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Advertising : 39 wordsDetails regarding the recent fighting show that prior to taking up a position in the vicinity of Mons the British troops blew up churches and the ...
Article : 309 wordsA telegram from Antwerp states that after fierce fighting at Malines, which lasted for four hours, the Belgians repulsed the Germans and are now ...
Article : 32 wordsGerman artillery posted on the outskirts of Charlero[?] shelled the railway station and the most salient points of the lower town. The Germans then ...
Article : 84 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Prime Minister (Mr Asquith), said that the british troops were hardpressed, but they shook on the enemy ...
Article : 66 wordsThe French Embassy states that two French Army Corps attacked the enemy, and drew from them a murderous fire. The French however held ...
Article : 153 wordsA Zeppelin flew over the town and dropped bombs. Two houses were destroyed and several people killed and injured. The zeppelin was brought ...
Article : 43 wordsThe French Embassy states that the British behaved admirably under fire and resisted the enemy with their usual coolness. ...
Article : 32 wordsA wounded French officer has described the duplicity of the Germans at Lorraine. When the French entered the villages they were effusively ...
Article : 146 wordsNo details in explanation of the fall of Namur have been received although it is stated in Paris that the Germans from Eghezee placed heavy siege guns ...
Article : 41 wordsAn influential committee has been formed in London to extend hospitality to destitute Belgian women and children. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Official press Bureau states that the Germans with Strassburg as then stronghold, have established themselves temporarily in strong force with in a ...
Article : 68 wordsOfficial news issued in Paris this evening is to the effect that the general situation determined the withdrawal from the Donon and Saale Passes, ...
Article : 151 wordsNews of a series of Montenegrin successes in Herzgovina is contained in a message received in Milan from San Giovan[?] A force of 30,000 ...
Article : 110 wordsA message from Ostend states that a force of Belgian gendarmes had a sharp skirmish with 150 German caval[?]ymen a few miles from ostend. ...
Article : 49 wordsField-Marshall Sir John French reports that he is not yet able to se[?] any details regarding British casualties owing to the extended nature of ...
Article : 50 wordsReuter's Agency has confirmed a report that a German force from German South-west Africa has raided the territory of the Union of South Africa. ...
Article : 114 wordsDetails published in Paris show that there were three French armies between Charleroi and Longwy, in addition to the British troops. ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Aix-la-Chapelle newspaper, the "Aachener Post," states that General Leman, commander of the Liege garrison, was found by the Germans ...
Article : 113 wordsThe shooting of the British Art [?] was magnificently accurate and [?] forced the Germans to beat a hasty retreat. ...
Article : 77 wordsA French army corps attacked Dreut with murderons fire, and held the ground until the arrival of a special corps of Germans compelled ...
Article : 39 wordsHalfway between Namur and Charleroi a battery of French guns shelled the Germans out of a wood. When the enemy came into the open a rifle fire ...
Article : 207 wordsFrom Ostend has been received the story of the end of Fort Chaudfontaine, which commanded the railway between Aix-La-Chapelle and Verviers. ...
Article : 78 wordsReuter's correspondent at Rome telegraphs that Austria-Hungary is mobilising troops on the Italian frontier and especially at Trente and ...
Article : 64 wordsLater in the day the French artillery opened fire upon Challeroi, shelling the lower portion of the city while the French artillery advanced slowly, ...
Article : 94 wordsThe War Office requiring all the wa[?]able forces on the Mense ordered the abandonment of occupied territory and Mulhausen has been evacuated. ...
Article : 36 wordsEye-witnesses of the fighting state that the Germans were held in check at all points up to Sunday evening. when cannonading increased with ...
Article : 182 wordsThe French War office announces that the Germans seem to have resumed the offensive. Official communiques show that the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Belgians lost 40 killed and wounded in a raid by the U[?]lans on Ostend. The Germans suffered more severely. ...
