A somewhat surprising article appears in the latest number of "Land and Water" to hand under the name of Colonel F. N. Maude, a well-known writer on military subjects. He ...
Article : 655 wordsA communique states:—All along the frontier our advanced troops are capturing important positions, meeting but feeble resistance. Along the Isonzo, from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsWhen the House of Commons met to-day the new Ministers were warmly welcomed. A full House welcomed the National ...
Article : 277 wordsA submarine sank the Aberdeen steamer Star of the West (197 tons). The crew were landed at Peterhead. The barque Sunlight (1433 tons), laden ...
Article : 93 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam, correspondent says one British and one French aeroplane attacked a Zeppelin at 3 in the morning as it was returning from ...
Article : 240 wordsA communique yesterday stated: An artillery duel of extreme intensity occurred at Notre Dame de Lorette, Ablain, and Cabaret Rouge on Sunday and Monday. The ...
Article : 120 wordsWhile French progress north of Arras has been maintained, fresh attacks have been made successfully ...
Article : 132 wordsTravellers from Constantinople report a serious shortage of coal. The mills are restricting their output, and waterworks may be compelled to discontinue their supply. ...
Article : 146 wordsA submarine sank the trawler Arctic. Five survivors landed, the remaining four of the crew being killed by shell-fire while launching a boat. The mate was horribly ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 323 wordsThe latest communique states: Fighting with the utmost violence continues north of Arras, our progress being maintained. We continued the investment of the ...
Article : 145 wordsGermany has agreed to compensate the owners of the Greek steamer Ellispontos, which was torpedoed in the North Sea while en route from Ymuiden to Monte ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Admiralty reports that Naval Flight-Sub-Lieutenant Warneford at 3 o'clock attacked a Zeppelin in the air between Ghent and Brussels, at a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsPassengers who arrived by the steamer Cameronia report that three German submarines were trapped recently in British waters. ...
Article : 26 wordsMembers of the Cabinet, including the Lord Chancellor, have agreed to pool salaries, each member receiving £4271. The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) is ...
Article : 30 wordsHebuterne is about four miles north of Albert. Moulin-sons-Touvent lies in the centre of the angle between the Oise and Aisne, five miles north-east of Compiegne. ...
Article : 84 wordsA list dated May 22 contains 3221 casualties in Franco and Flanders, including the Black Watch, 119 killed, 403 wounded, and 126 missing; and the Seaforth Highlanders, ...
Article : 37 wordsThe masters in Lancashire are rapidly organising shell-making. Of 50,000 skilled engineers in the Manchester district, 18,000 already are engaged in making munitions, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 wordsThe "Telegraaf" says the Zeppelin's crew, numbering 28, were killed. The airship dropped on an orphanage, killing two nuns, two children, and ...
Article : 32 wordsKrupps have erected a cannon hospital at Saint Quentin for repairs to worn-out and broken machine guns and rifles. ...
Article : 22 wordsD. M. Bain, the Scottish Rugby international, has been killed in France. ...
Article : 15 wordsGerman and Austrian communiques claim that General von Linsingen stormed the bridge-heart at Zurawano (about 20 miles east of Stryi), and gained a footing ...
Article : 59 wordsThe frontier between Zealand and Flanders will be closed to-morrow for nine days. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Hope Crisp, the well-known tennis player, was wounded during the British attack on Hill 60, and one of his legs has been amputated. ...
Article : 29 words"Smoke shells or carcases, special incendiary shells, Greek fire, and stink-pots," as quoted by Colonel Maude, have but scant relationship to the use of poisonous gases ...
Article : 413 wordsBritish airmen bombed and ignited an airship shed north of Brussels. The Admiralty report that Naval Flight-Lieutenants Wilson and Mills bombed an ...
Article : 66 words"Eye-Witness" with the British headquarters recounts an heroic incident which occurred near Ypres on May 23. When the Germans occupied some British trenches an ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Government has revoked its decision not to accept contingents from Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, and Trinidad, for service in Europe, on the ground ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 947 wordsA telegram from Vienna states that the Austrians are within 15 kilometres (about 10 miles) of Lemberg. ...
