A message from Vienna states that the Russians have occupied the greater part of the town of Przemysl, forcing the Austrians to shelter in the eastern forts, ...
Article : 99 wordsViolent fighting continues in France along the whole line of battle. The German troops have assumed ...
Article : 200 wordsIt is officially announced that fighting has commenced with the German troops at Sopock and Inie, to the south-eastward of Suwalki, and also at Druskeniki ...
Article : 34 wordsM. Doumergue, after a visit to the battlefields, says: "I saw German wounded, some very young, not more than 16, all apparently famished. One of the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe wireless operator of the Cressy, one of the three cruisers recently sunk by German submarines in the North Sea, states that there were many instantes of ...
Article : 137 wordsDuring one of the Galician engagements the Russians, by a ruse, lured the Austrians into crossing a small river. Then, when the bridge was crowded, they blew ...
Article : 76 wordsReuter's Paris correspondent says wounded soldiers relate that when the Germans began to bombard the fort at Troyon the French did not reply, and the ...
Article : 70 wordsBelgian soldiers dynamited the railway art Bilsen, destroying a German military, train, and the Germans, in revenge, burnt Bilsen. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe British have organised two special trains for the conveyance of the wounded from the front to the base hospital. Each train is made up of three sleeping ...
Article : 52 wordsAustrian strategists believed that Jaroslav was practically impregnable from the River San, where the ground is open, and a huge swamp impeded the advance of the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" naval report to-day quotes a letter from Dr. William Lloyd, Honorary Surgeon to the King and late Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, to ...
Article : 117 wordsDuring the fighting at Soissons last Saturday the Germans surprised 150 Highlanders with a Maxim gun guarding a bridge. ...
Article : 114 wordsAt 9 o'clock in the morning in the great courtyard of the Ecole Militaire, Grnauit, a French reservist, was degraded for attempting to sell to Germany a plan of the ...
Article : 69 wordsGerman forces have been conveyed from Aix-la-Chapelle to the east and south. ...
Article : 18 wordsAlong the frontier, near Solvignano, the Austrians are posting field and mountain batteries, expecting an Italian invasion of Istria. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe French continue to capture small bodies of survivors from the Marne fight. Recently they surrounded a body of 1650 Germans in a wood, who surrendered ...
Article : 43 wordsThere is a dearth of details of the fighting on the Aisne, which would seem to be an indication that the crisis of the battle is approaching. ...
Article : 70 wordsTwenty sailors from the three torpedoed cruisers have started for England, and the others will follow at short intervals. ...
Article : 26 wordsA telegram from Bucharest announces that the First Roumanian Army Corps has been directed to the Austrian frontier, and that the mobilisation of a force of 200,000 ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Brussels correspondent of the "Matin" says the German losses at Maubeuge were 40,000. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is officially announced that the Austrians have fallen back in the west, and are utilising largely the railways leading to Cracow. The Russians have occupied ...
Article : 34 wordsFive thousand Germans approached Basscrode, near Termonde, with the object of burning it. The Belgians, after a desperate struggle, lasting two hours, drove off ...
Article : 98 wordsH. Rennich, an ex-member of Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition, was among those missing after the sinking of the cruiser Hogue. ...
Article : 26 wordsA Zeppelin hovered over Warsaw, and dropped two bombs near the Kalisz railway station, but did little damage. Subsequently it was shot down near ...
Article : 44 wordsA Reims despatch says the bombardment of the cathedral has been resumed. ...
Article : 22 wordsCaptain Meyer, of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, has arrived in New York. "We.were congratulating ourselves on sinking three merchantmen and were ...
Article : 122 wordsIt is officially announced: "The enemy attacked along our whole front, but were everywhere driven back. On our left wing we are making progress. On the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe recruiting committees are organising General Botha's additional force, which is shaping well, and provides a muchdesired opening for ex-servicemen, who are ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Germans are strongly entrenched at Mulhausen, and regularly make surprise attacks, but the French successfully shell them. ...
Article : 47 wordsVladimir Bourtzeff, in an interview, stated that liberalism in Russia was stronger than ever, and the Government must reckon with it willy-nilly. ...