Article : 58 wordsBelgian flying columns operating from Antwerp have driven the Germans out of the district round the city and as far as Malines (14 miles ...
Article : 57 wordsAn eye witness of the affray writing to London, has supplied particulars of a British cavalry success. The informant describes now a party ...
Article : 85 wordsA severe censorship is being exercised in connection with the operations at Mons and Charleroi. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe French troops swarmed down the Slopes, and there was terrible loss of men on both sides. Despite the withering fire, the French ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Germans have imposed a levy of £18,000,000 on the Province of Brabant. ...
Article : 31 wordsNews of a heroic fight put up by a Belgian corps, is contained in a message from Antwerp. Five hundred men of the First ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Germans have blown up a tramway at Brussels because the directors of the company refused to carry out certain requirements. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe central feature of the fighting at Gumbinnen was a charge made by the Russians similar to that made by the British at Balaclava. ...
Article : 156 wordsLord Kitchener, speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday sid the British troops at Mons were for 36 hours in contact with superior forces. ...
Article : 107 wordsOfficers from the Front state that the shooting of the British infantry was wonderful, and a head did not appear from the German trenches a ...
Article : 77 wordsEye witnesses of the fighting who have reached Ostend state that the Germans who descended on Charleroi were preceded by swarms of scouts. The ...
Article : 120 wordsMessages received at Ostend state that the German advance towards Lille is expected, to exert an important influence on the battle. ...
Article : 36 wordsAdvises from Antwerp state that a Zeppelin airship threw seven shrapno[?] Lombs into Antwerp. Many, houses were destroyed and also the hospital. ...
Article : 45 wordsA communique issued by the French War Office shows that the first French army attacked through a gap at Steuay, towards the River Lemory. ...
Article : 101 wordsA German offer who was taken as a prisoner said:— "We never expected anything like it. It was staggering when the cavalry charged the Uhlans ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that after yesterday's counter attacks, the French right wing fell back. The French repulsed several counter-at[?] ...
Article : 24 wordsThe report that Namur has been captured by the Germans is denied. ...
Article : 24 wordsIt is officially state that the Allies movement to new positions is completed. French troops command the ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon the Prime Minister (Mr Asquith) announced that Field-Marshal Sir John French had reported that the ...
Article : 69 wordsEye-witnesses state that the British artillery wrought terrible losses on the massed Germans. The latter's gunnery was badly ...
Article : 30 wordsAn eye-witness said they ran like rabits. German officers and men alike discarded swords and helme[?] in their ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Russians have occupied several passages south of Tarno[?]al. The Russians defeated an Austrian cavalry division at Prongmoundan, ...
Article : 56 wordsLord Kitchener added the troops held their ground at Mons in contact with superior forces for 36 hours, and upheld the traditions of British ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Government has ordered boys between 16 and 19 years of age to commence a course of musketry and military training. ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Germans attacked the French north of Nancy but were repulsed with heavy loss. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Belgian War Minister (M. de Broqueville) states that 300,000 Germans passed through Brussels. Eye witnesses state that half of this force ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Press Bureau publishes a telegram From Belgium protesting against the Germans barbarism. bases on the report of a committee of inquiry ...
Article : 249 wordsThe German army that marched south was 300,000 strong. Half went to Lille and Half towards Charleroi and Mons. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Minister for Home A[?]fairs has received the following official cable, dated 25th August, 1.25 a.m.:— ...
Article : 390 wordsIt is officially stated that the Russians have occupied Augensburg. The Germans in East Prussia are retreating by forced marches. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe british Government has decided to permit the wives and families of german and Austrian reservists who have gone to the war to return to ...
Article : 74 wordsFurther official statement show that part of the German a[?]my which is now concentrated at Konig[?]berg abandoned previously fortified positions on the ...
Article : 146 wordsA certain amount of mystery surrounds namur, and no official news has been received regarding the fall of the town. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe British Press Bureau announces that the British forces have successfully reached a new and well-protected position. ...
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The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 1
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