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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
3
Dispatches report a major Italian government crisis with the Salandra cabinet defeated amid broad parliamentary dissent. The piece notes Greek and Allied war concerns, German naval losses, and ongoing efforts to prepare ships for future operations amid heavy fighting.
A World War I report notes a captured German staff officer's notebook giving a Verdun base estimate through May end, derived from general staff reports. The figure is considered likely but incomplete pending fuller verification.
Russian forces advanced from Pinsk through the Pripet marshes toward Bowmanis and struck deep into the Austro Hungarian positions. The assault opened three breaches in the Austrian line with heavy losses to the attackers but yielded significant progress toward the Kovel junction and Strypa area.
A Paris communique says Allied forces mined and destroyed underground works at Hautechecanchee in Argonne. German mines exploded creating a single crater eighty metres wide as forces held the surrounding lips. Artillery battles raged on both sides of the Meuse with failed surprise attacks near Hill on and eastward of Sainte Marie in the Vosges. no infantry action on the right bank.
June 12 report from London describes Gen. Brussiloff's rapid advance trapping an Austrian division. Russians broke through both ranks and earthworks, captured some but killed or wounded many. Luck fell after fierce fighting. Archduke Friedrich arrived at Luck. inhabitants greeted Russians. Germans near Lack faced Russian infantry counterattacks with 2000 prisoners. Vienna notes heavy fighting northeast of Bukovina and withdrawals under pressure.
A Russian committee reports continued advance in Volhynia Galician and Bukovina with large prisoner and matériel captures. In one sector the entry lists 21 searchlight supply trains 47 machine gun trains 29 field kitchens vast barbed wire stock and 1000 concrete girders along with ammunition. Total prisoners reach 10600 plus officers and dozens of guns mortars and captures. The piece also cites church references to Lord Kitchener and praises his religious commitment.
The Press Boreas notes the German casualty figures in their official lists, detailing losses and hospitalization trends. The report cites reported numbers and context from military briefings, highlighting the scale of recent engagements.
Dublin June 12 Nationalists welcome a court of overseas umpires to check Dublin and Ulster moves amid Lloyd George proposals for a postwar imperial conference. Redmond says Ulster representatives ready and a future Irish government is linked to empire governance with urgent postwar settlement measures debated.
A dispatch from Petrograd reports that Russia seized 35 000 more men 400 officers and vast booty as General Lechnetsky's forces advance toward Czernowitz causing a decisive setback. Also mentions activity in Amsterdam with June 12 dateline.
Reports indicate continuous artillery action near Yores with day and night bombardment and heavy fighting across Flanders. German forces reportedly pressed south of Hooge, pushing into trench lines as Belgians dig in and reinforce positions amid the barrage.
Mrs OConnell directs A J Draper Ltd to auction Allotment 11 Rec of Aplin Street opposite Council corner. Two sturdy houses on high blocks with six rooms upstairs and dining kitchen on ground floor. Property sized about 85 feet frontage by 65 feet depth with deck verandas. Estate of Domenick Jacuzzi, deceased.
Sir George Foster, Canadian Minister for Commerce, urged abandoning laissez faire to build an Imperial organ for coordinated policy. He spoke of mobilising Imperial cooperation to tackle trade, education and defence with method and foresight. He warned Canada cannot yet establish preference with Australia and expects the Conference to consider inter preference extensions.
A dispatch cites a Japanese infantry move toward Tientsin under foreign protection aims. In Rome a government confidence vote failed 191 to 0, spurring cabinet reshuffles and calls for a broader national ministry. The Umberto transport losses report 200 soldiers missing follows broader wartime actions.
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