Company commanders are rapidly improving the efficiency of the first A.I. Expeditionary Force. The training is almost continuous, and is designed to accustom the men to ...
Article : 412 wordsFour persons were killed and 20 wounded by the bombs which were dropped in Paris by a German aeronaut on Sunday. The airman dropped a flag bearing the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a Warsaw newspaper contains the text of the German Emperor's latest proclamation, addressed ...
Article : 100 wordsIt is stated that the Germans have fined Antwerp £20,000,000. The fall of Antwerp has released 200,000 German troops to reinforce ...
Article : 76 wordsIt is officially announced in Berlin that the fall of Antwerp has released 200,000 German troops, who will be transported forthwith to France with siege artillery. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe bombardment of Antwerp has alienated Dutch sympathy from Germany. Many people consider that Antwerp was far beyond the limit of Dr. Von ...
Article : 116 wordsHuge stores of cement were found in German houses near Alalinos. They must have been there a long time in order to be available for foundations for German siege ...
Article : 39 wordsGood nowa continues to arrive from the North of France. The Allies are pushing their left wins up steadily and inexorably, despite the most strenuous efforts on the part ...
Article : 280 wordsThe newspapers pay a tribute to the latest act of Belgian heroism and selfsacrifice. They point out that only small value can be fixed on fortifications in the ...
Article : 80 wordsOstend telegrams give details of the fighting in and about Antwerp. In one instance there were four officers in Fort Saint Marie when it was decided to ...
Article : 158 wordsOfficial: The following, which has been communicated from headquarters, continues and supplements the narrative of the movements of the British force and ...
Article : 524 wordsA correspondent seeking refuge from the shells in the cellar of an Antwerp hotel encountered two Australian journalists, Miss Louise Mack, representative of the ...
Article : 41 wordsBesides the shortage of food in Brussels, the Belgian Minister announces that there is a famine in Liege, Namur, Luxembourg, and Hainault. ...
Article : 56 wordsAt Arras the Germans were well supplied with artillery. The struggle was particularly violent on Tuesday and Wednesday; but brought no success. The only ...
Article : 80 wordsGermany is not warring at present only with sabre and rifle, nor are her operations confined to ground on which the Allies can meet her squarely face to face. She is also ...
Article : 206 wordsAt a meeting of the University Senate yesterday it was decided to hold a special final examination in medicine, commencing on November 30, for the benefit of fifth year ...
Article : 44 wordsMessages from Antwerp despatched prior to the capture of the city record the demonstrations following upon the arrival of the British troops. ...
Article : 247 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" has opened a shilling fund for a Christmas gift to King Albert for the Belgians. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent, telegraphing on Saturday, states that during the week the Allies fought four battles. ...
Article : 241 wordsIt is understood that Colonel F. G. Hughes, of Victoria, will command the Third Australian Expeditionary Force. ...
Article : 21 wordsFrom all points of view, of course, it is to be regretted that those 2000 men of the British Naval Brigade were cut off during the retreat from Antwerp, and, eventually finding ...
Article : 177 wordsA communique states: German cavalry which seized passages on the Lye, east of Aire, were expelled on Saturday, and retired into the Armuntieres district. ...
Article : 111 wordsAuthority was received on Saturday to increase the Western Australian Light Horse contingent from a squadron of 148 to a full regiment of 526. Many volunteers who could ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Antwerp garrison blew up the forts at Schooten, Brasschest, Merven, and Cappellen. ...
Article : 22 wordsTwo cablegrams published yesterday have a definite bearing on this matter. We were told that a German general has arrived at Damascus, and has assumed the command of ...
Article : 242 wordsThree thousand Belgian troops who crossed the Dutch frontier have been interned. The Germans attacked the rearguard of ...
Article : 71 wordsAs a result of a mass meeting on Friday of the railway porters employed at Darling Harbour, a deputation, consisting of Messrs Claude Thompson (general secretary of the ...
