Details of the lighting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday show that a force of 200,000 Germans marched south, one-half proceeding towards Lille and the other ...
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Advertising : 554 wordsDetails regarding the recent fighting show that on taking a position, in the vicinity of Mons the British troops blew up churches and a railway station, which ...
Article : 234 wordsNo continuation has been received of the report that tho Zeppelin airship which dropped bombs into Antwerp hart boon captured. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states that the Germans, with Strassburg as their stronghold, have established themselves temporarily in strong force within a ...
Article : 90 wordsWounded French officers who have reached Bourges describe the duplicity of Germans resident in Loraine. When the French entered tho villages they ...
Article : 137 wordsOfficers from the front state that the shooting of the British infantry was wonderful. Evey time a German head showed from the trenches it was hit. The ...
Article : 117 wordsThe French Embassy in London, describing the battle mound Charleroi, says Hint the British Army behaved admirably when under fire. Thy resisted the enemy with ...
Article : 31 wordsWitnesses of the fighting state that the Germans wore held in check at nil points to Sunday afternoon, when tho cannonade censed, but it was renewed with ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is officially stated that German cavalry patrols have been seen in the Douai region. The Germans are unable to advance further owing to the fear of ...
Article : 41 wordsThe bomb throwing by a Zeppelin airship lasted for twenty minutes. The population was terribly alarmed. Hundreds of people ran into the streets in ...
Article : 71 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said that the British troops wove hard pressed, but they shook off the enemy. The British ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Belgian Minister of War (Chevalier de Broqueville) states that 3,00,000 Germans passed Brussels. Witnesses state that one of this force went in the ...
Article : 127 wordsMessages received from Ostend stale that the German advance on Lille, is expected to exert the most important influence on the battle. ...
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Advertising : 89 wordsLondon, has supplied particulars of a British cavalry success. The informant describes how a party of British Hussars suddenly met suddenly German Cuirasslers ...
Article : 70 wordsConsiderable mystery is surrounding [?] official news has been received of its fall. A German official announcement ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that after yesterday's counter attacks the French right wing fell back. The French repulsed several counter attacks at ...
Article : 30 wordsThe report that Namur is captured is denied. ...
Article : 12 wordsAfrican Zauves and Tirailleurs occupied the front line, and were at one time masters of the situation west of the Mouse. They broke the German line, ...
Article : 92 wordsEye witnesses of the fighting who have reached Ostend slate that the Germans who descended on Charleroi were preceded by swarms of scouts. The latter reached ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Press Bureau declares Hint owing to the considerable Voices which tho Germans had massed, the French Commander-in-Chief (General Joffre), decided to ...
Article : 70 wordsNo details have been received in London direct in explanation of the fall of Namur, but a message received from Paris, states that on Saturday afternoon the ...
Article : 124 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that the Germans attacked the French to the north of Nancy, and were repulsed with heavy losses. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe French War Office announces that the Germans seem to have resumed the offensive. Official communiques show that a mass ...
Article : 41 wordsNews of a heroic fight put up by a Belgian corps is contained in a message from Antwerp. Five hundred men of the First Battalion of the Thirty-fourth ...
Article : 198 wordsThe war in which the British Empire in now engaged is gradually coming homo to Australians in other senses than the support to be accorded Great Britain by ...
Article : 1,231 wordsThe Antwerp correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company reports that After a fierce fight at Malines, lasting for four hours, the Belgians repulsed ...
Article : 37 wordsDetails published in Paris show that three French armies are between Charleroi and Longwy, in addition to the British. ...
Article : 31 wordsA sharp skirmish occurred to-day between Belgian Gendarmes and fi body of German cavalry, ]50 strong, a few miles from Ostend. Five of the Gendarmes ...
Article : 38 wordsThe many friends whom Mr. John G. Holmes his made during his stay in Echnea will learn with regret that he has been called upon to proceed at once ...
Article : 107 wordsGerman artillery posted on the out skirte of Charleroi shelled the railway station and the most salient points of the lower town. The Germans then attempted ...
Article : 40 wordsThe shcoting of the British artillery was magnificent and accurate, and forced the Germans to beat a hasty retreat. ...
Article : 25 wordsPrince Aldebert, the Kaiser's uncle, was killed in the Turcos attack. ...
Article : 14 wordsHalf way between Namur and Charlerol a battery of Trench Runs shelled the Germans out of a wood. When the enemy came into the open a rifle fire was directed ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Belgians lost 40 killed and wounded in a raid by Uhlans on Ostend. The Germans suffered more severely. A German with a red cross badge ...
Article : 49 wordsThe physique and athletic qualities of the British troops produced an immense impression in Belgium, where the soldiers generally are small. ...
Article : 54 wordsOn Tuesday a deputation from the Echaca Waterworks Trust informed the Minister for Water Supply dint included in the cargo of the German steamer Pfalz, ...
Article : 147 wordsIt is officially stated in Paris that the third Army, from the region of Chimay, moved forward to attack the German right between the Sambre and the Meuse, ...
Article : 206 wordsThe French, Embassy state that two French Army Corps attacked the enemy and drew from them a murderous fire. The French however held their ground ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Germans have imposed a levy of eighteen millions sterling on the prevince of Brabant. ...
Article : 17 wordsGeneral French reports that he is not yet able to [?] details regarding casualties owing to the extended nature of the operations. ...
Article : 49 wordsAdvices from Ostend state that a realty of Belgians captured 25 German [?] who were on patrol duty 10 miles inland from Blankenberg. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe wheat market is very firm, but the demand is quiet, 46 being asked for Victorian cargoes which have arrived. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe general situation is excellent, despite the troops fatigue and losses. ...
Article : 14 wordsTelegrams from Antwerp state that a Zeppelin airship flew over the town on Monday night and dropped bombs. Several houses were destroyed, and also the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe War Office is requiring all avail- able forces on the Meuse. It has ordered the abandonment of occupied territory at Mulhausen, which has been evacuated. ...
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Echuca and Moama Advertiser and Farmers' Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 2
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