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Advertising : 23 wordsIf is officially announced that British troops from the English Cold Coast possession have seized Lowe, also known as Bey Beach, a coastal village near the ...
Article : 66 wordsNo war correspondents are allowed in the army or with the headquarters' staff. The issue of special editions of the newspapers is forbidden by the Press Bureau ...
Article : 63 wordsReports from Maestricht state that the sound of big guns has been heard distinctly. Smoke was seen from church steeples, and as though to confirm the indications of ...
Article : 44 wordsThe captain of the Lowestoft trawler, Loch Ness, reports that on Wednesday he saw two British cruisers chase a Getman destroyer in the North Sea. Shells ...
Article : 365 wordsSpecial editions of "The Express" will be issued at 5 p.m., and 9 p.m. Should the progress of the war ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Germans continue shoot Alsatians suspected of giving information to the French. King Albert's proclamation to the ...
Article : 84 wordsAn eye witness of the combat at Vise affirms that a squadron of Prussian cavalry moved towards the Vise bridge, in which, the Belgians had made a breach 60 ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Press Association states that the Admiralty informed the Tyneside shipowners on Thursday night that they may send vessels anywhere in the North Sea in ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Prince of Wales has been given a commission in the Grenadiers. Rear-Admiral Frederick Tudor has been appointed Third Sea Lord. ...
Article : 167 wordsQueen Alexandra has made an appeal for funds for the purpose of assisting the families of soldiers and sailors who might he killed in the war. ...
Article : 36 wordsLiege overlooks Brussels Plain. On the other side are hills and narrow valleys, resembling De[?]byshire. The fortifications of Namur and Antwerp are of a very ...
Article : 151 wordsIt is announced that Lord Lucas, who in 1911 was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, will succeed the Right Hon. Walter Runciman ...
Article : 62 wordsA German squadron of 19 vessels passed twice yesterday between Memel and Liba[?], in the Baltic, and disappeared northward. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Hamburg-Amerika liner Koenigin Luise, which was sunk by the British cruiser Amphion, while laying mines at the mouth of the Thames, apparently laid ...
Article : 164 wordsKing Albert will have supreme command of the Franco-Belgian troops, and will be supported by the combined French and Belgian staffs. ...
Article : 156 wordsUnless the German steamers scheduled to come to Port Adelaide have received news by wireless of the outbreak of war, some are destined to be captured sooner ...
Article : 238 wordsAn attack via the river Vesdre would be impracticable, as the winding route is ill suited to a large army and the tunnels and bridges are mined. The ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Canadian Government have completed a scheme to provide pensions for all men injured while fighting in the nation's cause, and also to make ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Master in Equity gave a ruling to-day bringing to an unexpected conclusion the proceedings in a suit for restraint. F. Bayer & Co., a firm of German ...
Article : 135 wordsIt is officially announced that the Germans have asked for a 21-hours' armistice. The enemy admit having suffered 25,000 casualties in the attack upon Belgium. ...
Article : 34 wordsLieutenant-General Sir Robert BadenPowell, the head of the British Boy Scout movement, is quietly mobilising the boys. There are now 20,000 boy scouts available ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Legislative Council last night passed the Control of Trade Bill, which the Assembly had put through all stages. There was no division, but some rather ...
Article : 139 wordsIt is announced that an English cruiser has captured the German liner Tubania, a vessel of 14,000 tons, which was taking from Plymouth many German reservists ...
Article : 90 wordsPrince Aage was arrested as a spy on the German frontier yesterday, but released on diplomatic representations in Berlin. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt appears that Sir Evnest Shackleton, the noted Antarctic explorer, who is also a member of the British Naval Reserve, offered the services of himself and party ...
Article : 129 wordsThe "Standard's" correspondent learns from a reliable source, that a man of unknown nationality attacked and seriously mounded the Crown Prince yesterday. The ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), in the House of Commons, when acknowledging the war vote of a hundred millions sterling, said posterity would pay Sir ...
