The Germans bombarded Malines at midnight on Thursday. Most of the public monuments were hit. When the firing ceased the authorities order ...
Article : 100 wordsThe "Vossichc Zeitung" says that Louvain was destroyed because the whole population fired on the Germans. Women on roofs poured ...
Article : 52 wordsThe third German army is forcing a passage between the Meuse and the Sambre. The chief natural obstacles are forests. The largest army is ...
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Advertising : 209 wordsA naval engagement has taken place in the North Sea. British cruisers, supported by destroyers, opened an attack on ...
Article : 166 wordsAfter setting fire to Louvain, the Germans handcuffed 72 residents, and marched them to Campenhout, where they were compelled to witness the ...
Article : 35 wordsLieutenant Deane, one of the prisoners from the Galician, when interviewed, said that the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sighted the British cruiser ...
Article : 309 wordsThe German military governor commanding Brussels, has arrested M. Solway, the Belgian Carnegie and is imposing a "tax" of £1,200,000 on ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is officially reported that Koenigsberg is completely invested. A battle is proceeding between Lemberg and the Vistula, with a front of 300 ...
Article : 64 wordsDuring the fight an English aviator, emerging from a cloud, found a German aviator just below. Swooping within revolver shot, he emptied ...
Article : 71 wordsThe British naval victory at Heligoland was even more splendid than was officially reported. The survivors in their narratives generally agree ...
Article : 127 wordsAn official press bureau message says the Germans received a check and have withdrawn from Roison near Mons, after burning the whole ...
Article : 134 wordsAt the Wagga police court last Tuesday, a first offender was lined 5/ or the rising of the court for drunkenness, and a similar case was dealt ...
Article : 137 wordsEye witnesses liken the last stand of the British gunners to Rorke's Drift. Seven hundred British took up a poison on high ground near ...
Article : 163 wordsA general battle is in progress in the southern districts of Lublin and Kholm. A magnificent Russian bayonet charge practically annihilated ...
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Family Notices : 53 wordsOne hundred and sixty trains, traveling north, withdrew from the Meuse one army corps with full equipment, to meet the Russian advance in ...
Article : 56 wordsFurther particulars show that the fight took place in the Heligoland Bright. In addition to the German ships ...
Article : 76 wordsA result of the visit of the Minister for Agriculture to the Show on Wednesday, is the assurance given by Mt. Ashford to the M. P. and A. A. ...
Article : 227 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says that the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sank the Kaipara, the Tubalcain, and the Nyanza. The crews were landed at ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Admiralty reports that the British had two officers and 27 man killed, 19 men severely wounded, and one officer and 18 men slightly ...
Article : 31 wordsSpeaking at the Requiem Office at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in connection with the death of Pope Pies X., Archbishop Kelly said the Pontiff ...
Article : 314 wordsA French soldier from Amiens, speaking of the gallantry of the British cavalry, states that the latter galloped right through the German lines, ...
Article : 59 wordsDuring the Servian advance on Shabatz, the Austrians attempted a sortie, but were dispersed, after sanguinary bayonet encounters. The ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Highflyer is a second-class cruiser of 5,600 tons, mounting 11 bit guns, and developing a speed of 20 knots. She was launched in 1898. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe British cruiser Hampshire has captured some German vessels. ...
Article : 14 wordsRefugees state that a battle is raging at Hirson, and the Germans were thrown back on Chimay. ...
Article : 24 wordsTwo hundred prisoners, taken in the Heligoland Bight engagement, have arrived at Sheerness. ...
Article : 17 wordsA steamer arriving at Brindisi stated that they saw a British destroyer sink an Austrian destroyer. An insurrectionary movement is ...
Article : 36 wordsThe German army which occupied Louvain, set fire to the town which is now a heap of ashes. A portion of the men were made ...
Article : 59 wordsMany wounded who have reached England declare that in the hottest lighting/around Mons, for every Britisher that fell 20 Germans went down. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe British officers concerned in the North Sea battle were Rear-Admiral Beatty. M.V.O., Rear-Admiral Moore, Rear-Admiral Christian, and ...
Article : 27 wordsLord Roberts, addressing a new battalion of Fusiliers 1300 strong, of city men, raised during the week, said "You are the pick of the nation. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe French Government are making arrangements to meet all possible contingencies and preparations for the defence of Paris are being pushed ...
Article : 77 wordsFurther details of the North Sea fight state that it ended in a brilliant victory for the British. The cruiser Liverpool is returning to London ...
Article : 72 wordsLast week's "Government Gazette" contains notification of the granting of a fresh special lease, as recommended by the Local Land Board ...
Article : 190 wordsA wireless message states that the German main army in the Cambrai district, advanced for nine days, gaining a continuous victory. ...
Article : 113 wordsSeven hundred British, with two guns, took up a position behind Cambrai on Wednesday morning. The guns at first had splendid range, and did ...
Article : 226 wordsThe destruction of Louvain is fully confirmed. 'Refugees state that the Germans were chagrined owing to their defeat on Tuesday. When it ...
Article : 79 wordsNineteen prisoners from the German cruiser Mainz have been landed at Leith. They include eight officers, among whom is the son of Grand ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Russians are within a few miles of Lemberg. According to official despatches received here, French troops found ...
Article : 35 wordsPrince Albert, King George's second son, who is with the North Sea fleet, has been landed in England, suffering from appendicitis. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe suggestion by Mr. Stellway that steps should be taken to give some sort of training in military matters to the citizens who have passed the age ...
Article : 400 wordsIt is officially announced that Longwy, on the Belgian frontier, surrendered after 24 days' bombardment by the Germans. Haff the garrison ...
Article : 35 wordsAccording to Germany's semi-official statement, several small British cruiser and nearly 40 torpedoers appeared in the Bay of North ...
Article : 163 wordsA local passenger steamer has been destroyed by a mine at Otchakoff. The bulk of the passengers on board were rescued, but 54 passengers were ...
Article : 33 wordsThe safeguarding of the communications has hitherto been left alone, as the men urgently required at the front. The Kaiser has ordered ...
Article : 83 wordsThe press bureau describes the destruction of Louvain as an unpardonable act of barbarity and vandalism. It can only be supposed that in a ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Danish press states that 16 priests are being held as hostages by the German fleet, being threatened with immediate execution if a single ...
Article : 38 wordsPrince Christoff, a Colonel of horse artillery, has been decorated for ordering his men to unhitch from their guns and gallop after the German ...
Article : 59 wordsPrincess Patricia's Light Infantry Regiment, composed exclusively of Canadian veterans of the South African war, and raised through the ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. Massy Gree[?]e addresses the electors on The Rock Hall to night. A committee meeting of the Lord Mayor Patriotic Fund will be held ...
Article : 2 wordsExperts oping that now that the reserves have joined the seven army corps in the Cambrai district, with cavalry, will not total 430,000. If ...
Article : 70 wordsIt is reported that the King of Roumania is abdicating owing to ill-health. If [?] Roumania will probably join the Allies, in the hope of ...
Article : 49 wordsThe leading Italian newspapers say that even the fall of Paris would be only an episode since the Russian advance and especially the British ...
Article : 40 wordsDr. Weedon has returned from Sydney, his services in the Army Medical corps not at present being required by the military authorities. He has ...
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Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Mon 31 Aug 1914, Page 2
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