The following official report from East Africa was issued to-night:— In compliance with the terms of the armistice, the German force ...
Article : 110 wordsThe German army was retreating so fast beyond Avesnes and Maubeuge that yesterday we lost touch with it. The roads in the forward area had been ...
Article : 584 wordsThe Lords of the Admiralty have sent a message to the fleet, conveying the world-wide congratulations of the triumph, of the Allied cause, in which ...
Article : 302 wordsBelgian and Allied troops will enter Namur on Saturday, aud Liege on Tuesday next. LONDON, November 15. ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Government, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the King will send a message to the Empire on ...
Article : 80 wordsA number of German deserters formed a so-called Flying Division of Bremen, and engaged in plundering German towns and railway stations. Thirty-six ...
Article : 127 wordsA wireless German official message intercepted by the British Admiratly states that Dr. Solf in a message forwarded to Mr. Robert Lansing, the ...
Article : 198 wordsMr. G. Ward Price, the war correspondent, has visited the battle-cruiser Gooben, which, he says, has now a Turkish admiral and crow onboard. Her chief ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Crown Prince of Germany has been taken under military escort to Roermond, in the province of Limburg, where he has been installed in Count ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the crews of the U-boats have held a meeting it Brunsbruttel, at the north end of the ...
Article : 55 wordsA German aviator has brought into the French lines a letter from the Mayor of Mulhausen (in Alsace), asking for the despatch of a French regiment ...
Article : 56 wordsFigures published in connection with South Africa's participation in the war since 1914 show that the forces engaged in the German South-West campaign ...
Article : 79 wordsMr. Lansing, in his reply to Dr. Solf in connection with the appeal for hastening the Peace Conference, suggests that the Germans should not confine ...
Article : 46 wordsTelegrams received in Copenhagen from Berlin already intimate co-operation between the Socialists and the old functionaries, who placed themselves at ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Press Bureau issued the following to-day:—Admiral Sims, of the United States Navy, in a warmly-worded letter to Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss, ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the United Press Association of New York states that it is unofficially announced that all the German troops have retired from ...
Article : 40 wordsThe appeal to Mrs. Wilson, sent by the National Council of Women of Germany, declares that the terms of the armistice relating to rolling stock must ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Dutch newspaper "Telegraaf" announces that a revolution has broken out in Brussels, where 100 people, mostly German officers, have been killed. ...
Article : 46 wordsEnver Pasha, Talaat Pasha, and Djemal Pasha, former Turkish Ministers, have fled from Constantinople. It is believed that they have taken large ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, addressing the conference of employers and trade unionists yesterday, culogised not only the soldiers, but the ...
Article : 688 wordsThe British Foreign Office says:— There has been an anti-Semitic pogrom (massaere of Jews) at Warsaw, in Poland, and if it is true the British ...
Article : 175 wordsGerman troops are now well off French territory, French and American troops have occupied the outer zone of the forts of Metz. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe War Office announces that, with a view to securing complience with the armistice terms with Turkey, the Allies have required the Turkish forces to ...
Article : 147 wordsContinuing their tour of London in connection with the victory celebrations, the King and Queen drove through South London to-day, and were ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a revolt of German soldiers in Brussels last Sunday took the form of a demonstration in ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that, while respecting President Wilson's humanitarian principles, many Frenchmen find it hard to ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Belgians have entered Brussels. Later. The Paris correspondent of the United Press Association states that ...
Article : 30 wordsThis morning an old British labour Lattalion, marching through the streets of Lille, and raising a few gruff cheers, told the people the armistice had been ...
Article : 219 wordsMarshal Foch will lead the official entry into Metz and Strasburg. ...
Article : 21 wordsAs a result of the bonfire in Trafalgar-square last night, all the combustible parts of six captured German guns were destroyed. The authorities regret ...
Article : 146 wordsArrangements have matured for dealing systematically with returned British prisoners. Six vessels will ply regularly in the North Sea, and all the ...
Article : 146 wordsThe discussion of the preliminaries of peace will commence at Versailles in a few days, while the armistice conditions are being carried out. Mr. A. J. ...
