The bitter struggle between the Allies and the Germans on Belgian soil has not yet reached a decisive stage. The French and British forces have found it ...
Article : 647 wordsDuring the week French cavalry, the chasseurs d'Afrique, and artillery advanced north from Charleroi, but being insufficiently supported by infantry were forced to ...
Article : 556 wordsThree hundred thousand Germans have marched to the south, half towards Lille and half to Charleroi and Mons. The British and French opposed a German attempt ...
Article : 70 wordsDetails of the running fight that took place a couple of weeks ago between the British light cruiser Gloucester (5,000 tons, 25 knots) and the German (now Turkish) ...
Article : 172 wordsA telegram from Nish states that an Austrian monitor, a river gun boat, struck a mine near Orsova, on the Danube, and was blown up. Her crew perished. ...
Article : 38 wordsA report from Antwerp states that after four hours of fierce fighting at Malines yesterday the Belgians repulsed the Germans and pursued them towards Vilvorde ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Russians have occupied several passages south of Tarnopol in Austrian Galicia. They have also defeated an Austrian cavalry division at Proughoudon, capturing two ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Press Bureau states:—"The British forces in Belgium have successfully reached a new and well protected position. The fighting was continuous but the enemy ...
Article : 68 wordsIn repelling a raid made by the Uhlans at Ostend the Belgians lost 40 in killed and wounded but the Germans suffered more severely. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe War Office states that the abandonment by the French of the captured territory in Alsace was a necessary withdrawal. It did not indicate defeat, but was simply ...
Article : 112 wordsAmerican advices from Tsing-tau state that the Kaiser directed the garrison at Kiau-Chau to defend that possession to the utmost. ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Belgian Minister for War states that yesterday 300,000 Germans passed Brussels. An eye-witness of the march asserts that half of this force went in the direction of ...
Article : 139 wordsA Prize Court will sit next week to deal with captured ships of a total register of 116,376 tons. The Holland-American Shipping ...
Article : 278 wordsEight thousand German prisoners taken by the Belgians are being sent to England via Dunkirk. The German residents of Belgium are ...
Article : 133 wordsDuring the past few days the Russians fought successful but sanguinary engagements with important forces of Germans to the north of Neidenburg (close to the ...
Article : 102 wordsWhen the fort at Chaudfontaine, commanding the railroad from Aix-la-Chapelle (in Germany) to Verviers (in Belgium) was reduced to ruins by the Germans Major ...
Article : 58 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Asquith, referring to the Declaration of London, said that the British Government did not intend to resume its old right of ...
Article : 367 wordsBelgium has sent all her railway rolling stock, including 1,000 locomotives, to France to prevent the Germans securing possession of it. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn an address to the House of Lords yesterday on the war situation, Earl Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, said: "The British troops at Mons ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 505 wordsThe central feature of the fighting at Gumbinnen was the Russian "Balaclava" charge. The Germans held a village from which they were pouring a murderous fire. ...
Article : 151 wordsReuter's message confirms reports that Germans in South-West Africa raided Union territory. They have been making preparations for some time to force a passage ...
Article : 115 wordsThe wheat market is very firm, but the demand is quieter. Yesterday 46s. per quarter was asked for a Victorian cargo (arrived). ...
Article : 146 wordsOn taking a position in the vicinity of Mons, the British blew up the churches and the railway station at Jemappes, and the canal bridges, which were in the line ...
Article : 378 wordsOn Monday night a German Zeppelin airship flew over Antwerp and dropped seven shrapnel bombs into the city, with the result that many houses (including a hospital ...
Article : 264 wordsAn eye witness writing to London describes a troop of British hussars suddenly meeting German cuirassiers in a small village near Charleroi. There was a fierce ...
Article : 114 wordsA War Office communique shows that the First French Army is attacking through the gap of Stenay towards the River Semoy and Neuchateau, north-west of Arlon. The ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Belgians to-day captured 25 Uhlans, who were patrolling the country ten miles inland from Blankenberg. London, Aug. 25. ...
