It is not possible yet to give any definite result of the great battle in France. The British and French have definitely won on their left—the British are still driving one of the ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Servians have occupied Semlin in Hungary, six miles north-west of Belgrade, after a bloody battle. ...
Article : 28 wordsOn the Allies' left wing, the Anglo-French forces have crossed the Marne, and are pursuing the retreating enemy. The British captured ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Press Bureau states that strong and numerous flotillas and squadrons, yesterday and to-day completed a sweeping movement over the whole of the North ...
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Article : 43 wordsMr. Asquith, Prime Minister, in moving the vote for 500,000 additional men in the House of Commons this afternoon, said that the House had already voted 686,OOO, ...
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Article : 43 wordsIf this German army is continuously pushed further north it must, cause increasing anxiosy to whatever commander is directing the German attack on the centre—that is, nearer ...
Article : 121 wordsIt is officially announced that German troops brought from the west concentrated on the River Alle, whence they have begun to move in great columns ...
Article : 49 wordsDuring a citizen's meeting at Glasgow Mr. Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, Lord Provost of Glasgow, rained a storm of indignation by expressing the hope that nothing ...
Article : 150 wordsRenter's correspondent in Paris states that the Germans have completely evacuated north-west France, except for small parties of Uhians, who are being gradually ...
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Article : 124 wordsThe steamer Keramiai sailed for Sydney yesterday. ...
Article : 15 wordsJohnson, a Dutchman, who was aboard the Gri[?]sby trawler which was s[?]k by the German cruiser Albatross, was conveyed to Wilhelmshaven with his ...
Article : 59 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-night, the Prime Minister (General Botha) moved an address of loyalty. In a stirring speech he said that the ...
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Article : 36 wordsPrince Ernst of Saxe-Meningen was killed during the fighting at Namur. ...
Article : 19 wordsOn the extreme right of their line the German army is probably almost disintegrated— split up into shattered fragments, which will have to find their way back to Belgium or to ...
Article : 252 wordsThe Official Press Bureau has published the following additional casualties:—Ten officers and 61 rank and file killed; 63 officers and [?]09 others wouuded; 61 officers ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Bill which is being introduced by the Government prohibiting trade with the enemy inflicts penalties up to seven years' penal servitude, and a fine of £500 on ...
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Article : 170 wordsRecruiting is proceeding rapidly throughout England, and the response in several large cities has been as follows:- London, 60,000; Glasgow, 22,000; ...
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Article : 108 wordsSir George Reid cables from London, dated September 1O, 3.25 p.m.:- Official: "General Sir John French reports the battle was continued yesterday. ...
Article : 549 wordsThe German four-masted barque Goldbek, of 2630 tons, laden with timber, has been captured and taken to Falmouth. The German four-masted barque Urania, ...
Article : 79 wordsThe British army has now crossed the River Marne from south to north. It is a strange country in which it has been fighting. South of the Marne, the country over which the ...
Article : 151 wordsThe trawler Agatha, while fishing in the North Sea, discovered a derelict lifeboat. When she commenced lo tow it a terrfic explosion took place. The trawler was ...
Article : 89 wordsRenter's Agency states that the news that two German forces had crossed the Orange River spread like wildfire through South Africa, and caused the greatest ...
Article : 210 wordsA representative of the Pierpont Morgan combination has conferred with the Federal Gold Reserve Board concerning the formation of a gold reserve fund, ...
Article : 49 wordsFloods are surrounding Tsing-Tao, and are spreading inland. They will probably delay the investment for several months, as the German stronghold is now only ...
Article : 40 wordsAcross the plateau, however, three rivers out deep and rather narrow valleys. The Grand Morin (or Big Morin) and the Petit Morin (or Little Morin, a little further to the ...
Article : 261 wordsIt is officially announced in Berlin that Prince Joachim, the sixth son of the German Emperor, while serving as Aide-de-Camp in the firing line, was wounded in ...
Article : 41 wordsThe trawler Glen Ogil reseued the crew of the armed merchantman Oceanic, which was wrecked through striking a rock on the north coast of Scotland. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Belgians continue a vigorous offensive from Antwerp and East Flanders, and have driven the Germans from the neighbourhood of Aerschot and Diest, about [?]0 ...
Article : 63 wordsThe "Nieuwe Rotterdamsehe Courant" publishes a piece of war history from its Berlin correspondent. He states that the military party ...
Article : 138 wordsIt is not difficult to imagine the pleasure felt by New Zealanders generally at the fact of our Expeditionary Force having taken Samoa, and the temperature of the large ...
Article : 163 wordsA German aeroplane was brought down at Strypen, in East Flanders, yesterday. There were in it two well-known experts employed hy the Krupp firm who delivered ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Official Press Bureau stated yesterday that the enemy has been driven back all along the line. Sir John French reports that the first ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the battle near Lublin ended in complete victory for the Russians, who thoroughly routed the ...
Article : 233 wordsThe Government has warned the Refugees' Committee that it expects that 60,000 refugees, mostly Belgians, will arrive within the next ten days. ...
Article : 503 wordsThe Press Bureau states that on Tuesday the British forces in Nyassaland, Central Africa, unsuccessfully attempted to drive 400 Germans across the frontier. ...
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Article : 281 wordsFarmers responded so generously to the appeal for fedder that the whole of the chaff, bay, etc., was loaded in vessels at Wellington without cost to the Government. A surplus ...
Article : 51 wordsRefugees state that a reign of terror exists in the Serb provinces of Austria. There is a gibbet in every village, and every day fresh corpses hang on it. Hardly ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Coonamble Red Cross Fund amounts to £231, and the Patriotic Fund to £79. Several pastoralists have given sheep, horses, and cattle to the various Sydney funds. ...
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Article : 161 wordsThe "Vorwaerts" says that prisoners of war are now being badly treated in Germany. The paper cices the case of a ma nurse. ...
Article : 167 wordsOfficial advices have been received from Nienna to the effect that the Emperor Francis Joseph is in good health. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere has been some fighting in the Cameroons, German West Africa. Three British officers have been killed and four wounded, while four are missing. ...
Article : 49 wordsMuch farther west the Forest of Argonne, which runs behind Verdun near the point to which the Germans are-supposed to be directing their concentration, is a very much ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 12 Sep 1914, Page 13
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