The French on Saturday captured the passes at Bonhommi and Saint Marie. They are now through the Nosges, and also hold the summits commanding St, ...
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Advertising : 712 wordsPrince George, who is a nephew of the Kaiser, is now a prisoner at Brussels. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe London Olympia has been made into a concentration camp. Three hundred Germans are now interned there, while many other Germans are imprisoned ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is officially stated that eight thousand German prisoners have been captured. ...
Article : 19 wordsIt is officially announced that the French troops continue to hold Fernz, Mulhausen, and Altkirch. Before them is the Forest of Hart, ...
Article : 42 wordsDetails from all war centres are meagre. Reconnaisances in force have temporarily ceased. The French advance in Alsace ...
Article : 76 wordsBoth the German and French forces have been reinforced. A hundred French troops were killed and wounded at Altkirch. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Belgian War Office claims that the situation is satisfactory. The French armies in Belgium are advancing methodically. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Crystal Palace has been offered to the War Office as a temporary hospital. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe steamer Tysla, engaged in trade between Norway, South Africa and Australia, caught fire after striking a mine and sank. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe British Government has recognised the boy scouts as a non-military body of public servants, ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Bradford wool market is at a standstill, with the exception that there is a good inquiry for low crossbred wool for khaki clothing. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Prime Minister this evening made a statement regarding the business transacted at the conference held to-day, between representatives of the ...
Article : 360 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Tysla (1676 tons), which struck a floating mine off the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Australia to Norway, did not sink. The ...
Article : 58 wordsThe House of Commons has adjourned until the 25th August. Mr. Asquith said that the Government hoped then to wind up the session in a ...
Article : 70 wordsTen thousand Germans have entered Liego, between Evignee and Fleron, and are now living in the University, schools, and public buildings, and are conducting ...
Article : 43 wordsGerman naval reservists were found working the steamer Zealandia, which was being equipped for sea. ...
Article : 21 wordsIt is reported that the Kaiser has gone to Aix-la-Chapelle. ...
Article : 23 wordsFifty Uhlans have been captured and disarmed at Maistricht, and interned at Alkmaar. ...
Article : 20 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Asquith said that Lord Kitchener was anxious to give every help in the organisation and equipment of the Irish ...
Article : 74 wordsTroop trains have been fired on from both sides of Crowhurst, Surrey. Windows were broken. The police are searching for motor cars which were seen in ...
Article : 61 wordsThe German have thrown a pontoon bridge across the Meuso above Liege, and are making for the Namur fortress situated higher up the valley of that ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr M'Kenna, in announcing the remission of sentences being served by suffragettes and prisoners connected with recent ...
Article : 58 wordsThe "Daily Mail" states that the British fleet commands the North Sea, and that all the approaches to Germany are closed. ...
Article : 32 wordsAll telegrams agree that the German soldiers are fighting in a spiritless manner and have to be forced by their officers. ...
Article : 28 wordsA Canadian troop train carrying a number of troops who had volunteered for the expeditionary force, was wrecked near Quebec while crossing a bridge. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Amphion survivors state that when the Koeaigen Luise, was sighted a shot was fired across her bows. She refused to stop and a chase began. Destroyers ...
Article : 67 wordsAdvice has been received that a British cruiser has captured the Hamburg-Amerika Company's liner Caportegal with a million specie aboard. ...
Article : 40 wordsVictoria is to provide at least one Brigade of Infantry in addition to its proportion of Light Horse, Field Artillery and Departmental Troops. Colonel ...
Article : 127 wordsInteresting news was brought to-day by the Anglo-American Oil Company's steamer Narragansett, which arrived at New York to-day. The captain reported ...
Article : 74 wordsThirteen Austrian battleships and cruisers, and sixteen torpedo boats have been sighted in the Adriatic. ...
Article : 26 wordsProlonged councils between the Cabinet and elder statesmen have excited public opinion. The newspapers strongly advocate war, ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Coeben and Breslan have passed Greece, apparently going towards the Dardenelles. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Welsh miners, who previous to the war declaration declined to accelerate the production of coal, have now decided to assist the Government to their utmost, ...
Article : 58 wordsRuler's correspondent at Paris states as official that the ambassador has been recalled from Vienna. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" states than an official message says the Germans have been trying to inundate the Seille Valley in order to delay the French ...
Article : 65 wordsAct is to go on uninterruptedly, it was officially stated to-day, in reply to the question whether the appointment of officers to expeditionary forces would ...
Article : 42 wordsThe French Government has ascertained that Austrian troops in Germany are allowing a number of Germans to act against France, which is regarded as a ...
Article : 32 wordsThe German Army, which is advancing directly on France is coming by way of Esch-sur-Masello, Raze, and Merle. ...
Article : 23 wordsMajor C. H. Brand, General Staff Officer, was notified from headquarters this morning that he had been appointed to an important position in the ...
Article : 35 wordsA large depot, containing arms of German origin, has been discovered at Antwerp. ...
Article : 19 wordsA German Major, surprised at Tours, blowing up a railway bridge, has been courtmartialled and shot. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Austrian ambassador at Paris has asked for his passport. ...
Article : 18 wordsAlthough the Victorian Millowners' Association has announced a reduction in flour from £10 to £9,15/ a ton, this is only a fractional revision of two increases ...
Article : 115 wordsShort shrift was accorded three Japanese who were caught by the Germans sketching the fortifications at Tsing-tao, in the German protectorate of Kiau-Chau. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Admiralty has informed the Lord Mayor of Birmingham that the cruiser Birmingham sank the submarine U15. ...
Article : 22 wordsCruisers have destroyed the wireless station, electrical works, naval station, storehouses, and a number of private houses at Antivari, and have sailed ...
Article : 38 wordsThe sacred recital to be given in the Presbyterian Church to-night promises to be one of the finest musical treats heard in Echuca for some ...
Article : 1,201 words(Whilst this column is always open for free discussion of public topics, we do not hold ourselves responsible for any opinions expressed by the writers of ...
Article : 29 wordsTwo hundred German reservists while embarking at Folkestone were arrested yesterday. Sixty German reservists were arrested ...
Article : 28 wordsThirteen Germans, all of them members of the crew of a German tramp steamer now in port at Bombay, have been arrested. ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—As I was not at Mr. Gourley's meeting at the Village Settlement on August 1st, it is therefore erroneous to advertise me as having acted as ...
Article : 69 wordsHeavy seige artillery have resumed the bombardment of Belgrade. ...
Article : 19 wordsIt was announced at a meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria to-day that the annual show will be opened on September 21, as ...
Article : 70 wordsPrince. William Hippe and his son were killed at Seraing during the assault on Liege. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe police have discovered several wireless plants on houses occupied by Germans in London and the suburbs. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Germans have captured three motor cars which were carrying large sums of money, and were trying to cross the Russian frontier. ...
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The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002), Wed 12 Aug 1914, Page 2
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