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  2. THE SOMME

    General Haig's reports deal in almost casual terms with the operations north and south of the Anere, whereas the German communique refers to the "tremendous" battle on the Somme, and says the Allies, if possible, are increasing their efforts. The British have advanced to the north of T[?]epval, and also north of Sars, though the Germane say they have not lost an inch of ground. Our troops also have been active north of the Anere, in ...

    Article : 324 words
  3. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    M. Venizelos, the interventionist leader in Greece, who is continuing his visits to the Greek Islands, reached Mitylene yesterday. Here the entire ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The Roumanian communique to-day states:— The situation on the Transylvanian fronts is unchanged. ...

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  5. THE SINKING OF THE STEPHANO.

    Captain Smith, the master of the Stephano, reports as follows:—"We sighted the submarine at 6 o'clock. She fired four shots at the ship from ...

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  6. TASMANIA

    The friends of Private Kenny Ward have presented him with a wristlet watch and pocket wallet. The function took place at Private Ward's hotel, and was ...

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  7. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Our Bicheno correspondent writes:— "Much regret was expressed throughout the district when it became known that Mr. and Mrs. W. Harvey, of Bicheno, ...

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  8. VESSELS CHANGING THEIR COURSE.

    The shipping companies are changing the courses of incoming liners. Marine insurance rates have advanced by as much as 500 per cent. for all ...

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  9. WAR IN THE AIR.

    To-day's Roumanian communique refers to an air raid on Bucharest as follows:— Eight German aeroplanes have ...

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  10. THE GREEK FLEET.

    The Italian newspaper "Roma" states that the whole of the Greek fleet has joined the national movement led by M. Venizelos, and Greek shipowners ...

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  11. A SECRET BASE.

    Many writers in New York discuss the possibility of the existance of a secret base for German submarines on the Atlantic coast, and believo that ...

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  12. KRONSTADT.

    The Roumanians evacuated Kronstadt, with a view to avoiding the destruction of its houses, churches, and hospitals, on which the enemy were ...

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  13. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    Mr. Lloyd George, the Secretary of State for War, addressing a number of volunteers in London to-day, said that from what he had seen during his visits ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. RUTHLESS RESUMPTION.

    A special correspondent of the "New York World" who is travelling on board the liner upon which Mr. J. W. Ger[?]rd, the American Ambassador to ...

    Article : 311 words
  15. THE TURKISH WAR.

    To-day's Russian communicue says: Our torpedo-boats on Friday raided Samsun and Sinope, the Turkish ports on the Black Sea coast of Asia ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. IN DOBRUDJA.

    To-day's Russian communique says: We have fortified our new positions in the Dobrudja. BUCHAREST, October 9. ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. MISSING SOLDIERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 416 words
  18. THE SWEDISH ATTITUDE.

    The Foreign Office announces that Sweden has released parcels and mails going between the United Kingdom and Russia, which were placed under an ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    In his report this afternoon, General Sir Douglas Haig says:— South of the River An[?]re we have made progress, and established posts ...

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  20. ON THE DANUBE.

    To-day's German communique states: —German troops and Austro-Hungarian monitors have taken possession of an island on the Danube to the ...

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  21. FRENCH FRONT.

    This afternoon's French communique states:— The enemy last night violently bombarded our positions at ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS.

    Mr. W. F. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer, received a host of callers at the Hotel Cecil to-day. ...

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  23. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    Survivors of the steamer Stephano, 3,449 tons, which was destroyed by the German submarine U53, and who have arrived at Newport News, Virginia, ...

    Article : 193 words
  24. A GERMAN LEGATION GARDEN.

    To-day's Roumanian communique states:— Investigations have revealed that numerous cases of T.N.T. (very ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. FRENCH TRANSPORT SUNK.

    On Wednesday last the French transport Gallia, 14,966 tons, was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine. Of 2,000 people on board, 1,362 were ...

    Article : 86 words
  26. GERMAN REPORT.

    To-day's German communique says: —In the tremendous Somme battle the enemy are, if possible, increasing their efforts. We have inflicted ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. CAPTURE OF LE SARS.

    In a further description of the advance by the British on Saturday, Mr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle war correspondent, writes:—"The ...

    Article : 158 words
  28. SALONIKA FRONT.

    To-day's report issued at the War Office in reference to the Salonika campaign is as follows:— On the Struma front our mounted ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. GERMANY'S PROMISES.

    After conferring to-day at Long Branch, in the State of New Jersey, with Dr. Wilson, the American President, Count Von Bernstorff, the ...

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  30. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    In his report this afternoon, General Haig says:— Last night we raided the German trenches in the neighbourhood of ...

    Article : 121 words
  31. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

    There was a general decline in values on the New York Stock Exchange to-day, when the news was received of the appearance of the U53 off the American ...

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  32. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    To-day's Russian communique says: In the direction of Vladimir Volynsky (north of Lemberg) we have forced the enemy's lines, and ...

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  33. THE NEW ZEALANDERS.

    General Sir Douglas Haig has issued a special message, in which he pays a high compliment to the New Zealand troops for their gallant part in the ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. FRENCH REPORT.

    The official French communique to-day states:— Eastward of the River Struma some few engagements have occurred ...

    Article : 180 words
  35. DANISH SUBMARINE DESTROYED.

    Yesterday, in The Sound, the strait which leads from the Cattegat to the Baltic Sea, a Norwegian steamer ran down the Danish submarine Dykkeren ...

    Article : 80 words
  36. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    In to-day's communique the Germans state:—Yesterday we destroyed considerable enemy trenches by mine explosions in the Argonne. During ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. THE PRUSSIAN GUARD.

    Mr. Thomas Curtin, the American journalist who spent 10 months in Germany, and is now contributing a series, of articles in the "Daily Mail," describes ...

    Article : 274 words
  38. A NATIONAL GUARD.

    The "Daily Chronicle" proposes the establishment of a national guard of 400,000 men over 41 years of age for Home defence, thus relieving 400,000 ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    To-day's Italian communique says:— In the Trentino yesterday we repulsed violent attacks on the Busa Alta peak, in the region between ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. THE BRITISH "TANKS."

    Mr. W. A. Hyslop, managing director of the Tourist Motor Company Ltd., of Hastings (N.Z.), possesses a fund of unique information concerning the ...

    Article : 698 words
  41. THE MENZIES BARONETCY.

    David P. Monzies, of Plean Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland, was charged yesterday at Edinburgh with forging documents and perjury. Last year the ...

    Article : 123 words
  42. PROCURING EXEMPTIONS FROM SERVICE.

    Much public interest has been aroused in the prosecution of seven men, of whom four were clerks in the Central London Recruiting Depot, who were ...

    Article : 101 words
  43. ENEMY REPORTS.

    To-day's German communique says: —East of the Monastir-Florina railway the enemy have obtained a foothold on the left bank of the River Cerna. ...

    Article : 76 words
  44. RESCUE WORK.

    Nearly all persons on board the yessels sunk by the U53 have been accounted for, except the crew of the British steamer Kingston, who may possibly ...

    Article : 87 words
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