Graphic details of the extensive operations of the British and French forces, for the week ended September 10, are contained in the latest despatch received from the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Forces (Sir John French). The British were reported to ...
Article : 509 wordsThe motive of Turkey in abrogating the capitulations was to justify her inordinate war preparations in the eyes of the public. It is expected that the Porte will now ...
Article : 44 wordsOfficial intelligence issued by the French Government at Bordeaux states that the Germans have been forced to abandon the defences which they had prepared between ...
Article : 113 wordsA British corps overcame some resistance on the Petit Morin River, and crossed the Marne in Pursuit of the Germans, who were now hastily retreating ...
Article : 225 wordsLong continued artillery duels paved the way for bayonet charges at night. During the first days of the battle the French had invariably each evening retired slightly ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Mussulmans in Egypt, the Caucasus and Tunis have informed the Committee of Union and Progress at Stamboul that Turkey must not rely on their aid if ...
Article : 46 wordsA Zeppelin airship, flying at a height of 500 it., approached the town of Vollan, on the Prussian frontier, and attempted to drop bombs. The Russian artillery damaged ...
Article : 104 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, writing to The Daily Chronicle, says that after a tour of the battlefields, and as the result of many interviews with prisoners of war, be is able ...
Article : 223 wordsTwenty-one trainloads of booty from the Battle of the Marne have been brought to Vincennes. These include 11 heavy field guna, seven motor wagons full of ...
Article : 163 wordsThe complete list of casualties in connection with the operations of the Australian forces against Ho[?] and Rabaul, the headquarters of German New Guinea and ...
Article : 109 wordsVery hot fighting occurred at the village of Vareddes, three miles north-east of Meaux, on Thursday. Semi-permanent entrenchment had been made by the PORT OF FREMANTLE. ...
Article : 142 wordsA terrible war story is related by a gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in reference to the fighting on September 6, when the Germans tried to cross the ...
Article : 267 wordsOne feature of the campaign on our side has been the success attained by the military arm of the new Royal Flying Corps. It is impossible to ...
Article : 314 wordsRoutine business was the order of the day at the Morphettville Camp on Tuesday. The whole is now on a strict War footing, and when orders to that effect ...
Article : 1,253 wordsA French official communique just issued reads:—"On our loft wing we have everywhere regained touch with the enemy's ...
Article : 142 wordsThe failure to reach Paris was the demoralizing blow. It was a proof to the rank and file that the plans of the headquarters staff had miscarried This, with the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Evening News says that during the battle of the Marne a terrible series of the Marne a terrible series of engagements took place at a small French farmhouse, which was several times ...
Article : 171 wordsThis was the first time these troops had turned back since the attack at Mons. From reports received the order to retreat when close to Paris was a bitter ...
Article : 187 wordsGen. Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief, is quoted as having remarked that there are two methods of making war. One is to employ troops in masses; while ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Paris newspaper correspondents, who are following in the wake of the advancing British and French troops, state that half a million Germans are retreating, ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Official Press Bureau denies that any Russian forces have passed through Great Britain on their way to Belgium. It is also untrue than any Russian soldiers are ...
Article : 40 wordsAmsterdam reports that during the fighting around the Belgian capital, by which the German troops were being forced southwards, the_ Belgians tapped telegraph ...
Article : 84 wordsFull details of the German reverse are published in the Danish newspapers. The Copenhagen newspaper gives the credit for The allurement of the German armies ...
Article : 63 wordsLetters received from Berlin snow that a startling change and disillusionment haS Set in. The people began to see that all was not right when the military ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Paris Figaro states that Gen von der Goltz, the German Military Governor in Brussels, journeyed from Brussels to Antwerp, under a flag of truce, in order to ...
Article : 59 wordsThe official account states:—On September 4 it became apparent that there was an alteration in the direction of the advance of almost the whole of the ...
Article : 235 wordsM. Hanota[?], in an article in The Figaro (Paris), in which be discusses the events of the past week, declares that the honours of the day rest with the British. ...
Article : 62 wordsOn September 5, this movement on the part of the Germans was continned. Large advance parties crossed the Marpe south wards. At Trilport, Sommeroy, La ...
Article : 233 wordsNews received at Rotterdam from Berlin states that the German General Staff claims that the latest battle in France has so far been favourable to German ar[?], as ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Minister for External Affairs has received the following from the High Commissioner:—War Office has issued a complete report ...
Article : 140 wordsGerman troops from German East Africa attacked Abercorn, the British Rhode[?]an trading station near Lake Tanganyika, on September 5, but were repulsed ...
Article : 93 wordsTHE REMARKABLE SUCCESSES ACHIEVED BY THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS HAVE BEEN A BIG FEATURE OF THE CAM PAIGN AND GEN JOFFRE HAS PAID A FINE TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH BIRDMEN. IN FIVE SEPARATE AERIAL DUELS ENGLISH AVIATORS HAVE OUT MANE[?]RED AND SHOT GERMAN RIVALS, AND THE INFORMATION WHICH THEY HAVE GAINED REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF THE OPPOSING ARMIES HAS BEEN OF INCALCULABLE VALUE TO THE ALLIES OUR ILLUS ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Wed 16 Sep 1914, Page 7
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