The British fleet got in touch with the German [?]ilgh sea fleet south of the Dogger Bank. After an engagement it is chasing the Germans towards ...
Article : 490 wordsThe French are sending help to the Belgians at Namur. Details of the battle at Barchon, already cabled, state that the Germans ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Austrians resumed a fierce bombardment of Belgrade, the Servian capital, on Tuesday. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Government has completed a scheme to provide pensions for all men injured while fighting, and to provide suitably for the dependents or those ...
Article : 81 wordsThe fortifications at Liege afforded admirable resistance to the German shells. The Eveznee fort was in action all day, and was absolutely unharmed. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe "Daily News" notifies that the British Govenment has decided to send an expeditionary force to the Continent and that preparations for the ...
Article : 48 wordsFive German spies disguised as priests have been arrested at the Gare d[?] Nord, amid the indignation of the crowd. ...
Article : 115 wordsThe French have lost no [?] in stimulating that anti-German spirit in the people of Alsace-Lorraine, which recent actions in Paris and fostered. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe German liner-cruiser Konigin Louise apparently laid a line of mines near the Thames mouth prior to being sunk probably extending from ...
Article : 178 wordsWealthy Canadians are coming forward and insuring the lives of a certain number of soldiers against death. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Belgian artillery have reduced a chateau to ruins. A Belgian shell fell right into the middle of a retreating German column ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Liberal party headquarters has issued a statement offering to help any plans the Government may devise for the Empire's help-in this time of ...
Article : 35 wordsConferences have been held between the foreign Ambassadors and the King and Government of Italy, and the [?]l decision, it is anticipated, will be of ...
Article : 78 wordsTwo boys from Paris, both about 15 years of age; have been executed by the Germans. The lads had warned some gendarmes of the presence of a ...
Article : 61 wordsGeneral Leiman, who was formerly an engineer officer in the Belgian service, has had a special gun mounted to rise and fire upwards against German ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Government is arresting all German and Austrian reservists, proposing to keep them under guard in camps until the war is ended. Armed guards ...
Article : 64 wordsScotland is taking steps to compel all aliens in that portion of Great Britain to register their names with the police. Foreigners are not to be allowed to ...
Article : 56 wordsA cable from Nova Scotia states that an exciting time was experienced on the R.M.S., Mauretania in getting barck to Halifax. She covered 140 ...
Article : 41 wordsWhen Bishop Buika, head of the Ukranians at Saskatchewan, ordered the members of his church to return and fight for Austria, the citizens of ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Kaiser has called up all men in Germany capable of bearing arms. London, Friday. The London "Standard" publishes a ...
Article : 80 wordsAll aliens of German nationality in England have been ordered to register themselves in London, under penalty of imprisonment. ...
Article : 53 wordsA House of Commons committee is consulting with the Chamber of Commerce with the same purpose as the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to ...
Article : 103 wordsThe German line Cape Trafalgar arrived here last Saturday with extra guns, which were transferred at night time to other German ships in port. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe French Commissioner at Petit Croix, on the French frontier, in French territory, reports that the Germans have opened fire on a French ...
Article : 77 wordsThe police raided a hotel on the Euston-road, arrested two armed men, and seized many Mausers, pistols, and much ammunition. The police have ordered ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Austrians are reported to be in full retreat from Belgrade. Whole reg[?]i ments of their troops are said to have been destroyed. ...
Article : 35 wordsDaniel von Hainhausen, head of the German Embassy at Washington during Ambassador Berstoff's absence, asserts that Sir Edward Grey tried to ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Goeben and Breslan, German' men of war, together with the Austrian warship Samur, have left Messina, in Sielly, where they were hiding. They ...
Article : 114 wordsParliament is summoned to meet today. A telegram from Montmedy states that the sound of cannon has been heard in the direction of Longwy. ...
Article : 212 wordsA eppelin airship crashed to the ground near the German frontier. It is reported that the airship was wrecked by a French shell. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe London County Council has decided to cut short the school holidays and all the schools under the control of the council will reopen on ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Asquith, speaking in the Commons last night, said that posterity would pay Sir Edward Grey the best tribute, that of a statesman who never ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is estimated that four hundred thousand Germans are likely to attack France through Belgium. It is possible that the German attack on Liege is ...
