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Advertising : 23 wordsThe German forces in Poland have, it is officially stated, now definitely fallen back on the frontier. Their advanced guards are endeavouring to ...
Article : 73 wordsThe battle still rages on the Allies' left wing. The Germans seem determined to smash their way through at any cost in men and material, and apparently the Allies are permitting them to break themselves upon the entrenched positions. Occasionally the Germans gain some ground, and then it is regained by counter-attack. A German military export said some weeks ago that the fight would be continued on the present line until one ...
Article : 355 wordsInformation is now available to show that the signal which brought H.M.A.S. Sydney to Cocos Island to smash the Emden into a hopeless wreck was not ...
Article : 155 wordsIt is reported from Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, that the Turkish troops in Adrianople have rebelled against their German officers. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Russian communique published to-day states:- The Russians are within sight of Cracow. The Austrian army has been ...
Article : 78 wordsIn order that the first Australia naval engagement and victory shall b[?] fittingly perpetuated in the Commonwealth the Minister of Defence (Senator ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the time of the outbreak of war between Turkey and Russia, an official statement was issued in Constantinople that the Turkish squadron had sunk ...
Article : 250 wordsThe British newspapers continue to give prominence to the exploit of H.M.A.S. Sydney, and publish the speech on the subject made at ...
Article : 191 wordsIt is officially stated that the battle in East Prussia has developed all along the eastern and southern front from Stallupohnen, in the north, to ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Cocos Island correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle'' states that the telegraph staff there were advised from Singapore that a German cruiser had ...
Article : 272 wordsIt is known that the high-power station at Fremantle made constant endeavours to pick up the Sydney, but whether these messages were ...
Article : 747 wordsThe official communique issued at 4 o'clock this afternoon runs as follows:- The violent action continues on the left wing, with unimportant alternate ...
Article : 228 wordsAn order issued by the Kaiser to the troops, copies of which have been found in the possession of wounded Germans in East Prussia, runs as follows:— ...
Article : 172 wordsIt is reported that 100,000 Germans have passed through Ghent on their way to Brussels. REPORTED ABANDONMENT OF ...
Article : 57 wordsMany Italian newspapers refer with admiration to the destruction of the Emden, and the chivalrous treatment accorded the captives. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe amnesty [?]uffered to the South African rebels undertakes not to prosedute under the criminal law those who surrender, but to allow them to ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Paris newspaper "Temps" says: —"We hasten to salute the first victory of the young Australian Navy, which compensates to some extent for ...
Article : 43 wordsThreo German 17-inch guns which were damaged by the British artillery have been brought to Liege. ...
Article : 25 wordsSix of the Maritz family, all relatives of the rebel leader, who are now serving in the Government forces, have published an appeal in the "Volkstem" ...
Article : 66 wordsMembers of the German staff excuse the defeat of the Austro-German forces at Warsaw by blaming the difficult roads, but they are really trying to ...
Article : 127 wordsMr.Oliver Armstrong Fry (the wellknown Journalist, who was born in Hobart, Tasmania, his father being the Rev. Dr. Fry, rector of St. George's, ...
Article : 143 wordsReference is constantly being made here and in India in the newspapers and in public speeches to the importance of the Australian Fleet's ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is estimated that France has 4,000,000 men under arms, and that since the beginning of the war she has lost 400,000 killed, wounded, and taken ...
Article : 60 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows:- Official.—The Governor-General of South Africa reported on November 8 ...
Article : 446 wordsThe German press admits that the loss of the Emden has created a painful impression, since British trade in Indian waters is again secure. The ...
Article : 101 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows:- Oficial.—The operations, for the last few days have consisted mainly of heavy ...
Article : 266 wordsIt is reported that the Germans have found the task of repairing the forts at Liego too great for their resources, and have abandoned the work. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe following cablegram has been received from the High Commissioner, dated London, November 12:- Official.—In an official report a short ...
Article : 420 wordsThe left wing of the German forces operating in Poland appears to have fallen right back on the frontier, and to have turned to face the advancing Russians, for it is stated that the German advance guards are trying to hold back the Russians in the region round Kalisz. The Germans' left wing, on the other hand, must be still a long way east of the frontier, for it is stated that the Russians are eneveloping it about 50 miles to the south-west of Kielco. In Galicia, tho Russians have advanced till they are within sight of Cracow, one of the two chief fortified places in Galicia, while they are also closing in on the other, Przemysl. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 279 wordsThe High Commissioner cables as follows, under date London, November 12:- An eye witness with the headquarters ...
Article : 699 wordsThe "Globe" states to-night that a Court-martial has been held on RearAdmiral Ernest C. T. Troubridge, the commander of the Mediterranean ...
Article : 71 wordsYesterday a French warship cruising in the Mediterranean captured a steamer with 150 Germans on board. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe special correspondents of the "Daily Chronicle" state that during the past week the Germans have been making terrible onslaughts on the ...
Article : 152 wordsThe State Department at Washington announces that Great Britain and France have warned the South American Republics of Ecuador and Colombia ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 14 Nov 1914, Page 5
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