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Advertising : 812 wordsThe Belgian Legation states that the cavalry division is rapidly advancing west, and the Germans across the Meuse are hemmed in between the forts and the ...
Article : 40 wordsField-Marshal Earl Kitchener has addressed the Lord Lieutenants and chairmen of territorial associations, asking making them to use their influence to enlist a second army of 100,000 men, which is wanted immediately. He adds that the territorials may enlist, and their place can be taken by new territorials. ...
Article : 128 wordsReuter's representative is responsible for the statement that the Germans have evacuated Luxemburg. The reason for this important step is the advance of the ...
Article : 37 wordsSeveral speakers in the House of Commons urged that special endeavours be made to secure the return of Britishers from the Continent. No less than 4000 ...
Article : 65 wordsAccording to the Board of Trade returns, the value of the imports of the United Kingdom during July, compared with the value for the corresponding ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Norwegian-Australian liner Misla struck a mine on the Dutch coast and sank. Three passengers and three stokers were drowned, but all the others on ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Earl of Lonsdale, who holds the rant of colonel, will command the colonial contingent that is being raised in the old country. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe condition of Mr. J. D. McKenna, of Penguin, is unchanged. The friends of Mr. T. J. Talbot, of Deloraine, will be pleased to hear that his ...
Article : 528 wordsThe Admiralty states that German submarines yesterday attacked one [?] the cruiser squadrons of the main fleet, but no British ship was damaged. The ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Evening News" says there is evidence of the widespread buying of firearms and explosives by Germans in London. Many rides and revolvers have ...
Article : 92 wordsRefugees from Namur who have arrived at the Gare du Nord report that the German troops are starving. No arrangements were made for feeding them, ...
Article : 76 wordsIt is officially announced that the standing committee on the fool tariff for the next three days has added from a penny in twopence as the maximum ...
Article : 60 wordsFrench troops are now crossing the frontier, and were welcomed with extra ordinary enthusiasm by the Belgian soldiers. The non-coms. embraced and ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Archer Hurtington, president of the American Geographical Society, and his wife, a well-known authoress, were arrested at Nuremberg as spies. Mr. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe French carried the earthworks at Altkirch after some fierce bayoneting. The Germans fled, and the French cavalry has reached Mulhausen, in Alsaca-Lorraine. ...
Article : 29 wordsA Constantinople wire states that the steamer Craigforth struck a mine, and was beached at Buyukdere. A mine destroyed the oil-tank ship an Wilfredo at Cuxhaven. ...
Article : 28 wordsThirty-four German vessels were seized at Antwerp oh Friday. There is much confidence at Antwerp, where the forts are considered to be impregnable. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe men arrested by police and Territorials when they raided a house in Euston-road have been released. Both were Irishmen, and buyers of rifles for a ...
Article : 32 wordsAn officer wounded at Liege states that the Belgian artillery was remarkably effective, and created an indescribable panic. "We observed the indecision of ...
Article : 94 wordsGreat crowds nightly cheer the Italian Embassy in London. ...
Article : 13 wordsTyne employers and workmen are warmly co-operating to expedite their Admiralty contracts. ...
Article : 14 wordsViscount Kitchener's appeal for army recruits is being generously responded to. ...
Article : 14 wordsA patrol challenged a foreigner at Tyne Bridge, and as he endeavoured to escape, shot him dead. When the patrol challenged him the ...
Article : 90 wordsAlthough no armistice was granted, there has been no fighting for several hours. Thousands of wounded Belgians, mostly not serious, have been sent ...
Article : 64 words"The Times" military correspondent expresses the opinion that the forces of the oversea Dominions can be best utilised by capturing the German colonies. ...
Article : 91 wordsIt is believed that the sunken German ship Konigin Louise had been engaged mine-laying for several days before war was declared. ...
Article : 25 wordsSir William Goschen, the British Ambassador at Berlin, has arrived in London. ...
Article : 16 wordsAt the Police Court to-day. before Mr. Turner. W. J. Hodge, licensee of Kerrigan's Hotel,. pleaded guilty to a charge that the outer door was not closed at ...
Article : 250 wordsMany vessels are unable to use the Suez Canal owing to the demand for the payment of dues in cash. The Foreign Office is arranging with the Bank of ...
Article : 45 wordsThe German barque Sardbana has been captured and towed to Southend ...
Article : 13 wordsAn official source states that Liege is invested, but the Belgians still hold the forts. 10.5 p.m. ...
Article : 51 wordsFriedrich Singer, the pastor of a German Seamen's Mission, has been remanded at South Shields on a charge of espionage, and another German pastor at ...