Article : 76 wordsAn English cruiser has captured the German liner Tubania, a vessel of 14,000 tons, and has taken her to Plymouth, with many German ...
Article : 66 wordsA British destroyer captured the Austrian steamer Laconia off Deal last night. Two shotswere fired across the steamer's bows before she stopped. ...
Article : 55 wordsA force of 120,000 men was hurled forward while 57 batteries along the river Mouse shelled the forts. Covered by the artillery, the German ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Seventh an[?] Tenth German Army Corps have entered Aix in Chappolle (a city just inside the Belgian frontier). ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Press Association reports that the Admiralty informed Ty[?]eside shipowners on Thursday that the North Sea would be free during the daylight. ...
Article : 27 wordsNo war correspondents are allowed with the army or with the headquarters' staff. A German squadron of nineteen ...
Article : 69 wordsThe high officials of the German Foreign Office took personal farewell of Sir William E. Goschen, British Ambassador to Berlin. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe city of Liege is defe[?]ded by six main: forts and six smaller forts, forming a ring fi[?] miles [?] the city. The forts of Barchon, Louveigne, ...
Article : 127 wordsTrawlers arriving at Abredeen report having heard heavy firing, in the North Sea. They say that they saw two cruisers flying the French flag. Sixty ...
Article : 69 wordsHolland has declared war on Germany. ...
Article : 16 wordsMr. H. L. Samuel, speaking in the House of Commons last night, outlined the steps being taken by the Government to prevent distress. The Board ...
Article : 97 wordsThe German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, which had taken shelter in Messina Harbor, have decided to fight. When chased by two British cruisers ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Kaisery, in calling up all Germans capable of bearing arms, says:— "We have to defend our most sacred possessions against the reckless assault ...
Article : 75 wordsNews from the Belgian frontier states that the Tenth Army Corps (Germans) reinforced by cavalry, attacked Liege on Wednesday night. As the attacks ...
Article : 199 wordsLater news has been published in London that the British fleet was driving the German fleet towards the coast of Holland. The Germans are under ...
Article : 60 wordsOfficial reports from Brussels state that Germany has abandoned her attack on Liege, and has retired acro[?] the River Meuse. ...
Article : 24 wordsReports to hand state that the 24hours' armistice, asked for by the Germans has been refused. A division of German cavalry ...
Article : 101 wordsPrince Aage was arrested as a spy on the German frontier, but was released on diplomatic representations from Berlin. ...
Article : 29 wordsA number of German horses stampeded and galloped into Maestricht. Five thousand German subjects fleeing from Belgium were sent by train to ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Prince of Wales has been given a commission in the Grenadier Guards. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor has been appointed third Sea Lord in ...
Article : 105 wordsReports still continue to point to the British success in the North Sea. A batch of 300 wounded Germans have been received at Harwich, and ...
Article : 61 wordsThe British Government intends to establish a press bureau in London from which authoritative news of the war concerning movements and ...
Article : 50 wordsOfficial news from the Gold Coast of West Africa state that the British troops there seized some Germans, who have surrendered a large area of South ...
Article : 40 wordsSir Edward Grey's speech was received with genuine relief, because it contained nothing concerning the breach of relations between Austria ...
Article : 185 wordsThe London banks have reopened and confidence has been restored. Normal financial conditions are said to prevail. ...
Article : 152 wordsThe "Globe," states that the German Fleet were defeated in the North Sen, and 19 German warships sunk. (The report in the "Globe." is the same ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is believed in Paris that the Germans intend to advance via Meziers, and that they calculate to reach Paris in a fortnight. ...
Article : 116 wordsAnother batch of 300 Germans reached Harwich to-night, many of them seriously wounded, probably victims of more than one North Sea engagement. ...
Article : 32 wordsA fight is reported to have taken place off the China coast between British and German warships. ...
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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Sun 9 Aug 1914, Page 1
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