"As a result of the British resistance the Germans are apparently preparing to retreat, thus indicating that the projected dash on Calais has been a failure, although ...
Article : 53 wordsAn Army Corps commander ordered the German troops not to return alive if they did not take Dixmude. The conflict proved to be a fight for the dykes. It ...
Article : 129 wordsA Paris communique states that the action from the Lys to the sea is less severe. The German efforts to cross the Yser Canal have failed, while attacks delivered by the ...
Article : 211 wordsMany big guns have been mounted at Heyst, nine miles north of Bruges, being concealed by sandbanks. Other batteries of field guns are posted inland, indicating ...
Article : 117 wordsA communique issued at midnight on Thursday states:— "We hold ground in all positions. The enemy made a night attack, and attempted ...
Article : 323 wordsThe armored train, which the Germans constructed for use against the British. armored train, had a short life. The British aviators detected it crawling ...
Article : 133 wordsFrom Amsterdam it is reported that British patrols are within three miles of Bruges. The Germans at night-time removed their heavy guns from various ...
Article : 94 wordsOfficial.—"On the left wing the action continues and the fighting is still violent. There have been alternate advances and retreats, but without important results. The ...
Article : 363 wordsA German armored train, which had been left momentarily unguarded at Chaulnes, was captured and brought to the French lines by a stationmaster, despite a hail of ...
Article : 36 wordsA "Daily Chronicle" correspondent with the Belgian army states that the Germans near Ypres, early on Sunday found the range with their 11 and 13in. guns. The ...
Article : 141 words"Official.—A correspondent at Russian headquarters states that he has just made a journey over the country between Warsaw and Cracow, where the Russian ...
Article : 807 wordsPeople who crossed the frontier state, that the Allies have entered Ostend, which the Germans evacuated. ...
Article : 36 words"The battle has been resumed with particular intensity between Nieuport and the Lys," (says a Paris communique, which adds:—"We have maintained our front, ...
Article : 329 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" in an account of operations on the Allied left, says that the German onslaught 1from. Dixmude to Arras during the week have been terrible. ...
Article : 119 wordsThere are signs that the Germans have been instructed to refrain from committing outrages in Belgium. Several soldiers demanded money from a farmer. He ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Germans are unable to repair the Liege forts says in Amsterdam advice and the work has been abandoned in consequence. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Kaiser's orders to the troops found on German wounded in East Prussia express:— "Thanks for the valor of my ...
Article : 150 wordsAdvices from Calais state that the fighting in Belgium and Northern France is really for vantage points, usually some detail of ground, such as a wood or a ...
Article : 161 wordsIt is officially announced from Berlin that Dixmude has been stormed, and 500 prisoners taken, and nine machine guns captured. ...
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Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Tue 17 Nov 1914, Page 13
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