The Germans continue to shoot Alsatians suspected of giving information to the French. ...
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Advertising : 27 wordsReports received in Amsterdam from Marstricht, the capital of the Dutch province of Limburg, state that the sound of firing from big guns can be ...
Article : 76 wordsThe battle of Liege makes thrilling leading. The Germans, displaying great bravery and steadiness, attempted to carry strongly fortified positions by means of an assault in strength, and the attacking force was annihilated. It is estimated that in the fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, the Germans lost 3O,000 men. They asked for an armistice to attend to the killed and wounded, but it was refused, and it appears that the Belgians themselves are caring, for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 283 wordsIt is believed in Paris that the Germans intended to cross the Meuse at Mczieres, near the Belgian frontier, and then advance on Paris by way of ...
Article : 342 wordsA troop of French cavalry captured a German patrol at Nomeny, fourteen miles north-east, of Nancy, and the French infantry captured another ...
Article : 53 wordsReports continue to come to hand regarding the terrible execution wrought by the fire of the Belgians on the attacking forces. The soldiers state ...
Article : 54 wordsThe German liner. Cap Trafalgar, arrived at Buenos Ayres on Saturday with extra guns, which were transferred at night time to other German ships in ...
Article : 52 wordsThe French Ambassador to Berlin (M. Jules Cambon) complains of the discourtesy of the German authorities, who compelled him to proceed to Denmark ...
Article : 95 wordsThe President of France (M. Poincare) has sent a message to the King of the Belgians culogising the garrison of Liege for their gallant defence of the ...
Article : 40 wordsWhen the naval reserve was mobilised Sir Erness Shackleton offered the services of the whole of his expedition, and placed the stores and provisions ...
Article : 69 wordsThe journal "Le People" reports that amongst the wounded prisoners brought in from Liege is a nephew of the Kaiser, who was in command of the German ...
Article : 65 wordsHerr Daniel Von Heinhausen. the head of the German Embassy at Washington during the absence of Count Von Bernsdorff, asserts that Sir Edward ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Kaiser has called up all Germans capable of bearing arms. The order says:—"We have to defend our most sacred possessions against the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Germans attacked Liege in force on Wednesday, and made a determined effort to force their way into the city, but were repulsed with great loss. It is ...
Article : 1,400 wordsAmsterdam has received a remarkable Berlin message, reading as follows:— "News of the fall of Liege spread with lightning rapidity, and created ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Austrian warship Taurus, pursued by British destroyers, has taken refuge at the Italian port of Brindisi. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Press Association states that the Admiralty informed Tyneside shipowners on Thursday night that they might send their vessels anywhere in the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe captain of a trawler at Loch Ness reports that he saw two British cruisers chase a German, destroyer on Wednesday. The cruiser's shells fell all round ...
Article : 61 wordsAnother batch of 300 Germans reached Harwich to-night. Many of them are seriously wounded, and are probably the victims of more than one North ...
Article : 38 wordsThe liner Konigin Luise had apparently laid a line of mines prior to being sunk. The line probably extended from Allenburgh in East, Prussia towards ...
Article : 80 wordsThe British light cruiser Amphion which went down with a loss of 130 men, struck a cable connecting two mines, and these mines converged on her and ...
Article : 130 wordsA high official of the German foreign Office said farewell to Sir W. E. Goschen, the British Ambassador, on his leaving Berlin. The Kaiser sent an ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is estimated that [?]00,000 Germans are likely to attack France through Belgium. It is possible the German attack on ...
Article : 71 wordsFierce fighting took place yesterday at Altkirch, a small German frontier town in Alsace-Lorraine, ten miles from Mullhausen. The town, which is ...
Article : 130 words"An armistice," says Holland, in his "Laws of War on Land," "suspends military operation by mutual agreement between the belligerent parties. If its ...
Article : 356 wordsA number of German army reservists reached Avonm[?]uth, in the West of England, from Montreal, to-day, and were detained. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Prince of Wales has been given a commission in the Grenadier Guards, and also appointed rear-admiral. Rear-Admiral [?]. C. Tudor, the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe "Daily News" says the Government has decided to send an expeditionary forre to the Continent at once, and preparations for its departure are in an ...
Article : 43 wordsLiege [?]tands on the Mouse a little above the point at which the river leaves the hill country of south-eastern Belgium, and enters the plains. To ...
Article : 765 wordsGerman spies are active in Belgium, and are continuing their work with marvellous deliberation and courage, even using wireless. The public are ...
Article : 41 wordsSeveral colleges at Oxford University, including Christchurch, Balliol, Keble and New College, have offered the buildings for use as army hospitals. ...
Article : 30 wordsKing Albert of Belgium commands the France-Belgian troops, with combined French and Belgian staffs. Before leaving for the front the King ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is officially stated to-day that British troops from the Gold Coast have seized the town of Lorne, in German Togoland, and that the Germans have ...
Article : 44 wordsThe publication of special editions of the French newspapers has been forbidden. The Press Bureau at the Ministry of ...
Article : 68 wordsThe condition of things in London is swinging back to as near normal as possible, and the rush to lay in stores of food has practically ceased. ...
Article : 139 wordsLieut-General Sir R. S. Baden Powell is quietly mobilising the Boy Scouts. There are now 20,000 available for the public services in London, and the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 10 Aug 1914, Page 5
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