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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
7
Reports from Sydney describe heavy fighting around Verdun with French resistance at Champ Neuville Douaumont Fort and surrounding Meuse heights. German casualties surge as French artillery, reserve divisions, and relentless assaults push back invaders amid brutal terrain and rail cargo of wounded.
Descriptions cite fierce combat with continuous bombardment from Friday through Thursday across Poivre crest to Vaux Wet. Allied forces halt a 10 mile retirement toward Froidterre while repelling frontal assaults. Enemy pressure reaches the eastern ridge of billa as bombardment intensifies.
Official report states the French cruiser Province was sunk February 26 in the Mediterranean with 1800 aboard. British trawlers and destroyers rescued 606 crew, 296 shipwrecked sailors were taken to Malta, and others to Melos and Milo. Survivors total about 570, with 48 aboard at Milo and 35 on a patrol vessel. Province had been used to shuttle troops to Salonika.
A Rome wireless report says a fourth Russian attack on Trebizond is imminent while Avatrallan reinforcements move toward the west front. An Austrian communique claims a thrust near Durazoo failed but a battalion entered the town as it burned. Sir Douglas Haig reports repulsing a small attack north of Ypres as artillery flames flare along the Hallack line. Allies raid German posts at Friedrichstadt. many Germans bayoneted as troops dislodge the enemy.
John Bridge and Co reports February market results for wool and sheep. Greasy wool offerings sold 1373 bales at 2d to 1d and up to 1d in large lots. locks and dead wool in demand. Sheep and lambs at Flemington rose up to 2 per head, cattle and crossbreds scarce, prices firm to high. Merino wethers from Forbes sold at 26/10, crossbred wethers from Molong topped with a record yard sale. overall clearances strong with good demand for station and butcher produce.
Sales at Homebush on Monday show bids from GA Turner Forbes and Rourke Bros Tullamore. Listings include wethers crossbred boggers loggers ewes cows and calves with varied prices per head and per lot across multiple consignors and buyers.
Watson Noble and Co Municipal Market report shows firmer hen prices this week with brisk inquiry. Prime roosters and hens sold well and sample prices rose. Muscovy drakes and ducks ranged with general stability. no turkeys offered and prices unchanged.
War Office reports Avyimer bombarded the left bank of the Tigris on the 22nd, enemy surprised and heavy losses. Petrograd notes German aircraft concentrations on the Russian front with large munitions and new hospitals. indications of a major offensive within months. Postal Paris correspondent cites unrest in Byri Baria with anti war meetings and calls to abdicate. Tension grows between German and Bulgarian lines at Vskub as Bulgarian sentinels order to fire.
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