The American Note to Germany demanding a guarantee of no further submarine attacks upon merchant ships carrying non-combatants his been ...
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Article : 102 wordsReuter's correspondnt at the Dardanelles states that after the landing of the Allies on the western end of the Gallipoli Peninsula there were several ...
Article : 210 wordsThere has been desperate fighting between the British and Germans on the Western front, and the British are admitted to have suffered serious losses, although, on the whole, maintaining their ground. The loss of our officers in the past fortnight has been large. The French are maintaining their gains on the Loos and Arras front. The Germans continue to follow the example of the British in South Africa, and erect blockhouses, but several of ...
Article : 334 wordsThe official communique issued in Berlin to-day claims that General Von Mackensen's advanced troops now stand before Przemysl, and occupy positions ...
Article : 37 wordsA memorial signed by 131 members of the London Stock Exchange, has been presented to the Lord Mayor of London declaring their loyalty, and [?] ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) to-night received the following cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: ...
Article : 113 wordsAs already announced, the names or the Kaiser, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, the King of Wurtemburg, Grand Duke Hesse, the Crown Prince ...
Article : 113 wordsThere were great demonstrations in Rome to-day on the part of those favouring intervention in the war on behalf of the Allies. The police were ...
Article : 138 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette" states that the American public realises that it cannot, without dishonour, remain neutral ...
Article : 76 wordsAn official communique issued in [?] enna this afternoon claims that the Austrians have captured General Korniloff, the Russian commander, of the ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gaba Tepe sector are advancing continually, and crushing the Turkish resistance, desperate though it ...
Article : 33 wordsMany civilians at Elverding, [?] singhe, and Vlamering in West Flanders, are suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs brought about by the use of ...
Article : 38 wordsMail advices received at Athens from Constantinople state that 50,000 wounded Turkish soldiers have arrived there from the Dardanelles. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe following sixteenth list of casualties amongst the Commonwealth forces at the Dardanelles has been issued:- KILLED IN ACTION. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe British steamer Collairnie sank a German submarine to-day off the coast of Northumberland. The engineers of the vessel felt the shock of the collision, ...
Article : 51 wordsThe battle-cruiser Goeben attempted yesterday to shall the Australians at Gaba Tepe, bu the British battleship Lord Nelson opened fire on her, and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe "New York Herald" describes Dr. Wilson's Note as a "whip of scorpions." The most significant words are its plain declaration. An expression of ...
Article : 91 wordsSignor Marcora has declined to form a National Ministry, and Signor Salandra has been invited to remain in office. There were great intervention ...
Article : 166 wordsThe communique issued at midnight last night says:- Our offensive movement to the north of Arras continues, in spite of ...
Article : 118 wordsRouter's correspondent at Athens, referring to the statement that the American Ambassador in London (Dr. Page) had handed to Sir Edward Grey, ...
Article : 117 wordsThe "Daily Mail" publishes a spectator's account of the fight at Aubers last Sunday. It was, he says, a battle of Neuvo Chapelle on a greater scale. ...
Article : 369 wordsHerr Von Dernburg, the Kaiser's omissary to the United States, where he has been trying to justify Germany's actions during the war, has promised to ...
Article : 54 wordsFor the week ending Wednesday last, six vessels, with a total tonnage of 47,564 tons, were sunk by German submarines, which is the greatest total for ...
Article : 46 wordsNinth Battalion,—Lieutenant Patterson, W. B. J.; Private Stevenson R. L. SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT. (New South Wales.) ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Danish steamer Marthat, 1,182 tons, was torpedo[?]d and sunk yesterday by a German submarine off Aberdoen. Her crew of l8 were saved. ...
Article : 34 wordsFive transports conveying Italian troops left Brindisi to-day, professedly for Albania, where activity is being shown among insurgents in the pay or ...
Article : 30 wordsRepresentative of both employers and workers on the River Clyde have telegraphed to Field-Marshal Sir John French and Admiral Sir John Jelli[?] ...
