23 NOVEMBER 1918, page 1

Mr. Long Has Been Authorized By The Prime Minister To

say, in a letter to the Agent-General for New South Wales, that the Govern- ment will support the claims of the Dominions in regard to the ex-German colonies and has made this......

The Casualties Of The British Army In The War Are

officially announced to have been 3,049,991, of whom 658,704 were killed. Unhappily these tremendous figures do not represent the total losses. Three hundred and sixty thousand......

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The Allied Armies Last Sunday Began Their March To The

Rhine. The French Army entered Metz on Tuesday under Marshal Petain, news of whose well-earned promotion reached him as he rode into the old Lorraine fortress. Our Allies also......

The Belgian Army Re-entered Brussels On Monday And Found...

capital undamaged, though some suspicious explosions of enemy munition stores occurred at the railway stations. On Tuesday the Belgians reoccupied Antwerp, which, like Brussels,......

The King On Tuesday Received Addresses From Both Houses,...

him and the Queen on the conclusion of the armistice and the prospect of a victorious peace. His speech in reply re- viewed the work of the Navy, the Army, and the people at......

Captain Persius, The Well-known German Naval Writer, Has...

truth about the German Navy and the U '-boat warfare. Having read his admissions, we can only say that during the fighting he was even a more hardened perverter of the truth......

News Of The Week

• T HE greatest victory that the British Navy has ever won is being achieved as we write on Thursday by the surrender of the best part of the German High Sea Fleet to Admiral......

Losses At Sea Were Very Slight, The Real Losses Were

crushing :— " In 1917 83 submarines were constructed, while 86 were de- stroyed. In April, 1917, Germany had 128 submarines, in October 146. In February, 1918, she had 136, and......

The Remnant Of The German East African Forces Under General

von Lettow-Vorbeck surrendered on Thursday week, in compliance with the armistice. The German commander, who was as elusive as General De Wet, was driven out of the ex-German......

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