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  2. BRITAIN'S TRUST BETRAYED.

    At the beginning of the war an order was issued for the demolition of all private wireless telegraph installations in order that the Government could control all ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. America and War.

    Mr. Gardner, a member of the House, of Representatives, who has just returned from the war zone, has moved for the appointment of a commission to investigate ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. FIGHT IN NORTH SEA

    The news presented this morning includes the tidings of a British naval fight in the North Sea, in which four of the enemy's destroyers were sunk by the British Third Destroyer Flotilla. The engagement took place off the mouth of the Scheldt, after one of the German ...

    Article : 439 words
  5. IN RUSSIAN POLAND.

    The newspaper Giornale di Italia has published a telegram from Petrograd to the effect that a gigantic battle baa been commenced between the Russian and ...

    Article : 112 words
  6. RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.

    The bombardment of the battered Rheima Cathedral was resumed on Tuesday. A bursting shell wrecked one or the galleries. Three other shells fell upon the ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. "This Country Our Grave."

    On October 8 the pocket book of a soldier in a Saxon regiment was found to contain details of German outrages. Some extracts, just published, were as follow:— ...

    Article : 149 words
  8. Antwerp Naval Defenders.

    The casualties among the 8,000 British naval men who took part in the defence, of Antwerp totalled 12 killed and 89 wounded. ...

    Article : 31 words
  9. America Angry With Germany.

    The exposure by Sir Valentine Chirol (the well-known British writer on foreign affairs) in The Quarterly Review of the efforts made by Germany in 1901 to entrap ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. Red Cross Ships Damaged.

    The New York American publishes an affidavit signed by engineers on board the Red Cross (formerly the Hamburg-American" liner Hamburg), which was chartered ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. Counting the Chickens.

    A copy of the list of hostages which the German commanders drew up in expectation of capturing Paris includes the names of leading French and English commercial ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. The Galician Battle.

    An official notification states that the Russians, have assumed the. offensive along the River Vistula in Galicia. The London Daily Chronicle Petrograd correspondent ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. ALTKIRCH AGAIN TAKEN BY FRENCH.

    Telegrams from the Swiss city of Basle, near the French and Alsace frontiers, announce that French forces have reoccupied Aitkirch, in Alsace, and are now moving ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. British Turn the Tables.

    During the recent fighting southward of Arras, the British were posted on the declivity of a bill, which was faced across the valley by a steeper hill. They were ...

    Article : 190 words
  15. Antwerp's Population.

    Only 15,000 inhabitants are left in Antwerp. They are mostly old men, women, and children. The refugees, in Holland fear to accept the German advances made ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. Honolulu "Wireless" Closed.

    The United States Navy Department has ordered a Marconi "wireless" station at Honolulu to be closed for having sent a message announcing the arrival of the ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. A Canadian Capture.

    A launch fitted with, wireless, apparatus, and carrying nine months' provisions and a crew of two men and a woman, has been captured at Comox Spit, in British ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. Mines in the Baltic.

    Owing to German submarines appearing at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland and on the Russian shores the Russian authorities have mined the mouth of the Gulfs ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. Canada's Contingent

    The disembarkation of the Canadian contingent in England was continued on Friday. The operations are being carried on with strict secrecy. The equipment of ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. What Would Happen?

    The Berlin newspaper Lokal states that the Kaiser, in congratulating the Bavarian Array Corps on its achievements, said:—"I should like the English to ...

    Article : 39 words
  21. Went Down in Five Minutes.

    The stricken cruiser sank in five minutes. It was thought at first that the only men who survived were those who escaped together in one boat. This craft was picked ...

    Article : 481 words
  22. MAN WHO CAUSED THE WAR.

    At the continuation of the trial of the Servian student Princip, for the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to the Austrian, throne) ...

    Article : 185 words
  23. ANTWERP BOOTY.

    A German headquarters telegram claims that the Germans took prisoner 5,000 troops in Antwerp. The booty included 500 spins, huge quantities of war ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. Austrian Conscripts Called Up.

    Austrian regiments, containing Italian-speaking soldiers, have been ordered to relieve German troops in Belgium. The new Austro-Hungarian reserve of conscripts has ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. Austrian Waiters Not Wanted.

    The London police have arrested all the waiters in the Vienna Cafe, New Oxford street, W.C., which was a favourite haunt of Austrians and Germans. ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. The Scheldt Mined.

    In order to prevent the River Scheldt from being used by any of the belligerents between Antwerp and the south-eastern extremity of the island of South ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. GAY OSTEND.

    The Kursaal, a huge house of entertainment in the popular Belgian watering place which has new been occupied by the German invaders. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  28. The Austrian Assassination.

