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Advertising : 202 wordsThe British fleet got in touch with the German hilgh sea fleet south of the Dogger Bank. After an engagement it is chasing the Germans towards ...
Article : 85 wordsDaniel von Hainhausen, head of the German Embassy at Washington during Ambassador Berstoff's absence, asserts that Sir Edward Grey tried to ...
Article : 199 wordsOfficial news from the Gold Coast of West Africa state that the British troops there seized some Germana, who have surrendered a large area of South ...
Article : 39 wordsA Zeppelin airship crashed to the ground near the German frontier. It is reported that the airship was wrecked by a French shell. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, which had taken shelter in Messina Harbor, have decided to fight. When chased by two British cruisers ...
Article : 118 wordsIt is estimated, that four hundred thousand Germans are likely to attack France through Belgium. It is possible that the German attack on Liege is ...
Article : 67 wordsLord Denman, late Governor-General of Australia, in the House of Lords to-night, said that the Australian senior cadets had asked permission to ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is believed in Paris that the Germans intend to advance via Meziers, and that they calculate to reach Paris in a fortnight. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps have entered Aix la Chappelle (a city just inside the Belgian frontier). ...
Article : 62 wordsLater news has been published in London that the British fleet was driving the German fleet towards the coast of Holland. The Germans are under ...
Article : 55 wordsMajor-General Baden-Powell is quietly mobilising the British boy scouts. Up to now 20,000 are available for public services in London, and the ...
Article : 80 wordsSir Edward Grey's speech was received with genuine relief, because it contained nothing concerning the breach of relations between Austria ...
Article : 187 wordsFive German spies disguised as priests have been arrested at the Gare du Nord, amid the indignation of the crowd. ...
Article : 93 wordsThe city of Liege is defended by six main forts and six smaller forts, forming a ring five miles outside the city. The forts of Barchon, Louveigne, ...
Article : 115 wordsReports still continue to point to the British success in the North Sea. A batch of 300 wounded Gormans have been received at Harwich, and ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. H. L. Samuel, speaking in the House of Commons last night, outlined the steps being taken by the Government to prevent distress. The Board ...
Article : 98 wordsA number of German reservists who have reached Avonmouth from Montreal, homeward bound, have been detained as prisoners. Altogether 85 ...
Article : 96 wordsHolland has declared war on Germany. ...
Article : 15 wordsTwo boys from Paris, both about 15 years of age, have been executed by the Germans. The lads had warned some gendarmes of the presence of a ...
Article : 64 wordsAnother batch of 300 Germans reached Harwich to-night, many of them seriously wounded, probably victims of more than one North Sea engagement. ...
Article : 38 wordsNews from the Belgian frontier states that the Tenth Army Corps (Germans) reinforced by cavalry, attacked Liege on Wednesday night. As the attackers ...
Article : 188 wordsThe British Government intends to establish a press bureau in London from which authoritative news of the war concerning movements and ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Prince of Wales has been given a commission in the Grenadier Guards. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor has been appointed third Sea Lord in ...
Article : 112 wordsScotland is taking steps to compel all aliens in that portion of Great Britain to register their names with the police. Foreigners are not to be allowed to ...
Article : 49 wordsThe French have lost no time in stimulating that anti-German spirit in the people of Alsace-Lorraine, which recent actions in Paris [?]ad fostered. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Press Association reports that the Admiralty informed Tyneside shipowners on Thursday that the North Sea would be free during the daylight. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe "Globe" states that the German Fleet was defeated in the North Sea, and 19 German warships sunk. (The report in the "Globe" is the same ...
Article : 46 wordsAn eyewitness of the combat at Vise affirms that a squadron of Prussian cavalry moved towards the Vise bridge, in which the Belgians made a breach ...
Article : 104 wordsTrawlers, arriving at Abredeen report having heard heavy firing in the North Sea. They say that they saw two cruisers flying the French flag. Sixty ...
Article : 66 wordsA House of Commons committee is consulting with the Chamber of Commerce with the same purpose as the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to ...
Article : 111 wordsConferences have been held between the foreign Ambassadors and the King and Government of Italy, and the final decision, it is anticipated, will be of ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Government has completed a scheme to provide pensions for all men injured while fighting, and to provide suitably for the dependents of those ...
Article : 73 wordsThe French are sending help to the Belgians at Namur. Details of the battle at Barchon, already cabled, state that the Germans ...
Article : 163 wordsReports to hand state that the 24-hours' armistice asked for by the Germans has been refused. A division of German cavalry ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. Asquith, speaking in the Commons last night, said that posterity would pay Sir Eward Grey the best tribute, that of a statesman who never ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Premier says that the State officers accepted for service will have their posts kept open, and they will not suffer in status or increments. ...
