Roger Casement will be hanged at Pentonville on Thursday. He has been in convict garb since his conviction. A Rochdale barber named Ellis will act as executioner. ...
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Article : 80 wordsA Petrograd communique states that the Germans fiercely attacked the Russians on the west bank of the Stokhod, but were repulsed with heavy losses. The fighting ...
Article : 75 wordsPetitions for the reprieve of the condemned traitor. Roger Casement, are pouring into official quarters in London from Ireland. ...
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Article : 233 wordsTelegraphing on Monday, Mr. W. Beach Thomas, the "Daily Mail" correspondent at the front, states that little real' fighting occurred on the Somme on Monday. ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Athens correspondent of "The Times" states that Greece has decided to withdraw practically all her troops from Salonika. ...
Article : 25 wordsGeneral Brusiloff is now fighting his way towards Kovel, along the whole front. He is forming an arc some 20 miles from the town itself. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn a stirring message to his troops General Joffre (the French Generalissimo) says:— "Soldiers,—For two years you have ...
Article : 52 wordsVienna telegrams received in London state that the Austrians are ready to evacuate Lemberg (capital of Galicia). Many of the inhabitants of the city have already ...
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Article : 63 wordsBoth Mr. Lloyd George (Minister for War) and General Sir Douglas Haig (the British Commander in France and Flanders) sent messages to the French army on ...
Article : 96 wordsA message received from Amsterdam states that the Austrian and German generals on the east front are engaged in a fierce controversy. Field-Marshal von Mackensen's staff ...
Article : 81 wordsAn officer writes from the front that the Australians took Pozieres without great loss. He stated:—"I had a lengthy communication with two captured German ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is stated in Copenhagen that Holland has exacted from the Germans a pledge not to molest Dutch ships carrying foodstuffs to Britain. Holland threatened that ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is officially announced in Salonika that Serbian troops have driven back Bulgarians in Greek territory north of Vodena (40 miles south-east of Monastir), ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is reported in a communique from Petrograd that the Russians in the Caucasus have advanced west of Erzingan in the direction of Sivas. ...
Article : 30 wordsEx-President Roosevelt, of the United States, on his return from a visit to Paris was interviewed. He says:—"The Allies' military and economical situation is ...
Article : 53 wordsAccording to official reports, 101 air battles took place in the western theatre of war last month. The British claim to have achieved ...
Article : 83 wordsA Paris telegram says that Mr. Lloyd George (British War Secretary), in an interview, said:— "Great Britain has doubled her output of ...
Article : 82 wordsAll communications between Turkey and Rumania regarding the exchange of supplies have been broken off. ...
Article : 20 wordsFrench newspapers lay stress upon the admission made in an article by the German critic, General Gaedke, namely:— "Our enemies are stronger than at the ...
Article : 61 wordsA Paris communique states:— "The most violent artillery combat is being waged at Thiaumont (Verdun), while a bombardment with heavy shells is being ...
Article : 149 wordsAfter a prolonged stay at Baltimore, the German freight submarine Deutschland, carrying a cargo of rubber and nickel, left on her return journey to Germany ...
Article : 110 wordsThe British Commander-in-chief in France (General Sir Douglas Haig) reported on Tuesday afternoon:— "The general situation on the British ...
Article : 115 wordsIn a written reply to a question put by Mr. I. Z. Malcolm, M.P., Mr. H. W. Forster, Financial Secretary to the War Office, states that he believes that the ...
Article : 63 wordsBritish excise returns show an enormous decrease in the sales of spirits in England. In January, 1915, 18,750,000 gallons were consumed. but in June the consumption ...
Article : 37 wordsAn official report from the Commander-in-chief in German East Africa (General Smuts) gives details of the capture by General Vanderventer of Dodoma, on the ...
Article : 83 wordsPresident. R. Poincare, in a message to the armies of France, says:— "The Allies are beginning to gather the fruits of your endurance. The Russians ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Paris newspaper "La Liberte" says that an interrogation of German prisoners taken on the west front confirms the belief that confusion is reigning in the German ...
Article : 68 wordsAn Italian communique states:— "Enemy attacks at Monte Cimone, on the Sette Cummuni Plateau, and in the Tofana area have been repulsed. ...
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