MYSTERIOUS REPORTS CONFIRMED
I AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING ; AFFECTED 1 K , / i '• I PURSUING THE TURK GREAT HAUL OF BOOTY ~ NO CHANGE IN THE WEST A lull has followed the recent; spell of activity on the British front. Meanwhile, the correspondents are still discussing the strategic riddle of tho German retreat. There is increased activity on the French front, and there is a hint of a German attempt at Douaumont. .On tho other main war fronts no developments of importance are noted. Tho pursuit of-the Turks in Mesopotamia, on the British front, and tho Russian pressure to tho north, is being maintained. Tho British cavalry is within a few miles of Ctesiphon, tho scene of Townshend's victory prior to his rotiremcnt on Kut-01-Amara. The mysterious rumours of a, menace to Australasian shipping have been confirmed by an official statement in tho Federal House to the effect that an arnied' cargo vessel with a seaplane is operating between Colombo and Aden, threatening our shippiug routes. Thero are 710 fresh developments in' the German-American situation.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3023, 9 March 1917, Page 5
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