Article : 51 wordsWireless messages from the main headquarters contain reports with regard to the operations in the western theatre. "The resumption of operations," the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe "Standard's" Antwerp correspondent says the Germans occupied a monastery at Montalgu, north-east of Brussels. They drank to excess, fifed into rooms where ...
Article : 81 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette," commenting on the capture of German New Guinea and the reports of the magnificent Australian contingents, says: "London reads these ...
Article : 42 wordsThe following cable has been received from Sir George Reid, dated London, September 25:- "Official: The Admiralty authorises the ...
Article : 2,146 wordsMaxim Gorky, the famous Russian novelist, has written to a friend at Capri, saying: "I am unable to return, as when my country are fighting for civilisation and ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Hesvik struck a mine in the North Sea, two of the crew being killed. ROME, Sept 25. ...
Article : 49 wordsA German aeroplane at midday dropped a bomb into a timber yard in Boulogne. 'A few windows were broken. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. J. X. Merriman, M.P., and Mr. Stellenbosch have appealed to all to follow the noble example of General Botha, in order that South Africa may preserve her ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that desperate fighting continues between Svornik and Losnitza and Nitrovitza and Shabatz. The Servian position is satisfactory. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Germans bombarded President Poincare's property'at Sampiguy, and pillaged his son's house at Triaculert and his parents' house at Abbecourt. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Japanese have occupied the Shantung railway up as far as Weihisir and Fangtse Town. ...
Article : 24 wordsEighteen hundred German prisoners captured between Malines and Aerschott on September 23 have been sent to England. ...
Article : 27 wordsA communique states:—On the left, between the Somme and the Oise, the battle continues very violently. We progressed slightly between the ...
Article : 148 wordsH.H. Maharaja Jam Saheb, of Nawanagar (K. S. Ranjitsinhji) has placed his resources at the disposal of the Empire. He has promised to maintain 1000 men to ...
Article : 84 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Paris states that the quarries near Compiegne forming the main strengrh of the German right mostly belonged to ...
Article : 80 wordsAmsterdam reports that great masses of German troops are going to France via Aix-la-Chapelle. ...
Article : 25 wordsA German patrol raided Walfisch Bay, capturing a police station. They also attempted to blow up the jetty, but no damage was done. ...
Article : 120 wordsReuter's correspondent at Ostend states that 40,000 Germans have been encamped at Mons since Saturday, the staff being at Ruysbrook. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Canadian newspapers are being flooded with anti-British reports, apparently enamating from Count von Bernstoff, German Ambassador at Washington. ...
Article : 117 words"II Secolo" reports a conflict between the King of Roumania and his Ministers. The King, actuated by family ties with the Hohenzollerns, addressed the Crown ...
Article : 119 wordsThe "Matin" publishes details of Maubeuge, in which it is stated that the wood of Lenieres, about six kilometres from the centre of the town, was offered for sale in ...
Article : 87 wordsSkirmishing continues in Belgium. The Belgians are steadily gaining ground, and inflicting losses on the Landsturm troops. ...
Article : 23 wordsTh[?] News" says the Germans last weck [?] their trenches, and occupied a village, in order to shelter from a severe storm. The French on Sunday night raced ...
Article : 271 wordsIt is officially stated that the Russians repulsed the German vanguards at Suwalki yesterday, about 20 miles from the East Prussian frontier. ...
Article : 147 wordsWounded German officers comment bitterly on the cowardice of their ambulance corps, who fled with the retreating armies, leaving the wounded in the field. ...
Article : 89 wordsIn response to the offer of Rhodesia of a corps for the expeditionary force, the Imperial Government has cabled its thanks, and suggested that the contingent be used ...
Article : 36 wordsGerman despatches show that the [?] cess of the war loan was due to the Government attaching 25 per cent. of all bank balances, and forcing dcpositors to ...
Article : 101 wordsA Union force occupied Luderitz 'Bay, meeting with no opposition. The German garrison retreated, after blowiug up the railway and the wireless ...
Article : 29 wordsThe French bombarded an[?] captured the fortitled town of Lissa, on the island of that name in the Adriatic, and installed a garrison there. ...
Article : 58 wordsThere was a semblance of mutiny among. ...
Article : 16 wordsIt is reported that the French found at Peronne 70 German female nurses armed with service pistols. A wounded officer relates that German ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 28 Sep 1914, Page 7
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