The crows have been landed at Teneriffe of the steamers Strathroy, Maple Branch, Highland Hope, Indrani, Riggussu, Farn, Niccto, Cervantes, Cornish ...
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Advertising : 16 wordsFrench cavalry and infantry advancing near Lille were almost bogged in the marshy ground, and came under the fire of the German artillery. French ...
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Article : 54 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows:- It is officially stated that the Germans still hold the line of the Vistula ...
Article : 102 wordsRefugees arriving at Amsterdam from Belgium state that the Germans, before leaving the place, murdered 40 of the inhabitants of Roulers. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is officially stated in Vionna that the Austrian monitor Twesstruka. 437 tons, has been sunk in the River Save, and that 33 of her crew were drowned. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following cable message, dated London, October 23, has been received from the High Commissioner:- Official.—The following further ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 929 wordsThe Trieste correspondent of the "Tribuna" says that a mine has destroyed an Austrian submarine at Pola, the Austrian seaport in the Adriatic. ...
Article : 43 wordsA detachment of British cavalry were playing water polo in a river the other day when the Uhlans appeared. The British charged naked, ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is officially announced in Tokio that it is now believed that a German torpedo-boat destroyer torpedoed the Japanese cruiser Takachiho, thus ...
Article : 58 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows.- The Russian forces have crossed the Vistula without opposition. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe British torpedo gunboat Dryad (1,070, tons and a main armament of two 4.7 inch guns), which went ashore on the north coast of Scotland ...
Article : 42 wordsTwo officers in British uniforms, riding in a British motor-car, approached an ammunition column which was carrying supplies to the British trenches ...
Article : 123 wordsTwo communiques were issued yesterday. The first, issued yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, ran as follows:- "Therehave been inexplicable ...
Article : 249 wordsA British officer relates that the Belgains in the darkness of Wednesday night approached within 300 yards of the German trenches along the Yscr, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Belgians took the offensive on Monday in the Yscr River district, and fought fierce engagements round the villages of Schoore, Keyem, and Vlasloo. ...
Article : 166 wordsThe British Admiralty announces that eight or nine German cruisers are believed to be at large in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Searching ...
Article : 583 wordsThe German retreat from the line or the Vistula, it is officially stated, continues without intermission. The Russians have captured a large ...
Article : 66 wordsThe High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) cables under date October 23:- Official.—Commodore Keyes, in reporting on the services performed by ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Allies, from their strongly-entrenched position at Armontiores, have beaten back all attacks. On Tuesday night the Germans crept up in the ...
Article : 83 wordsM. Raymond, who was a member of the French Senate, and belonged to the Flying Corps, while reconnoitring the enemy's lines, was struck by a bullet. ...
Article : 83 wordsA wounded Russian soldier relates thar there has been desperate fighting in the region of Ivangorod. The Germans held a strongly-entrenched ...
Article : 129 wordsOn Wednesday the Allies shelled the German trenches near Arras. Bayonet charges followed, and the Germans were driven back six miles. ...
Article : 69 wordsFive hundred Germans have been killed in an engagement near Verdun. Anticipating a night attack, the French propared a trap for the enemy. ...
Article : 71 wordsOn the 19th inst. Herman airmen dropped 14 bombs on Warsaw, killing nine people and wounding 56, including several women and children. ...
Article : 28 wordsA battle is now raging fifteen miles south of the Bruges-Ghent line. The Germans are making the utmost possible use of the advantage of ground ...
Article : 89 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows:- Official.—The Admiralty reports that all day yesterday (Friday) the monitors ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Austro-German forces made an unexpected advance a couple of days ago, and crossed the lower course of the River San, north of Jaroslav. Russian ...
Article : 98 wordsThe following communique was issued this afternoon:- "On our left very strong German forces continued to deliver violent ...
Article : 233 wordsThe "Daily News" correspondent at Rotterdam says there are very few Germans at Ostend or places recently captured in Flanders, as they are ...
Article : 84 wordsIt is officially stated at Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, that during the last few days superior Austrian forces have violently attacked the Servians ...
Article : 68 wordsThe recent fighting round Nieuport was of extraordinary violence. A German column, which was advancing towards Dunkirk, marching close to the ...
Article : 162 wordsColonel Morath, the military writer of the "Berliner Tageblatt," says the greatest battle of the war is the one raging between Lille and Dunkirk. It ...
Article : 80 wordsThe police are making strenuous efforts to stop demonstrations in Milan. Venice, and Brescia, in favour of Italy declaring war against Austria. Several ...
Article : 41 wordsThe fighting between Ostend and Nieuport is of the most sanguinary character. A captured German states that afrer one fight 1,500 of his ...
Article : 73 wordsThe fields in the neighbourhood of Furnes (near Nieuport) and Dixmuiden are covered with German dead. A German shell struck a honse at ...
Article : 53 wordsReuter's correspondent at Tokio says that Great Britain's appreciation of Japan's assistance has created a profound impression in Japan, and is ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 26 Oct 1914, Page 5
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