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  2. MALANCOURT STORMED.

    After a series of desperate assaults on the village of Malancourt, at Verdun, the Germans gained their objective. The place is a mere ruin, and it is commanded by the French guns on an adjacent rise known as Hill 304. Strong attacks were also made between Fort Douaumont and the village of Vaux, but ...

    Article : 240 words
  3. THE GOVERNOR AND RACING

    The Governor (Sir Henry Galway) is to return to-day from a cruise in the gulf on the steamer Governor Musgrave, but if he had been in the ...

    Article : 789 words
  4. RUSSIAN FRONTS.

    The Russian communique issued "at midnight on Friday, saye:—"The Czar's troops repulsed an enemy attack in the forest near Mokritza. The Russians annihilated an ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. FATHER OF GYMNASTICS.

    The death occurred on Sunday, at the Kareema Rest Home, Dulwich, of Mr. Adolph Heinrich Leschen, formerly one of South Australia's best-known identities. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 669 words
  6. SOLDIER AND REVOLVER.

    A sensational shooting incident, which i fortunately was not attended by serious conseqnences, occurred in the vicinity of North terrace, Adelaide, at about 6 o'clock ...

    Article : 659 words
  7. FLOUR AND BREAD

    The Secretary to the Prices Regulation Commission (Mr. D. R. Davidson) stated on Saturday:—"The commission met this morning further to consider the matter of ...

    Article : 451 words
  8. PATRIOTIC FOOTBALL.

    When at the end of the last football season the South Australian League decided to abandon the senior contests for the coming season little was said about the ...

    Article : 919 words
  9. The Turks Fled.

    A Petrograd communique reports that after four hours fighting in the region of the Turkish fortress at Karamlachkan, in the direction of Bagdad, the Russians ...

    Article : 45 words
  10. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    Gen. Smuts's force is engaged in strenuous but gallant fighting against the German East Africans. It is reported that a small sprinkling of Australians have figured ...

    Article : 213 words
  11. AGAINST VERDUN.

    Desperate attacks have been directed upon the ruins of the village of Malancourt. They are thought to be due to the exasperation of the Germans at the French ...

    Article : 428 words
  12. FEELING IN THE WEST.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Johnson) regards the prices fixed by the Commonwealth authorities for flour and bread as satisfactory, but is dissatisfied with the ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. CLYDE STRIKE.

    An assembly of 10,000 Clyde engineers on the Glasgow Green to-day adopted a resolution resenting the apparent indifference of the Government in replying to ...

    Article : 182 words
  14. A THIRSTY GUN.

    Newspaper correspondents point out a novelty in the German plan of battle at Verdun in the use of 12 in. guns to produce an impenetrable curtain of fire. Some ...

    Article : 289 words
  15. "PEEPING TOM" PROSECUTION.

    A case which presented remarkable features was heard at the Loxton Police Court on Thursday, before a Bench consisting of Messrs. P. J. Fuller O. Polkinghorne, and ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. RECRUIT STRANGLED.

    The City Watchhouse authorities reported on Sunday that on the previous night a soldier, named J. S. Rollison (aged 21 years), had been found dead at 215 ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    His Majesty King George has sent the following message to Gen. Townshend (in command of the British forces under siege at Kubel-Amara:—"I, together ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. THE CALL TO DUTY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 20 words
  19. At St. Eloi.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—There has been much aeria1 activity on both sides. The British have carried out successful work, although three machines ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. TERRITORY TROUBLE.

    With regard to the alleged friction in the administration of the Northern Territory, it is difficult to obtain information, owing to the absence from Darwin of the ...

    Article : 234 words
  21. INTO CAMP ON SATURDAY.

    Following art the names of the men who enlisted at Adelaide and went Into camp on Saturday:—B. C. Flannagan, C. Gilbert, W. Ross, C. H. Perring, W. R. Wheeler, W. Steele, F. C. ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. "DIRTY WORK."

    Two hundred and fifty engineers, members of the Amalgamated and Australasian Societies of Engineers, have gone on strike at the Eveleigh Railways workshops. The ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. GERMANS GOADED OK.

    The Petit Journal, in telling the story of the attack on Malancourt, states that the Germans at 8 o'clock in the evening determined to seize the village at ...

    Article : 305 words
  24. Daring German Stowaway.

    A telegram from Lewis, Delaware, states that Ernest Schiller, or Schuler, who stowed away on the British steamer Matophe, has confessed that he is a spy in ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 words
  26. IN OTHER STATES.

    On Saturday 285 men offered themselves for active service, and 152 were accepted. The total enlistments for the week were 627 out of 1,243 who voluntered. ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. EFFECTIVE OR INEFFECTIVE. VOTING?

    The Minister for Customs (Mr." Tudor) returned from Tasmania on Saturday, and stated that while in that State he had visited several ham factories and hopefields ...

    Article : 143 words
  28. INVASION OP CANADA.

    A German named Horst von der Goltz has been brought from Great Britain to give evidence in the American antineutrality prosecutions. He has confessed ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. Advertising

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