Article : 128 wordsA cable from Nova Scotia states that an exciting time was experienced on the R.M.S. Mauretania in getting barck to Halifax. She covered 140 ...
Article : 35 wordsThe fortifications at Liege afforded admirable resistance to the German shells. The Eveznee fort was in action all day, and was absolutely unharmed. ...
Article : 73 wordsWealthy Canadians are coming forward and insuring the lives of a certain number of soldiers against death. ...
Article : 30 wordsAll aliens of German nationality in England have been ordered to register themselves' in London, under penalty of imprisonment. ...
Article : 52 wordsA British destroyer captured the Austrian steamer Laconia off Deal last night. Two shots were fired across the steamer's bows before she stopped. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Liberal party headquarters has issued a statement offering to help any plans the Government may devise for the Empire's help in this time of ...
Article : 33 wordsA fight is reported to have taken place off the China coast between British and German warships. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Austrians are reported to be in full retreat from Belgrade. Whole regiments of their troops are said to have been destroyed. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Belgian artillery have reduced a chateau to ruins. Belgian shells fell right into the middle of a retreating German column ...
Article : 124 wordsNo war corresppndents are allowed with the army or with the headquarters' staff. A German squadron of nineteen ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Government is arresting all German and Austrian reservists, proposing to keep them under guard in camps until the war is ended. Armed guards ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Austrians resumed a fierce bombardment of Belgrade, the Servian capital, on Tuesday. ...
Article : 21 wordsGeneral Leiman, who was formerly an engineer officer in the Belgian service, has had a special gun mounted to rise and fire upwards against German ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. A. C. Carmichael, Minister for Education, wired to the Premier (Mr. Holman) to-day, from London: "No new developments. No panic ...
Article : 39 wordsThe London County Council has decided to cut short the school holidays and all the sohools under the control of the council will reopen on ...
Article : 53 wordsThe "Daily News" notifies that the British Govenmeut has decided to send an expeditionary force to the Continent, and that preparations for the ...
Article : 43 wordsWhen Bishop Buika, head of the Ukranians at Saskatchewan, ordered the members of his church, to return and fight for Austria, the citizens of ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. John Verran has addressed a monster meeting at Moonta, at which he stated that both the Government and the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining ...
Article : 171 wordsAn English cruiser has captured the German liner Tubania, a vessel of 14,000 tons, and has taken her to Plymouth, wtih many German ...
Article : 63 wordsOfficial reports from Brussels state that Germany has abandoned her attack on Liege, and has retired across the River Meuse. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe German liner-cruiser Konigin Louise apparently laid a line of mines near the Thames mouth prior to being sunk probably extending from ...
Article : 174 wordsThe police raided a hotel on the Euston-road, arrested two armed men, and seized many Mausers, pistols, and much ammunition. The police have ordered ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Kaiser has called up all men in Germany capable of bearing arms. London, Friday. The London "Standard" publishes a ...
Article : 96 wordsA number of German horses stampeded and galloped into Maestricht. Five thousand German subjects fleeing from Belgium were sent by train to ...
Article : 46 wordsThe French Commissioner at Petit Croix, on the French frontier, in French territory, reports that the Germans have opened fire on a French ...
Article : 85 wordsThe high officials of the German Foreign Office took personal farewell of Sir William E. Goschen, British Ambassador Berlin. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Goeben and Breslan, German men of war, together with the Austrian warship Samur, have left Messina, in Sicily, where they were hiding. They ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Belgians destroyed two regiments of Uhlans at Spadel. The Belgians are beset by German spies, who continue to work with marvellous deliberation ...
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Advertising : 178 wordsThe Commissioner of Public Works, Mr. Butler, stated yesterday that the Government had been communicated with by Mr. J. Timms, railway ...
Article : 109 wordsParliament is summoned to meet to-day. A telegram from Montmedy states that the sound of cannon has been heard in the direction of Longwy. ...
Article : 201 wordsPrince Aage was arrested as a spy on the German frontier, but was released on diplomatic representations from Berlin. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Kaiser, in calling up all Germans capable of bearing arms, says:— "We hare to defend our most sacred possessions against the reckless assault ...
Article : 74 wordsA force of 120,000 men was hurled forward while 57 batteries along the river Mouse shelled the forts. Covered by the artillery, the German ...
Article : 76 wordsThe German line Cape Trafalgar arrived here last Saturday with extra guns, which were transferred at night time to other German ships in port. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe London banks have reopened and confidence has been restored. Normal financial conditions are said to prevail. ...
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Advertising : 16 wordsMore than 20,000 persons attended the demonstration arranged by the A.N.A. at Elder Park yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. A stirring speech ...
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