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Advertising : 525 wordsDetails of the fighting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday show that a force of 800,000 Germans marched south, one-half proceeding towards Lille and the other ...
Article : 168 wordsDetails regarding the recent fighting show that on taking a position in the vicinity of Mons the British troops blew up churches and a railway station, which ...
Article : 197 wordsNo confirmation has been received of the report that the Zeppelin airship which dropped bombs into Antwerp had been captured. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states that the Germans, with Strassburg as their stronghold, have established themselves temporarily in strong force within a ...
Article : 33 wordsWounded French officers who have reached Bourges describe the duplicity of Germans resident in Lorraine. When the French entered the villages they ...
Article : 134 wordsOfficers from the front state that the shooting of the British infantry was wonderful. Every time a German head showed from the trenches it was hit. The ...
Article : 116 wordsThe French Embassy in London, describing the battle around Charleroi, says that the British Army behaved admirably When under fire. Thy resisted the enemy with ...
Article : 31 wordsWitnesses of the fighting state that the Germans were held in check at all points to Sunday afternoon, when the cannonade ceased, but it was renewed with ...
Article : 108 wordsIt is officially stated that German cavalry patrols have been seen in the Douni region. The Germans are unable to advance further owing to the fear of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe bomb throwing by a Zeppelin airship lasted for twenty minutes. The population was terribly alarmed. Hundreds of people ran into the streets in ...
Article : 65 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said that the British troops were hard pressed, but they shook off the enemy. The British ...
Article : 52 wordsMessages received from Ostend state that the German advance on Lille a expected to exert the most important influence on the battle. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Belgian Minister of War (Chevalier do Broqueville) states that 300,000 Germans passed Brussels. Witnesses state that one half of this force went in the ...
Article : 124 wordsConsiderable mystery is surrounding Namur. No official news has been received of its fall. A German official announcement ...
Article : 47 wordsA witness of the affray, writing to London, has supplied particulars of a British cavalry success. The informant describes how a party of British Hussars ...
Article : 71 wordsOn Monday evening Messrs. G. and V. Lewis, who are leaving Meama for Adelaide, were entertained by a large number of friends in ...
Article : 291 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that after yesterday's counter attacks the French right wing fell back. The French repulsed several counter attacks at ...
Article : 30 wordsThe report that Namur is captured is denied. ...
Article : 13 wordsAfrican Zauves and Tirailleurs occupied the front line, and were at one time masters of the situation west of the Mouse. They broke the German line, ...
Article : 91 wordsEye witnesses of the fighting who have reached Ostend state that the Germans who descended on Charleroi were preceded by swarms of scouts. The latter reached ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Press Bureau declares that owing to the considerable forces which the Germans had massed, the French Commander-in-Chief (General Joffre), decided to ...
Article : 69 wordsNo details have been received in London direct in explanation of the fall of Namur, but a message received from Paris states that on Saturday afternoon the ...
Article : 123 wordsTHE war in which the British Empire is now engaged is gradually coming home to Australians in other senses than the support to be accorded Great Britain by ...
Article : 945 wordsIt is officially announced from Paris that the Germans attacked the French to the north of Nancy, and were repulsed with heavy losses. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe French War Office announces that the Germans seem to have resumed the offensive. Official communiques show that a mass ...
Article : 39 wordsNews of a heroic fight put up by Belgian corps is contained in a message from Antwerp. Five hundred men of the First Battalion of the Thirty-fourth ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Antwerp correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company reports that after a fierce fight at Malines, lasting for four hours, the Belgians repulsed ...
Article : 36 wordsDetails published in Paris show that three French armies are between Charleroi and Longwy, in addition to the British. ...
Article : 30 wordsA sharp skirmish occurred to-day between Belgian Gendarmes and a body of German cavalry, 150 strong, a few miles from Ostend. Five of the Gendarmes ...
Article : 39 wordsThe many friends whom Mr. John G. Holmes has made during his stay in Echuca will learn with regret that he has been called upon to proceed at once ...
Article : 106 wordsGerman artillery posted on the outskirts of Charleroi shelled the railway station and the most salient points of the lower town. The Germans then attempted ...
Article : 38 wordsThe shooting of the British artillery was magnificent and accurate, and forced the Germans to heat a hasty retreat. ...
Article : 25 wordsPrince Aldebert, the Kaiser's uncle was killed in the Turcos attack. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Belgians lost 40 killed and wounded in a rail by [?]hlans on Ostend. The Germans suffered more severely. A German with a red cross badge ...
Article : 35 wordsHalf way between Namur and Charleroi a battery of French guns shelled the Germans out of a wood. When the enemy come into the open a rifle fire was directed ...
Article : 51 wordsThe physique and athletic qualities of the British troops produced an immense impression in Belgium, where the soldiers generally are small. ...
Article : 53 wordsOn Tuesday a deputation from the Echuca Waterworks. Trust informed the Minister for Water Supply that included in the cargo of the Corman steamer Pialz, ...
Article : 141 wordsIt is officially stated in Paris that the third Army, from the region of Chimay, moved forward to attack the German right between the Sambre and the Mouse, ...
Article : 201 wordsThe Germans have imposed a levy of eighteen millions sterling on the province of Brabant. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe French Embassy states that two French Army Corps attacked the enemy and drew from them a murderous fire. The French, however, held their ground ...
Article : 153 wordsGeneral French reports that he is not yet able to send details regarding casualties owing to the extended nature of the operations. ...
Article : 46 wordsAdvices from Ostend state that a party of Belgians captured 25 German Uhlaes who were on patrol duty 10 miles inland from Blankenberg. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe wheat market is very firm, but the demand is quiet, 40/ being asked for Victorian cargoes which have arrived. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe general situation is excellent, despite the troops' fatigue and losses. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe War Office is requiring all available forces on the Meuse. It has ordered the abandonment of occupied territory at Mulbausen, which has been evacuated. ...
Article : 35 wordsTelegrams from Antwerp state that a Zeppelin airship few over the town on Monday night and dropped bombs. Several houses were destroyed, and also the ...
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The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 2
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