Article : 123 wordsCoincident with the fighting at Charleroi, Namur was subjected to a furious bombardment, which was so well regulated that the first few shots silenced the Marchovellete ...
Article : 224 wordsFive hundred men of the 1st battalion of the 34th regiment at Liege arrived at Namur on Saturday, escaping between the Chaud Fontine and Dembourg forts of ...
Article : 174 wordsThe Premier received yesterday several cable messages from the High Commissioner for Australia. One of them reads as follows:—"British casualties 2,000. Lord ...
Article : 299 wordsMons is surrounded by canals in every direction, except in the south, where there are vast woods. All the bridges that had not been blown up were commanded by ...
Article : 501 wordsA telegram from San Giovanni states that 30,000 Montenegrins scored a series of successes on the Herzogovinian frontier with fierce bayonet charges. The Austrians ...
Article : 48 wordsIt is officially announced that the Russians yesterday occupied Angerburg, a town in East Prussia, 60 miles south-east of Konigsberg, and 30 miles from the ...
Article : 96 wordsThe French Embassy in London states that two French army corps attacked and drew a murderous fire upon themselves, but held their ground until the Prussian Guards ...
Article : 200 wordsOwing to the enormous number of recruits offering the Militia Department is considering the matter of offering to the Imperial authorities an ...
Article : 76 wordsM. Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, states that Bulgaria and Roumania have settled all their misunderstandings, and that their relations with Turkey ...
Article : 78 wordsAn official announcement issued early this morning stated: "The movement of the allies to new positions has been completed. The French command the outlets from the ...
Article : 284 wordsThe Bengal Moslems have cabled the Sultan of Turkey expressing gratification at Turkey's neutrality, and stating: "India's Moslems consider loyalty to Britain to be ...
Article : 37 wordsCount von Bernstoff, the German Ambassador at Washington, states that the Austro-German forces engaged against Russia number about 800,000 men, and consist of eight ...
Article : 45 wordsOn the occasion of a Mohammedan festival all the mosques throughout India were thronged with natives, who prayed for the success of Great Britain in the present ...
Article : 38 wordsA cable message received by the Premier from the Agent-General in London states: "The Japanese bombardment of Tsing-Tau, at the entrance to Kiau-Chau Harbour, ...
Article : 80 wordsIn consequence of the rumours of an Austrian mobilisation in the south, General Conrad has notified Italy that the story of Austria's aggressive intentions against ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) said to-night that a number of complaints had reached him from residents of the country districts in New South Wales as to the ...
Article : 211 wordsWounded French officers at Bourges describe the duplicity of the Germans in Lorraine. When the French entered one village they ...
Article : 132 wordsIt is officially reported in Paris that the Germans attacked the French north of Nancy, and were repulsed with heavy loss. The Press Bureau in Paris states that the ...
Article : 108 wordsAustria has declared war against Japan. ...
Article : 15 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) stated that General Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief in Europe, had reported ...
Article : 77 wordsIt is reported that the French and British fleets, operating in conjunction with Montenegrin artillery, entrenched upon Mt. Lovchen, have destroyed the fortifications ...
Article : 42 wordsDetails published in Paris show that in the fight between Charleroi and Longwy, three French armies, in addition to the British, African Zouaves, and Tirailleurs, ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Press Bureau has published Belgium's protest against German barbarity, based upon the findings of a committee of inquiry, including Chief Justice Vaniseghem, and ...
Article : 193 wordsThe French authorities at Skutari, in Albania, have sent their entire contingent, forming part of the Albanian International Guard, to Cettinge to aid the Montenegrins ...
Article : 67 wordsThe bombardment of Belgrade continues Few buildings in the city have escaped damage, and portion of the King's palace has been burned. ...
Article : 31 wordsGeneral French reports that he is unable yet to send details of the British casualties owing to the extended nature of the operations. The condition of the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 7
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