CONNOLY AND McDERMOTT SHOT.
LONDON, May 12. Connoly and McDermott were shot to-day. INTENSE SATISFACTION IN LONDON. LONDON, May 12. There is intense satisfaction in London that the Government did not accede to the clamour for the reprieve of Connolly and McDermott, who were signatories to the Proclamation. They were tried on the 9th, and General Maxwell immediately confirmed the. sentences, which were carried out at dawn before Mr. Asquith arrived. GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN COURLAND. A VILLAGE DESTROYED. PETROGRAD, May 13. A communique states that a German offensive is in progress on the outskirts of the village of Tepuku, in the .Tacobstadt region. The enemy artillery destroyed the village. The Germans also assumed the offensive, south-west of Lake Medmus unsuccessfully. We repelled an enemy advance near Novo Alexinetz. A Turkish offensive in the direction of Bagdad was repulsed.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 114, 16 May 1916, Page 3
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138CONNOLY AND McDERMOTT SHOT. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 114, 16 May 1916, Page 3
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