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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    The news received yesterday and last night from the theatre of war is meagre in the extreme. Little additional information has come to hand concerning ...

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  3. REVIEW OF THE WAR.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator P[?]) has received the following cable message from the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid):— ...

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  4. THE PEGASUS AFFAIR.

    A letter from a bluejacket on the light cruiser Pegasus, which was recently disabled in Zanzibar Bay, by the German protected cruiser Konigsburg, has reached England. ...

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  5. BOMB OUTRAGES.

    Another bomb dropped by a German aeroplanist, has been discovered in the court yard of a Calvarienberg religious house in Maastricht. The house carried the Dutch ...

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  6. A BRAVE FRENCHMAN.

    During a hot skirmish, a French chasseur named Fournier, with another soldier, found themselves alone under fire. They returned the fire until the soldier was ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. ALONG THE FRONT.

    A cable message from the High Commissioner in London states:—"A reliable authority reports that operations in France during three days along an extended front ...

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  8. TRAWLER STRIKES A MINE.

    The trawler Kilmarnock struck a mine in the North Sea, and six of the crew were killed. ...

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  9. AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.

    An official communique issued late last night stated: "Our left, on the right bank of the Oise, progressed to-day about 18 kilometres in the Lassigny district, where ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. GERMANS IN SWEDEN.

    German agents provocateurs are traversing Sweden with a view of provoking an insurrection in Finland, formerly a Swedish possession. They have been arrested and ...

    Article : 49 words
  11. A TROUBLESOME CRUISER.

    Reuter's correspondent at Calcutta states that the German cruiser Emden, which sank a number of British vessels recently, has been shelled, but not seriously damaged. ...

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  12. BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS.

    An eyewitness from Rheims states that the cathedral was not completely gutted, but all the statues and windows were smashed, and the interior woodwork was ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE.

    Renter's Paris correspondent stated on Wednesday that, according to statements by wounded men from the battlefields of France, the Germans lost enormously ...

    Article : 222 words
  14. GERMAN ANGLOPHOBIA.

    Professor Lenard, of Heidelberg, in a pamphlet says: "Eng'and will certainly be the next supreme academy for all hypocrisy in the world, and must be destroyed. ...

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  15. IN BELGIUM.

    Mr. M. H. Donohoe, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, who is with the Belgian army, telegraphed yesterday as follows:— "The Germans have stampeded out of ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. GERMAN WOUNDED INCINERATED.

    Out of 130 German wounded who were lying in the Cathedral at Rheims 13 were incinerated. One man was so badly wounded that he could only lie and wait till the ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. BRITISH ITEMS.

    Speaking at Midlothian last night, Earl Rosebery said:—"We are fighting for public law in Europe, on which all international relations must be based, unless we lapse into ...

    Article : 265 words
  18. GERMAN JUBILATION.

    The news of the sinking of the British cruisers caused great enthusiasm in Berlin. It is officially declared that "Britain has received a mere foretaste of what she ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. GERMAN EXPLANATION.

    The German military headquarters at Berlin indignantly protests against the accusation that German troops, for the lust of vandali[?], destroyed historical4 ...

    Article : 170 words
  20. FURTHER GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent with the Belgians states that 14 peasants at Lebbeke, who were unarmed, were captured by the Germans, and were tied ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. SWIFT DESTRUCTION.

    The skipper of a trawler says he was quite close to the scene of the disaster when the Aboukir sank. The Aboukir went down in four minutes, the Hogue in ten, ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. IN THE ADRIATIC.

    The Montenegrins are placing on Mount Loochen long-range cannons, capable of dismantling the Cattaro forts, and bombarding the Austrian ships in Cattaro ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. RUSSIA'S CONQUEST.

    It is officially announced at Petrograd that the Russians have occupied Wislok, an Austrian town to the west of Przemysl. The Petrograd correspondent of the ...

    Article : 242 words
  24. GARIBALDEAN ARMY.

    Despite Austrian official pacific declarations, the Italian newspapers are publishing details of Austrian armaments being concentrated on the Italian frontier. A ...

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  25. THE PLUCKY CRESSY.

    A member of the Lowestoft's crew states that the Cressy continued firing till the guns were nearly under the water. The Cressy's crew cheered as the vessel sank. ...

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  26. ITALY'S NEUTRALITY.

    Interviewed in London yesterday by a representative of the "Giornale d'Italia," Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the British Admiralty, said: "We have always ...

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  27. THE MARINE DISASTER.

