GERMANS FORCED BACK IN THE WEST
NEW ZEALANDERS IN ACTION ; ; ADVANCE ON THE :.'.]. _,;■ TIGRIS; , FRESH SUCCESSES HOLLAND AND THE PIRATES DUTCH ANGER RISING The latest outrage by the Ger man sea, pirates on neutral shipping lias aroused great anger in. Holland, where the patience of the shipowners is rapidly evaporating. In Sweden a his military grant has been authorised, and the Swedish Foreign Minister refers to "cer- . tain happenings" of the past few days, which, he says, threaten to develop into a serious crisis. The German retirement in the west continues before the ceaseless and resistless pressure of the British ■ guns and men. Strong British patrols have advanced far to the front, and several strong German positions have become ours without a blow—positions which, it was expected, would have involved very heavy fighting. From the interior of Germany come reports of food demonstrations, strikes of famine-stricken workmen, and general misery in the great 'cities. On the Tigris the British assault on the . Sannaiyat position has been furtlie r developed and fresh gains consolidated. There is no news of material import from the other main I fronts. ' ■ ..
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 5
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186GERMANS FORCED BACK IN THE WEST Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 5
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