Field-Marshal Sir John French, commanding the British forces on the Continent has forwarded a despatch covering the battles of Ypres and Armentieres. ...
Article : 804 wordsDuring November the enemy pressed on all sides, striving to force a way to Strykow through a steadily narrowing corridor. The Russian occupation of ...
Article : 99 words[?] of news from the Eastern and Western theatres of con[?] a very satisfactory character, indicating, as it does, that the [?] successfully developing their plan of campaign. In the East, [?] are following up their recent successes with great ...
Article : 1,064 wordsAn official communique issued at Petrograd on Sunday night states: "Between the Vistula and Warta the enemy continues to maintain fortified ...
Article : 149 wordsThe "Daily News" correspondent at petrograd states, that the Germans killed in the ten days' battle between Bzura and Lodz are estimated at 100,000. ...
Article : 55 wordsIt is estimated that the Austrians taken prisoner by the Russians in the Rawa-Cracow district since the 9th numbered 38,000 ...
Article : 28 wordsAn explanation of the damage to certain German destroyers and torpedo-boats, which returned to Kiel for repairs early in September, is given by the Petrograd ...
Article : 283 wordsA German official report of operations in the Eastern theatre of war makes no mention of a reverse; but, on the contrary, is optimistic in tone. ...
Article : 66 wordsA force of Russians forded the Raba River, in Galicia; crossing neck-deep, amid rushing icefloes and carried a strongly fortified position. ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Russian general staff complains that the Germans are placing anti-aircraft guns, machine-guns, and wireless apparatus on church towers with the evident ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is officially announced at Amsterdam that the Kaiser is now at the Eastern front. ...
Article : 19 wordsBrigadier-General J. M. Gordon, formerly chief of the General Staff and First Member of the Australian Military Board, has been appointed to the ...
Article : 173 wordsA message received at Paris from Cairo states Negus Negust ("King of Kings") of Abyssinia has rejected German intrigues on the Sudan, and has ...
Article : 70 wordsA despatch from Field-Marshal Sir John French, dated 20th November, states that on army order found on a German prisoner declared that the Kaiser ...
Article : 192 wordsA message received in Amsterdam from Casa Blance, on the Moreccan coast, states that 14 Germans have been arrested at Sebdu Orange, on charges of espionage and ...
Article : 100 wordsThe German Socialist newspaper, "Vorwaerts," has published a scathing protest against the lack of financial support for the wives of German soldiers, ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Italian cruiser Calabria, a Rome message states, has been ordered to Syria to protect the Italians there. ...
Article : 20 wordsColonel the Earl of Cavan, commanding the 4th (Guards) Brigade at the front, has issued an army order paying a warm tribute to the Coldstream Guards for ...
Article : 158 wordsIt is stated in Paris that a German officer entered the home of a French manufacturer, whose factory had been denuded of its contents, and informed him that he ...
Article : 78 wordsDuring the fighting in the Mushroom Valley a burly man in a uniform rod up to General Brand. Gestieulating wildly, he pointed to General Botha's commande ...
Article : 141 words[?] issued in Paris states [?] has maintained an active [?] he is using little heavy [?]quently the artillery duel ...
Article : 85 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" correspondent at Calais states:—"Although the week has been comparatively uneventful, hundreds have been killed in skirmishes and minor ...
Article : 128 wordsThe R.M.S. Moldavia, which left Melbourne on 20th October, has arrived at Plymouth. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe London daily newspapers have agreed not to publish football news, except the bare results. ...
Article : 19 wordsMany branches of the National Union of Railwaymen have decided to demand an increase of 5/ weekly all round, owing to the increased cost of living and war ...
Article : 56 wordsRotterdam advices state that five of the Allies' aeroplanes dropped bombs on the military stores at Ghent, and effected much damage. ...
Article : 44 wordsDetails of the destruction of German aeroplanes and motor-cars between Soissons and Compiegne, in Northern France, on 9th September, have been officially ...
Article : 138 wordsIt is stated that 200 passports issued at Washington and sent to the Foreign Office at Berlin for registration have disappeared in similar circumstances to that of the ...
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Advertising : 1,094 wordsReuter's correspondent at Paris says it is estimated that the Germans have withdrawn four army corps from Belgium to-wards Poland. ...
Article : 40 words[?] newspapers point out that [?] Sir John French took an [?] in ordering the First Army [?] vis Ypres, but his action ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Ba province of Fiji has promised £500 for the war fund, and offers a contingent of 1000 men. The Ba province will contribute £160 and 500 men. The ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1886; 1914 - 1918), Tue 1 Dec 1914, Page 3
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