Article : 35 wordsMany recent medical graduates from Sydney, who are now in London, have volunteered for service. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Germans at Lome made no resistance to the demand of a detachment of Gold Coast troops for the surrender of South Togoland to 85 miles from the ...
Article : 33 wordsThe officers and crew of the Goeben and Breslan left their wills and personal property with the German Consul at Messina. The crews dressed the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Militant Suffrago and Anti-Suffrago Societies have abandoned their political propaganda, and are utilising their organisations for the relief of distress. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Scottish coalowners have suspended their demand for a reduction in miners' wages. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe morale of the Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps was seriously shaken by the withering Belgian fire, which mowed them down like corn. Many of ...
Article : 86 wordsA Sofia message states that General Dimitriff, now Bulgarian Minister at St. petersburg, has. volunteered for Russia. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe New Zealand Association is promoting an hospital and convalescent homes for the sick and wounded, and has already received offers of a medical staff ...
Article : 65 wordsAt ten o'clock last night the general situation was further improved, as the French army was advancing steadily. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe "Secolo'" states that the Hungarians crossed the Danube, but were driven back, losing 500. Many, were drowned. ...
Article : 23 wordsNumerous English race meetings hire been abandoned, as the railways are unable to carry the horses. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe official announcement that the French had captured Mulhausen aroused tremendous enthusiasm. ...
Article : 15 wordsTwo thousand raided a provision store at Dudley Port, a village in Staffordshire, and carried off £150 worth of provisions. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Prince of Wales fund amounts to £400,000, including donations from Imperial Tobacco Company of £25,000, and from the Duke of Devonshire of ...
Article : 29 wordsIt has bees officially stated that the Germans at Mulhausen showed the same want of dash as at Liege. When the officers were killed the men were a ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Oceanic, with 15 million of dollars in gold, has reached Southampton. In order to outwit the German cruisers the Oceanic steamed in mid-Atlantic without ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Rome correspondent of Reuter's Agency reports that Germany and Austria are beginning to threaten that they will declare her neutrality to be ...
Article : 61 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mir. Churchill) states that there has been no British loss except the Amphion, and no fighting except with the Koningin Luise. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Bishop of London (Dr. Ingram)who is Chaplain of the London Rifle Brigade, will serve six weeks with the brigade whenever it is ordered to. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Norddcutscher liner Schleisen, from Brisbane, has been captured and taken to Plymouth. The Schleisen was captured by H.M.S. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Government war insurance has been reduced to four guineas per cent. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe following additional subscriptions have been received to the Gardiner fund: — W. M., Latrobe, 5s; G., A., and E., 5s; H. R. E. and C., 20s. ...
Article : 27 wordsAccording to the London "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Nish (wiring via Salonika), the Austrians have so far failed to invade Servia. Great ...
Article : 53 wordsA mob seized the British Embassy for several hours, and smashed the windows. British subjects are being rounded up ...
Article : 88 wordsNews from Amsterdam reports the receipt of a remarkable message from Berlin, giving news of the fall of Liege. The news spread with lightning rapidity, and ...
Article : 132 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) said the queue, at the Bank of England had vanished and the ...
Article : 171 wordsThere is an improved position in the building lockout, and symptoms of an early settlement. Owing to the war the marine engineers' strike has ended in ...
Article : 41 words"Will you please post a bottle of Hean's Essence to my daughter at ad. dress enclosed. I have found great relief from taking the pint of mixture I ...
Article : 194 wordsAll men between 18 and 55 have been pressed into the service, and the mobilisation has yielded 450,000. Many are raw recruits, who need officers and ...
Article : 72 wordsThe "Brussels Gazette" says that Germany has despatched an urgent telegram threatening vigorous reprisals in the future. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Austrian fleet is reported to be off Pola, the principal Austrian naval station in the north of the Adriatic. ...
Article : 23 wordsSpain is looking after the Belgians in Germany. ...
Article : 11 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Milan announces that Montenegro has declared war against Austria. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe German version of the conflict at Liege says the German advance guards penetrated the entire Belgian frontier. A small detachment tried a coup do ...
Article : 89 words''The Russian staff officers announce that their concentration will be completed on August 7, when a forward movement will be initiated. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) announced in the House of Commons that the Government had established a press bureau, ...
Article : 127 wordsDr. E. J. Dillon, in a message to the "London Daily Telegraph," States that during the night the entire Seventh German Army Corps made a tremendous ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Servian mobilization has been completed, and the Servians entered Bosnia near Prioboja., cutting off the retreat of a body of Austrians, the main body of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Archbishop of Canterbury has offered Lambeth Palace, while the Duke of Sutherland and many notable people have offered country houses as ...
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