A great patriotic demonstration was held in the Guild Hall last night. The meeting proved to be one of the most stirring in the history of the City. ...
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Article : 101 wordsSir Edward Grey, writing to a recruiting meeting held at Berwick, said: "England is engaged in a conflict with a militarism under which Western Europe will ...
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Article : 55 wordsMr. Will Irwin, an American author, with three United States war correspondents, witnessed the sack of Louvain. He states that the destruction of the town and the ...
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Article : 99 wordsThe underwriters demand that stronger efforts should be put forth to capture the few German cruisers now roving the seas. They are chiefly in the South Atlantic, and ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Germans have evacuated Termonde. After burning a number of villages and blowing up the bridge over the Northern Scheldt to prevent an offensive movement ...
Article : 68 wordsThe "Cologne Gazette" states that in the first 19 days of the German mobilisation long processions of trains carried 2,000,000 troops westward across five Rhine bridges. ...
Article : 35 wordsA high military official states that at the outset of the war Austria was the most serious enemy Russia had to contend with, because except for four army corps which ...
Article : 104 wordsThe War Office has issued a further casualty list, which shows that l8 officers have been killed, 78 wounded, and 86 are missing. Of other ranks, 52 have been ...
Article : 121 wordsA Paris communique states that the movements of the opposing armies outside Paris continue without the enemy making any attempt against the various ...
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Article : 26 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Matin" states that five German army corps withdrawn from Belgium and the north of France have arrived in East Prussia. ...
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Article : 148 wordsAfter consulting with leading traders and bankers Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer), in order to facilitate the removal of difficulties arising from the ...
Article : 317 wordsIt is officially announced that the Russians have captured Haliez, on the right bank of the Dniester, 48 miles south-west of Tarnapol. ...
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Article : 495 wordsA letter from a wounded Gordon Highlander describes the retreat from Mons as fighting by day and retiring by night until they came to Cambrai on ...
Article : 77 wordsIn regard to the recent Russian reverse it is stated that General Samsonoff, who who was killed during the action, did not heed warnings of danger, declaring: "My ...
Article : 121 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says that the Devons were magnificent in action. They fought with the real Devon spirit and tenacity. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe "Observer's" correspondent at Ostend, who has recently visited Mons, states that the Germans are behaving atroclousiv in that district. They are burning houses, ...
Article : 40 wordsAbout 40,000 Germans continued the movement to the north and north-west of Brussels, with the purpose of cutting the communications between Ostend and the ...
Article : 189 wordsFrance has addressed an additional protest to the Powers concerning the manner in which Germany continues to violate international law. ...
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Article : 171 wordsThe "Observer's" correspondent at Ostend reports that he passed through the German lines, and visited Mons. The Germans, he states, are fearing an ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Consuls-General for Central and South American countries met with, the object of forming a plan to establish credits with the United States to enable them ...
Article : 124 wordsThe index to to-day's paper appears on page 10. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 7 Sep 1914, Page 9
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