Article : 163 wordsInformation has been received of the following, civil appointments of members of the New Zealand force at Samoa:—Captain Bell, in charge of the Central Office, Native Office, and ...
Article : 80 wordsA communique issued at midnight on Sunday stites: There is nothing fresh to report, except that a flag has been captured near Lassigny. ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is stated that the Germans have fined Antwerp £20,000,000. ...
Article : 18 wordsGeneral von Baeseler, who directed the attack, has been decorated by the Emperor. General Baeseler's proclamation warns ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Belgians manned the trenches at Antwerp for 72 hours. Their headquarters was established on a high tower, which was connected by ...
Article : 133 wordsTwo German aeroplanes dropped 20 bombs in Paris. Three people were killed, and 14 wounded. A bomb fell on the roof of Notre ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that there was a desperate battle on Friday north of Arras. It was a brilliant success, and the Germans were ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Ministerial view of the financial polition of the Dominion is reassuring. It is considered that enough money will be available in the Public Works Fund to carry on ...
Article : 87 wordsIn regard to what Germany expects from bringing Turkey into the war, we have morely to refer to Dr. Paul Rohrbach, one of the most authoritative exponents of German ...
Article : 245 wordsOfficial reports from Vienna claim that the Austrians repulsed the Russians at Przemysl, defeated five divisions near Lancut, 12 miles east of Rzeszow, and repulsed ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Necessary Commodities Control Commission will to-day further consider the terms of a import to be made to the Governor regarding the price of wheat, bread, flour, gas, and ...
Article : 196 wordsThe official Press Bureau states that a communication from the French headquarters mentions a lull in the operations on our immediate front, pending a ...
Article : 145 wordsThe German Emperor has conferred the Iron Cross on his son, Prince August Wilhelm, who was among the first to penetrate the Antwerp fortifications. ...
Article : 31 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s island steamer Induna, which was captured by the Germans at Jaluit, in the Marshall Group, and was afterwards' liberated by Japanese warships, has ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Belgian army, the British force from Antwerp, and the King of the Belgians at rived safely at Ostend. With a view to reaching Ostend by ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Russian advance regarding Transylvania has aroused intense discussion in Roumania. ...
Article : 20 wordsCommander Spencer Grey and Lieutenants Sippe and Marix, naval aeronauts, left Antwerp on the Thursday afternoon following the commencement of the ...
Article : 214 wordsBritish correspondents from Antwerp who have reached Finshing and Amsterdam narrate tha[?] Antwerp was on fire in eight places on Wednesday night. ...
Article : 500 wordsThe Montenegrins, on the 7th inst., secured their biggest success during the war. Twenty thousand Austrlans attempted ...
Article : 78 wordsA special gazette, issued to-day by the Prime Minister's Department, contains a copy of a proclamation by his Majesty the King in Council, on October 9, 1914. It prohibits any ...
Article : 241 wordsThen this perfectly frank German gentleman tells what the loss of Egypt would mean to us:—"It would mean for England not only the end of her dominion ever the Suez ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Exchange correspondent at the Hague states that the Germans are swiftly moving towards Ostend, hoping to capture King Albert aud the Belgian Government. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe financial affairs of the State yesterday engaged the earnest attention of the Cabinet. The Premier subsequently announced that he would not be able to deliver the financial ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Paris correspondent of neuter's Agency states that the Provincial French newspapers give details of the action about Roye and Lassigny. ...
Article : 428 wordsPanic among the population commenced during the bombardment of Antwerp on Wednesday night. Fifteen thousand failed to secure passages on the Ostend steamers. ...
Article : 361 wordsThe Anglo-French Fleet sank, two Austrian torpedo boats in the Adriatic. A mine sank an Austrian destroyer. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere is disappointment in the cabled news that the German sharpshooters have no difficulty in picking out the French and British officers from among the private soldiers. In ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 13 Oct 1914, Page 9
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