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  2. LATE WAR NEWS

    Large reinforcements are collecting for an attack via Dixmude, where small German forces are entrenched in the northern section of the ruins, though ...

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  3. TRADE AND COMMERCE.

    Considerable insurance is taking place at Lloyd's against the closing of the Suez Canal. ...

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  4. ALLIES' POSITION.

    The "Times" correspondent in northern France states that the Allies' position was never more secure than it is to-day. It has been found possible to grant holi ...

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  5. BELGIUM

    There is little fresh news from Belgium, where had weather is hampering operations. The superiority of the Allies' ...

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  6. THE KARLSRUHE.

    British warships have captured the Norwegian steamer Thor and the American steamer Lorenzo in West Indian waters. The vessels were bringing supplies to ...

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  7. KHEDIVE AND TURKEY.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung" publishes an alleged interview with the Khedive, who is reported to have said:—"My holiest duties compel me to remain in ...

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  8. WAR FUNDS.

    The House of Commons has agreed to the supplementary vote of £275,000,000, and also to the raising of 1,000,000 additional troops. ...

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  9. CROSSBRED WOOLS.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says it is a moot point whether the War Office would not best serve the national interests by releasing a dozen transport cargo vessels, ...

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  10. GERMAN CAVALRY.

    During the last effort made by the German troops to pierce the Russian line northwards of Kutno a cavalry division came under a cross fire from a body of ...

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  11. GERMAN BIG GUNS.

    Four pieces of artillery of heavy calibre and two mortars, which were recently captured by the Allies, were taken from emplacements prepared for them before the ...

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  12. BRITISH-OWNED RAILWAY.

    The Turkish Government has confiscated the Smyrna-Aidin railway. The railway runs from Smyrna to Aidin, Kuyujak, and Seraikeny to Diner and ...

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  13. BRITAIN'S NEW ARMY.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Under-Secretary for War (Mr. Tennant) informed Mr. John Ward, Labour member for Stoke-on-Trent, that the official view was ...

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  14. CONTRABAND.

    British warships have brought to Glasgow two Norwegian steamers carrying 4000 tons of American copper ore for Gothenburg underneath a quantity of ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

    The British Government has declined to agree to any modification of the embargo placed upon the sale of Australian wool to American manufacturers. ...

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  16. TENNESSEE INCIDENT.

    Senator Lodge, in an address at the Bepublican Club, criticised the action of the Administration regarding the cruiser Ten nessee incident, and pointed out how the ...

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  17. CANADA'S RESPONSE.

    Mr. R. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, in an official memorandum, says the Government has decided to increase Canada's force under arms by 50,000 men. ...

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  18. GERMAN CRUISERS.

    The Copenhagen correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the cruiser Berlin is bound from Wilhelmshaven for [?]celand, and thence will so south to attack ...

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  19. BAVARIAN DISCONTENT.

    Dutch newspapers affirm that the discontent existing among Bavarian officers in the German army is increasing. They complain that they are being ...

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  20. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT.

    While the Prussian Guard was entrenching near Gostynin, in Poland, fourteen hundred Russians charged into their midst. The masse[?] of men were so dense ...

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  21. MERCHANT STEAMER SUNK.

    The Turks sank the Hamburg-Amerikan steamer Ekbatana at Shat-el-Arab on the Persian Gulf, to prevent the British naval operations. ...

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  22. AMERICAN SECURITIES.

    Sir George Paish, who went to the United States in connection with the financial crisis there, has been suddenly recalled to England, presumably to confer on the ...

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  23. CAPTAIN'S EXPLANATION.

    Captain Decker, of the Tennessee, reports that the firing on the United States warships by the Turks in Asia Minor was not a hostile act, but was merely ...

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  24. RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

    It is officially stated that the AustroGerman troops on the line from Czenstochowa to Cracow took up a violent offensive, with the intention of helping the ...

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  25. THE WEST KENTS.

    Thrilling narratives are to hand of the bravery of the West Kents, who covered the retreat of the Fifth Davision after the battle at Mons and figured prominently in ...

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  26. GERMAN RESERVISTS.

    A French battleship has captured a steamer with 150 German reservists aboard in the Mediterranean. ...

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  27. BRITISH ATTITUDE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), Mr. Balfour, and Lord Rosebery have signed an appeal in support of the Central Committee for national patriotic organisations. ...

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  28. COAL STEAMER.

