The following message has been received in Melbourne from Sir George Reid:- LONDON, Oct. 4. 12.30 a.m. Latest French reports indicate that ...
Article : 249 wordsGerman cruisers bombarded Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, and sank a small French gunboat. The statement attributed to Earl ...
Article : 205 wordsAn official statement from Paris indicates that the extreme left of the Allied line is now in the neighbourhood of Arras; but an Amsterdam newspaper reports that the British and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 122 wordsThe Russians have now occupied Ralgrod, to the south-westward of Augustowo, also Mariampol and Kalvary, further north, in the province of Suwalki. ...
Article : 191 wordsAn official communique states that the German cruisers Schainhorst and Gneisenau on September 22 sank the small disarmed French gunboat Zelee, of Papeete. ...
Article : 446 wordsThe commanders of the allied forces warmly praise the services of the British volunteer motor cyclist despatch riders, many of whom are undergraduates. They ...
Article : 67 wordsThe fighting which is covered by the report of the Grand Duke Nicholas has been the most desperate of any since the war began. ...
Article : 104 wordsDetails of the disaster to the Prussian Guards on September 26 show that the brigade included the regiment formerly commanded by the Crown Prince. ...
Article : 223 wordsThe condition of the German prisoners shows that the commissariat arrangements have failed completely. The Germans, it is believed, staked everything ...
Article : 59 wordsA message from Vienna states that the military authorities have ordered the fortification of the suburbs and the adjacent towns. The preparations for the removal ...
Article : 49 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that when the Germans were capturing Fort Camp-des-Romains, they were obliged to cut their way[?] in. A desperate ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Central News Agency correspondent at Rome states that whole German regiments were drowned while crossing the Nieman. He declares that the ...
Article : 34 wordsA communique issued at midnight states that a French detachment debouching from Arras, which is about 16 miles north-east of Albert, has fallen back slightly to the ...
Article : 83 wordsGermnns here are aghast at the tone of the latest German newspapers, which are preparing the German people for defeat. Official messages admit that the German ...
Article : 247 wordsA telegram from Nish states that the Servians have temporarily abandoned their attempt to take Serajevo, as the Austrians occupy strong positions, the taking of ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Czar has gone to the front. ...
Article : 14 wordsIt is reported that the German General Staff left Luxembourg for Mayence. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe German Emperor is at present in Western Prussia, and has delivered optimistic speeches as to the result of the war at Bromberg and Thorn. The latter ...
Article : 47 wordsGeneral Dewar attempted to address an anti-Botha meeting at Potche[?]stroom, but the crowd stormed the hall, and free fights ensued inside and Outside. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant" states that the British and French and Belgium troops operating against the enemy have now become linked up, and are ...
Article : 57 wordsA communique issued in Paris at midnight on Saturday states that there are no fresh developments in the position at the front. The general situation is ...
Article : 37 wordsThe following cablegram was despatched to the High Commissioner, London, by the Department of Esternal Affairs, Melbourne, on Friday: ...
Article : 78 wordsThe following cablegrams have been received from the High Commissioner, Sir George Reid:- LONDON, Oct. 2, 5.45 p.m. ...
Article : 649 wordsMr. Ashmead Bartlett, who is in Paris, states that all indications point to the supposition that the German commanders and troops realise for the first time that they ...
Article : 185 wordsA fine feat is reported from the French left on Tuesday. The Germans held a village, and had strongly entrenched a hill, the position being held by Jaeger infantry, ...
Article : 177 wordsGreat care is being taken to conceal the movements of the German Emperor. He is surrounded by a large body of life-guards and an enormous staff of ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Boer irreconcilables in German West Africa are reported to have issued an appeal to the Boer farmers over the borde[?] to overthrow British rule. ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is officially announced that eastwards of the Senne the defenders of the city have been forced to retire. They have now taken up a strong position on the ...
Article : 100 wordsA Rome telegram states that Germany is making a supreme effort to face Russin, and to raise the prestige of the Austrian Army. ...
Article : 122 wordsEarl Kitchener's statement that the war might not last long was taken from the "Globe's" report of the farewell gathering of Territorials, at which the captain ...
Article : 73 wordsIt is officially announced that a French gunboat sank, the German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" in a remarkable article says: "The Germans, so far from having won their way, are in a difficult position. The British are working through ...
Article : 46 wordsIt is officially announced that, despite all efforts in the Baltic, the Germans have only succeeded in sinking the steamship Uleaborg, 548 tons, and that all rumours of ...
Article : 64 wordsInfantry are counting almost nothing in the operations on the Allies' left wing. It is an artillery duel. An appalling incident occurred on ...
Article : 142 wordsAs a result of the night-attack against Wavre and St. Catherine Fort, the Germans have asked for an armistice to enable them to bury their dead. ...
Article : 32 wordsA British war correspondent, telegraphing from Calais on Wednesday, states that after a tour of the country to the north of the Alles' left wing he has come to ...
Article : 146 wordsMr. Victor Lassen, an American metal manufacturer, commissioned to buy material on behalf of the Russian Government, states on official authority that the ...
Article : 97 wordsAn attack by German Guards, which aimed at cutting the railway between Reims and Verdun, encountered French batteries near Sousain, and a regiment of ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Germans have not yet attempted to cross the Nethe. Flags have been hoisted on the town-hall in Antwerp, on the church towers, and on other historic buildings, to ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Russians have captured two forts at Przemsyl, from which they have been able to silence several batteries. It is reported that the Germans are ...
Article : 52 wordsThe British steamer Dawdon, 1310 tons, from Hull to Antwerp, has been sunk by a mine. Eight men have been brought to Ostend, and nine others are missing. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe "Algemeen Handelsblad," a newspaper published in Amsterdam, states that two German attacks upon Antwerp have been repulsed. The enemies' losses, the ...
Article : 33 wordsThe transports with the Indian troops on board arrived safely, and the work of disembarkation was completed without trouble. ...
Article : 157 wordsAn official communique states that a violent battle continues on the Allies' left, especially about Roye, where the Germans have concentrated largely, and the action ...
Article : 78 wordsAt Chalons on Monday the latest reports indicated that the German retirements were on strong lines, where there were six feet trenches protected by ...
Article : 151 wordsCossack outposts are far afield in Hungary. Nearly 1000 guns were in action during the fight for the Uzsok Pass. The ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Dutch and Belgian Governments have arranged for 20,000 families to leave Antwerp for Rotterdam. Every variety of steamer is being ...
Article : 56 wordsThe "Daily News," in a message from the front attributes the recent [?]ull in the forocity of the struggle proceeding along the Aisue to the grent changes which have ...
Article : 125 wordsThe "Temps" publishes the first connected account of the battle of [?]e Marne on September 5. The Crown Prince was advancing on ...
Article : 334 wordsA Taube aeroplane, armed with a machine-gun, chased a Belgian biplane over the centre of the city. The Belgian was armed only with an ...
Article : 58 wordsAfter-occupying the principal cities of Bukovina, the most easterly province of Austria-Hungary, the Russians have begum their advance. ...
Article : 57 wordsAn official communique states that a violent action continues on the left, especially in the Roye region, where the Germans have been further reinforced from ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Oct 1914, Page 7
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