Article : 193 wordsThe German bankers are advising their customers to transfer large deposits to Switzerland for the purpose of evading the coming demands of the Allies. ...
Article : 34 wordsSyndicalist riots took place in Copenhagen throughout last night, and a number of people were wounded. Numcrous arrests were made. The Socialist ...
Article : 64 wordsFollowing investigations made by a Commission, the French Ministry of Justice has instituted criminal proceedings aganist German officers responsible ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is offically announced in Stockholm that the Swedish Governnent intends to reform the Constitution, enabling Parliament to control the ...
Article : 59 wordsThere was a great Australian demonstration at the Queen's-hall last night to celebrate the success of the British and Allied armies, and the deeds of ...
Article : 317 wordsOn the 9th of last month a collision occurred in British waters between the liner Aquitania (45,647 tons) and the American destroyer Shaw. The latter ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, states, that some English prisoners are already crossing the frontier. They were captured in March and April last, ...
Article : 107 wordsIt is understood that the German light cruiser Koenigsberg will meet British warships this afternoon, and he escorted to a certain point at sea, where ...
Article : 117 wordsA German official wireless message received to-day states:—Dr. Solf has requested President Wilson to grant permission for a German Commission to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe revolutionary strike in Switzerland ended after the Federal Council had scut an ultimatum to the strike leaders tlreatening them with arrest ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that the Army Council has sent the following message to Sir Douglas Haig:— On the occasion of the happy ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association says French advices state that the preliminary session of the Peace Conference will begin ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Hurley, Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, in an interview to-day, said the German passenger freight vessels which has been idle in German ...
Article : 256 wordsIt is announced that the number of French prisoners in Germany total 420,000, including the men interned. ...
Article : 24 wordsReports received in Amsterdam from the Bavarian capital state that all the Hupsburg archdukes, with the exception of the Archduke Joseph, have decided ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Press Bureau has issued the following— President Wilson has sent a message to Mr. Lloyd George, as follows:— ...
Article : 76 wordsThe flagship Aube has gone to the Firth of Forth under Admiral Grasset, the French delegate, to assist in executing the naval armistice. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. E. L. James, correspondent of the "New York Times" on the Western front, writes:—Fifteen thousand released prisoners of war have passed through ...
Article : 65 wordsThe revolutionaries in Holland have demanded the abdication of Queen Wilhelminn. There were further riots in ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Paris "Figaro" states that during the armistice negotiations the Germans objected to the naval clauses, and stated that the German fleet had not ...
Article : 54 wordsThe formation of the new German Cabinet in Berlin by Herr Ebert, the Regent, is not yet complete, but six of the leading portfolios have been ...
Article : 228 words"Le Matin" estimates that Germany's debt to France is between £13,000,000,000 and £14,000,000,000. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe "Deutsche Zeitung" states:—It is impossible to hand over naval material under the armistice, because the authorities no longer control the sailors. ...
Article : 71 wordsKing Victor Emmanuel of Italy had a triumphant homecoming to-day, after three and a half years' continuous service at the front. The whole populace ...
Article : 79 wordsSpeaking this afternoon at a luncheon given him by the Mayor of Capetown, Mr. H. Burton, the Minister of Railways in General Botha's ...
Article : 504 wordsBy a cablegram sent from the Prime Minister's Department yesterday, Mr. Hughes was informed of the motion agreed to by the Senate and the House ...
Article : 186 wordsThe "London Gazette" states to-day that the Victoria Cross has been awarded to, the following members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces:— ...
Article : 199 wordsA revolution has broken out among the German troops in Poland, and a number of soldiers and civiliaus in Warsaw have been arrested. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe German submarine U156, which took refuge on the Norwegian coast, has been interned at Trondjhem. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that the German naval delegates met Admiral Beatty on Friday afternoon off Rosyth, in Scotland. The handing over of the ...
Article : 135 wordsThe London correspondent of the United Press Association of New York states that according to a wireless message received from Berlin Dr. Solf has sent a ...
Article : 71 wordsAn order has been issued for the gradual demobilisation of troops throughout the United States. At present there are 1,790,000 Americans ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 18 Nov 1918, Page 5
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