Article : 407 wordsIt is reported that the Belgian Government refused, the German request for an armistice, whereupon the enemy's cavalry forded the River Mouse, north of Liege. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe high officials at the German Foreign Office bade farewell yesterday to Sir William Goschen, the British Ambassador. The Kaiser sent his aide-de-camp to Sir ...
Article : 140 wordsIn an address delivered at Wasleys on Friday evening the Premier (Hon. A. H. Peake), after a referenee to the war, said: —It is no use blinking facts. We are ...
Article : 364 wordsThe Victorian millers disown all responsibility for the enormous increase in the price of flour. Enquiries in Melbourne to-day showed that practically a corner in ...
Article : 213 wordsIt is reported that the cruiser Glasgow has captured several German merchantmen outside Brazilian waters. From Buenos Ayres comes a report ...
Article : 72 wordsThe proclamation prohibiting the importation of arms into Ireland has been revoked. The Cabinet Committee on food ...
Article : 91 wordsThe London County Council have decided to cut short the school holidays. All the schools mil reopen on Wednesday. It is believed that the step will be for the ...
Article : 40 wordsSpeaking yesterday in the House of Lord, Lord Denman said Rushall's Cadets had asked permission to join the British Territorials. He would suggest that if ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is reported that the Austrians resumed their fierce bombardment of Belgrade on Tuesday. In Belgrade itself there is reported to ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Austrian steamer Laconia was captured by destroyers off Deal last night. Two Shots were fired across her bows before the Laconic stopped. Twenty-fire German ...
Article : 54 wordsThe German 10th Army Corps, reinforced by cavalry, attacked Liege on Wednesday night. As they crossed the mined zones the mines were exploded, and whole ...
Article : 216 wordsThe Japanese colony at Vladivostock yesterday demonstrated in honor of Russia, singing the Russian National Anthem. They also indulged in "Banzais" ...
Article : 48 wordsIt is hardly likely that the suggestion advanced by one or two members of the V.R.C. to suspend racing during the progress of the war will be carried out ...
Article : 98 wordsA German patrol in the vicinity of this city has been [?]rsued by a superior force of Swiss troops. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe "Matin" estimates that 3,000 sailing vessels and 2,000 steamers, aggregating 2,800,000 tons, are on the high seas flying the German flag. None carry coal for ...
Article : 64 wordsA number of German reservists who have reached Avonmouth from Montreal, Canada, have been detained. Eighty-five German reservists have been made ...
Article : 33 wordsThe fact that the have reservists have been practising gunfire in the North Sea has given rise to highly colored rumors of sea battles. All are discredited. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Dardanelles and the Bosphorus have been closed to all vessels except merchantmen, thus preventing the employment by Russia of her Black Sea ...
Article : 29 wordsThere were wild scenes in the street on Wednesday evening after the arrival of the motor oar from Kalangadoo, which conveys "The Advertiser" to Millicent. ...
Article : 228 wordsAs frequently happens in war time, the appointment to the supreme command of the French army is still a matter of doubt. General Galliegi, who gained considerable ...
Article : 62 wordsThe British Medical Association has intimated to the Friendly Societies' Association that the demand for larger fees will be waived during the currency of the war. ...
Article : 158 wordsMax Bernstein Laurens, a musical artist, was charged with espionage to-day at the Bow-street Police Court. He was remanded. Laurens in a lengthy ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Germans at Liege on Thursday continued their reckless tactics, sacrificing hundreds of men in column frontal attacks. The survivors climbed a glacis and reached ...
Article : 96 wordsHerr Daniel von Hainhausen, head of the Germany Embassy at Washington during Count Bernstoff's absence, asserts that Sir Edward Grey tried to impose upon ...
Article : 201 wordsThe "Daily News" states that the Government have decided to send an expeditionary force to the Continent, and that preparations to that end are in an ...
Article : 43 wordsSir Edward Grey's speech has been received with genuine relief, because it contained no indication of a breach in the relations of Austria and Great Britain. ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is stated that during the operations against Liege a German aviator daringly flew over the city. A Belgian aviator, who was also in the air, threw himself ...
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The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), Sun 9 Aug 1914, Page 1
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