3 JUNE 1916, page 1

Reports From The Italian Front Show That Though Our Allies

have had to withdraw at two points, there is no cause for any immediate anxiety as to their power to stay the Austrian advance. It is the old story. By means of careful......

We Arc Far From Saying That, Granted A Big Enough

gap and endless supplies of men, it might not be possible for the Austrians to pour a huge army into Venetia, and either compel the Italian right to fall back or else attack it......

• At First Sight This May Seem Depressing. We Have

pointed out, however, that if the balance-sheet is calculated not in terms of ground but of casualties, the balance is distinctly the other way. When we say this we do not mean......

It Is Very Difficult To Make Out Exactly What Is

happening on the British lines Tho only thing that emerges from our daily rations of " compressed fodder" provided by G.H.Q. in France is that there has been a good deal of......

News Of The Week.

W E have dealt elsewhere with the battle of Verdun. Here it is only necessesy to say that the latest news shows that • the German attacks grow daily more desperate. The......

So Much For General Considerations. It Would Appear From...

in Thursday's papers that the new attack which began last Sunday, and which is going on as we write, is probably the fiercest yet set in motion. In this frenzied assault five......

On Tuesday Came The Somewhat Sensational News From The...

that the Bulgarians had seized certain positions on the Greek side of the frontier and had expelled the Greek troops occupy. ing them, in one place with a small amount of......

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