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  2. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The cruisers Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy had for some time prior to the disaster been patrolling the North Sea— in the words of a bluejacket, "out for ...

    Article : 552 words
  3. STILL RAGING.

    The general battle in France is still raging, and for the most part the Allies are gradually pressing forward, the greatest success being ...

    Article : 266 words
  4. FRENCH OFFICER'S COUP.

    A French soldier states that a French officer, after tapping the telegraph wire between Peronne and Saint Quentin, impersonated a German officer, and ascertained ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. THE ARMIES.

    Router's Agency received the following [?]essage from its Paris correspondent on Wednesday:—"Wounded from the battle-field state that the Germans lost ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. GERMAN CRUISER SUNK.

    "Paris reports that while a German cruiser and two torpede boats were laying mines in the Baltic, all were sunk by the Russian cruiser Bayan." ...

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  7. RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    London, September 24, 1 a.m.:— Reliable: The Russians have taken Jaroslav, a fortified town 15 miles from Przemys[?] and Wislock, in the Carpathians. The ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. THE DOMINIONS.

    The Government, in calling for additional volunteers, says that the South African Union is aware that many South Africans are desirous of serving with the ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. THE NAVIES.

    Regarding the disaster in the North S[?]a, it is stated that the Aboukir was hit in several places, and disappeared in five minutes. The Hogue, after lowering her ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. SUBMARINE RETURNS SAFELY.

    The German Consul states that the submarine U9 has returned safely and undamaged. None of the wounded British sailor[?] ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. FRENCH-CANADIANS.

    A deputation of French-Canadians is seeking sanction to incorporate a regiment recruited in Quebec for foreign service. Five thousand French-Canadians are ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. ENTHUSIASM IN BERLIN.

    News from Berlin states that the sinking of the cruisers caused great enthusiasm in the German capital, where it was declared that Britain had received a mere ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. IN BELGIUM.

    Mr. Martin Donohoe, war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," at present with the Belgian army, telegraphs that the Germans stampeded out of Termonde, St. ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    The steamer Mamari, which left Wellington on July 27, has arrived at London. The barque Bossuet, which left Port Victoria on May 25 with 35,977 bushels of ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. HOW CHATHAM SUFFERS.

    Most of the victims belong to Chatham, where about a thousand homes are faced with mourning. ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. POSITION IN FRANCE.

    An official communique states:- "Our left, on the right bank of the Oise, has progressed about l8 kilometres (11 miles) in the Lassigny district, where ...

    Article : 265 words
  17. ONLY ONE SUBMARINE.

    A message from Berlin states that only one submarine attacked the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy. It adds that the vessel has not yet returned. ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    Nearly 500,000 Austrian rifles have been captured by the Russian army; also many entire batteries of artillery. The Novoe Vremya states that up till ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. GENERAL NEWS.

    Lieut-General Sir Edward Hutton welcomed 1700 Northumberland men at the Aylesbury camp yesterday. There was a remarkable scene when every man raised ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. ANOTHER TRAWLER MINED.

    The trawler Kilmarnock (165 tons) has been sunk by a mine in the North Sea, and six of those on board have been drowned. ...

    Article : 32 words
  21. GERMAN PLANS.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the [?]Daily Chronicle" states that it is [?]ot doubted that the German plans have been radically chnnged. While maintaining the ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. FIRING TILL THE LAST.

    A member of the crew of the lowestoft states that the Cressy continued firing until her guns, were nearly under water. The captain went down with his vess[?] ...

    Article : 267 words
  23. WAR BULLETIN.

    Sir George Reid cables under date of September 22, 10.45 p.m.:- Official: The following descriptive account sent from headquarters, dated ...

    Article : 2,805 words
  24. A GERMAN RUSE.

    The Harwich correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the parent ship of the German submarine flotilla flew the Dutch flag, and made no effort to save ...

    Article : 115 words
  25. CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY.

    Details of the harassing of the Crown Prince's army state that the Chateau Mondement, which sheltered his headquarters staff, was taken and retaken four times, ...

    Article : 301 words
  26. BRITISH AIRMEN'S FEAT.

    The "Het Handelsblad" states that five British airmen f[?]ew over the Bickendo[?]f aviation grounds, near Co[?]ogne, where a Zeppelin airship shed is situated. ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. "CERTAINLY A SURPRISE."

    A member of the Aboukir watch states: "The explosion shook the whole ship, and tore a great lump out of her side. Many men who were on the upper deck were ...

    Article : 143 words
  28. DUTCH CAPTAIN'S ACCOUNT.

    The captain of the Dutch steamer Titan, which has arrived at Rotterdam, stat[?] "I was 30 miles off the coast when I saw three English cruisers on the horizon. ...

    Article : 270 words
  29. COUNTRY HELP.

    The Red Cross Society has forwarded a case containing 20 shirts, 19 pairs pyjamas, kit bags, socks, handkerchiefs, bandages, writing materials, glass towels, literature, etc. ...

    Article : 351 words
  30. GERMAN METHODS.

    The official German version of the destruction of Reims Cathedral states:— "Since September 20 the white flag hoisted on the spire of the cathedral was respected ...

    Article : 151 words
  31. A CHIEF GUNNER'S STORY.

    Dougherty, chief gunner on the Cressy, stated in an interview:—"The water was fairly rough. We were steaming slowly in [?]ne somewhere off the coast of Holland. A ...

    Article : 380 words
  32. ENEMY REPULSED.

    "September 23, 10.15 p.m.:—Reliable. The operations during the three days alo[?] an extended front were in favour of the Allies, and the enemy sustained a serie[?], of ...

    Article : 102 words
  33. STORIES FROM THE FRONT.

    Sapper Gilhooly, of the Royal Engineers, relates the following story: "Last week on the Marne we spent two days constructing a mine towards the German lines. When [?] ...

    Article : 92 words
  34. "FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC LAW."

    Lord Rosebery, speaking in Midloth[?] last night, declared, "We are fighting for public law in Europe, on which all international relations must be based, unless we ...

    Article : 111 words
  35. BRITISH AEROPLANES.

    "Official: The Admiralty reports that yesterday British aeroplanes from the naval wing delivered an attack on a Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf (on the Rhine, in ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. [?]AUBEUGE.

    An escapee from Maubeuge states that [?]e town is full of German spies. The French discovered a telephone, whereby the Germans were kept informed ...

    Article : 49 words
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