The landing force on Sedd-el-Bahr beach was unable to advance until evening, when the force from Cape Tekeh, by a fine attack, relieved the pressure, ...
Article : 597 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states: We progressed in the neighbourhood of Steenstrn[?]ate. Five hundred shells, many of them ...
Article : 95 wordsThe cabled information concerning the fighting in the vicinity of the Dardanelles brings home to Australians the seriousness of this gigantic war that is being waged ...
Article : 1,662 wordsThe British at Sedd-[?]-Ba[?] advanced and captured the Kabatipet Hill, which commands a large portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula. This capture will ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Minister for Defence [?]as received the following cablegram from Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, through the Secretary of ...
Article : 100 wordsA Dutch steamer picked up two German airmen floating in the wreckage of an aeroplane near the Nord Hinder lightship. The aviators were conveyed to Flushing. ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is reported in the newspapers that during the recent fighting 4000 Germans crossed the Yser, near Steenstraate. The Belgian artillery destroyed the bridge over ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Minister for Defence to-day made a statement with regard to the notification of casualties, and also in reference to news dealing with operations in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 397 wordsThe new German activity north of the Niemen is believed to be merely a demonstration connected with the probable movements of the German fleet for ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Acting Premier (Hon. W. H. Barnes) last night said: "In the absence of the Premier in the North, I desire, on behalf of the Government of Queensland, ...
Article : 369 wordsThe French Embassy states that [?] shells have fallen on the French seaport of Dunkirk. Twenty persons were killed and 45 wounded. German warships have ...
Article : 448 wordsA pathetic incident happened in the "Argus" office yesterday, when the first news that her son had been seriously wounded was learnt by a lady who had ...
Article : 98 wordsThe successful advance on the left bank of the Niemen continues. The enemy suffered further severe losses. The Russians carried two [?] southward of Kozinka ...
Article : 183 wordsThe Minister for Defence has issued the following casualty lists of Australians in connection with the fighting against the Turks in the Dardanelles. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Turks are hurriedly sending great reinforcements to the Gulf of Saros and the shores of the Sea of Marmora. SOFIA, Friday. ...
Article : 68 wordsBrigadier H. L. Napier has died from wounds received in the fight in the Dardanelles. ...
Article : 24 wordsField-Marshal Sir John French, in his latest report, states that the British situation is unchanged, and activity has been confined to the artillery. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Allied fleet remained inside the Dardanelles last night, and reopened a terrific bombardment at daybreak to-day. ...
Article : 31 wordsA German official communique states: The battle of Shaveli ended in our favour. The Russians lost heavily and retreated to Mitau, after setting fire to Shaveli. ...
Article : 101 wordsAdmiral Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., speaking at Portsmouth, said the Dardanelles attack at present was rather like a piece of amateur ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 92 wordsA record officer of the Press Burean with the Canadian troops states that four German divisions, supported by an immensely superior ...
Article : 733 wordsCaptain W. R. F. Hodgson. Lieutenant E. Chapman. Lieutenant A. Henderson. Lieutenant S. R. Close, 8th Battalion (on April 27). ...
Article : 29 wordsOfficial circles describe the German offensive at Shaveli as a foraging expedition, and predict that the only result will be the acquisition of an ...
Article : 40 wordsMajor J. C. Robertson, 9th Battalion, slightly. Captain J. L. Fisher, 9th Battalion, severely. ...
Article : 217 wordsA communique states: Our artillery bombarded the fortress of Dunkirk. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the London "Observer" states that the Germans hoped to utilise the several weeks' interval when big opeations on most of the ...
Article : 102 wordsA Reuter's message states that the Allies heavily bombarded Zeobrugge, the German submarine base on the coast of Belgium. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Germans are reported to be hastily forming new infantry and artillery brigades at Bruges, for use on the Yser, which will make 120,000 German troops south of ...
Article : 42 wordsA Russian aviator dropped bombs on the barracks at Czernowitz, the capital of Bukovina, killing several Austrian soldiers. ...
Article : 33 wordsHis Majesty the King has sent his congratulations to Rear-Admiral de Robeck and General Sir Inn Hamilton on the splendid achievement of the forces ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsBaron von Stedlitz, writing in the "Berlin Post" states that "no quarter" given at the battle of Ligny, in 1815, may be repeated on a greater seale, ...
Article : 87 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" remarks that the Australians and New Zealanders with the Dardanelles Expeditionary Forces have been given the post of honour—that ...
Article : 162 wordsA company of Austrian troops, with their officers, deserted and fled to Asigo. Many wounded soldiers from Galicia, refusing to return to the front, crossed the ...
Article : 36 wordsLieutenant L. A. Jones is the eldest son of the late Captain Mervyn A. Jones, formerly of the British-India Steam Navigation Company's service, and afterwards a ...
Article : 160 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" pleads for the commutation of the sentence of death passed on the British soldier, William Lonsdale, for attacking a German military ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "Messagero" states there are 300,000 German troops at Trentino (in the Tyrol, Austria), 500,000 Hungarians and Cro[?]tians at Gorizio (Austria), and 90,000 at ...
Article : 52 wordsThis afternoon Mr. [?]her (Prime Minister) made the following statement:— "While we are very proud of the valour and capacity shown by our soldiers at the ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Italian Government has requisitioned all supplies of petrol. The "Stampa," the leading neutralist organ, admits that the pourparlers between ...
Article : 62 wordsFurther details of the Zeppelin raid show that the weather was foggy when the airship was first seen off Fe[?]ixtowe at a great height. Ten bombs were ...
Article : 198 wordsIt is reported that the Australians, during the [?]se of the donkeys when they effected the landing of the troops (as already cabled), captured 670 prisoners, ...
Article : 81 wordsMajor R. C. Dawson, of No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion Infantry, New South Wales A.I.F., was a well-known rifle shot and a member of the executive ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 260 wordsTurkish communiques have been making ridiculous claims in regard to the Turkish A whisky of excellent quality, "Thorne's" (buy whole bottles). ...
Article : 78 wordsIt is understood that the Allies have made an offer to Italy which is altogether superior to anything that Germany can offer at the expense of Austria, and ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 3 May 1915, Page 7
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