The Exchange Telegraph makes the important announcement that the Allies have defeated the Germans at Tirlemont, 25 miles south-cast of Brussels. ...
Article : 36 words[?] superior numbers, the Belgian Army has been forced [?] the result the Germans entered and occupied [?]sels, on Thursday afternoon. As previously stated [?] the Belgian capital is not strongly defended, and ...
Article : 405 wordsAll able-bodied men, from 20 to 42 years of age, have been called up. ...
Article : 18 wordsWhen speaking in support of the Canadian Government's request for a war grant of £10,000,000, the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, said that Canadians ...
Article : 119 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Venice says the news of the Angle-French naval raid in the Adriatic Sea produced indescribable panic at Trieste. ...
Article : 31 wordsA telegram from Maastricht states that the Liege forts are still holding out. London doctors opine that the whole of the defence in the Liege forts must now ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Mayor of Linsmean, "near Tirle-mont, has made an official report of shocking acts of cruclty on the party of German cavalry. ...
Article : 417 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that the French Army yesterday advanced rapidly and reached Morhange, 19 miles south-east of Metz. They also ...
Article : 128 wordsThe American State Department has received without comment a statement from Germany that the Kaiser intended to immediately cede Kiao-Chan back to ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is officially stated that the French advance guard in Lorraine encountered a strong position, and after an attack forced the Germans back to the main body. ...
Article : 35 wordsGerman women and children, including the Governor and his family, have left Tsing-tan, the capital of Kiao-Chau, for Tientsin. ...
Article : 192 wordsSlow German advances are reported in the region of Longwy and Briey. The enemy entrenched themselves before Briey, with support from Metz., ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" says that a noteworthy feature of the situation is the absence of information relative to operations in the Luxemburg districts. ...
Article : 32 wordsAdvices from Paris state that a wounded officer has given details of the engagement at St. Blase, where the French captured a flag from the ...
Article : 117 wordsMr J. Cook, Prime Minister, to-day received the following cable message from Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner in London, dated 20th August, 6.30 ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Japanese Premier states that Japan's objective is to eliminate from China Germany's influence, which constitutes a menace. Japan has no design on ...
Article : 56 wordsColonel H. G. Chauvel, the newly-appointed Australian representative on the Imperial general staff, has arrived in London. He has began his duties at the ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is reported from St. Petersburg that the Russian outposts near Lumsk defeated a strong Austrian patrol. Sixty of the Austrians were either ...
Article : 61 wordsThe French airman Pegoud has returned to Paris. Pegoud, who is one of France's most daring airmen, flew 300 kilometers in ...
Article : 70 wordsThe body of Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson, who died suddenly on Monday from heart disease, has been removed from Boulogne across to England. ...
Article : 54 words[?] Bareau states this [?]an Army has been [?] Communication be[?]e outside world has ...
Article : 269 wordsDetails have been received from St. Petersburg of the attack by Austrians on Vladimir Volynski, near the Galician frontier. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Prime Minister (Sir Robert Barden) announced that the Duke of Connaught's term as Governor General has been extended until the end of the war. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr M. H. Donohoe; the "Daily Chronicle" war correspondent states that the Belgians are now occupying the historic field of Waterloo. ...
Article : 152 wordsThe first British lives to be lost on the Continent during the present war were sacrificed to-day in an aeroplane accident. The British Press Bureau announces ...
Article : 67 wordsGermany at the outbreak of war, made a concrete proposal, asking for the co-operation of Greece. The latter refused, and the ...
Article : 36 wordsA German acroplane, while reconnoitring at Dinant, was hit by French gunners and brought to earth. The pilot was killed, but the scout, ...
Article : 53 wordsFurther details have been received from Nish, the temporary Servian capital, in regard to the Servian success at Shabatz, on the Save, 37 miles ...
Article : 63 wordsVolunteers have been despatched from Nairobi (British East Africa) to deal with a party of Germany who are making raids on native and cattle in the ...
Article : 43 wordsMr William Cain, of Liverpool, has offered the Government a Bleriot acroplane, which is ultimately to be presented to the Australian Government in ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Belgian army has only been reorganised for a year, and it is without adequate cavalry to cope with the Uhlans. The German guns outrange the Belgian ...
Article : 76 wordsNews has been receive that the vicinity of Warsaw has been cleared of Germans for a radius of 64 miles. The Russians entered the province of ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is officially announced from The Hague that a bread famine is feared in Holland; as the wheat stocks will suffice only for two or three weeks. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe annual service for the repose of the souls of the French soldiers, who fell in the Crimea War held in Constantinople on Wednesday. ...
Article : 101 wordsCritics point out that the Belgians in Antwerp are admirably placed to fall upon German columns pushing westward if they suffer a check at the hands of the ...
Article : 93 wordsThe German hatred of the Cossack has been proved by the refusal of the German troops to bury Cossacks killed in a frontier engagement. ...
Article : 50 wordsFive steamers are lying at Barry, a Glamorganshire seaport, with cargoes of wheat aggregating 30,000 tons. The wheat was originally consigned to Hamburg. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe King sent a message to President Poincare congratulating him on the anniversary of his birthday. His Majesty expressed the firm ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following movements of Australasian oversea shipping are announced from London:— Arrivals.—At Liverpool: Ulysses, s.s. ...
Article : 54 wordsNews of a Cossacks reverse at Miechow (in Russian Poland) is continued in late messages from Vienna to-day. It is claimed that a body of Galician ...
Article : 70 wordsReuter's correspondent at Ghent has supplied a graphic narrative of the engagement fought between the Belgians and Germans at Aerschot, nine miles ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Norwegian St[?]thing (National Parliament) has voted the sum of 15,000,000 kroner (approximately £830,000) to meet the situation created by the European ...
Article : 32 wordsA man named Keith Braden was sentence to one month's imprisonment at Bow street (London) Police Court to-day for having improperly worn the King's ...
Article : 117 wordsNews from Rome states that the French fleet and a force of Montenegrins co-operated in a bombardment of Cattaro, the Austrian seaport on the Dalmatian ...
Article : 62 words[?]cupied Brussels on [?] city were desorted. [?] ssly fired farms, ...
Article : 104 wordsFour hundred thousands Swiss soldiers are guarding the frontiers in order to be prepared to resist any violation of their country by a belligerent nation. ...
Article : 36 wordsAn Exchange telegram form Cottinje states that the English warships participated in the bombardment of Cuttaw. ...
Article : 21 wordsReuter's Agency states that it is understood that the Ottoman force which had entered Balgaria, has now returned to Turkey. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Montenegrins defeated the Austrians in Bosnia, and 200 of the latter were killed. ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1900; 1914 - 1918), Sat 22 Aug 1914, Page 3
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