThe "Hamburgor Nachrichten" advises Serbia to save blood and powder by withdrawing her troops, and so allowing goods to be sent to Turkey, and ...
Article : 46 wordsM. Besnard, the Under-Secretary for Aeronautics, in an interview with the Paris "Journal," says:—"We are working unceasingly at the construction of ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Bishop of London (Dr. Ingram) is vigorously denouncing the night clubs of London. He says they are mostly the haunts and hunting ground of ...
Article : 338 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Milan newspaper "Corriere della Sera" states that the representatives of the Quadruple Entente—Great Britain, ...
Article : 101 wordsM. Maurice Barres, a member of the French Academy, writing in the "Echo de Pans," says:—"Genenl Joffre has again created a new and necessary form ...
Article : 97 wordsSir Edward Grey's statement regarding the Balkan situation has not yet been published in Germany. ...
Article : 26 wordsChristenson. J. (4th), Denmark; Darmody, F. (1st), Surry Hills; Ghest. R. H. (13th), Drummoyne; Lance-Corporal Lampen, C. A. S. D. (20th), N. West ...
Article : 55 wordsKing Ferdinand, when recently conversing with a diplomatist, thus described his position:—"I am like a blind man running with a lighted torch ...
Article : 394 wordsA Turkish commumque says:—"Near Sedd-ul-Bahr we silenced some of the enemy's batteries, and destroyed a portion of trenches on the left wing, and ...
Article : 44 wordsA traveller who has arrived from Hungary reports that 250,000 AustroGerman troops, with 2,000 guns, are advancing towards Serbia, under the ...
Article : 46 wordsNumbers of Bulgarian deserters have taken refuge in Roumania, including 800 from the Calafat region, declaring that they will not fight against Russia. ...
Article : 108 wordsChance, T. W. (4th Reinforceents), Hobart, previously reported missing. Ludby, C. (2nd Reinforcements), Queenstown. ...
Article : 1,698 wordsThe English newspapers make a feature of Captain Bean's account of the conduct of the Australian Light Horse on August 7. ...
Article : 110 wordsM. Maurice Barres, a leading French writer, and member of the Academy, states that, while the people of Berlin are constantly shown the spectacle of ...
Article : 129 wordsTo-day's communique says: — The Austrians have wasted an enormous quantity of ammunition on the Isonzo front. Their firing was so ...
Article : 70 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that United States naval attaches in Europe have been furnished with reports of the ...
Article : 158 wordsA semi-official statement which has been issued in Sofia in reply to French and Russian newspaper comment states that Bulgaria mobilised her army in ...
Article : 151 wordsThe following official statement has been issued:- "The enemy are still committing atrocities. They have murdered a Russian ...
Article : 67 wordsA romantic story is told of the escape of Lieutenants Keilhack and Thelen, German officers interned in Leicestershire, who wer recaptured ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 5 Oct 1915, Page 5
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