The news that Japan has delivered in ultimatum to Germany has been confirmed. Accordingly, Japan advises Germany ...
Article : 299 wordsA special meeting called by the committee of the Patriotic Fund was held at the Shire Hall on Tuesday evening to arrange for a ...
Article : 502 wordsNearly all the people of the town, as well as a good many country residents, turned out on Tuesday morning to bid farewell to the volunteers ...
Article : 990 wordsThe Servian legation at Athens has received a telegram from M. Pasies, the Prime Minister, stating that the Austrian army has been completely ...
Article : 68 wordsThe British Ambassador and the Minister of the Interior received Sir John French at the Gar du Nord on their arrival in Paris. Naval recruits ...
Article : 74 wordsIt is estimated that on 1st August Germany owned 635 merchant steamers, aggregating 3,000,000 tons, valued at £200,000,000. Of these, 200 have ...
Article : 39 wordsGeneral Sir James Grierson died from heart failure in London on Sunday. He had been named for a high command. ...
Article : 24 wordsGeneral Haig will command the first corps of the British force, and General Pulteney the third, while General Murray is the chief of staff. ...
Article : 27 wordsAfter the flight of the enemy at Dinant, the French cavalry organised a big battue and swept the front of the allied army bare of German cavalry, ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Government Press Bureau reports that the Franco-British fleet in the Mediterranean has swept the Adriatic Sea clear of Austrians as far ...
Article : 42 wordsBefore the British expeditionary force left for the continent His Majesty the King sent them a message which read:— ...
Article : 132 wordsAn official message announces the arrival in Paris of the first flag captured from the Germans. The last occasion on which the ...
Article : 62 wordsAt Berne (Switzerland) news has been received that the Germans burned the town of Barzweiler, in Alsace, and blew up the local factories, ...
Article : 46 wordsDetails of an extraordinary incident are to hand. Two Belgian aviators, who were reconnoitring, were, owing to engine defects forced to ...
Article : 67 wordsResponding to the ultimatum from France, the Dutch Government has taken effective steps to maintain the neutrality of Holland, and to ...
Article : 103 wordsAs the British troops marched through Boulogne they sang "The Marseillaise," and "It's a long way to Tipperary." ...
Article : 25 wordsReports state that a Uhlan patrol raided the small Belgian village of Hectel and demanded money. They shot at the villagers and fired some ...
Article : 47 wordsBrussels reports that a German aviator flew over Louvaine and dropped bombs in the streets. Louvaine is a considerable Belgian ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Press Bureau (official) reports that the advance of the French armies in Alsace is now becoming more definite. The enemy is retiring in ...
Article : 69 wordsThe mobilisation work was so rapidly conducted in France, that, according to a telegram from Paris, 1,250,000 troops were in the field, and ...
Article : 43 wordsAn official report gives further details of the fighting at Dinant. The French wing was outnumbered fourfold, and the column was badly cut ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Government Press Bureau reports that a visit to the scene of the fighting in Upper Alsace demonstrates the terribly destructive nature of the ...
Article : 51 wordsThere was a large attendance of ladies at McCombe's Hall on Tuesday afternoon, when a meeting was held to take steps to provide comforts for the ...
Article : 316 wordsA cable, which is stated to be reliable, though not official, has been received, stating that an Austrian torpedo boat was mined and sunk off ...
Article : 33 wordsSt Petersburg telegrams report that the Russians have brought down a German aeroplane at Salmo, on the Finnish coast. Three aviators who ...
Article : 37 wordsOne of the chief German spies in Brussels, known as Wueffling, has been arrested. He was captured by the police at the moment he was ...
Article : 52 wordsA well known farmer of the Strathbogle district, Henry Einsporn, was shot dead on Tuesday morning by his son Edgar, 22. Some weeks ago the ...
Article : 280 wordsThe British army of 100,000 regular troops landed in France on Thursday last. The despatch of the expeditionary force was carried out with ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Prince of Wales fund has now reached £1,250,000. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Belgian fort at Emberg, on the Ourthe, shelled three large motor cars which, laden with German officers, were reconnoitering the banks of the ...
Article : 60 wordsTwo Germans were arrested in London with a number of carrier pigeons in their possession. Numbers of Germans and Austrians have been ...
Article : 50 wordsGermany, France, Britain, and Austria have declined mediation by America. ...
Article : 14 wordsBerne notifies that Switzerland is feeling the pinch of war. The tourist and other trades are at a standstill, and everyone available is on the ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Donohue, the celebrated war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," sends a detailed account of an exciting outpost affair, which ...
Article : 118 wordsWounded Germans from Mulhausen state that the enemy mistook the uniforms of the Algerian sharpshooters (Turcos) for those of friends, and ...
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Advertising : 506 wordsThe King telegraphed a farewell message, which was read to each regiment before they embarked, and every one of the 100,000 men was ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily News" wiring on July July 8 said:—Professor Carl Ballod, writing in the ...
Article : 120 wordsA St. Petersburg telegram states that no less than 11 members of the Royal Family are at the front. ...
Article : 24 wordsSeventeen Hussars were captured, and the Germans stated that they were glad to surrender, as they were all hungry. They reported a general ...
Article : 78 wordsDetails of the feat of the Cossack Armtchkoff reported recently show that with four other Cossacks he charged a squad of 22 German ...
Article : 52 wordsThe majority of the people in Calais were unaware that the troops were coming, and they did not expect Sir John French. The Governor and the ...
Article : 110 wordsIt is confirmed that King Albert of Belgium rejected Germany's fresh request for an uninterrupted passage of the army through his kingdom. ...
Article : 96 wordsA message from Amsterdam states that on Saturday the Germans destroyed the rest of Vise. They sent all the males in the town to Aix la ...
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Advertising : 67 wordsThe Copenhagen (Denmark) correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that export of live stock to Germany is so great that the lines ...
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Advertising : 34 wordsThe arrival of the British troops created a great impression on the people, though there was no noisy demonstration, the French remembering ...
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Warracknabeal Herald (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Fri 21 Aug 1914, Page 3
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