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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
5
Official dispatches report Lenin declaring Russia at war with the Entente while battles rage on the Volga. Czecho Slovakia forces face a tight corner as developments in the East unfold amid intensified fighting.
Amsterdam dispatch states Soviet forces have seized all Czech Slovak vessels on the Volga. The report cites actions by German and Soviet records and notes attempts to suppress Czech Slovak groups along the river.
The King met President Poincare at the front on Wednesday and inspected vast British forces, with Haig Foch and Debeney decorated. He toured hospitals with Pershing, met army commanders, and observed camouflage and tank movements before a major anticipated attack.
Two British escapees from a German camp reached American lines on the Vesle after seven days on the run. They describe German camp conditions and claims they are intelligent with tales of German deception. They report Allied and German bombing, and harsh rationed meals featuring hawthorn tea and vegetable soup.
A composite dispatch cites actions near Amman and Varillyers with bombardments and air raids. Haig notes disrupted enemy reinforcements, 21 tons daytime bombs, 7 tons at night, six enemy machines downed, 21 planes shot down, ten driven down, six British missing. Reports from Zurich and Melbourne add German press alarm and Allied advances including prisoner captures and gun dispositions.
Reports from London and New York detail political moves against the Hertzogites in the Free State campaign, with ministers receiving meetings but a possible confidence vote pushed. Lenin and Trotsky flight rumors stir London critics while air raids strike targets in Europe. casualties reported in Frankfort and Karlsruhe.
Dispatches from Rotterdam and Amsterdam describe a planned Austro German conference to discuss unity on Russia Western front cooperation and potential annexation risks. Reports mention leaders Helfferich Radziwill Ronikier and Hindenburg with concern over a possible independent kingdom and political alarm in Berlin.
London reports that Australian forces played a key role in saving Amiens with three months of aggressive actions. Casualties were light for the time, and Australians had defeated sixteen German divisions before the major offensive. News from Paris notes French progress between the Matz and the Clise with prisoners taken, while Lassigny changes hands and airpower supports updates.
Sydney reports an early morning incident aboard the motor schooner Wergeland. Chef engineer Olaf Steen aged 35 and fleet assistant Daniel Donaldson are unaccounted for after an apparent disappearance at sea.
Delegates at a conference tested the Colleges stance on the Technical Instruction bill. Mr Gill moved that the minister seek sympathetic consideration for the measure and promised that no college would be taken over against the committee. The conference aims to aid the minister and department in improving technical college work.
An inquest into the death of William Gibson junior of Foy and Gibson was adjourned for medical analysis after testimony from his widow that he had recently used drugs. A witness, an actress, said Gibson frequented East End Chinese quarters to obtain opium. other fragments mention a Portman Mansions death scene and associated signage.
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