One of the most remarkable characteristics of the British "Tommy" is that he is absolutely indifferent to danger. This phase of his character has long been ...
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Article : 71 wordsBritish warships are now patrolling the Atlantic coastal waters between Now York and Panama. Wireless operators on merchant steamers at sea complain that it is ...
Article : 67 wordsThe afternoon communique states:—The enemy remains on the defensive in Belgium. The German cannonades are feeble, and we have made progress at some new ...
Article : 183 wordsAlthough recruiting has been suspended indefinitely, men are still arriving at the Ascot Park Camp. These recruits, however. have previously passed the medical ...
Article : 1,375 wordsHis Majesty the King proceeded to France on Sunday, and was there met by the Prince of Wales, with whom he visited wounded soldiers in the hospitals. His Majesty was given a splendid reception by the populace. ...
Article : 507 wordsFurther details regarding the destruction of the Emden were told to-day By Pie. W. G. Thompson, who was attached to the clerical staff of the 1st Expeditionary Force ...
Article : 505 wordsCapt. Davies, in command of the steamer Etonian, has arrived here, and report the discovery of contact mines floating off Fire Island, directly in the track of ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Russians have occupied the whole of the Hungarian province of Bukowina, (which forma the south-eastern portion of Galicia), capturing enormous quantities of ...
Article : 58 wordsCommandant Van[?]der Venter engaged 400 rebels on Sunday near Edenville. After a hot engagement the rebels fled, leaving 50 prisoners in the hands of ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Allies caught the Germans napping at night in the region of Arras, and they attacked the enemy's front at different sections. This assault was very successful ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of The Daily Mail says that under the influence, of a misleading order from the Kaiser, which promised that the war would be ...
Article : 358 wordsIt has been arranged that the Fiji Contingent of 1,000 men for the war shall join the 2nd, Expedition of New Zealand troops, which is about to embark for ...
Article : 38 wordsSwedish merchants are incensed with Germany owing to the action of German Warships in continuing to seize Swedish, ships laden with timber. ...
Article : 34 wordsSeveral German naval officers and 700 marines at Bruges were ordered to proceed to the battle of Ypres, but refused to do so, declaring that their duty was confined ...
Article : 97 wordsThe British Government has prohibited the exportation of linseed oil to Holland, owing to a belief that it is thence finding its way to Germany, there to be used for ...
Article : 52 wordsCorrespondents of the London news-papers who have been permitted to inspect the French lines declare that the battle of Flanders is now ended; marking ...
Article : 82 wordsThe London Daily Mail publishes a report that, four Englishmen, disguised as German officers, were discovered by the enemy and shot as spies during operations ...
Article : 264 wordsOn board the Morea, which passe through Fremantle to-day, are Mr. and Mrs. J. Dineaght, two residents of Broken Hill, who were in Antwerp during the ...
Article : 288 wordsMany glowing tributes are paid to the heroism shown by Gen. Grosetti and his slender forces engaged in the offence of Nieuport. Belgium under a rain of shell ...
Article : 133 wordsAn official announcement has been made flat. His Majesty the King crossed the Channel on Sunday, and safely landed in France. King George is now paying a ...
Article : 85 wordsThe London Daily Telegraph's Petrograd correspondent has wired that the prolongation of the Lodz battle is due to the desperate efforts of the Germans to bring ...
Article : 137 wordsLe Tempe publishes a statement that the Kaiser visited Antwerp on November 23, on the eve of his hasty departure for the critical situation on the Russian front ...
Article : 32 wordsOn November 11 the Prussian Guards made a fierce attack on the British 1st Army Corps in connection with the battle of Ypres, believing that it had previously ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Danish wife of Gen. Count von Moltke has written to relatives in the Danish capital that her husband his been made a prisoner, at the Kaiser's orders ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Paris edition of The New York Herald states that the Turks have seized the banks and other establishments conducted in Palestine by subjects of the ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. Spence) has been informed by the International Postal Burean in Berne that arrangements have been made in France and Switzerland ...
Article : 97 wordsThe following cablegrams have been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Harcourt):— London, November 30.—The Press ...
Article : 161 wordsActing on ia recommendation from the Prices of Goods Board, the State Cabinet to-night decided to have the proclamation repeated by which the highest prices were ...
Article : 637 wordsA notorious double murder case has been recalled by an incident of the war on the East Prussian frontier. A well-known Polish-German noble and ...
Article : 116 wordsA message from Rome states that, owing to the threatening situation in Asia Minor and Palestine, following the declaration of a holy war, the Italian Government has ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Amsterdam Telegraaf states that the inhabitants of Northern Flanders (Belgium), from the ages of 18 to 45, have been farced to sign a decoration not to fight ...
Article : 82 wordsThe debate on the second reading of the Wheat Purchase Bill was resumed in the Assembly to-night, when the Attorney-General said the Government took power ...
Article : 100 wordsA Government Yellow Book has been issued which demonstrates the resolve of the German Military Party long before the war to bring about the hostilities. It also ...
Article : 693 wordsLord Jesus, hear my simple prayer, Which mother bids me say to-night: Proserve with all Thy loving care My daddy dear. who's gone to fight ...
Article : 124 wordsAn urgent appear for [?]ankets for the use of the British troops was made in The Warrnambool Standard a week ago, and closed yesterday with a total of 1,000. Of ...
Article : 62 wordsNot counting the casualties of the armies of the subsidiary kingdoms of Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Bavaria—and they have been immensely heavy—the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe newspaper Handelsblad states that a heavy force of Germans has been sent to Ypres to make a supreme effort to capture the town, and that a great battle is ...
Article : 71 wordsContrary to the express terms of the Hague Convention Germany is now charging taxes on parcels sent to interned prisoners in Germany. ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Wed 2 Dec 1914, Page 7
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