A German submarine has sunk the British cruiser Hawke in the North Sea. Fifty-two survivors have been landed at Aberdeen. The submarine failed to hit the cruiser ...
Article : 159 wordsNews has reached Rome from Trieste of a disastrous fire in the Austrian naval dockyard at Monfalcone (16 miles northwest of Trieste). ...
Article : 182 wordsSatisfactory news is contained in a communique issued in Paris at midnight on Thursday, which records the capture of Estaires, to the north-west of Lille. ...
Article : 1,143 wordsA message from the High Commissioner to the Department for External Affairs announces that the Admiralty reports that a British warship sank the German steamer ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Rome "Messagero" has received a message from its Petrograd correspondent, stating that the Austro-Germans have been defeated near Warsaw with great losses. ...
Article : 643 wordsThe first of the transports bringing the Canadian Expeditionary Force of 30,000 men moored in 'Plymouth Sound at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, the last bringing up ...
Article : 174 wordsThe "Morning Post" asks who is responsible for the order forbidding the navy to arrest belligerents in neutral ships, and complains of the extraordinary leniency of ...
Article : 120 wordsM. Maurice Barres, a member of the French Academy, who has visited Alsace, states that the French found the German ambulance at Raon le Tape, north-west of ...
Article : 104 wordsAdvices received in Rome from Constantinople state that the Porte has informed Germany that, owing to lack of money, Turkey will be compelled to demobilise. ...
Article : 34 wordsOwing to the revolt of Colonel Maritz and his commando of 500 men, the Union Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief (General Botha) will take the field earlier ...
Article : 240 wordsThe people of Antwerp were in transports of delight when the British Marine Brigade arrived to assist in the defence of the city. ...
Article : 260 wordsPrincess Mary, daughter of the King, is appealing for £100,000 for the purpose of providing a Christmas gift, to take the form of a pipe, tobacco, and a pipe-light, ...
Article : 54 wordsMany American merchants have been in doubt as to their position should they supply goods to the belligerents. In reply to inquiries on the subject, the ...
Article : 183 wordsThe decision of the Russian general staff to meet the German armies for the first great battle on the Vistula strengthens the confidence aroused by the Russian strategy ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,527 wordsFollowing on a denunciation by the British consul, the Spanish authorities have seized a clandestine wireless apparatus at Madrid. The apparatus had been ...
Article : 47 wordsIn a report to the War Office, FieldMarshal Sir John French gives an account of a thrilling aerial encounter, and also refers to the successful air work of the ...
Article : 408 wordsAll public-houses in London have been ordered to close at 10 o'clock each night until further notice. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe German and Austrian Consuls in Washington announce that there are 550,000 reservists in the United States who are unable to leave America. ...
Article : 27 wordsAn article on King George, which appeared in the Rome "Tribuna" on Thursday, contrasted His Majesty with the Kaiser. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe movement of Field-Marshal Sir John French's troops from the Aisne, was carried out 10 days ago. The troops were delighted at the change from the deadly ...
Article : 88 wordsArrivals.—At London—Clan Davidson, s.s., from Fremantle October 3. At Iquique —Elizabeth, barque, from Newcastle June 14. ...
Article : 20 wordsFor a space of six weeks, a daily divine service, on amount of the war, has been held in the Scots Church (Saturdays and S[?]days excluded), from half-past 1 to 2 ...
Article : 399 wordsThe following messages appeared in the later editions of "The Argus" of Friday:- INFORMATION REACHING BERLIN. The French Government does not share ...
Article : 78 wordsInsanitary conditions in the trenches are causing outbreaks of disease among the German troops. Professor Bessell, of Munster, was sent to ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) compiled the following statement, which was issued yesterday:- At the censuses of Germany and ...
Article : 6,174 wordsA message from the German headquarters of the army in France states that 4,500 French soldiers were taken prisoner at Lille when the town was reoccupied by the ...
Article : 65 wordsA Dutchman, who was recently in Berlin, writing to an English friend, states that the authorities in Germany estimate the total losses in France and Belgium at ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 17 Oct 1914, Page 19
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