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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Article : 91 wordsFour 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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Article : 56 wordsThe 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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Article : 155 wordsThe 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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Article : 188 wordsTurkish Bedouins have crossed the eastern frontier of the Sinal Peninsula. ...
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Article : 95 wordsFrom 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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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 23 Nov 1914, Page 9
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