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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text recounts a concert event with references to a person named Mbr Lawes and a venue shop. It mentions a forthcoming performance titled The Great Liberte and hints at a response to a request from the Herald. Details on date, location, and participants remain obscured by garbled wording.
A detailed sale notice lists stewards, officials, and judges for horse trials and pony races. It outlines entry fees and weights for several handicap races, plus a large public auction of cattle dairy stock, store pigs, sheep, and poultry with specific sale times and conditions.
The official Bureau reports a successful action begun Saturday and concluded Sunday with the capture of Hill No. 60 south of Zillebeke, dominating the Ypres sector. Many Germans killed and fifteen taken prisoner. A later German counterattack was repulsed as British forces consolidate in strength amid hundreds of bodies on the front.
Report cites Private Harbor of the Plost Gireta diem who rushed the Greands and threw bombs, aiding a surrender near New Chapelle. Mentioned are Corporal Fuller of the Test Battalion and Lieutenant Mortte, with other named units and a note on allied forces advancing.
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Fragmentary report notes Allied forces advancing near Yrrex on Sunday. Mentions recent losses and disrupted control since Thursday, with limited readable details on casualties or exact locations.
London reports a sharp deterioration in Austria and Mali relations with a possible formal declaration of war. The Austrian ambassador’s staff depart for Vienna as Mali prepares to leave on short notice. In Alsace, French forces gain ground as a British communique notes advances in the Echenepleurieth sector.
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