PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES.
FRENCH AD VAN CE IN THE VOSGES. RUSSIANS' STUBBORN DEFENCE. AUSTRIANS SUFFER IN ALPINE- FIGHTING. TURKS ATTACK BRITISH TRENCHES ON GALLIPOLI. ENEMY REPULSED, LEAVING MANY DEAD. (Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Couyritjht)
LONDON, June 17. The Lord Mayor's special appeal at the Mansion House meeting on behalf of the Red Cross fund, resulted in £87,455, including a second £20,000 •from Mr Waldorf Astor. The aggregate total is now £5,400,000. A neutral observer writes : — "Tlie German public have been brought to believe that the annexation of Belgium and the Congo is a natural outcome of the war. COPENHAGEN, June 17. The persistent drought in Germany is likely to seriously affect the harvest, especially in Meckleilstyerg and East Prussia. STOCKHOLM, June 17. The .mail steamer Thorsten, bound from Gothenburg to England, was, captured and conveyed to Swinemunde. PETROGRAD, June June 17. A commission of inquiry into Geri man atrocities examined a sergeantmajor, who had a large slice cut from his back by a German officer in an I attempt to get him tb divulge informa- J tion. ../'■"■■ v -'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13714, 18 June 1915, Page 3
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178PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13714, 18 June 1915, Page 3
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