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  2. DIARY OF THE WAR

    June 29.—Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, and the Duchess of Hohenburg, at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, by pranjip, a Servian. July 24, 6 p.m.—Demand of Austria-Hungary for reparation from ...

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  3. BATTLE IMPENDING FIELD-MARSHAL FRENCH CONFIDENT

    It is reported from Rome that a Russian force is marching on Dantzig. A Russian general, writing to a friend at Rome, intimated that within three weeks of crossing the frontier his countrymen would be at Berlin. ...

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  4. THE CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM LINES OF COMMUNICATION

    Correspondents note that the most remarkable thing about the German advance is that there are no troops along the lines of communication. ...

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  5. NO CONSCRIPTION

    In the House of Commons the opponents of conscription hotly assailed Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister, regarding the plan to add 600,000 men to ...

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  6. POSITION OF TURKEY

    The Foreign Office is employing the [?]tmost possible suasion to keep Turkey neutral. There has been considerable diplomatic activity in Constantinople since the ...

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  7. GENERAL WAR NEWS AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES

    The Servans are hotly pursuing the Austrians in order to envelop them. They are hopeful of doing this with the aid of the artillery which is shelling the ...

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  8. KEEPING A PROMISE

    The Foreign Office has issued Lord Goschen's (former Ambassador to Berlin) report on the rupture of diplomatic relaition with Germany ...

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  9. BENEATH THE UNION JACK BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

    The Prime Minister (Right Hon. H. H. Asquith) addressing the House of Commons to-day, said that Field Marshal Sir John French reported that the British ...

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  10. GERMAN ATROCITIES

    The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that he proposed to ask the King to convey to the King of the Belgians Britain's appreciation, of the ...

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  11. GERMAN STRATEGY

    The Hague military correspondent of the "Nieueourant" declares that he is able to state on trustworthy authority that the Germans plan to abandon temporarily East ...

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  12. ANOTHER BATTLE

    The French Embassy reports that the German offensive movement in Lorraine has been wholly repulsed. The general impression to be gained ...

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  13. A STRONG LINE

    The Official War Bureau states that the British expeditionary force is supported by the French on both flanks. The allies occupy a strong line, and are ...

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  14. QUICKER RECRUITING

    The people of Britain are being awakened to the necessity for more rapid recruiting for the army. Responsible Parliamentarians are ...

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  15. A DOUBTFUL POSITION

    If the statement issued by the French Embassy indicates that a portion of the allied front is now between the places named, it means that the Germans have ...

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  16. THE WAR BUREAU

    The Prime Minister (Mr. H. H. Asquith) stated in the House of Commons that the Official War Bureau was making every effort to consult the legitimate ...

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  17. FIRED AND RAN AWAY

    Two Austrian torpedo boats started to bombard Budua, a seaport occupied by the Montenegrins. They fled on the approach of the allied fleets. ...

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  18. SHIPPING DISASTERS

    Two British trawlers, the Danish ship Skealli Forgeti, and the Norwegian steamer Eva were blown up by mines in the North Sea. Five British sailors ...

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  19. BELGIAN SCHEME

    An announcement at Antwerp states that the Belgian operations have succeeded in the double object of diminishing the German entrenchments and of drawing the ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. DEATH DUTIES.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) announced that death duties would not be leviable in the case of death in the ...

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  21. NO STATEMENT

    The Germans have not issued any official communication relating to the fighting at Mons and Charleroi. The general interpretation of this ...

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  22. NERVOUS GERMANS

    Travellers returning from Berlin state that the Germans are very nervous on account of Italy's attitude. They have abandoned all hope of securing Italy's ...

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  23. ANXIETY ALLAYED

    Field-Marshal Sir John French takes a roseate view of the prospects of his force in the battles progressing. He pays a tribute to the mettle of his French allies. ...

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  24. HONOR FOR BELGIUM

    The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, submitted to the House of Commons a motion of which notice had been given. He moved—"That an ...

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  25. JOY IN JAPAN

    Messages from Tokio state that since the declaration of war against Germany there have been the usual evidences of Chauvinism in Japan. ...

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  26. HAMMER AND ANVIL

    The allies, in their present entrenched positions, are the anvil to the Muscovite hammer, declares the "Graphic's" military correspondent. This is good news. ...

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  27. OSTEND UNDAUNTED

    Ostend has decided to resist the attacks of German raiding parties. In the event of the enemy coming in great force the observance of the rules for ...

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  28. THREE DAYS' BATTLE

    The Official War Bureau's statement of the losses of the British expeditionary force during the three days' fighting on the River Sambre is awaited anxiously. ...

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  29. RUSSIA'S MARCH ADVANCE ON DANTZIG

    It is reported that the Russians are marching on Dantzig. Immense masses of the population are flying before them in a panic. ...

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  30. CAMP WORK

    There was an atmosphere of expectancy about the camp at Morphettville. yesterday when it was made known that the engineers were to be sent off to Melbourne ...

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  31. INDIAN MOSLEMS

    The representative of the Bengal Moslems has telegraphed to Constantinople conveying through the Grand Vizier congratulations to the Sultan of Turkey on ...