Article : 28 wordsZeppelins dropped incendiary and explosive bombs on the east coast. Two fires were started. Five persons were killed, and 40 ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Danish Government has inquired into the case of the steamer Pan, which was laden with rifles for Bulgaria, and was seized by a German warship in the Balti[?], ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 433 wordsA communique states: The enemy on Saturday and Sunday made obstinate attacks towards Mosciska (east of Przemysl). Prolonged hand-to-hand fighting took place ...
Article : 73 wordsManufacturers are endeavouring to co-ordinate, the resources of the empire. All establishments hitherto manufacturing luxuries are being adapted to the ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is officially announced that the French mine-layer Casablanca struck a mine at the entrance to a bay in the Aegean Sea. The British picked up the captain, one ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Germans made desperate attempts to pierce the Allies' line near Pervyse, where they hold the Chateau Vicigne, assisted by thirty machine guns. The ...
Article : 110 wordsThe imports into Great Britain for the month of May increased by £12,545,676; the exports showed a decrease of £8,432,198, and the re-exports decreased ...
Article : 37 words"Il Secolo" publishes an interview with a well-informed personage, who declares that the reason Germany has not declared war against Italy is because she first desires ...
Article : 119 wordsIt is estimated that there are forty German army corps in Galicia. It is estimated that the battle will last another month. The war correspondent of the "Novoe ...
Article : 129 wordsKrupps have established a large factory for the manufacture of shells and explosives at Constantinople. Four thousand workmen have been sent ...
Article : 33 wordsThe sudden renewal of fighting down in the angle of the Oise and the Aisne is pregnant with the suggestion of bigger things to come. For several months now there ...
Article : 408 wordsArrivals.—At Vancouver: Niagara, s. Departures.—For Brisbane: Harima Maru, s, For Newcastle: Poleric, s. For Fremantle: Gorgon, s. For Wellington: ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Italians captured Cortina (Trentino) after a difficult ascent of the rocky mountain range and the perilous occupation of a ridge. Here they were nearly ...
Article : 82 wordsLarge consignments of barrels, supposed to contain beer, from Germany for Turkey, have been detained in Bucharest, as they were found to contain asphyxiating ...
Article : 40 wordsThe following extracts taken from a letter received in Sydney from Private Arthur Campbell, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, demonstrates clearly the spirit that is ...
Article : 125 wordsAn official report states that on May 28, Buddha's birthday, Buddhists looted Moslem shops at Kandy (Ceylon). The outbreak was quelled, but was diffused ...
Article : 105 wordsThe German raid in the Baltic provinces yields to none in determination and ferocity. The Germans sent three army corps one after another. ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Press Bureau states that a naval and military expedition on May 30 captured Sphinxhaven, on the eastern shore of Lake Nyassa, and destroyed ammunition ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 wordsServian troops invaded Albania, and occupied the region of the Lower Dibra unopposed. The "Echo de Paris" says that now that ...
Article : 47 wordsAddressing a meeting at Blayney to-night, Mr. Waddell said that every thoughtful person would regret to learn that the State Government and the Federal Government proposed to ...
Article : 81 wordsA letter received from Corporal Andrew Anderson (who was wounded) to his father at Chatswood from the hospital, supplies interesting details concerning the Australian ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Mr. McKenna's conference with the Italian Treasury resulted in a resolution to cooperate in the use of financial resources in ...
Article : 47 wordsThe card and blowing-room amalgamation has decided to proceed with its claim tor a 10 per cent. war bonus. It will be difficult to avoid a stoppage of work ...
Article : 43 wordsThe German Emperor has arrived in Vienna. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe following Argentine shipments are reported:—Mutton, 140,000; lamb, 91,000; frozen beef, 219,000; chilled beef, 65,000. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 9 Jun 1915, Page 11
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