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  2. A BRITISH REVERSE

    The other day we received news of the victory of General Townshend at a point only 18 mile from Bagdad. In that battle the Turks were reported to have had 20,000 casualties and the British nearly 5,000. However, the Arab tribes that had refused to assist the Turks then joined them, doubtless thinking that here was a chance for destroying the British force. General Townshend's force retreated down the Tigris in good order for about ...

    Article : 477 words
  3. DEFENCE OF BULGARIA.

    The Vienna newspaper the "Never Wiener Journal" states that the Bulgarians have concentrated 40,000 men on the Danube in anticipation of a ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. BRAVERY OF CARPENTIER.

    Georges Carpemtier, the champion French boxer, who is attached to the Fiench Army Flying Corps, has been awarded the Militray War Cross for ...

    Article : 88 words
  5. ATTITUDE OF GREECE.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that Greece has agreed to give the Allies the free use of the railways in Greek Macedonia, and also the use of the Greek ...

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  6. HUNGARIANS TRAPPED.

    The "Idea Nazionole" gnes details of how two battalions of Hungarian Honyed desune) were wiped out in the Sabatino Pass (on the Tyolpse contier) ...

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  7. GENERAL JOFFRE.

    General Joffre has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French armies in the Balkans as well as in France, thus securing unity of ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    Lloyd's report that the steamer Clan MacLeod, 4,706 tons, of Glasgow, and the steamer Middleton, 2,500 tons, of Hull, have been stink by German ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. ITALY AND THE WAR.

    There was an animated debate in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday on the statement with regard to the present situation and to the question of Italian ...

    Article : 332 words
  10. EVACUATION OF MONASTIR.

    Ranter's Agency states that the Austro-German forres entered Monastir yesterday (Thursday), and hoisted the Austrian flag. The Bulgarians enter ...

    Article : 452 words
  11. THE WESTEP FRONT.

    A correspondent, writing from Cham— pagne, insists on the tragio desolation of the reconquered district. He says:- Tho once fertile slopes are scarred ...

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  12. DEALING WITH GREECE.

    A startling telegram from Rome reports great activity in the Foreign Office, and states that Baron Sonniue has confered with the Ambassadors of ...

    Article : 224 words
  13. HELD TO RANSOM.

    In the House of Commons last month Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, stated that 12 survivors of the British steamer Woodford, which was ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. BOAT SUNK OFF GIBRALTAR.

    The Madrid newspapers give prominonce to a rumour that the British batteries nt Europa Point, Gibraltar, have sunk a German submarine whist it ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. THE TURKISH WAR

    The Press Bureau, reterring to the Mesopotamia campaign, states that before retiring from his position at Ctesiphon (near Bagdad) General Townshend ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. THE BALKANS.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" states that the whole of both the Northern and the Southern Serbian armies have retreated safely ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. GREEK TRANSPORT SUNK.

    A German submarine has sunk the Greek transport Zerisi near Malta. The crew were saved. ...

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  18. THE GREEK CENSORSHIP.

    The "Observer" says:—"M. Skouloudis has informed our correspondents at Athens that their telegrams must be censored by one Jean Parren. This ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    Last night's communiqua says:- Our artillery fire inflicted heavy losses on thu Austro-Germans at Somki, on the left (western) bank of ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. FOR VALOUR.

    The King to-day at Buckingham Palace. decorated 10 Victoria Cross heroes, including four Australians—Lieutenant William John Symons, Lieutenant ...

    Article : 273 words
  21. THE BRITISH LOSSES.

    The following official statement about the British losses, in the recent fighting in Mesopotamia has been issued:- "It is reported that our total ...

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  22. THE TURKISH ACCOUNT

    A Turkish communique, dated December 2 (Thursday) has now been released for publication:- "Our troops on the Iruk-Arnbi front ...

    Article : 370 words
  23. THE GREEKS IN ENGLAND.

    In order to express its pro-Entente sympathies, the Greek community in London is equipping ambulances for the British forces in the Balkans. The sum ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. AN ITALIAN EXPEDITION.