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  32. BELGIAN GENERAL

    General Liman, who commanded the Belgians during the defence of Liege, is a prisoner in the hands of the Germans. He is confined in the military prison at ...

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  33. BLOCKADE OF KIAO-CHAU

    Newspapers at Paris learned that the blockade of Kiao-Chau by the Japanese began on Wednesday. ...

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  34. WARNING TO BRITAIN

    Preparations to conduct the war must be redoubled, and Britain most be prepared eventually to maintain at least 600,000 men in the Continental field. ...

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  35. DEFENCE OF PARIS

    The French Ministry has resigned and another has been formed. This is disquieting news, as is a reliable report that the Germans have ...

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  36. CALLED HOME

    The United States Secretary of State (Mr. W. J. Bryan) has cabled to all legations, asking the officials to urge Americans to leave Europe without delay. ...

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  37. TO BERLIN

    The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Copenhagen says that a force of Russian cavalry, under the command of General Rennenkampf, is advancing rapidly from ...

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  38. ANTWERP DELIGHTED

    The Antwerp citizens are in a highly optimistic mood, consequent on the announcements that a German corps, defeated at Mons, was again caught at ...

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  39. ORDERS WANTED

    The Punjab Chiefs' Association has carried a resolution which embodies the determination of the Punjab aristocracy to serve Britain in war as well as in peace. ...

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  40. FOR LIBERTY

    The "Daily Chronicle" emphasises the fact that the present struggle is nothing less than a fight for life on the part of the British Empire. ...

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  41. A GENERAL'S PROPHECY

    A Russian general, writing to a friend at Rome, says:—"You may be sure that when we have passed the German frontier we shall be at Berlin before three ...

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  42. OFFENDING AMERICA

    In a long article the "Daily Chronicle" warns the Government of the danger of becoming embroiled with the United States over questions concerning contraband of ...

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  43. TOO OLD TO FIGHT

    It is noteworthy that Messrs. Jules Guesde and Marcel Sembat, whose assumption of the leadership of the Socialist Party in succession to M. Jaures, ...

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  44. BOMBS FROM THE SKY

    Citizens of Antwerp were awakened at [?] o'clock in the morning by a loud noise of motors in the air. Searchlights were playing from the sky overhead. ...

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  45. NAVAL COMPLIMENT

    The Official War Bureau states that Admiral Jellicoe, commanding the British home fleet, has sent the following telegram to Field Marshal Sir John French:— ...

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  46. A FLEET ACTION

    The Russian and German warships have been in action. After a heavy encounter with the Russian fleet one of the German cruisers, ...

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  47. STRUCK A MINE

    The Norwegian steamer Gottfried, of 425 tons, foundered at early dawn immediately after striking a mine in the North Sea. ...

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  48. NIGHT MADE HIDEOUS

    A non-commissioned officer, who was in the firing line on the Belgian frontier, writes to his friends as follows:—"It was a magnificent, but awful, sight. ...

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  49. RAPID MARCH

    French strategists have hitherto scorned the German flanking movement as non-serious, owing to the difficult nature of the country to be traversed. ...

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  50. GREAT INDIGNATION

    The "Daily Chronicle" prints a semiofficial message, attested by the papal nuncio and the Belgian King's Secretary. This states that 900 houses were slightly ...

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  51. GERMAN WIRELESS STATION

    According to the captain of the Princess Alice, which has arrived at Cebu, in the Philippines, the German wireless telegraph station at Yap Island, in the ...

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  52. TERRIBLE FORCE

    The Russian Embassy has notified that the Russians now occupy the whole of the eastern and southern half of East Prussia. The roads are strewn with ...

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  53. ARMED GERMAN STEAMER

    The German armed merchantman Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse has been sunk off the coast of West Africa by the British second-class cruiser Highflyer. The ...

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  55. FEAR OF AIRCRAFT

    The attack on Antwerp by a Zeppelin has aroused anxiety regarding the possibility of a similar attack. The "Daily Telegraph" says there is a distinct ...

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  56. A MISCALCULATION

    An obscure French official message says that the attack on the Cambrai le Cateau line might be read as meaning that the allies have retired on the line, but that ...

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  57. WHEAT SHIPS RELEASED

    In response to energetic representations the British wheat ships, wihch were detained at the Dardanelles, have been permitted to enter the Mediterranean. ...

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  58. HORSES FOR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

    The whole of the heavy and light tran[?] port have now been purchased. The [?] partment next week will buy riding [?] only. It was expected that men joining ...

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  61. RUSSIANS BEATEN

    An official wireless message states that the Austrians have waged a three days' battle at Krasnik. They repulsed the entire Russian front, 42 miles long. ...

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  62. HOLDING THEIR OWN

    Reparts from the front show that the British expeditionary force is holding its own in the face of overwhelming odds. General Joffre, the French commander, ...

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  63. PRINCE OF WALES' FUND

    The Price of Wales' Fund for the rewar has reached a total of £1,760,000. lief of persons in distress caused by the ...

    Article : 29 words
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