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  2. A FRENCH INFANTRY REGIMENT ON THE MARCH.

    A regimental band is here [?] preceding the troops as they march through a Paris street on their way to one of the military stations. The French military bands are all good, and they have a most inspiring effect upon the soldiers, who, after a long and weary march, brighten up most wonderfully in response to the strains of the dearly-loved "Marseil[?] or some other marching air. THe gaiety of the French soldier is a most useful quality. It enables him, as an English critic says, to bear short commons, weariness, rain, and wounds without repining: to sing as he tramps ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 146 words
  3. DESTRUCTION OF LOUVAIN.

    Newspapers here are publishing full details of the destruction of Louvain. A Dutch eye witness said that prior to the outrages, the inhabitants were ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. FALL OF LEMBERG.

    Particulars are coming to hand of the smashing defeat of the Austrians at Lemberg. The extreme right of the Austrians endeavoured to outflank the Podolia army. Meanwhile the main Austrian force was ...

    Article : 445 words
  5. OTHER MASSACRES.

    The agent for the Belgian State railways describes cold-blooded massacres at Aer[?] A boy, brooding over the country's ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. CROW'S NEST FARMER.

    At the beginning of the week one of our well-known farmers, Mr. Charles Castles, generously gave eight bags of potatoes the proceeds of which were ...

    Article : 245 words
  7. FLAGS AND BADGES.

    It was ma[?]isable for anyone not sporting a patriotic badge to be in the streets of Toowoomba yesterday. No one minded wearing an emblem ...

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  8. RECRUITING.

    Yesterday's enlistments for Lord Kitchener's army of 100,000 totalled 20,000. The authorities in London were scarcely able to cope with the rush. ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. DASH FOR LIBERTY.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says that several German naval prisoners from Heligoland, who were confined in barracks at Edinburgh, desperately ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. REDUCED TO ASHES.

    The Germans bombarded Malines on Wednesday, and the cathedral was reduced to ruins. St. Rombold's shrine was rescued ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. GALLANT DUKE.

    It is authoritatively stated that the Duke of Westminster, in a recent hot engagement, at great personal risk, under a heavy fire, carried Captain F. ...

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  12. SOLDIERS EXPERIENCES

    A lance corporal states that the Germans are sacrificing their men for the sake of making an impression, in appalling fashion. ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. DRAYTON PATRIOTISM.

    A patriotic function in the shape [?] a euchre tournament and social, [?] by the local school committees, [?] held in the Town Hall, Dray[?] ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. HON. E. D. MILLEN.

    Australia's Minister for Defence, who is discharging his responsible duties in a very thorough manner. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  15. PRINCE ALBERT.

    Second son of King George and Queen Mary He has been sent ashore from the H.M. Battleship Collingwood suffering from appead[?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  16. IN THE TRENCHES.

    A lance corporal of the Connaught Rangers, who was wounded, states:— "A dis[?]oncorsing thing in the present fight is that we seldom see the ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. 12 MILES FROM PARIS.

    It is officially announced that the President of France and the government have left Paris for Bordeaux. All the ambassadors and ministers also ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. "ENDURE AND THE RIGHT."

    President Poincare in his manifesto states: "Our armies are unimpaired and if some sustained considerable loss the ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. "HELLISH NOISE."

    A sergeant-major in a letter from the front, says:—"The worst thing about this is not the fear of losing our lives, but the hellish nerve-racking ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. "SACRED STRUGGLE."

    President Poincare has addressed the following proclamation to France:— In order to watch over national welfare, it is the duty of public ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. OAKEY FOODSTUFFS.

    This afternoon a meeting [?] convened to consider [?] mation of a Food Stu[?] The Rev. C. W. Tomk[?] ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. BRITISH LOSSES.

    The War Office has issued a further list of casualties as follows:— Officers: 18 killed, 78 wounded, 86 missing. ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN.

    A Taube aeroplane which had been dropping bombs in Paris was brought down at Champig[?] The Two aviators were killed. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. £135 REALISED.

    Upon vacating their posts at nine o'clock the ladles brought the proceeds of the day's efforts to Mr. C. L. Alden's office at the Court House ...

    Article : 261 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN FORCE.

    The Ministers for Defence to-day issued circulars to mayors and presidents of municipalities inviting them to co-operate in recruiting work for the ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. FLOATING MINES.

    An official message states that the torpedo gunboat, Speedy, of 800 tons, and a steam dredger, Lunstell, struck a mine yesterday morning, 30 miles ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. AWFUL ATROCITIES.

    Oliver Madox[?]ffour, of Boulogne, interviewed the cure of little villages south-west of Brussels. The cure said that a German rode over a little child ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. PATROLS AT SENLIS.

    An official message states that the Germans continue to advance. The enemy has pushed back by sheer weight, the allies left, including the ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. "WAITERS" RETALIATED.

    An American attached to the Consuta[?] at Brussels narrates how 17 English soldiers were captured near Waterloo, and marched to the nearest ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. TOOWOOMBA BAPTISTS.

    In another column it is stated that the Toowoomba Baptists are opening a branch of their church at Harlaxton to-morrow, (Sunday). A Sunday ...

    Article : 54 words
  31. ITALY'S POSITION.

    Wheat again rose to-day rapidly touching the highest point since the outbreak of the war. It is believed that Italy and Turkey ...

    Article : 62 words
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