    The steamer Sacramento has arrived at Valparaiso. She reports she was seized by a German warship and taken to Juan Fernandez Island, where she was obliged ...

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  29. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is officially stated that Commandants Koen, Davel, and Naude, and three hundred men, attacked 1500 rebels at Zoornberg, in the Senekal district. ...

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  30. TEA EXPORT RESTRICTED.

    The Government has prohibited the export of tea to the Continent, except to the Allies and to Spain and Portugal. ...

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  31. THE BALKANS.

    All reports from the Balkans describe the situation as grave. This is especially the case in Bulgaria. It is stated that the whole of the States ...

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  32. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The Blue Funnel liner Anchises, which left Brisbane on September 19, has arrived at Falmouth. The steamer Nestor, of the same line, which left Brisbane on ...

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  33. GERMANS FORCED BACK.

    The Russians have been victorious to the southward of Czenstochowa. All the foremost German troops have been driven back, and compelled to act on the ...

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  34. UNREST IN BULGARIA.

    The defeat of the Servians at Valjev[?] has created a strong impression in Bulgaria, where popular feeling sides with the Entente. ...

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  35. HORRORS OF WAR.

    The Official Press Bureau has issued the Belgian Commission's third report. It says that in no other town has there been so many scenes of atrocity and ...

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  36. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states:—Yesterday was very quiet, except in the Wo[?]vre district, where five massed attacks occurred at Epargnes, within two hours. ...

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  37. THE GERMAN VIEW.

    A German communique states:—The fighting round Lodz and Czenstochowa, in Poland, is still undecisive. ...

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  38. DE WET'S SONS SURRENDER.

    Two of General De Wet's sons have surrendered. ...

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  39. BRITISH AEROPLANE.

    A later message concerning the attack upon the Zeppelin headquarters at Friedrichshafen states that a British aeroplane was shot down. ...

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  40. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    The House of Commons has passed the third reading of a bill to regularise the acts of certain members of the House of Commons, in accepting offices of profit ...

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  41. PACIFIC ISLANDS.

    Mr. Horl, formerly Japanese Consul here, has been appointed by the Japanese Government to visit the Marshall, Caroline, and other islands in the Pacific recently ...

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  42. IN THE AIR.

    An exciting air battle was witnessed on Wednesday. Two French and two British aeroplanes manoeuvred for ten minutes against four German flying machines. ...

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  43. ITALY.

    The "Tribuna" states that the Radical, Constitutional, and Democrat ReformSocialism parties agree that the time is ripe to collectively oppose the neutrality ...

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  44. GERMAN GENERALS.

    The "Russkoe Slowo," a newspaper published at Moscow, states that General von Bredow and von Bromel committed suicide at Czenstochowa, in Poland, after the ...

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  45. SOUTH AFRICAN ACTION.

    Commandant Naude, who with Commandants Koln and Davel, encountered a superior force of rebels, was rescued. The report that he was wounded is untrue. ...

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  46. TREATMENT OF ALIENS.

    Owing to the wretched position of Austro-Hungarians in England and elsewhere the treatment of alien enemies in Vienna is threatened to be made much ...

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  47. SERVIANS MASSACRED.

    Professor Reiss, of Lausanne University, has concluded an inquiry into the Austrian atrocities in Servia. He states that the Austrians massacred ...

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  48. SWEDEN AND DENMARK.

    All Danish and Swedi[?]n reservists in Canada have been ordered home. ...

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  49. BELGIUM.

    Germany has appointed nine military governors for Belgian provinces. ...

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  50. INDIGNANT POLES.

    The German Emperor offered to replace the golden crown stolen from a statue of [?]ne Virgin by German soldiers at Czensto[?]howa. ...

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  51. SNOW, IN BELGIUM.

    'A' communique on Friday stated:— The weather in the north is very had. Snow has fallen. Practically no infantry attacks have occurred since Thursday. ...

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  52. BRITISH MINE DEFENCES

    The Admiralty announce that owing to the extension of mine defences pilotage is compulsory for several ports, including the Humber, Tyne, Firth of Forth, Moray ...

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  53. "LOVE THINE ENEMY."

    The "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," published in Berlin, protests against German newspapers demanding the death of M. Delcasse's son and a number of other ...

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  54. GERMAN AIR FLEET.

    A telegram from Friedrichshafen states that two French aeroplanes dropped half a dozen bombs on the Zeppelin headquarters. No damage was done. ...

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  55. EAST PRUSSIA.

