The French-Army in Alsace holds the towns of Ferney, Mulhansen, and Altkirch, and is strongly entrenched in the forest of Hart. A great battle is impending. The Emperor William is evidently anxious regarding the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 528 wordsIn the town of Liege the question in every month was, "When will the English come?" Mothers consoled their frightened children with, "Don't be afraid, the ...
Article : 94 wordsPortion of the French troops engaged in the capture of Mulhausen, in Alsace, moved on rapidly and occupied the town of Kolmar, which is only 40 miles ...
Article : 183 wordsThe Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom have issued an appeal to the overseas dominions to maintain trade with the mother country as ...
Article : 226 wordsFrance has recalled her Ambassador from Vienna, and the Austrian Ambassador in Paris has asked for his passports. This is tantamount to a state of war between ...
Article : 71 wordsPolice have taken possession of Croydon Hall, near Duhster, in Somerset, which had been occupied by Count Hochberg, a member of the old Silesian princely ...
Article : 105 wordsThe London Daily Chronicle states that it has received information from authentic sources that Germany had detailed three army corps for the purpose of smashing ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), in the House of Commons to-day, alluded to the offer of the Irish. Nationalist and Ulster Volunteers to take the place of the ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Belgians' First Artillery Brigade left Charleroie on Tuesday for the field of war with a strength of 1,500 rank and file. It was soon called on to perform active ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 201 wordsAn embargo has been placed on the of wireless by every foreign vessel lying in the port of New York, owing to the likelihood of their communicating with war ...
Article : 51 wordsAdvice has been received that a British cruiser has captured the Hamburg Amerika Company's steamer Cap Ortegal, of 7,818 tons gross, with £1,000,000 worth of specie ...
Article : 154 wordsEvidence of the unpreparedness of the Germans for their, attack on Belgium it accumulating. German prisoners in Brussels state that just before they marched ...
Article : 67 wordsOnly the most meagre, details are being received from any of the war centres. The reconnaissances of the German forces have temporarily ceased. The French advance in ...
Article : 125 wordsGerman Naval reservists have been found working on the battleship Zealandia, which it equipping for sea. ...
Article : 20 wordsFurther changes in the British Cabinet have been announced. Lord Islington has replaced Lord Emmott as Under Secretary for the Colonies ...
Article : 62 wordsThe war correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph, in an account of the fighting before the forts of liege, stated that the heavy cannonading of the Belgium ...
Article : 244 wordsItaly has become very irritated over the bombardment by Austrian warship of the coast of Montenegro. The anger of the Italians is all the more significant from the ...
Article : 64 wordsIn the House of Commons on Monday Mr. T. P. O'Connor asked the Postmaster, General whether he wan aware that thousands of pounds paid for cablegrams ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Belgian General Staff, in explaining that the capture of the City of Liege does not matter so much while the Liege forts hold out, points out that the latter ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Canadian authorities have been informed by the Belgian Government that they will guarantee all risks in connection with the shipment of grain from Canada to ...
Article : 81 wordsA conference of London business men has decided to organize a fifth line of defence by utilizing the spare time of residents of London for the purpose of ...
Article : 117 wordsProlonged councils are being, held between the Cabinet and Elder Statesmen of Japan in reference to the question of Japanese and German conflicting interests in ...
Article : 73 wordsThe British colony of Newfoundland has increased its naval and military forces, and has offered 500 men for overseas duty. The colony has a population of 243,000. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt a meeting of Australian ladies resident in London to-day, it was decided to form committees to carry on relief work among the poor of the city, large numbers ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Board of Agriculture, in a statement dealing with the available foodstuffs for the United Kingdom, says that the existing stocks of chilled and frozen meat are ...
Article : 55 wordsAt daybreak—4,30 a.m.—the German armies could be seen [?] in close order. The engagement reached its [?] stage at 5 o'clock, when the French battery of ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Belgian War Office announces that the commander of one of the Belgian forts at [?] has reported that the defensive works are intact, and that his men are in ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Wed 12 Aug 1914, Page 9
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