Article : 64 wordsA communique states that a ceaseles rain of shells has been continued since yesterday. We have carried several trenches south-eastward of Souchez, ...
Article : 62 wordsA number of wounded New Zealanders have arrived at Birmingham and Chichester from the Dardanelles. Mr. T. McKenzie, the High Commissioner, ...
Article : 46 wordsSir George Reid, the High Commissioner of Australia, and Mr. T. Mackenzie, the High Commissioner of New Zealand, have cabled to General Botha, ...
Article : 100 wordsYesterday a British patrol boat fired three shots at a German submarine, but it could not be ascertained if it was struck, though the submarine disap ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) yesterday received the following cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: ...
Article : 307 wordsThe following cable message was received to-night by the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Fergusen) from the Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 109 wordsThis afternoon's communique says:- The struggle in the district to the north of Arras continues. We have made progress to the extent of 500 ...
Article : 48 wordsThe German Admiralty states that the Lusitania was torpedoed once, and her rapid sinking must be attributed to the explosion of the large quantity of ...
Article : 72 wordsThe tramwaymen in London have struck work, and are demanding a war bonus of 3s. a week each. ...
Article : 29 wordsThird F.A. Brigade—Gunner Williams, A. E. died of pneumonia and heart failure (previously reported wounded). SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe workers in the English towns which are producing arms and ammunition are now working at full pressure. Men above the enlistment age are ...
Article : 54 wordsAn officer who has been wounded in the fighting to the north of Arras tells the following story:- "At sunrise on Sunday our troops ...
Article : 355 wordsA crowded meeting was held at Chelsea last night to protest against German barbarities. Mr. L. J. Maxse. the editor of the "National Review." ...
Article : 137 wordsFifteenth Battalion,—Lieutenant Kes sell, H. SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT. (New South Wales.) ...
Article : 448 wordsThe crows of Dutch trawlers report seeing a German Taube machine drop three bombs in the North Sea. One of these blew up a Dutch trawler. ...
Article : 42 wordsThough the battle of Ypres continues, and there is still much sanguinary fighting, the Germans now show signs of weakening, owing to the Allies' vigorous ...
Article : 84 wordsTo-day's communique says:- On May 12 (Wednesday) the Austrians were forced to evacuate a forti[?]ed front 140 versts (nearly ...
Article : 103 wordsOrders have been issued by the British Government to arrest enemy aliens. Many of these have voluntarily surrendered. ...
Article : 66 wordsDuring the battle of Ypres a French monoplane, which was reconnoitring the German position, was struck by a German sh[?]apnell shell. The pilot ...
Article : 135 wordsPublic opinion in Germany professes to be indignant at the inter[?]ment of German and Austrian subjects in Great Britain, and the newspapers ...
Article : 78 wordsThe German offensive has now reached the desperate phase, and they contiue to hud reckless attacks on the Allies' lines. There were several ...
Article : 204 wordsIn a desperate six hours' fight the Allies have dislodged the Turks from the heights near Kritha and entrench[?] themselves there. ...
Article : 80 wordsTrooper Needs, of the Second Life Guards, states that two Canadians have been found dead nailed to doors This confirms the widely-prevalent rumour ...
Article : 95 wordsThe communique issued this afternoon refers as follows to the fighting in West Galicia:- The fighting in West Galicia is ...
Article : 55 wordsThe sum of £l0,000 was received yesterday from various sources in New Zealand for the National Belgian Relief Fund, and brought up the total amount ...
Article : 37 wordsThe warehouses of several large German firms were totally burnt during last night's anti-German riots. The contents of many shops and hotels were ...
Article : 74 wordsTwenty-five British subjects, who were in exile at Gallipoli, have now been transferred to Broussa, in Asiatic Turkey. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe following official statement regarding the fighting round Carency was issued to-day:- Two thousands Germans were made ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 17 May 1915, Page 5
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