    The "Tribuna" states that 40,000 East Prussian fugitives have arrived at Insterburg, where the entire population is panicstricken and is preparing to fly. ...

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  56. AEROPLANE AND SUPMARINE.

    When one hours of German submarines p[?]owling round the English coast, as we have done on quite a number of occasions since the war began, one's mind cannot but revert ...

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  57. THE PACIFIC.

    The San Francisco press this morning publishes details of the rendezvous of the British, Australian, and Japanese war vessels off the coast of Lower California, with the ...

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  58. INDIAN TROOPS.

    The Indian troops for several days faced a terrific assault in the La Basse region, and their ranks were daily thinned by artillery and machine gun ...

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  59. WHY HE SURRENDERED.

    A curious incident, not without its amusing side, is reported from N—(states a "Central News" message). A small force of Germans were holding a farmhouse from which they ...

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  60. COLONIAL WAR LOANS.

    The Treasury has issued a minute showing that Canada requires a war loan of £12,000,000, Australia £18,000,000, New Zealand £5,250,000, and South Africa ...

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  61. BERLIN'S WAR FABLES.

    Berlin is still despatching budgets of war fables throughout the United States by means of the Sayville wireless station. The latest samples include alleged ...

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  62. TURKEY.

    A communique states: Russian ships are bombarding Chopa (a town on the Black Sen in Asia Minor). The ships destroyed the harbour, military barracks, and ...

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  63. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The arrival of the Prince of Wales at the front has caused the liveliest satisfaction in France. The newspapers publish eulogistic ...

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  64. THE DAMAGED GLASGOW.

    The Brazilian Government has allotted the cruiser Glasgow, which was damaged in the fight off Chili, seven days in which to effect necessary repairs. ...

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  65. ARMY CONTRACTS.

    Mr. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, in the House of Commons to-day, assured members who mentioned the fact that ugly rumours were in circulation in connection ...

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  66. THE GOEBEN'S GUNS.

    It is believed that the shells fired by the Russian Black Sea Fleet crippled the Goeben's eleven-inch guns. According to a Paris message, it is ...

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  67. ENEMY'S SUPPLIES.

    The Chilian authorities have ordered the capture of the German steamer Luxor, which is laden with coal and supplies. The vessel steamed out of Coronel, a ...

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  68. POLAND.

    The Germans have reached Piontek (a small town to the eastward of the River Bzura, and about 12 miles south-east of Kutno). ...

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  69. WAR NOTES.

    The Russians seem to have definitely checked the German advance towards Warsaw, between the Vistula and the Warta. By th[?]s time the Russian army in that region should ...

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  70. TERRIFIC FIRE.

    The fire of the British field guns has been so terrific that whole forests have been razed to the ground in different parts of Flanders. ...

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  71. FRUIT FOR NAVY.

    Lord Charles Beresford and other Admirals are supporting the Vegetable Products Committee's voluntary organisation for supplying the warships at the naval ...

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  72. THE LATEST STORY.

    The German official wireless exchange is circulating a story that 15,000 British soldiers were drowned in the canal between Bixschoote and Dixmude. ...

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  73. THE FRIEDRICHSHAFEN RAID.

    Friedrichshafen, which was the objective of the recent French, aeroplane raid, is the headquarters of Court Zeppelin, whom the Emperor five years ago described as "the ...

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  74. TURKISH BEDOUINS.

    Turkish Bedouins have crossed the eastern frontier of the Sinal Peninsula. ...

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  75. GOVERNMENT'S PROTEST.

    The German steamers Nemphis and Luxor have escaped from Chilian ports with provisions for the German Pacific fleet. ...

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  76. GERMAN NEWSPAPERS.

    The Government has decided to make it a criminal offence throughout Canada for any person to possess or circulate copies of German journals published in the United ...

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  77. INDIAN TROOPS.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that 4000 Indian troops have been landed at Kowait (in Asiatic Turkey, 80 miles south of Busra); 6000 at Bahrein (on the Persian ...

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  78. PRUSSIAN GUARD.

    The Prussian Guard has suffered so severely by British attacks that the corps has been withdrawn from the fighting line and has been sent to the rear to ...

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  79. RUSSIAN CAPTURES.

    It is officially announced that the Germans between the Vistula and the Warta (Poland) are unable to make any headway. ...

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  80. IN THE WEST

    From the western theatre no new developments of any note are reported, and the comparative lull in the fighting seems to suggest a calm before another German ...

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