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  2. NOTES ON THE WAR.

    Additional details of the fights at Mons and at Cambray, which took place from the 35to the 28th, came through yesterday, and ...

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  4. North Sea Engagement.

    The Admirlity announces that the British losses at Heligoland Blight with the German fleet were two officers and 27 men killed, 19 men severely wounded, and one officer and 18 men slightly wounded. The British casualties were confined to the cruisers Arethusa, Liberty, and ...

    Article : 159 words
  5. Eastern Operations.

    The Russian advance in Prussia continues. Fighting has occurred between the Russians and the garrisons at Thorn I and Graudenz. ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. A Severe Action.

    A message from Paris states that a severe action is progressing south-west. ward of Mcezieres, on the line from Launois to Signy I' Abbaye. There are indications that Field Marshal Sir John French is on or south of a line extending from Guise to Signy l'Abbaye. The Germans are thus facing a salient, of which the ...

    Article : 191 words
  7. AUSTRIANS SURRENDERING.

    The Russians captured three thousand "Austrians cast of Lemburg, and also a thousand north of Tomaszow. The Fifteenth Hungraian Division are ...

    Article : 38 words
  8. STUBBORN FIGHTING.

    It has been officially announced at St. Petersburg that fresh troops have appeared on the Russian frontier, and are taking the offensive in some places. The ...

    Article : 62 words
  9. An Emergency Vessel's Leading Role.

    Is is stated by the Press Bureau that the Arethusa, and not the Amethyst, played a leading role in the lighting. The vessel had only been commissioned a few days before the war as an emergency ship, and the officers and crew did Snot know each other. ...

    Article : 282 words
  10. DEVASTATING WHOLE REGIONS.

    Official reports received via Vienna and Rome declare that the Russians in immense force are devastating whole regions from the Vistula to the ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. The Far East.

    Vice-Admiral Kato announces a block- ade of Kiau-Chau, and the Japanese fleet is searching the bay for mines. ...

    Article : 26 words
  12. GERMAN PACIFIC SQUADRON.

    The main strength of Germany in the Pacific is concentrated in Chinese waters. A memorandum issued by the Navy Department, which is, of course, ...

    Article : 488 words
  13. Saving the Wounded.

    The British destroyers exposed themselves to considerable risk in endeavouring to save as many drowning Germans as possible. Some British officers present vouch for the fact that German officers were observed firing at their own men in the water with pistols. Several were thus, shot. ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. General Pau's Heavy Fighting.

    General Pau's army from Alsace had heavy fighting at Bapaume, near Arras, throughout Friday. He is the popular hero of Paris, and is expected to stem the tide of the German advance. ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. British in Action.

    The Amiens correspondent of 'The Times" states that the British were in action at Mons on August 23, and had a terrible struggle. A whole division ...

    Article : 548 words
  16. British Ships Repairing.

    All the British ships will be lit for service within a week or ten days. ...

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  17. Decks Raked Fore and Aft.

    Other accounts state that he British shells raked the German decks fore and aft, and although the fight lasted eight hours, there were considerable periods in which there was no fighting. ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. The Admiral's Clever Strategy.

    The feet is delighted with Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's strategy, whereby big ships appeared just, at the right moment to finish a job off. ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

    According to the Press Bureau, Admiral Boud-In-Peyrere commands the Anglo-French fleet in the Mediterranean, and Admiral Sir A. B. Milne has ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. Fight at Charleville.

    After the battle at Dinant, on August 18, the Second and Seventh French Amny Corps, heavily outnumbered, "retreated slowly, ...

    Article : 296 words
  21. BLOWN UP BY A MINE.

    The trawler Goerda, of Hamburg, was blown up by a, mine on Langeland Sea. The crew were saved. Many mines are drifting near ...

    Article : 48 words
  22. GERMAN CRUISER CAPTURED.

    It is reported from Vancouver that the German cruiser Leipzig has been captured, but the naval authorities refuse a confirmation of the rumours. ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. Outrage at Louvain.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the 'Nieune Courant" witnessed the outrage at Louvain, having accompanied a German officer through. the town. He ...

    Article : 323 words
  24. BRITISH RETIRED INTACT.

    Civilian, eye witnesses at Amiens testify that the British retired intact, and kept the lines together. No divisions were cut off. ...

    Article : 25 words
  25. How Liege Forts Were Silenced.

    A German officer, now at Rotterdam, states that a Zeppelin bomb destroyed the cupola on one of the forts at Liege. General ...

    Article : 235 words
  26. DEADLY MACHINE GUNS.

    The British and French wounded agree that it is not the German artillery or rifle fire but the machine guns which are doing the damage. The Germans have ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. BRITISH TROOPE IN A DESPERATE BATTLE.

    It is officially announced that the British troops were engaged in a desperate battle against tremendous odds on August 20, from which they ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. CANADA.

    H.R.H. Princess Patricia's Regiment. Was recalled while en route to England, and landed at Levis. It is believed that German warships are again in the ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    The Press Bureau states that its account of the fortunes of the expeditionary force fully describes the present position. Though the messages of ...

    Article : 68 words
  30. THE BRITISH SHARE.

    The Government Press Bureau states that the War Office gives a general outline of the British share in the recent operations. In effect there had been a ...

    Article : 552 words
  31. ITALY

    Great satisfaction has been expressed in Milan (Italy), at being permitted to continue the importation of Cardiff coal. ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. THE FALL OF NAMUR.

    The Government Press Bureau publishes as reliable an account of a Belgian lieutenant who has arrived in London. He says that when he left Namur ...

    Article : 125 words
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