    Reuter's Agency in Holland telegraphs from Ymuiden, the port at which the Dutch steamer Flores landed some survivors of the Cressy, further details of the ...

    Article : 356 words
  28. FATE OF THE ABOUKIR.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Harwich correspondent states that the parent ship of a submarine flotilla, flying a Ducth flag, made no effort to save life when the British ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. THE DESTRUCTIVE SUBMARINE.

    The German Consul states, that submarine U9, which wrecked the British cruisers, has returned safely, without having sustained any damage. ...

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  30. AFRICAN OPERATIONS.

    It is announced that the Prime Minister (General Botha), who was Commander-in-Chief in the Boer war, will take supreme command of the operations against German ...

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  31. GERMAN STATEMENT.

    A message from Berlin states that only one submarine attacked the three British cruisers and that it has not yet returned to port. ...

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  32. SAVING THE GUNS.

    A wounded sergeant in the Royal Berkshires writes from France.—"After two and a half hours' fight at Soissons the order was given to retire, but before going many ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. SURVIVORS' NARRATIVES.

    The three ill-fated cruisers had for some time been patrolling the North Sea. According to bluejackets' narratives, the Aboukir felt the shock on the port side, and an ...

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  34. STORMING A CHATEAU.

    Harrowing details are to hand concerning the experiences of the German Crown Prince's army. They show that the Chateau Mondement, which sheltered his ...

    Article : 313 words
  35. THE JEERING GERMANS.

    One rescued seaman states: "After the cruisers sank some submarines came to the surface, and the crews from the conning tower jeered at the drowning men; but ...

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  36. AUSTRIA'S RACIAL DIFFICULTY.

    Russia's victories in Galicia were partly due to the refusal of the Austrian Poles to fight against their Russian kindred. Great quantities of arms and ammunition were ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. IN EAST AFRICA.

    A German force attacked a post 20 miles from the border in the Voi district of British East Africa, and was repulsed after sharp fighting for an hour, leaving eight ...

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  38. CANADIAN ENTHUSIASM.

    A deputation of French Canadians is seeking sanction to incorporate a regiment and is recruiting in Quebec for foreign service. Already 5,000 French Canadians ...

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  39. WHY THE ADVANCE IS SLOW.

    A communique issued yesterday states: "The battle on the Aisne assumes on a large portion of the front the characteristics of a fortress war, and is analagous to ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. PRIZES FROM AUSTRIA.

    The "Novoe Vremya" states that up to September 14 the Russians captured seven Austrian flags, 637 guns, 44 quick firers, and 64,000 prisoners, including 533 officers. ...

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  41. A CIRCASSIAN RAID.

    At Czestochowa 60 Russian Circassians entered the town, which is held by Germans. Overpowering the patrols, they entered the city at three points, raided the ...

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  42. OVER 500 SURVIVORS.

    So far, 505 survivors reached port, 38 of them being wounded, but not seriously. The chief petty officer on the Aboukir says:—"I believe the torpedo struck the Aboukir ...

    Article : 115 words
  43. RACE RIVALRY.

    The New York correspondent of "Le Matin" reports that race rivalry recently caused an affray on board the German steamer Bluecher, bound from Hamburg to ...

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  44. GERMAN RIGHT TURNED.

    After terrific fighting between Peronne and St. Quentin, the German right appears to be turned. The Germans occupied Peronne on the 16th inst, holding a strong ...

    Article : 245 words
  45. RUSSIAN REVENGE.

    The High Commissioner in London states: "Reports received in Paris announce that while a German cruiser and two torpedoers were laying mines in the Baltic, they were ...

    Article : 41 words
  46. AERIAL ATTACK.

    "Het Handelsblad" states: "Yesterday five British aviators attacked the Bickendorf aviation grounds, near Cologue, where a Zeppelin shed had been built by the ...

    Article : 209 words
  47. AMERICAN NEWS.

    It is reported that the Government is searching for a mysterious wireless telegraphic plant which is operating in the mountains above the Pacific coast and ...

    Article : 99 words
  48. GERMAN DUPLICITY.

    It transpires that the steamer Baden, acting as tender to the German cruiser Dresden when the British steamer Holmwood was sunk, cleared from Cardiff with ...

    Article : 103 words
  49. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES.

    The captain of the Dutch steamer Titan, which has just arrived at Rotterdam, states that 30 miles from the coast he saw three English cruisers on the horizon, and noticed ...

    Article : 264 words
  50. GERMANS' DESPERATE PLIGHT.

    Officers believe that the Germans would have retreated before now, but that the condition of the road renders impossible the transport of heavy cannon. The ...

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