Marines who participated in the Zeebrugge raid state that it was raining hard when they steered alongside the mole They got out the gangways as ...
Article : 1,698 wordsThe following official wireless message from Washington was received by the American Consul at Melbourne to-day:— ...
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Article : 404 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. J. F. Hope, one of the Lords of the Treasury, announced that an agreement had, been ratified with ...
Article : 248 wordsUnited States naval men are overjoyed at the British raid on Ostend and Zeebrugge, which, they declare, indicates the possibility of an Allied naval ...
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Article : 61 wordsTo-night's report from Sir Douglas Haig says:— There was sharp air fighting yesterday. We heavily bombed Morville, ...
Article : 104 wordsThe commander of a British torpedoboat destroyer has been decorated in connection with the sinking of a U-boat which recently attacked a convoy. The ...
Article : 126 wordsDr. Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is convoking a meeting of bishops of the Church of England and officials of the Free Churches, with the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe following message was received from Sir Douglas Haig this morning:— The enemy's artillery showed greater activity yesterday afternoon and ...
Article : 228 wordsA friendly but lively controversy is in progress as to whether an Australian Lewis gunner in the Ancre Valley brought down Baron Richthofen, ...
Article : 126 wordsQueen Alexandra visited the headquarters of the Australian Red Cross to-day, and expressed her warm appreciation of its work. She conversed with ...
Article : 41 wordsThe British Admiralty announces that it will, for the future, discontinue the weekly returns of shipping losses by enemy submarine activity, and that this ...
Article : 328 wordsAt San Francisco to-day, Franz Bopp, formerly German Consul-General, and 28 other defendants, including members of Bopp's staff, were found guilty of ...
Article : 42 wordsA mysterious suggestion was made in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Germans in the most recent fighting were usuig a new explosive ...
Article : 93 wordsOfficial despatches from Berne state that Austro-Hungarian reinforcements are being taken to Belgium. ALLIED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE EXPECTED. ...
Article : 74 wordsSenator Philander Knox, one of the Republican members for Pennsylvania, has introduced a resolution in tile Senate, demanding from President Wilson ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is officially stated that at 11.36, last night an air raid alarm was sounded in Paris, and ended at two minutes past 1 this morning. No enemy ...
Article : 98 wordsThe joint sitting of both Houses of the South African Parliament closed this morning, when the Electoral Delegation Bill, providing for the ...
Article : 50 wordsBrigadier-General H. P. McCain, the adjutant-general of the American army, has informed the Military Affairs Committee that if a sufficient number of ...
Article : 52 wordsA French communique issued this afternoon says:— Between the Somme and the Avre the enemy's fire became very violent ...
Article : 231 wordsSir Arthur Roberts, the financial adviser to the Air Ministry, has resigned, owing to disagreement with Lord Rothermere, the chairman. ...
Article : 32 wordsTwo large powder factories near Salz burg, in Austria, have been blown up, Sabotage is suspected. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe United States Government has decided to compulsorily buy all wool now warehoused in America at the price prevailing in July last. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe following message was received from Mr. Philip Gibbs to night:— Two German divisions attacked Villers-Bretonneux. The Germans ...
Article : 232 wordsLast night's French, communique says:— Fighting activity continued to be very lively to-day on different sectors ...
Article : 114 wordsThe following are the names of the Tasmaniens included in the 393rd casualty list, which has been released for publication. ...
Article : 516 wordsPrices for all shares in Barrier mines were firm to-day on the receipt of the news of the sale to the Imperial Government of the output of concentrates. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Germans are attacking between the Somme and Moreuil, their objectives being a number of high posiwhich would enable them to launch a big offensive against Amiens. On the British front, which extends nearly to the Luce River, the principal object of their attack was Villers-Bretonneux (about three miles south of Corbic), which is of some importance, owing to the fact that it stands on high ground, comanding the road to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 262 wordsA German official wireless message gays:—We have reached Simfero Pol, north-east of Sevastopol, in the Crimea. UKRAINIAN PEASANTS ...
Article : 67 wordsThe following message was received last night from Mr. Percival Phillips —The enemy faded in their attack everywhere except at ...
Article : 135 wordsA French shell recently destroyed the entire crew of a German long-range gun. It has not bombarded Paris for 48 hours. ...
Article : 33 wordsIn his report this morning, Sir Douglas Haig says:— There was increased hostile artillery firing last night to the ...
Article : 235 wordsA German official wireless message says:—Field Marshal Von der Goltz's troops have taken the railway junctions at Hywinge and Richimiake, in ...
Article : 44 wordsThe correspondent of the United Press Association, in a message this afternoon, says:—The bombardment of our entire front to the junction with the ...
Article : 202 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr A. J. Baliour, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that Great Britain did not intend at present ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 26 Apr 1918, Page 5
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