    Advices from Serajevo state that Jovanovitch, who was arrested soon after Princip was charged with the murder of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. In the Air.

    A German biplane dropped a bomb on Dunkirk to-day, but no harm was done. A marksman in one of the forts fired at and hit the biplane, which came down in ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. ALLIES' PROGRESS IN FRANCE.

    An official communique has been issued confirming the announcement of the progress made by the allies yesterday. PARIS, October 18, 2.20 a.m. ...

    Article : 150 words
  31. Ships and Cargoes.

    The Netherlands-American liner Noordam, of 12,351 tone, while bound from New York for Rotterdam, struck a mine in the North Sea. Seven of the persons on board ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. Germans Refortifying.

    Visitors who have reached Rotterdam from Antwerp state that the Germans are energetically engaged in reconstructing the forts of that Belgian port. ...

    Article : 28 words
  33. A Convoy Wrecked.

    According to information from the enemy 15 Germans were killed by a bomb dropped upon an ammunition wagon of a German cavalry column. It was thought at the ...

    Article : 267 words
  34. BRITISH CRUISER SUNK.

    News of another successful raid by a German submarine in the North Sea has come to hand. The British sister second-class cruisers ...

    Article : 271 words
  35. NORTH SEA FIGHTS.

    The Official Press Bureau has published an announcement that a British cruiser tod four destroyers have sunk four German destroyers off Che coast of Holland. ...

    Article : 96 words
  36. Austrian Troops Transferred.

    Eight thousand Austrians participated in the siege of Antwerp, and they have now traversed Aix la Chapelle, bound for the eastern operations at Cracow. ...

    Article : 31 words
  37. BATTLES IN BELGIUM.

    Heavy fighting is in progress in South-West Belgium, in the neighbourhoods of Ypres, Nieuport (south of Ostend), and Courtrai (north-east of Lille). ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. A Clever German Move.

    The German Legation has invited the public to inspect dum-dum explosive bullet's alleged to have been taken from the bodies of French and British soldiers. ...

    Article : 73 words
  39. KIAO-CHAU PORTS.

    It is announced officially that the allied squadron attacked and destroyed portions of the two principal Tang-tao forts, Iltis and Kaiser. ...

    Article : 134 words
  40. Off the Track.

    The Times correspondent in the north of France says that conversations which he has had with Belgian officers show that the internment of the British naval troops ...

    Article : 120 words
  41. LONDON SENSATION.

    Recent cable messages have revealed how the Germans for years past have been preparing for the day. when they would attack France. German factory, sites ...

    Article : 207 words
  42. LILLE IN RUINS.

    The German bombardment and occupation, of Lille have resulted in the reduction of that northern French city almost to ruins. The whole place is badly damaged ...

    Article : 80 words
  43. THE BELGIAN FLAG.

    The picturesque ceremony of the salutation of the Belgian flag was performed on Saturday afternoon on Wimbledon Common in the presence of tens of thousands of people ...

    Article : 197 words
  44. Ostend Occupied.

    It is officially announced from Berlin that the German troops have occupied Ostend. A war tax of £400,000 has been inflicted ...

    Article : 163 words
  45. Capt. Fox's Double Event.

    The hero of the action was Capt. Cecil H. Fox (commander of the Third Destroyer Flotila of tie First Fleet)—which consists of the new light cruiser ...

    Article : 236 words
  46. Lord Sydenham's Views.

    Lord Sydenham (formerly Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Victoria), in an interview, lias stated that owing to the great strides made in the manufacture ...

    Article : 130 words
  47. Brilliant French Cavalry.

    An instance of brilliant cavalry work occurred in the Lys Valley. The Uhlans blew up the bridges and placed machine guns at the fords, relying on the depth of ...

    Article : 110 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. The Shantung Railway.

    A telegram, received from Pekin, stages that Great Britain, replying to China's protest against the Japanese occupation of the shantung Railway, declares that she is ...

    Article : 64 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. Resourceful Zouaves.

    The French troops on October 7 twice failed to rush a very strongly entrenched hill on the Meuse, near Herbeanville. Each time they were driven back by concealed ...

    Article : 171 words
  52. Revelation at Edinburgh.

    The Observer, a London Sunday newspaper, reports that the military have raided a large German "factory" at Edinburgh. The works cover an extensive area ...

    Article : 156 words
  53. Austrian Torpedo Boat Struck.

    The bombardment of the Austrian port of Cattaro has been resumed with the greatest violence from the allied fleet in the Adriatic, and from the slopes of Mount ...

    Article : 90 words
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