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  2. Capture of New Guinea.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette," commencing on the capture of German New Guinea and the official report of the work of the magnificent Australian ...

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  3. Russian Victories.

    Prior to the capture of Jaroslav, the Austrian trenches were filled with wounded and dead, who had been lying there for days. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. Appeal to Ireland.

    The Right hon. H. H. Asquith received a great ovation while addressing a recruiting meeting at the Mansion House, Dublin. He said he had ...

    Article : 515 words
  5. Fighting in Belgium.

    Five thousand Germans approached Baserode, near Temonde, with the object of burning it. The Belgians, after a desperate two hours' struggle, drove ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. EUROPEAN WAR.

    Violent Fighting. GENERAL ACTION PROGRESSING. OPERATION BETWEEN THE SOMME AND THE OISE. ...

    Article : 325 words
  7. CONTINUOUS SKIRMISHING

    Skirmishing continues in Belgium. The Belgians are steadily gaining ground, and are inflicting losses on the German Landsturm. ...

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  8. Captured and Garrisoned.

    The French have bombarded, captured, and garrisoned Lisse. Rome, September 27. a British and French force has ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. RUSSIANS CAPTURE FORTIFIED POSITIONS.

    It is announced officially that on the south-western front the Russians have taken the fortified positions of Tchishki, and Goldstein (which cover ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. GERMAN PICRIC ACID BOMBS.

    Unexploded bombs from a Zeppelin air-ship have been found in a field at Waereghem, a town in Belgium, eight miles N.E. of Courtrai. They were 81 ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. Artillery Duel.

    The Allies' left wing continues to make satisfactory progress The Germans in retiring used the railway. Three trains ran the gauntlet before ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. Latest Communique.

    AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE STATES:— ON OUR LEFT, BETWEEN THE SOMME AND THE AISNE, THE ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. SATISFACTORY SERVIAN POSITION.

    It is semi-officially stated that desperate fighting continues between Svornik, Metrovitza, and Shabats. The Servian position is satisfactory ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. REINFORCEMENTS FROM BELGIUM.

    Two hundred thousand reinforcements for the German army in France have traversed Belgium in the last few days. ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. Bombardment of Cattaro.

    The "Messagero" states that the Allies fleet have resumed that bornbardment of Cattaro. They dismantled a powerful fortress on Pelagus ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. ITALIAN CONSERVATIVES FAVOUR WAR.

    A meeting of the Conservative party in Italy carried a resolution in favour of war. Only the Clericuls, and Socialists are opposed to war. Italian ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. Awaiting their "Waterloo."

    Reuter's representative at Ostend states that 40,000 Germans have been encamped at Waterloo since Saturday last. The Staff is at Ruysbrook. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. AUSTRIAN STEAMER SUNK.

    A message received from Trieste" states that an Austrian steamer, the Baron Gantsch, sank in the Adriatic Sea, after encountering a mine. ...

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  19. Highland Pluck.

    During the fighting at Soissons on Sunday last the Germans surprised 150 Highlanders, who were guarding a bridge with a maxim. The Germans ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. AGITATION AMONGST SLAVS AND BOHEMIANS.

    The newspapers "Messagero" states that, notwithstanding frequent hangings, the Slavs and Bohemians continue their agitation for separation ...

    Article : 28 words
  21. CAP TRAFALGAR'S CREW.

    A German steamer has brought to port 18 officers and 29[?] men belonging to the Cap Trafalgar,(the Hamburg Amerika line which was sunk by ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. COMBAT IN THE AIR.

    A German aeroplane pursued a reconnoitring Belgian biplane at Brussels. Several shots were exchanged at a great height. The German aeroplane ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. CAPTURE OF JAROSLAV.

    Austrian strategists - believed that Jarosiav was practically impregnable from the San River, where the ground was open, with huge swamps ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

    The armed German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm sank the steamer Indian Prince, 2[?]46 tons. The crew have been landed at Santos, in Brazil. ...

    Article : 40 words
  25. BRIDGING THE MEUSE.

    The Germans have constructed a 300 vards bridge across the Mcuse at Dinant. ...

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  26. Led Into a Trap.

    During one of the Galician engagements the Russians, by a ruse, lured the Austrians across a small river. When the bridge was crowded by a ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH RUSE.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent states that a soldier relates that when the Germans beganto hombard Fort Troyou, the French did not reply. A ...

    Article : 68 words
  28. British Sailor's Heroism.

    The Cressy's wireless operator relates many instances of the heroism of the seamen. One splendid swimmer who was picked up by a trawler, had a ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. Britishers Kept on the Alert.

    The Germans made incessant attacks on the British near Soissons. The infantry charged hour after hour. It was always moved down, but it always ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. Famished German Soldiers.

    A visitor to the battlefield says he saw German wounded, amongst whom were some very young men, not more than 16 years of age, all apparently ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. Official Statement.

    A communicate states: "On our left our advance troops came in contact with superior forces, and were obliged to yield slightly. Reinforcements were ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. KILL THE WOUNDED.

