The Russians are before Cracow, and a great battle has begun. The whole military and civil administration of Cracow is now in German ...
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Article : 45 wordsTo those who follow the campaign in France on the map the. position of the opposing armies is now full of interest. The Allies hold a zig-za g line from Lille, near the France-Belgian frontier, through Arras, Albert, Peronne and Amiens, and then along the River Avre to Roye. This position at Royo must be connected with the positions of the British to the north of the River Aisne. ...
Article : 360 wordsBelgian volunteers Have destroyed the railway tracks and bridges in 10 place behind and within the German lines in the provinces of Brabant, ...
Article : 68 wordsThe German newspaper the "Frankfurter Zeitung, "states that the Germans when they captured Fort Camp des Romains, near Verdun, were obliged to ...
Article : 103 wordsYesterday a Taube neinplaiie, armed with a mitraillcuse, chased a Belgian biplane over the centre of the city. The Belgian, who was armed only with ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe High Commissioner, cabling from London on October 3. says:- Official.—Despatches from the front dated ...
Article : 286 wordsThe details of the disaster to the Brigade of Prussian Guards on September 26, stated that it included the "Death's Head" Hussars, formerly communded ...
Article : 402 wordsThe Russians have captured two forts at Przemysl, from which they have been able to silence several batteries. It is reported that the Germans are ...
Article : 62 wordsThe contingent of British and Nitive troops from India armed at Museilles yesterday and received an enthusiastic welcome. They made a triumphal ...
Article : 354 wordsA Zeppelin has bombarded Fort Brocem, to the east of Antwerp, but the damage done was not serious. The Zeppelin fled when the guns of the fort ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Cossack outposts have gone far afield in Hungary. Nearly a thousand guns were in action during the fight for the Uzsok ...
Article : 72 wordsThe following official communique was issued this afternoon:— "The violent action on our left continues, capecially in the Roye region, ...
Article : 142 wordsA message to the "Daily News and Leader" from the front along the River Aisne attributes the recent [?]ull in the fierceness of the struggle to the great ...
Article : 124 wordsAfter occupying the principal cities of the province of Bukoivinu, to the southeast of Galicia, the Russians have begun a further advance from that ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Belgians sortied from Antwerp yesterday, and captured several German guns. After the Germans had recaptured ...
Article : 43 wordsThe "Berliner' Tageblatt," in a remarkable article, says:—"The Germane, far from having won their way, are in a difficult position. The British are ...
Article : 50 wordsAfter the German bombardment of Wavre and St. Catherine's, the defending force remained silent. The Germans believed this was due to the ...
Article : 62 wordsA message from Vienna states that the military, authorities have ordered the fortification of the suburbs adjacent to the town and that preparations are ...
Article : 74 wordsAn official communique issued last night at midnight says:"The French detachment which debouched from Arms has fallen back ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Paris newspaper "Le Temps" gives the first connected account of the battle of the Marine, which began on September 5. ...
Article : 377 wordsThe Germans in Rotterdam are aghast af the tone of the latest Berlin newspapers, which are proparing the German people for defeat. ...
Article : 303 wordsIt is officially stated that to the castward of the River Senne the defenders of Antwerp have been forced to retire before a violent attack by the German, ...
Article : 129 wordsKing George forwarded two messages of greeting to the troops landing at Marseilles. The first, to the British troo[?]s, was is follows:—"I have ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Russian successes at Augustowo and Kouciow, to the north-west of Grodno, imply that the German centre is broken. ...
Article : 158 wordsA fine feat is reported as having been performed on the French left on Tuesday. The Germans held a village on a hill, a position strongly entrenched and ...
Article : 177 wordsThe "Nieuwo Rotteidanisehe Courant" states that the British, French, and Belgian troops have linked u[?], and am enclosing the Germans "in a ring of ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Ashmend Bartlett, the Paris correspondent of the London "Telegraph," states that all the indications point to the fact that German commanders and ...
Article : 195 wordsThe High Commissioner, cabling from London, says:"Nothing new reported from the Allies' line between Rheims and the ...
Article : 83 wordsAbout 300 actors and 150 country cricketers are serving with the colours at the front. The cricketers include J. T Douglas, Warnet, C. Sewell, Blythe, ...
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Advertising : 13 wordsIt is officially stated that the German forces at Osowieto are hurriedly retreating northwards. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe chief interest of the operations in France continues to lie to the west of the River Oise, where the Germans are trying to break the Allies' left wing, while the Allies are pushing further north and west. The French have retaken Peroune, while another French force is engaged against the Germans about Arras. Reports from Holland state that Lille is now clear of the enemy, and that the British, French, and Belgians have joined hands there. Turning to the other end of the Allies' line in France, the High Commissioner states that the Crown Prince's army in the Argonnes has been thrown back to the north of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 155 wordsA British correspondent, telegraphing from Calais on Wednesday after a tour of the country on the north of the allies' left wing, says: ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Allied Commanders warmly praise the services of the British volunteer motor cyclist despatch riders, many of whom are undergraduates, and show ...
Article : 69 wordsA message sent from Chalons-surMarne on Monda states that the latest reports indicate that the German retirement was on strong lines, where ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Russian Commander-in-Chief (the Grnnd-Duke Nicholas) reports that the battle in East Prussia continues. The enemy is retreating from Lipouny ...
Article : 212 wordsAn official communique issued tonight says: — "The battle continues to rage violently on the left wing, especially round ...
Article : 127 wordsThe infantry are counting for almost nothing in the operations on the Allies' left wing, where an artillery duel is raging. ...
Article : 158 wordsIt is [?] in Amsterdam that the German general staff has left Luxemburg for Mayence, in the German Grand Duchy of Hesse. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 5 Oct 1914, Page 5
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