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  3. WAR IN THE AIR.

    A German aeroplane now over Paris this afternoon at a height of about 2,000 metres (over 6,000 feet), and dropped bombs on the city. No serious ...

    Article : 41 words
  4. THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

    Despite reassurances given from offcial sources, the position of the allies does not now on the map look over secure. There are two German armies streaming into France, one to the east of the Mouse and the other on a line south from Mons, where the British fought on the 22nd and 23rd inst. The army of the Meuse has crossed the river at Charleville, after a hard fight, and is now trending south-westward, while the army that went via mons is ...

    Article : 445 words
  5. THE ARETHUSA ATTACKED.

    Two German cruisers [?]rst attacked the Arethusa at 35 minutes past 3 in the morning, from a range of 1,000 yards. The Arethusa was damaged, but ...

    Article : 165 words
  6. THE MILITARY SITUATION.

    The Minister for War (M. Millerand), who returned from the front yesterday, is very favourably impressed with the military situation., ...

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  7. THE SIEGE OF LIEGE.

    A German officer now at Rotterdam stated that a bomb from a Zeppelin airship destroyed the cupola of one fort at Liege. General Lieman, the heroic ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. CIVIL GOVERNOR OF BELGIUM.

    The German Government has appointed Dr. Von Sandt, who will be stationed at Liege, Civil Governor of Belgium. ...

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  9. THE FIGHT AT NAMUR.

    The Press Bureau publishes as reliable an account by a Belgian lieutenant who has arrived in London. At Namur on Sunday the Germans' 11-inch ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. GERMAN DESTROYERS' ATTACK.

    Only two of the German torpedo-boat destroyers were actually seen sinking, but most of the 18 or 20 boats of that class winch were rounded up by the ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. RUSSIANS IN IMMENSE FORCE.

    Official reports from Vienna state that the Russians have entered Galicia in immense force, and are devastating the whole region, from the River Vistula ...

    Article : 192 words
  12. THE BRITISH REINFORCED.

    The Press Bureau states that since the 26th inst. the British have not been molested, except that the cavalry have been engaged. The British have rested ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. GERMANS RAKED FORE AND AFT.

    Other accounts state that the British shells ranked the decks of the Germans fore and aft. Although the fight lasted eight hours, there were considerable ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. THE FOUR DAYS' BATTLE.

    The Press Bureau gives fuller details of the fighting between the British forces and the Germans on Sunday August 23, and subsequent days. ...

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  15. A BATTLE IN PROGRESS

    A severe action is now in progress between the Frenech and the Germans, to the south-west of Mezieres, along a line from Signy FAbbaye, 15 miles ...

    Article : 310 words
  16. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGN

    There has been hard fighting in the region of the Ardennes, where a French army consisting of four army corps has stopped the advance of tho German ...

    Article : 644 words
  17. THE SITUATION IN BELGIUM.

    It is officially stated that numerous trains have conveyed German troops to the region round Courtrai, 13 miles to the northward of Lille, from an casterly ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    The Russian forces are not only overrunning East Prussia and investing its capital, Konigsberg, but they are also invading the neighbouring province of ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. THE NAVAL BATTLE.

    The Admiralty announces that the British losses in the naval battle off Cuxhaven were two officers and 27 men killed. 19 men severely wounded, and ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. GERMAN VANDALISM.

    A correspondent of the "Nieuwe Courant" states that he witnessed the outrages at Louvain, and accompanied a German officer through the town. He ...

    Article : 318 words
  21. BRUTAL GERMAN OFFICERS.

    The British destroyers exposed themselves to considerble risk in endeavouring to save is many drowning Germans as possible. Biitish officers who were ...

    Article : 183 words
  22. AUSTRO-RUSSIAN WAR.

    The Russians have taken 3,000 Austrians prisoners in the fighting in Galicia, to the east of Lemberg. Another 1,000 prisoners have been taken ...

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  23. PRECAUTIONS AT PARIS.

    Thousands of houses shops, and factories are now being blown up in order to clear the field for the fire of the forts, which form a ring round Paris. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 317 words
  24. GERMAN REGIMENT DESTROYED.

    It was officially stated at midnight that a German infantry regiment, which was attempting to cross the Meuse at Stenay, had been practically wiped out. ...

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  25. SAMOA CAPTURED.

    Samoa, which belonged to Germany, has been taken possession of by the British. Except that the Minister of Defence ...

    Article : 398 words
  26. STRATEGIC POSITION OF THE ALLIES.

    The War Office in an official statement says:—"The British troops on August 26 offered a superb and most stubborn resistance to tho Germans, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. THE TROOPS FROM ALSACE.

    The army commanded by General Pau, which was formerly engaged against the Germans in Alsace, but was withdrawn to strengthen the French ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. THE GERMAN ARTILLERY.

    Both the British and the French, wounded agree that it is not the German heavy artillery, nor yet their rifle fire, which is doing the greatest ...

    Article : 54 words
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