Big Attack Line Broken by Infantry. Russians Terrific Artillery Fire Powders German Trenches. Thousands More Prisoners. Severe Fighting on Whole Front. Petrograd
The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 2
An offensive has began by General Evert's armies. The centre of the front roughly extends from the positions facing Baranovitchi to the east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peronne Under Fire
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 2
A message from Paris states that the French guns are bombarding Peronne. The Germans have moved their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Curate Wins V.C. Rescues Wounded Under Fire
Leader · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 3
The King has conferred the Victoria Cross on the Rev. Edward Noel Mellish, Temporary Chaplain in the Forces. The official record of the deed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refused to Fire Soldiers and Food Rioters. More Disturbances in Cologne. London
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 July 1916 · page 3
The Amsterdam "Telegraff" reports that there have been further serious disturbances in Cologne. The soldiers, the paper states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pushing on the Russian Forces Defenders in Flight Enemy Offensives Thrown Back Kovel Under Heavy Gun Fire Hasty German Retreat Cavalry Sacrificed Brussiloff's Gigantic Manoeuvring London
The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 2
We are closely pressing the enemy south of Polessic, and continue to cross the Stokhod at Various points. The greater part of the crossings were destroyed by the retreating enemy. Lively fighting is in progress near the villages of Svidnikl, Starnlike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kovel Under Fire. Lively Battles in Progress
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 11
A despatch from Rome, on Monday states That Kovel (Volhynia) is now under the fire of the Russian heavy guns…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Their Baptism of Fire
Leader · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 6
The South African contingent have undergone their baptism of fire on the western front…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Africans Baptism of Fire. London
National Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 2
The correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that the South Africans in France have just undergone their baptism of fire. They greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Scenes on Western Front Germans Under British Fire. Horror in the Trenches. London
The Bathurst Times · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 2
Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" on the western from, sends the following story of the village…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Athens Royal Palace Destroyed Royal Refugees. London
National Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 2
Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that the Forest of Tatoi is burning, and has been burning for several hours. The flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Forest Fire Near Athens. London
Leader · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 2
An immense forest fire is raging at Tattoi, 12 miles from Athens. The King and Queen had to rush from Tattoi Palace in a motor car, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fools' Paradise Germany Must Realise Position. a Ring of Fire. New Work
The Bathurst Times · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 2
The New York "Times." in a striking article, says that Germany cannot longer live in a fools' paradise, and must realise that there is no hope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auckland Government House Destroyed by Fire. Cause of Outbreak Unknown. Auckland, Saturday Night
National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 2
Auckland Government House, a handsome and charmingly situated wooden pile dating back to the sixties, was practically destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-fighters' Pay Increased. Sydney
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 3
The members of the city fire brigades have been awarded an increase of 7/ per week all round in their pay, the [?]ease to date from September 1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians in France Baptism of Fire British Consolidate Positions French Retake Villages Short-lived German Success LONDON
National Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 2
General Haig reported at 5.45 p.m.: Except for heavy reciprocal bombardment there is nothing important to announce. We continue to find large quantities of armament and other war material, which was abandoned by the enemy in the positions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans' Elaborate Defences. Shattered by Russian Fire. London
The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2
The "Daily Chronicle." correspondent on the Russian front, states that the German trenches were monuments of patient labor, but melted like mere…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pulverising Fire 2000 Shells in Twenty Minutes. Tricky Bombing Engagement. London
The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2
The "Daily News" correspondent on the western front, referring to the opp[?]rations at Bezentine, said that the place was simply pulverised by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pleased Haig Men Talk Under Fire. Gauntlet of Machine Guns. Melbourne
The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 4
To march in a column along an open road that was shelled by the enemy as soon as anything moving appeared was the experience of a Victorian batt[?]on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Plymouth Blaze. Block of Buildings Destroyed Auckland
The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 4
Fire destroyed a block of two-storeyed wooden buildings at the corner of Dawen and Egmont streets, New Plymouth, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Sydney Stedman's Confectionery Gutted. Edwards, Dunlop's Threatened. Sydney
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 20
The biggest fire for many years occurred an Sydney at two o'clock this morning, when Stedman's large confectionery works, Clarence-street,…
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