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Advertising : 2 wordsThe latest telegram from the Belgian capital announces that King Alben himself has taken command of the Franco Belgian troops with a combines French and ...
Article : 124 wordsThe one utterly disastrous mistake which the Kaiser's War Lords made when planned their descent upon France was that they reckoned without Belgium. ...
Article : 293 wordsA Press Association message states that in the North Sea at daylight the British Fleet got into touch with the German High Sea Fleet south of the Dogger Bank ...
Article : 225 wordsIt is evident now that the Germane found the attack upon Liege via the River [?]esdre impracticable. Its winding [?] would ill suit a large army and the tunnell ...
Article : 120 wordsMessages from Amsterdam state that accounts have been received from Maestricist that the sound of big guns was heard distinctly, and that smoke was seen from ...
Article : 38 wordsDecisive battle between German and Russian squadrons in the Baltic may be at any moment expected. Nineteen German warcraft have been seen twice to pass between the ports of Memel ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Lowestoft trawler Lochness reports that she saw two British cruisers chases a German destroyer on Wednesday. Shells fell all around the destroyer, and a dense ...
Article : 49 wordsThe London Daily News states that the Government has decided to send an expeditionary force of British troops to the Continent. ...
Article : 51 wordsLiege overlooks the Brussels plain, and on the other side there are hills and narrow valleys. Fortification at Na[?]ur and Antwerp ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Belgian Monarch's proclamation to his army states:—A neighbour haughty in its strength has torn up the treaty bearing its signature and has violated our ...
Article : 44 wordsSir Edward Grey's speech was received with genuine relief here, because it contained no announcement or indications of breach of relations between Austria and ...
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Advertising : 29 wordsThe Belgian fortifications around Liege afforded admirable resistance to the German shells. The Evegnee Fort was in action all day and yet was absolutely ...
Article : 101 wordsThe London Standard announces that it has received information from what it describes as a reliable source that a man of unknown nationality attacked and ...
Article : 49 wordsDetails are gradually filtering through regarding the terrible fight which occurred at Barchon. The Germans rushed a strong columns ...
Article : 115 wordsThe reasons for the Germans choosing to enter France by way of Luxemburg and Belgium are now clear. There is a northern gap which leads to ...
Article : 164 wordsA telegram just received from Brussels gives particulars of one of the most unique incidents of the invasion of Belgium. It appears that a German airman flew over ...
Article : 126 wordsThe latest particulars to hand respecting operation around Liege are of a thrilling character. Belgian artillery reduced a chatean to ...
Article : 233 wordsEye witness of the combat at [?] affirm the earlier report that a squadron of Prussian cavalry moved towards the Wise Bridge in which the Belgians ...
Article : 162 wordsThe gunfire practice of naval reservist in the North Sea gave rise to the highly coloured rumours regarding sea battles all of which were discredited. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Kaiser has called up all Germans capable of hearing arms. In his order he says:—"We have to defend our most sacred possessions against the reckless assault of ...
Article : 76 wordsDestroyers captured the Austrian steamer Laconia off Deal Last night. Two shots were fired across her bows before the Laconia stopped. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Tenth German Army Corps reinforced by cavalry, attacked Liege on Wednesday night. They crossed mined zones which exploded and whole that ...
Article : 99 wordsThe defence of Liege was a triumph for Col. Weikmane who was formerly an engineer officer. He had special gun mounted on a rise against the German air ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 140 wordsTrawlers' crews at Aberdeen report having heard heavy firing in the North Sea. They say they saw two cruisers flying the French flaz. Sixty trawlers are still ...
Article : 94 wordsLord Denman intimated in the House of Lords that Capt. Rushall's cadets had asked permission to join the British Territorials. Lord Denman suggested if the ...
Article : 67 wordsHis Royal Highness the Prime of Wales who has served as a midshipman with the navy, and as a private and non-commissioned officer with the Oxford University ...
Article : 49 wordsWhen the naval reserve was mobilised Sir, Ernest Shackleton offered the services of the whole of his antarctic expedition, and placed all the stores and provisions ...
Article : 69 wordsLatest telegrams from Brusels report that the Belgians have refused Germany's desire for an armistice, and have ...
Article : 106 wordsApparently further heavy fighting has taken place near Liege, in connection with the siege of which large bodies of German troops have been engaged. It was ...
Article : 140 wordsFive German spies, disguised as priests were arrested in the Gare dn Nord, in Paris, amid the indignation of a crowd of on lookers ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Matin estimates that there are 3,000 sailing vessels and 2,000 steamers, aggregating 2,800 million tons, on the high seas flying the German flag. None of them ...
Article : 75 wordsSir Robert Baden Powell is quietly mobilizing his Boy Scouts, of whom there now 20,000 available for public services in London. ...
Article : 64 words[?] advices from Nish (which is the presents seat of the Servian Government) state that the Austrians failed in seven attempt to cross the [?] and ...
Article : 105 wordsLiege is defended by six forts and a similar number of fortines or little fort which from a ring five miles outside the city. The western flank comprises the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Germans [?] to about Alsatians who are [?] of giving [?] the French. ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Sun 9 Aug 1914, Page 1
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