Enemy Admit Appalling Losses. Fighting in a Sea of Fire
AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—The German newspapers admit appalling losses northward of Verdun. The "Frankfurter Zeitung," describing the battle, says that the German…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
504 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 26
French Fall Back. Germans Within Rifle Fire of Outer Verdun Fort. French Capture Important Salient. London
The fighting north of Verdun is diminishing. The War Office stated on Friday that there was comparative. Full along the entire front yesterday. For…
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AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—The German newspapers admit appalling losses northward of Verdun. The "Frankfurther Zeitung," describing…
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Heavy artillery fire was maintained on Tuesday all along the northern lines. This is probably a preliminary to a heavy advance there by either…
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PARIS, Thursday.—A communique says:— Our guns with British guns effectively fired on enemy trenches south-east of Boesinghe. No infantry fighting at Verdun is reported. The…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A fire at Wauchope yesterday morning destroyed business premises valued at £10,000…
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PARIS, Monday.—The Germans are using liquid fire. They penetrated a small adwanced work at Maisons Deshampagne. The enemy, west of the Mouse, after a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Zeppelin Raid. Detailed Account Mother and Four Children Perish Bombs Cause Fires London
The War Office has issued statement which says:—Three Zeppelins took part in the raid on Sunday. After crossing the coastline the airships took…
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An official message from Park states that the Germans, after an attack, in which they used liquid flames, penetrated an advanced trench in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Verdun German Shell Fire a Rain of Steel and Splinters Sergeant Shoots Sixty Germans London
Mr. H. Warneur Allen, special correspondent on the western front, describing the intensity of the German shell fire on the town of Verdun,…
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American papers to hand this week at the "R. R. Herald" office contain grap-his stories of the destruction by fire of the Canadian Parliamentary buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Doing Well Enemy Attacks Repulsed. with Enormous Loss. Effective Artillery Fire. London
A Paris official message says:â We continue to make progress in Crow's" Wood. Massed German attacks from…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A French wireless message says:—To the east and west of the river Meuse the situation has not changed. The…
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A fire occurred on a tram in Cas tlereagh street, near Bathurst street, city, to-day. It was quickly extinguished with hand chemicals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verdun Losses, Two Hundred Thousand. French Airships Cause Fires London
A Parit review says the losses at Verdun exceed two hundred thousand. Communiques state there has been no infantry action of Verdun…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attack on Dead Man's Hill. Breaks Down Completely Murderous French Fire. Whole Fields of Dead. London
"The Times" correspondent in Paris. [?]bes the latest German attacks on[?] Man's Hill; Morthomme. He says that they were launched from the dge…
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Mr. A. Fraser, of High-street, suffered a loss by the destruction of a five-roomed house on his farm at Dunoon, during last Wednesday night. The building, which was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— tragic fire occurred at Mount David mining township, 30 miles from Bathurst, early on Sunday morning, when William Obbons, 60, and Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Hurled Back By French Curtain of Fire. Violent Bombardment. Italian Successes. On the Isonzo Front. Another Air Raid on England. Nine Killed, Thirty-one Injured. The Western Front. Prince of Wales. Returns to France. London
The Prince of Wales, who has been on leave in England has returned to France…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Squandering Men Complete and Costly Failure. Withering Artillery Fire. London
The Paris corespondent of the "Times" states that the enemy continues to squander men in a further attempt to penetrate the French position…
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