27 JANUARY 1917, page 1

A Finishing Touch To The Narratives Of The Engagements Is

given by the Times correspondent at Ymuiden, who says that the sur- vivors of the ` V69' in singing Luther's well-known hymn, " Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott," added an......

News Of The Week.

N engagement took place in the North Sea in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the results of which would seem flatter- ing to our seamen were they not the familiar and......

The Feature Of The Military Honours Announced In...

was the wide recognition given to the R.A.M.C. Sir Alfred Keogh receives the G.C.B.—the same notable distinction that is con- ferred on Sir William Robertson. Sir Alfred Keogh,......

In A Joint Letter Published In The Papers Of Thursday

Lord Derby and Mr. Prethero described a policy of providing more labour for the land. Thirty thousand men from the land have recently been claimed by the War Office out of the......

The Policy Of Raids Has Been Prosecuted Unceasingly By Both

sides on the Western front during the week. It has been said that during the winter the Germans will recover the moral they were rapidly losing during the battle of the Somme,......

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There Were Two Distinct Engagements, Though The German...

either to run the two into one, or else to deal only with one and be silent about the losses in the other. In any case, the German account does not fit the facts, and may safely......

German Progress In Rumania Is Still Checked. In The Middle

of last week the Rumanians surrounded a height near the Casin Valley and took a large number of prisoners and four machine guns. It is true that the Germans have captured the......

The Germans Have Been Able To Respond With Some Success

to the recent Russian offensive near Riga. They attacked with large forces at two points north and west of Riga. The chief operation was the westerly one about the river Aa.......

The German Account Concedes The Condition Of The V69 At

Ymniden, which it could not possibly deny, but besides claiming the sinking of our own torpedoed destroyer it speaks of another British destroyer seen by a German airman in a......

We Imagine That The German Destroyers In Both Actions Were

the same German flotilla from Zeebrugge, consisting of about twelve vessels. Having scattered, or rather fled, in the darkness after the first hammering, they were surprised by......