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Advertising : 963 wordsMons in surrounded by canals in every direction except the south, where there are woods. All the bridges not blown up were commanded by m[?]chine guns and ...
Article : 94 wordsThe-scene of the fighting in which the British force so distinguished itself. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsThe cables to-day contain a mass of detail in connection with Sunday's battle, and the difficulty is to disentangle it. We are told that 300,000 Germans ...
Article : 1,281 wordsOn Saturday week it will be for the people to say, through the medium of the ballot-box, whether the future administration of the affairs of Australia ...
Article : 53 wordsThey have a Liberal Government to-day, and its splendid work in the present crisis has been the subject of the highest praise. It was quick to act, and it ...
Article : 595 wordsThe Germans at Charleroi bombarded the upper town, and the French made a sortie, but the strength of the enemy compelled retirement. The Turcos then ...
Article : 126 wordsThe French made a last stand near the canal, and close to the railway station. The Germans fought far the bridge for two hours, and captured it after heavy ...
Article : 122 wordsThe control, disbursement, and administration have been vested in the following committee, who have "full discretion to apply the same on an Imperial, ...
Article : 164 words'At' dawn the French rebombarded Charteroi, and again swarmed down the slope towards the lower town, recapturing Chatlet, Bouffioulx, Marchienne, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsField-Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, announced in the House of Lords that the British troops at Mons, in 36 hours' ...
Article : 91 wordsWhen the French entered the devastated city they found it littered and shattered by the shell fire in every part. Houses were smouldering or aflame and ...
Article : 87 wordsOfficers reaching Paris from the front state that the shooting of the British infantry is wonderful. Every time a German head shows above the trenches it ...
Article : 109 wordsApart from all this, there is the question of administrative methods and ability. Labour's methods we know mean preference to unionists—spoils to the ...
Article : 953 wordsMeanwhile Namur was subjected to a furious bombardment, so well regulated that the first few shots silenced the Marchovelette fort in the north-east. ...
Article : 100 wordsTire prime Minister (Hr. Asquith) stated in the House of Commons that Sir John Fnerrch reported that the withdrawal of the British troops had ...
Article : 91 wordsCollecting cards were circulated in Launceston in connection with the Dunlop Rubber Company's appeal to motorists and cyclists throughout the ...
Article : 120 wordsThe British artillery is shooting magnificently and accurately, forcing the Germans to beat a hasty retreat. The physique and athletic qualities of the British ...
Article : 103 wordsThe German cavalry has penetrated the Bourcoing-Rounbaix district, which is only defenced by territorials. It is possibly the advance guard of a large ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the British forces successfully reached a new and well-protected position. Fighting was continuous, but the enemy ...
Article : 62 wordsReuter's Agency has confirmed the report that Germans in South-West Africa have raided Union territory. They had been making preparations for some time. ...
Article : 117 wordsEye-witnesses state that the Germans were held in cheek at all points to Sunday afternoon, when the cannonade ceased, only to-be-renewed with increased ...
Article : 88 wordsWhile Cardinals Bourne and Gasquet were travelling to Rome they chanced to get into a train containing a regiment, including many Irish Cutholies. The ...
Article : 62 wordsThree hundred thousand Germans marched south, half towards Lille and half towards Charleroi and Mons. British and French from Chimay opposed the ...
Article : 62 wordsEye-witnesses of the recent fighting who have reached Ostend state that the Germans descended on Charleroi. The Germans were preceded by swarms of ...
Article : 109 wordsOstend Messages indicate that the advance on Lille is expected to exert the most important influence on the battle. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Belgian War Minister states that three hundred thousand Germans have passed Brussels. Eye-witnesses state that half went in the direction of Ninove ...
Article : 118 wordsA French War Office communique show, that the first French army attacked the enemy through the gap of Stenay towards the River Semois and ...
Article : 95 wordsBuron Schlichting, a Russian-Parisian, has bequeathed to the Louvre his collection of pictures, bronzes, furniture, and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe German artillery posted on the outskirts of the upper town shelled the railway station and salient points of the lower town, trying to force a passage ...
Article : 83 wordsThirty guinea per cent. has been paid to reinsure the New Zealand Shipping Company's Kaipara, which left Monte Video on the 1st inst., and has not been ...
Article : 42 wordsAn eye-witness, writing to London, describes some British Hussars as suddenly meeting some German Cuirassiers in a small village dear Charleroi. The ...
Article : 56 wordsDuring the week the French cavalry, Chasseurs d' Afrique. and artillery advanced north from Charleroi, but were insufficiently supported by infantry. The ...
Article : 120 words"I use Chamberlain's Pain Balm for sore throats and find one rubbing relieve it," writes Mr. T. Dennis, Hihitahi, N.Z. "It worked wonders when 1 sprained my ...
Article : 51 wordsWhen Fort Chaudfontaine, commanding the railroad from Aix-la-Chapelie to Verviers, was reduced to ruins, Major Namoche, the commander, blocked the ...
Article : 41 wordsHalf-way between Namur and Charleroi a battery of four French guns shelled some Germans out of a wood, and when they came into the open rifle fire rigat ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 5
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