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  2. CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE.

    Mr. William Maxwell, the well-known war correspondent, in a despatch to The london Daily Telegraph, states that the Germans are fairly on the run. They are ...

    Article : 184 words
  3. FIGHTING IN AFRICA

    Advices from the town of Blantyre in the south of the British Protectorate of Nyossaland, Central Africa, state that the casualties in connection with the repulsion of the ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. NAVAL WAR NEWS.

    Reports are to hand concerning a naval battle between German and Russian Fleets near Aland Island, off the Swedish coast. There are no particulars yet known. ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY.

    According to Berlin advices the Imperial Crown Prince's headquarters have been taken up in a fortified position west of Verdun. ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. A Poisonous Explosive.

    Visitors to a French battlefield between Meaux and Penchard saw hundreds of German bodies piled in heaps, covered with straw and burning. ...

    Article : 124 words
  7. Spy on a Troopship.

    A ship's officer named Revell states that while superintending the unloading of army equipment from troopships he care across a workman who was searching a ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. TRAIN DISASTER.

    A disaster befell a train which was conveying troops to Capetown. It became Brailed at the Hex River Pass, and capsized over an embankment. Three of the ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. THE BELGIANS' TURN.

    The Germans have completely evacuated the region of the Scheldt, between Antwerp and Ghent. One of the German Army Corps is now marching towards ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. Uhlans deservedly Punished.

    The correspondent further relates—"A private of the British Army Services Corps was riding a motor cycle when he was overtaken by a party of Uhlans. These lancers ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. HELIGOLAND BATTLE.

    The German casualty lists give the losses in the Heligoland sea fight at 50 killed. ...

    Article : 9 words
  12. Crew Saved by Fisherman's Courage.

    It was due to a thick fog that the converted White Star liner Oceanic ran ashore and was wrecked. There were 400 aboard at the time of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. LEADER OF THE LANDING PARTY.

    COMMANDER J. A. H. BERRESFORD, WHO HAD CHARGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING PARTY, WHICH HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE MAP OF THE PACIFIC. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  14. ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE PATEY.

    COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY, WHICH HAS HOISTED THE UNION JACK IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  15. GERMAN BRUTALITY.

    The correspondent of The Nieuwe Rotterdam Courant describes a visit to Termonde (or Dendermonde), a fortified Belgian town 16 miles from Ghent. ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. AMERICA WITH US.

    United States military experts describe the retirement of the allied forces from Belgian to the region of Paris as probably the most brilliant military achievement in ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. THE VERGE OF WAR.

    "Russia has declared war!" That was what the man seated opposite to me at i Brighton boarding house said to me only a week ago. And I answered ...

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  18. According to Berlin.

    According to war messages emanating from the Berlin bureau—and which are being discredited among many of the central nations—the left flank of the ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. SITUATION SUMMED UP.

    Fighting continues along the Orain River, between the Argonne Ranges and the River Meuse. In that locality the German Crown Prince's army and the ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. KAISER'S PICKED TROOPS.

    The battle of Meaux, in which the British were engaged, north-east of Paris, resulted in the clearing of the Oureq Valley of the Germans. Their right wing was ...

    Article : 503 words
  21. THE BRITISH BULLDOG.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill), addressing a recruiting meeting in the London Opera House on Friday evening, said that Great Britain ...

    Article : 276 words
  22. AUSTRIANS' REARGUARD ACTION.

    News from the south of Poland indicates that the chief Austrian Army is fighting a desperate rearguard action and fleeing from the Russians in increasing ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT.

    There has now been issued a series of official communiques which more fully describe, and in a manner which has thrilled the waiting throngs, the story of ...

    Article : 373 words
  24. Kaiser in Luxemburg.

    The correspondent of The Central News Agency at Amsterdam asserts that the headquarters of the German Army operating in France and Belgium are at ...

    Article : 26 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL.

    The Chief of the Royal Army Medical Corps at the front recently declared that the Australian voluntary field hospital, organized by the Countess of Dudley, is ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. Germany's Big Debt.

    The London Times says it is understood that the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Mr. W. H. Page), in conversation with the British Foreign ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. MOOLTAN'S EXCITING VOYAGE.

    The P. & 0. liner Mooltan, which left, London three days after war was declared, arrived at the Outer Harbour at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday. Passengers had on ...

    Article : 407 words
  28. Great Transfer of German Troops.

    It is officially announced in the Russian capital that German troops have been brought from the west of Europe and concentrated along the River Alle. ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. THE POPE'S APPEAL.

    Pope Benedict XV., in a long and earnest encyclical, appeals to the heads of the nations to hasten a cessation of the war, and bring about a common ...

    Article : 38 words
  30. MINISTER V. PRINCE.

    The newspapers of the Greek capital state that an altercation has taken place between the Turkish Crown Prince, who is opposed to war, and the Turkish ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. Baptist Chaplains.

    At a meeting of tbe general cominittee of the South Australian Baptist Union held recently it was decided to draw the attention of the Minister for Defence to ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. Use of Explosive Bullets.

    The President of the United States (Dr. Woodrow Wilson) has received a message from the French President (M. Poincare) denying that the French armies had used ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. Armoured Train Wrecked.

    Polish miners at Bendin were compelled by the Germans to load coal trucks. They concealed dynamite in each truck, with appalling result. It is stated that a ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. BRITISH RECRUITING.

    It is significant of the response to the appeal for recruits that the War Office authorities have increased the minimum height required in the case of volunteer ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. Rapid German Retreat.

    An official communique states:-"On our left the Germans are in general retreat between the Rivers Oise and Marne. The enemy's cavalry is exhausted, and makes ...

    Article : 189 words
  36. Night Surprise for Enemy.

    During the German advance along the River marne a body of the enamy occupied a portion of the Forest of Crecy. British patrols discovered them, and gave ...

    Article : 198 words
  37. GERMAN POSSESSIONS.

    Interesting information in regard to the German possessions in various parts of the world was supplied to the press by the Minister of External Affairs (Hon. P. ...

    Article : 350 words
  38. BATTLE LINE SMASHED

    The following urgent message has been issued from the French Government to the nation:—"Official.—The German right has abandoned great quantities of war munitions. ...

    Article : 67 words
  39. KAISER ON MILITARISM.

    The Evening News, New York, states that Herr von Eckhardt, the German Minister in Mexico, recently described a conversation he had with the German ...

    Article : 111 words
  40. MONTENEGRO AND SERVIA.

    The Montenegrin forces have captured Fatella and have joined the Servians near Visegred, 13 miles east of Sarajevo. The combined armies are machine ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. THE AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP.

    H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA, 18.800 TONS, WHICH. IN COMMON WITH THE OTHER VESSELS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FLEET, HAS HAD HER BAPTISM OF FIRE IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO. THE FLAGSHIP WHICH IS 555 FT. LONG. CARRIES EIGHT 12 IN. AND 16 IN. GUNS. SHE HAS A SPEED OF 20 KNOTS, AN HOUR AND CARRIES A COMPLEMENT OF 790 OF ALL RANKS. OF 790. OF ALL. BANKS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 99 words
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