The liner Persia, en route to Bombay, sank on Thursday. The greater portion of 160 passengers are believed to be lost. ...
Article : 133 wordsCabinet no longer fears a crisi involving general resignations, though it is agreed that Sir John Symon has resigned. It is ...
Article : 134 wordsA Petrograd communique reads:-"We crossed the Styr in the Czartorysk region and captured the village of Khriasi. Desperate but ...
Article : 57 wordsA Paris communique reads:- "The enemy's grenade attack on a listening post, near Hill 193, in Champgane, failed completely." ...
Article : 25 wordsKing Constantine's wound in his last operation has not healed. Specialists aboard a Greek destroyer are coming to perform a ...
Article : 31 wordsA large number of special German motor boats are nightly patrolling from the Sound to the Cattegat. ...
Article : 27 wordsA German communique states:- "We blew up an English advanced trench north-west of Hulluch, and captured two machine guns and ...
Article : 108 wordsIt is probable that Lord Kitchener will be invited to attend the Labour Conference on Thursday to explain the necessity for the compulsion of ...
Article : 44 wordsA German wireless message says that the correspondent of the "Lokal Anzieger" visited the abandoned camps at Anafarta and ...
Article : 98 wordsA message from Cairo says details of the fighting on Christmas Day show that the enemy's losses were greater than at first reported. We ...
Article : 136 wordsAn Austrian communique states:-"We repulsed five attacks north-east ward of Buzcacz, the Russians abandoning hundreds of dead and ...
Article : 31 wordsThe newspapers opine that about three hundred men were lost through the blowing up of the cruiser Natal. ...
Article : 65 wordsSir John Symon's resignation has not been accepted. It is generally believed that the decision of the final majority in favour of the ...
Article : 184 wordsA communique states :- "The enemy's long-range gun threw ten shells into Nancy. Two inhabitants were killed and seven ...
Article : 38 wordsLloyd's report that 153 survivors of the Persia have arrived. ...
Article : 35 wordsGeneral Sir Ian Hamilton in the course of a speech, said he believed that if he had had the men and munitions he would have reached ...
Article : 150 wordsA Communique states that in the Daone Valley and other zones, the enemy dropped an enormous quantity of asphyxiating bombs which ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Ward Price, continuing his story of the evacuation, writes:-"The last job ashore was the firing of the abandoned stores. ...
Article : 908 wordsWashington, according to a Reuter message, learns that the Persia was torpedoed and sunk whilst she was approaching Alexandria, and ...
Article : 42 wordsA Turkish communique states:-"In fighting near Matrus the Senussis captured 130 English. The enemy bombarded our central ...
Article : 69 wordsA Paris message says that the National Congress of Socialists carried a resolution strongly adhering to the continuance of the war until ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Persia, bound for Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew ...
Article : 42 wordsA Rome communique reads:-"Having unsuccessfully deluged us with gases, we captured the position occupied by the enemy on the ...
Article : 39 wordsGeneral Townshend commanding the British forces at Kut-el-Amara, reports that the enemy asked for a four hours' armistice to bury their ...
Article : 107 wordsThe King has sent the following message to President Poincaire:- "At the commencement of the New Year I desire to convey to you my ...
Article : 183 wordsA communique states:-"Bold reconnaissances in the Lacarina Valley resulted in our capturing a number of prisoners. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Persia's passenger list included 87 women and 25 children. The total number of passengers was 231, including Colonel Lord ...
Article : 40 wordsTurkey is demanding from Germany a cash advance of twenty million sterling to remedy the bankrupt condition as disclosed by the recent ...
Article : 43 wordsThere is great interest in the sittings of the Cabinet, which met twice on Friday, evening. The newspapers understand that the bill will ...
Article : 53 wordsAt present there is no reason to doubt that the Persia is the worst tragedy of Hun piracy since the Lusitania. Germany will be able to ...
Article : 171 wordsReferring to the Austrian naval defeat in the Adriatic already reported, Rome advises that an Austrian cruiser and five destroyers ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Paris "Temps" said that a most violent battle is raging on western Galicia, and that the Russians have succeeded in smashing ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is reported at Valona that Essad Pasha, who has twenty thousand men at his disposal, has declared war against Austria and ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Home Secretary, Sir John Symon, was absent from both Cabinet meetings. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Reginald ...
Article : 185 wordsQueen Alexandra's message reads:"At the beginning of another year we are still in the midst of a ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Austro-German, Turko, and Bulgarian Consuls at Salonika have been arrested and transferred to a warship. ...
Article : 109 wordsAustrian accounts state that the Russians concentrated 200 guns and three divisions on a front of three miles. There Was a preliminary ...
Article : 61 wordsThe latest official list shows that 161 passengers were booked from London and Marseilles to points be[?]ond Malta. ...
Article : 199 wordsA Paris communique says:-"On the night of the 28th. prior to the fight at Durazzo, an enemy cruiser sank the French submarine Mouge. ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Czar has sent the most cordial New Year's wishes of the Russians to their, friend and valiantally, and in his greeting to the ...
Article : 104 wordsA Petrograd communique reads:- "Desperate counter-attacks by the enemy with the object of driving back on the right bank of the ...
Article : 62 wordsAn official Montenegrin communique has been received from Paris as follows:- "The provisioning of Montenegro ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Henderson is holding himself aloof from the discussions of the Cabinet. He considers it is essential to redeem Mr. Asquith's pledge, ...
Article : 158 wordsA Vienna communique reads:- "In Easern Galicia the Russians advanced for five days through entanglements. The assaults were ...
Article : 62 wordsPresident Poincaire, in a message to the French troops, says:- "Everywhere France is showing cold and deliberate determination to ...
Article : 167 wordsAn official message from Paris states:-"Enemy aviators threw bombs on Salonika but the damage was insignificant. ...
Article : 52 wordsA Montenegrin official message received through Paris says:- "The Montenegrins captured 1500 Austrians in the Sanjak battle, ...
Article : 41 wordsThe torpedocing of the Persia has stunned Washington in view of a settlement over the Ancona incident. ...
Article : 58 wordsAn official message from Paris states:-" "The bombardment of the enemy trenches at Bolsinghe was successful. ...
Article : 105 wordsIt is officially stated that there were desperate engagements in the south Pripet region. On the Caucasian front the Turks attempted to ...
Article : 74 wordsA cruiser has brought away the contents of the Serbian treasury. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe U.S.A. administration has been aroused as it has never been before. The torpedoing of the Persia at ...
Article : 90 wordsThe following official communi- cation has been issued at Constantinople :- "The Turkish batteries success- ...
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