Germany has occupied Belgium with much ceremony and is now advancing on Ostend and Antwerp. Heavy fighting has been taking place between the Germans and French in Alsace Lorraine. The Germans have been beaten back ...
Article : 273 wordsIt is officially announced that the French army has made a general advance along the whole of its front. Engagements with the German troops ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Austrians are retreating from the banks of the River Drina, Bosnia, and have abandoned a quantity of rich booty. Forty guns, chiefly howitzers, with their ...
Article : 175 wordsJapan has notified the United States again that her actions against Germany are not dictated by any desire for aggression the Pacific Ocean, and that Japan ...
Article : 261 wordsThe German Army Corps, headed by the Death's Head Hussars, made the entry into Brussels. The horses were very exhausted, and ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Czar's forces now invading Prussia comprise 20 army corps under the Grand Duke Nicholas. The Russians are advancing on Lotzen, ...
Article : 132 wordsEarlier details regarding the German advance on Brussels show that when the order for the retreat was issued the Belgians blew up many houses in Louvain ...
Article : 180 wordsThe Servians routed 110,000 Austrians. They pierced the Austrian centre, using Napoleon's favourite tactics. The Austrians fought in the bend of ...
Article : 66 wordsAn official communique states that thought the Allies treated the German prisoners with the utmost consideration it has been proved that the Germans ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Lord Mayor's patriotic fund to-day increased to £65,433. Senator Millen, the Minister for Defence, to-night, referring to rumours ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Japanese charge d'affaires in Berlin has been instructed to leave at four o'clock this morning if Germany has not replied to Japan's ultimatum. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Germans have occupied Ghent, and Namur has been partially invested. Heavy artillery fire was opened on the city by the Germans to-day. ...
Article : 191 wordsWhen the Uhlans entered Brussels they seized all motor cars and conveyances, and With light guns an army corps left the city for the west, and occupied Ghent ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Prince of Wales Fund now amounted to £1,450,000. There have been several meetings between the Irish loaders and Mr. Asquith, ...
Article : 480 wordsThe battle preceding the occupation of Brussels began at daybreak on Tuesday, near Geetbetz. The Germans opened the attack with ...
Article : 325 wordsThe French Government has appealed to the Powers, stating that the Germans without warning bombarded pont-a-Mousson, in Meuse, which was ...
Article : 74 wordsNews received from Rio Janeiro, reports that the German crusier Dresden robbed the British steamer Hyndes of coal and food supplies, and then sunk ...
Article : 65 wordsA telegram from the frontier asserts that a severe blow was dealt the German advance between Lempoldshoehe and Huningen, in Alsace-Lorraine. ...
Article : 61 wordsA small German steamer, named. The Signal, from Ocean Island, with a cargo of guano, arrived at Brisbane to-day. She was at once seized by the authorities and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Germany has imposed upon Brussels a war contribution of £8,000,000. The Treasury at Brussels states that by ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is officially announced that during the fight in the Adriatic the second shall fired by the French struck the magazine of the Australian battleship Zimyis. ...
Article : 40 wordsA monster parade was held to-day at the Hotel des invaildes, of the 18,000 foreign volunteers who have enrolled in the service of France. The sight was most ...
Article : 147 wordsAn election manifesto is being issued by the Federal Labour party, in which special reference is made to the attitude of the party as regards the war. ...
Article : 131 wordsAn official statement was made yesterday regarding the fighting at Molhausen. The French General ordered a retreat, and, General Joffre, the French ...
Article : 139 wordsAt the beginning of the war the "Austrian Ambassador, in Rome visited the late Pope, and asked him to end his blessing to the Austrian troops, who were ...
Article : 64 words"The Times" estimates that from 35,000 to 40,000 Germans passed through Brussels. They must have 150,000 behind them. The Germans use quickfirers on ...
Article : 186 wordsThe Rotterdam correspondent of the London "Daily News" says that the position of the civilians at Liege is critical. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Trade and Customs Department has submitted, through, the presidents of the Chambers of Commerce, alternative proposals to the consignees of goods in the ...
Article : 136 wordsThe members of A., B., C. and D. Companies of the 14th infantry have been notified to mobiles in connection with the Newcastle defence. Each member of the ...
Article : 96 wordsThe various funds inaugurated in Sydney in connection with the war now total £55,765 7s 1d. The Patriotic Fund has reached £33,325 17s 5d, Chamber of ...
Article : 837 wordsGreat numbers of cattle have been [?]riven in from the country and herded in the parks. Other extensive preparations have been made in case of the ...
Article : 104 words"Le Petit Parisien" states that General Joseph Garibaldi and two other grandsons of Garibaldi have arrived from Mexico, and offer to form a volunteer legion. ...
Article : 47 wordsA French airman at a place unnamed encountered a division of German cavalry. He dropped several bombs right in the ranks of the division, and did great ...
Article : 134 wordsAt a meeting of the employees of various branches of the railway service, held yesterday morning at Newcastle, it was decided that voluntary subscriptions ...
Article : 155 wordsMessrs. W. Neve, N. Morriss, H. Miller, and E. Sparke, who have joined the expeditionary forces, were farewelled at the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday ...
Article : 1,259 wordsAfter informing the burgomaster that he would be made responsible in the event of acts on the parts of the populace, the Germans made a triumphant entry into ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Canadian Parliament has passed a vote of £1,000,000 for war preparations in the Dominion. The Bank of Montreal is giving £20,000 ...
Article : 124 wordsA secret circular was sent to the prefects throughout Italy regarding the attitude of their respective districts. All replied: "The people are opposed ...
Article : 43 wordsCr[?]tes point out that the Belgians at [?]werp are admirably placed, to fall men the German columns now pushing westward if they suffer a check at the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 wordsTroops from every province in Canada ore now concentrating on the Valcartier Camp, in Quebec. Over 20,000 men will remain there a week, and they will then ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Germans at Mulhausen, knowing, that the French were sparing the Alsatiane as much as possible, concealed themselves in houses protected by the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent says that important conversations are proceeding between the British, French, Italian, and Dutch ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Sedate has passed a bill creating a Bureau of War Risk Insurances, and appropriating a sum of £1,000,000 to cover any losses. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Mon 24 Aug 1914, Page 5
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