The War Day By Day. the Western Front. Attacks Around Verdun. London, May, 26
A French communique states :-- On Wednesday night we progressed with hand grenades in the thickets immediately east of Cumieres. The…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,505 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 50 of 126
The Latest. the War. Invasion of Greece. Bulgars Advancing. the People Indignant. Salonika
The Bulgarian Xanthia division is rapidly approaching Nestos Bridge, and a brigade is advancing along the Struma Valley from Petrich. Uhlans have occupied Demirhissar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams the War. Invasion of Greece. 25,000 Bulgarians. Greek Forces Withdraw. Important Enemy Movement. Athens
Twenty-five thousand Bulgarians have invaded Greece and occupied Demirhissar, 45 miles north-west of Salonika. SALONIKA, Sunday…
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There Is no sign of the abatement of the Verdun battle. It continues to swing back and forth, with alternate local successes to either side…
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Mrs. R. C. Morris, of Grenfell, has been officially notified of the death of Private O. Robinson. The following letter from Sergeant A. G. Pyne,…
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On Sunday next (Juno 4th) 100 acres of wheat will be put In at Tarengo near Burrowa, In ai dol The Returned Soldiers' Relief Fund. Mr. Cilve…
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Copenhagen, May 30.—Herr Ballin, speaking at a meeting of the Woermann line, said that when the land war ended a new commercial war would begin. Germany would then have…
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Lieut. Walter R. Sheen, formerly of Goulburn, has been promoted to be Captain as from the 14th of April. Lieut. Sid Sheen is on the staff of the training battalion in Egypt, but is…
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Gale, of Goulburn, have received a second letter from Pte. Allen, who is in hospital in London, giving full particulars of the death of their son, Lance-Cpl, Noel…
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After a redoubled bombardment yesterday between Cumieres and Dead Man’s Hill, the Germans launched a most powerful attack,…
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London, May 29.—A French communique states:—After a bombardment with redoubled violence a very strong attack was made against all our positions between Mort Homme and…
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London, May 29.—President Poincare visited Verdun to-day, it being the 100th day of the battle. French communiques state: Our artillery…
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Herr Henkin, director of the North German Lloyd Company, declares that Germany can complacently await the threatened commercial war. Englishmen, he says, have apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia After the War. the Labour Party. London
The Colonial Institute gave a luncheon to Mr. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, at the Hotel Cecil. General Hutton, in proposing the health of…
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In the House of Lords Lord Beresford criticised the War Committee's military and political conduct of the war, and said it did not appear to be successful. "We suffered," said…
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M. Marcel Hutin in the "Echo do Paris" says that some idea of the expenditure of projectiles prior to the next big German attack in the direction of Verdun may be gathered from…
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In the course of a speech at the Liberal Institute, Parramatta, on Wednesday evening, Mr. Joseph Cook said there were two things standing out in the national, he would not say…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. [Copyright in Australia.] the War. Western Front. Repeated German Attacks Repulsed. First Line of Trenches Evacuated at Courettes. Paris
A communique states: There has been fierce fighting day and night from Mort Homme to the Mouse. After a bombardment of unprecedented violence for two days the enemy delivered…
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Word was received lately that Private Ernest Merriman, son of Mrs. Merriman, Cumnock, was killed in ac[?]ton. in France on May 5…
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The Hugtistonia farmers again demonstrated their patriotism on Sunday, 21st ults., when they completed the sowing of 190 acres of land on…
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