    The Turin newspaper "Stampa" states that an Italian expedition will soon land in Albania. The first contingent will consist of engineers, who ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. THE DARDANELLES

    To-day's Constantinople communique says:—"There has been fierce bomb fighting at some points on the Peninsula. The fire of the enemy's land ...

    Article : 197 words
  26. AN EYEWITNESS'S STORY.

    The newspaper "[?] Socolo" has received the following account of the Serbian retreat from Mounstir from [?]s special correspondent, Lucio Mngrim, ...

    Article : 207 words
  27. GENERAL VON MACKENSEN.

    It is reported that Ceneral Von Mackonson has been slightly wounded by a Serbian bullet. ...

    Article : 31 words
  28. THE DWINA LINK.

    Last night's-communique says:- An oftensive movement undertaken by the Germans to the south-west of Lake Sventon (south of Dvinsk) has ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. IMPORTANT EVENTS IMMINENT.

    It is evident that important happenings are imminent in the Balkans. The British at Salonika have received a telegram stating that the Russians have ...

    Article : 168 words
  30. THE WOEVRE DISTRICT.

    Lost nights communique says:- In the Woevre district, our artillery, by well-directed fire, has destroyed a German heavy gun near ...

    Article : 35 words
  31. BULGARIANS FOR THE WEST.

    The "Matin's" correspondent at Bucharest states that three Bulgarian divisions have crossed Hungary on their way either to the Italian or to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. BRITISH MINISTERS IN FRANCE.

    The Bress Bureau states that Mr. Asquith (the Prime Minister), Lord Kitchener (Minister of War) and Mr. A. J. Balfour (First Lord of the ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. GERMAN BRUTALITY.

    Dutch Red Cross sisters who have returned from Serbia give graphic descriptions of the brutality shown by the Germans at Kragujevatz, where ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    The Government has asked for the dismissal of Captain Vea Pappen, the German military attache at Washington, and the author of the phrase ...

    Article : 254 words
  35. AUSTRIAN'S SHORT OF METAL

    The bronze statues in the Cap[?]chin Church at Innsbruck the capital of the Austriau Tyrol have been comnandeered, and are to be used for the ...

    Article : 170 words
  36. MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN

    To-day's Montenegrin communique says:- Owing to the arrival of heavy Austrian contingents at Metalka, we have ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. WAR IN THE AIR.

    A few days, ago Sir John French reported that a British aeroplane had dropped hombs on an enemy's submarine off Middelkerke, on the coast ...

    Article : 350 words
  38. RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.

    The following communique regarding the Russian operations in Turkish Armenia was issued last night:- We are in pursuit of the ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. THE GERMAN STATEMENT.

    To-day's Berlin communique says:- "On Thursday we made prisoner 1,200 Serbians, who were fighting in isolated detachments in the mountains ...

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  40. THE ALLIES' POSITION.

    The French Minister of War (General Gallieni) has been interviewed by a representative of the Associated Press of the United States, who ...

    Article : 384 words
  41. CAUSE OF THE REVERSE.

    The "Vossische Zeitung's" special correspondent at Constantrnople say:- "The miscarriage of the British plans in Mesopotamia is due to the action of the ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. MACEDONIAN FRONT.

    The war correspondents state that the position of the Allies on the Vardar is presenting difficulties. Mr. Stevens, the "Daily Telegraph" ...

    Article : 265 words
  43. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    Last night's communique thus describes heavy fighting near Tolmein:- On the night of Thursday (December 2), after preparation by the ...

    Article : 174 words
  44. THE LOWER DANUBE

    It is afficially stated that from Monday onward the military authorities intend to commandeer all steamers and other craft in Romnanian waters ...

    Article : 65 words
  45. THE KAISER.

    It is reported at Borne (Switzerland) that the Kaiser is proceeding to Constantinople. ...

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  46. DEATH AT INTERNMENT CAMP.

    Herr Gustave Wand, who for eight years was conductor at the Berlin Winter Garden, and recently musical director at the Gaiety and Adelphi Theatres ...

    Article : 51 words
  47. GENERAL TOWNSMEND'S REPORT.

    The following official communique regarding the fighting near Bagdad was issued to-day:- General Townshend reports as ...

    Article : 157 words
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