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  2. THE SOMME

    The war cablegrams do not refer to any operations of an outstanding character. On all the fronts there is an Apparent pause, but it is only a brief interval, the hush before the eruption. The reports, from the Somme speak of activity of the artillery on both sides and of infantry actions north-east of Bazentin le Petit, and between Delvillo Wood and Ginchy. It is stated by a war correspondent, however, that the ...

    Article : 362 words
  3. MR. HUGHES.

    The "English Review" is promoting a memorial urging the return to England of Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, and suggesting that he should ...

    Article : 136 words
  4. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Italy's war expenditure for the year ending June was £312,000,000, of which amount £216,000,000 was raised by internal loans, and the balance on ...

    Article : 59 words
  5. ITALY AND GERMANY

    Italy, through the Swiss Government, declared war on Germany on Friday last. There was immense enthusiasm shown ...

    Article : 167 words
  6. BULGARIAN INVASION OF GREECE.

    Demonstrations against the Bulgairian invasion of Greece have been held on the island of Mitylene, and at Karaferia, to the south-west of ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    Replying to the deputation from representatives of Labour which waited yesterday upon Mr. Lloyd George, the Secretary or State for War, respecting ...

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  8. AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) desires again to invite the attention of persons who are packing Christmas boxes for the soldiers at the ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. GREEK GENERAL STAFF.

    General Moschopoulis, who is a sympathiser with the Allies, has been appointed Chief of the Greek General Staff. ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.

    Among the passengers for New Zealand on board the s.s. Arawa, which is now in port, are 100 invalided soldiers who, having just recovered from wounds ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. THE TURKISH WAR.

    To-day's Russian communique states: Stubborn fighting continues in the direction of Diarbekr. We have reached the River Masla ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. N.S.W. AVIATION SCHOOL.

    The official opening of the State Aviation School, which is located at Richmond, took place to-day. The State Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland) ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. A BULGARIAN MUTINY.

    A regiment of Bulgarian cavalry has mutinied at Uskub, in Serbia, and two German officers were afterwards found in the barracks assassinated. ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in his report this morning on the operations in the Somme region, states:— We captured yesterday an ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. FRENCH OPERATIONS.

    This morning's French communique is as follows:— Bad weather continues to hamper operations along our front. ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    Advices received here show that an Anglo-French flotilla bombarded the Asia Minor coast from Makars to Jaffa all day on August 10, destroying the ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    The English newspapore, discussing the likelihood of a prolongation of the war, point out that all official indications, including that of the late Lord ...

    Article : 385 words
  18. ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA.

    The Bulgarian advance in Macedonia is taken as an indication that the Bulgarian General Staff is assured, at least for some weeks, against a Roumanian ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says:—The Prussian Guards at Thiepval advanced with great bravery. They charged six times, ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. TASMANIA

    A welcome home social was tendered in the Colcbrook-hall on Friday evening to Sergeant A. C. Owen and Privates W. Denny and M. McPhee, The ...

    Article : 443 words
  21. WAR IN THE AIR.

    During the Zeppelin raid on the east and south-east coasts of England on Friday last, a British airman ascended in the darkness, and ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    The following, the 200th and 201st, casualty lists, were released yesterday. The names, unless it is otherwise stated, are those of privates. The addresses ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. THE EASTERN FRONT

    This morning's Russian communique states:— Our gallant Lettish battalions yesterday penetrated the enemy's first ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. THE BALKANS.

    The Serbians continue to progress south of Vrbeni, at Kukuyoff, and on the slopes, between Moglina and Ostrovo. They have achieved an important ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. GERMANY'S PLANS.

    According to news from Amsterdam the Germans are said to be abandoning further important offensive actions on the Western front, continuing ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. KILLED IN ACTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,207 words
  27. SUPER-ZEPPELINS.

    M. Julliot, the builder of the Le Bandy dirigible balloons, expresses himself sceptical as to the value of the super-Zeppelins. He says that the ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. THE GERMAN SIDE.

    The Germans, in their communique, issued to-day, state:—After artillery preparation, the English yesterday made repeated attacks southward of ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    In his report this morning, General Haig states:— The Germans last night heavily shelled our positions in the ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    The British have repelled all the Bulgarian counter-attaeks against the positions which they recently captured at Doiran. ...

    Article : 28 words
  31. ZEPPELINS IN THE NORTH SEA.

    Two Zeppelin airships were observed yesterday passing Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is about in the same latitude as the Shetland ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. ENEMY REPORTS.

    To-day's German communique states: —Repeated Russian attempts on the Dwina front to cross the River in beats eastward of Friedrichstadt and ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. "AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY."

    Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the President of America, in magazine articles headed "America's Opportunity," says that when the war closes America will be ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. ATTACK ON KAVALLA.

    Reports from Athens state that a French aeroplane reported, to the Allied fleets that German aeroplanes were bombing Kavalla, whereupon the ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. THE ANTWERP GARRISON.

    The "Echo de Belge" says it learns that there are constant night movements of German trains, conveying troops from the Antwerp garrison ...

    Article : 69 words
  36. THIEPVAL DOOMED.

    "The doom of Thiepval is near at hand," declares Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, in a despatch describing the recent advances of the ...

    Article : 323 words
  37. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    Mr. Alfred Noyes, the well-known author, writing in the "Daily Chronicle" to-day, states that Great Britain's trawling fleet for mine-sweeping and ...

    Article : 165 words
  38. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The Italian communique to-day says: There is considerable Austrian artillery, mortar, and rifle activity in the Trentino front. Our ...

    Article : 47 words
  39. VERDUN FIGHTING.

    The French communique issued this morning says:— Last night the Germans thrice attacked the wood between Vaux and ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. GERMANY'S WORLD PLANS.

    The Paris newspaper "Figaro," by quotations from German writers, shows that Germany before the war contemplated the conquest of South America, ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. SEAPLANES BUSY.

    To-day's Russian communique says: Our seaplanes raided Varna (the fortified Bulgarian town on the Black Sea) on Saturday. They ...

    Article : 84 words
  42. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    We regret to learn that Lieut. Leo Butler, son of Mr. E. H. Butler, of Hobart, was killed in action in the recent fighting on the Somme. The ...

    Article : 511 words
  43. ISONZO OPERATIONS.

    To-day's Italian communique states: On the Isonzo front we have extended our occupation of Cima Vallone. The enemy continue to shell ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. BRITISH PRISONERS IN TURKEY.

    Two instructors from the American college, at Beirut, in Syria," who have just traversed Turkey, and have returned to New York, assert that British, ...

    Article : 71 words
  45. ITALY'S AIMS.

    Signor Giolitti, former Pirme Minister of Italy, in the course of a remarkable speech, said:—We must avoid differences of opinion. It is ...

    Article : 81 words
  46. FOOD RIOTS.

    There have been food riots at Mulhausen, in Alsace. The troops quelled them, killing twenty people and wounding scores. The inhabitants have ...

    Article : 44 words
  47. ENEMY REPORTS.

    To- day's Bulgarian communique states:—We have captured a village southward of Ochrida. We have also made prisoner an English detachment, ...

    Article : 85 words
  48. IN THE AIR.

    In to-day's communique the Germans claim that they brought down seven enemy aeroplanes yesterday. ...

    Article : 23 words
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