    The general commanding the 53rd brigade of German infantry has issued an order to his troops not to take any more prisoners, but to put to ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. AFFAIRS IN ALSACE.

    The Germans are strongly entrenched at Mulhansen. They regularly make surprise attacks, but the French successfully shell them on each occasion. ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. NORWEGIAN STEAMER MINED.

    The Norwegian steamer Hesoik was mined in the North Sea and sank, two of her crew being killed. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 words
  36. THE NAVAL MISHAP.

    The following cablegram has been received from the High Commissioner:— "London, Friday Night,—The ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. Decisive Battle Imminent.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that it is officially believed that a great decisive battle in East Prussia is imminent. ...

    Article : 80 words
  38. GERMAN PREPARATIONS AT MAUBEUGE.

    A refugee from Maubeuge states the German siege guns were placed on platforms of cement, built carefully on spots selected some years ago ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. BOMB DROPPED IN TIMBER-YARD.

    A German aeroplane dropped a bomb in a Boulogue timber yard. A few windows were broken. ...

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  40. German Ambulance Defects.

    The wounded German officers complain bitterly of the cowardice of their ambulance corps, who fled with the retreating armies, leaving the wounded ...

    Article : 90 words
  41. THE HIGHFLYER'S SHOOTING.

    The captain of the Kaiser Wilhelmder Grosse has arrived here. He states they were congratulating themselves on sinking three merchant men and were ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. NURSES ARMED WITH PISTOLS.

    It is reported that the French found in Perounne 70. German female nurses armed with service pistols. A wounded soldier relates that the German ...

    Article : 56 words
  43. ENEMY LOSES 40,000 AT MAUBEUGE.

    The "Matin's" Brussels correspondent states that the German loses at Maubeuge reached 40,000. ...

    Article : 22 words
  44. WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is steadier, and prices unchanged, but the demand is slow. Australian landed is quoted ...

    Article : 42 words
  45. Bravery of the Foe.

    An artilleryman, at present lying wounded in the Leicester Hospital, says that on one occasion a German regiment was swept away in a mad ...

    Article : 134 words
  46. MAXIM GORKY.

    Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist, has written to a friend at Kapri, stating "I am unable to return as while my countrymen are lightling for ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. RHEIMS CATHEDRAL AGAIN BOMBARDED.

    A Rheims dispatch says that the bombardurent of the cathedral is being resumed. ...

    Article : 23 words
  48. North Sea Menace

    The "Daily Telegraph's" naval report quotes a letter from Dr. William Lloyd to the effect that many trawlers captured in the North Sea were fitted with ...

    Article : 93 words
  49. SNOW AND FLOODS.

    Snow and floods have checked operations in Upper Alsace. ...

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  50. Hand-to-Hand Fighting.

    The correspondent of the " Daily News" states that the Germans during last week-end left the trenches in an occupied villages, in order to take ...

    Article : 226 words
  51. BOYCOTT OF BRITISH GOODS.

    Dr. Freund, in an article in the "Vossich Zeitung," declares that a[?]ter the war, no German patriot will buy British products, and Great ...

    Article : 62 words
  52. ATHLETES KILLED.

    Among the officers killed were R. F. Simson and J. L. Ruggan, the Scottish international footballers. It is rumoured that Georges ...

    Article : 46 words
  53. German Rearguard Repulsed.

    It is officially stated that the Russians repulsed the German rearguard at Suwalki on Wednesday. They were also successful at Lonzo. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  54. GERMAN LEVY ON RHEIMS.

    An interpreter at Rheims states that Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son of the Kaiser announced that he would demand £4,000,000 if the two missing ...

    Article : 58 words
  55. Irish Volunteers.

    Twenty members of the original committee of the Irish Volunteers, identified with the [?]inn Fein, have issued a manifesto, in which they ...

    Article : 213 words
  56. BESTOWAL OF IRON CROSSES.

    A telegram from Berlio states that up to September 20 more than 27,000 Iron Crosses have been bestowed upon German soldiers. ...

    Article : 29 words
  57. BRITISH SAILORS.

    Twenty sailors from the three sunken British cruisers have started for England . The others will follow at short intervals. ...

    Article : 32 words
  58. EXECUTION OF AN ABBE.

    The Abbe Delobaique, of Dunkirk, who was arrested on the outskirts of Valenciennes by Uhlans when conveying letters from French soldiers to ...

    Article : 112 words
  59. German Early Preparations

    'The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent, says that the quarries near Compiegne forming the strongest position of the German right, belong to ...

    Article : 95 words
  60. WORSE THAN THE BARBAROUS TURK.

    The "Standard's" Antweep correspondent states that the Germans occupied a monastery at Montaign and drank excess. They tired into rooms ...

    Article : 82 words
  61. GERMAN FORESIGHT.

    "Le Matin" publishes details to the effect that Mauberge wood, at Lenieres, a few kilometers from the town, was offered for sale on the 11th July, ...

    Article : 105 words
  62. Conveyance of Wounded.

    The British Army Service Corps has organised two special trains for the conveyance of wounded from the front to the base hospitals. They are lifted ...

    Article : 65 words
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