President Poincare, of France, has Issued a message in which he declares that France has been the object of brutal and premeditated aggression, ...
Article : 62 wordsTwenty German merchant vessels representing 40,000 tons of shipping, have been captured by British and French warships, or seized in British ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is stated that preparations have been conducted so skilfully that not one German in 100,000 knows the true history of the cause of the war. ...
Article : 33 wordsGermany's first act after the declaration of war was to execute Alexis Samain, president of an anti-German society. ...
Article : 37 words"The Times" confirms the reports that the French Toulon-Squadron had captured the German battleship Goeben, 23,000 tons, and the cruiser ...
Article : 101 wordsRussian forces have established contact with the Germans at Bialla, in North-East Prussia. The Germans retreated, burning villages. ...
Article : 57 wordsStreets adjoining the Atlantic shipping offices in the West end are packed with Americans frantically anxious to return. Fabulous prices are offered for ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the House of Commons there is an atmosphere of cheerfulness. Mr. Asquith was received yesterday with hearty cheers by all parties. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger," of Berlin, says:"When the German sword again slides into its scabbard everything we ...
Article : 60 wordsA German Fleet of nineteen vessels has been sighted near the east coast of the Baltic Sea, between Memel and Libau. ...
Article : 37 wordsNews of the war was received with a great outburst of patriotism in South Africa. ...
Article : 18 wordsA desperate naval battle between German and Russian fleets off Aland Island was reported on the night of August 3 from Stockholm. The ...
Article : 124 wordsFrench newspapers express pleasure at the speech made by Sir Edward Grey, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons on August 4. ...
Article : 49 wordsOne hundred and eighty-three London firms have decided that during the war all their employes on active service shall receive half-pay. ...
Article : 24 wordsRome advises that the German Mediterranean Squadron is in the neighborhood of Messina, and has been instructed to join the Austrian ...
Article : 31 wordsOfficers of the German cruiser Augsberg, 4280 tons, assert that they bombarded Libau. the Russian port in the Baltic, and set fire to the port, besides ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is announced by the Home Office that the Cabinet Food Supply Committee has received satisfactory assurances from thousands of retail shops ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is supposed in Paris that the German cruiser which bombarded Bona, on the Algerine coast, was captured by the British fleet guarding the straits. ...
Article : 45 wordsOfficial acceptance by the Imperial Government of the offer of the Commonwealth Government to provide a force of 20,000 men was announced ...
Article : 111 wordsThe bombardment of Belgrade has been resumed by the Austrians, and a rain of shells, shrapnel, and bullets is falling on the city. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that there was ample gold in Great Britain, but people who ...
Article : 83 wordsPanic prevails at Kiao-Chau, in the Shantung Promontory of China, which is leased by Germany. German shipping and German ...
Article : 49 wordsWhen the members of the Russian Embassy were departing from Berlin, an enormous crowd of the educated classes followed the cars, yelling abuse, ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Orient Company may suspend services till the end of August, hoping to resume in September. Mr Asquith has stated that action is ...
Article : 40 wordsThe following message from His Majesty the King has been received by Sir R. Munro Ferguson, GovernorGeneral, through the Secretary of ...
Article : 125 wordsMr M'Kenna, the Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons that 21 spies had been apprehended in various parts of Great Britain, ...
Article : 92 wordsHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is issuing a National Appeal for funds to relieve the distress among the poor caused by the war. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn a proclamation contained in a Commonwealth Government Gazette citizen forces are required to fulfil the precautionary measures laid down ...
Article : 187 wordsWar between Germany and Belgium is now in full operation. Severe fighting has taken place at Liege, 62 miles south by east of Brussels: at Vise, to ...
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Article : 8 wordsThe first fighting on the FrancoGerman frontier was when Germany, without a declaration of war, sent twenty thousand infantry across Cirey ...
Article : 248 wordsDivided into three columns, the Germans are advancing, their immediate objectives being Longwy, a small town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, 18 ...
Article : 62 wordsWatchers at the Forts at the Heads on August 5 saw a German steamer, afterwards found to be the N.D.L. liner Pfalz, coming at full speed from ...
Article : 149 wordsGermany has seized the balance belonging to Russia in the German banks. ...
Article : 16 wordsAn unconfirmed telegram from Paris states that Germany has sent an ultimatum to Italy, stating that unless she supports her allies (Germany and ...
Article : 35 wordsA despatch to the Central News says that the Germans have captured Vise, a Belgian town, with a population of 3000. ...
Article : 86 wordsBoth Houses of the Belgian Parliament are in session. King Albert, in a speech to members, appealed to Parliament to maintain ...
Article : 120 wordsIt is not anticipated that the mail services will be Interfered with, though, of course, military needs will be considered paramount by the Railway War ...
Article : 47 wordsGermans have entered Switzerland, violating the neutrality, and have crossed the French frontier near Saint Marcel. ...
Article : 20 wordsAdvices regarding the military operations on the Franco-Russian frontier state that the German forces have invaded Russian Poland at three ...
Article : 84 wordsRussian troops have established contact with the enemy along the greater part of the Russo-German frontier. The Germans are falling back, ...
Article : 37 wordsMr J. Cook, the Prime Minister, issued a notification on August 4 setting out that the transmission of telegrams and radio-telegrams through the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 493 wordsFifteen thousand troops are manning the fortifications at Copenhagen. ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 8 Aug 1914, Page 33
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