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  2. RECAPTURE OF DIXMUIDEN

    The position in Belgium has not undergone any great change in the last two or three days. On Wednesday the Allies (the Belgians and French) expelled the enemy from DixM[?]den, mostly with artillery fire. It appears that it took a complete German army corps to capture the place. The war in this region has developed into a gunnery contest, in which the British have proved rather better than the enemy. Naval 9.2-inch ...

    Article : 332 words
  3. AN IMPETUS TO COMMERCE.

    The destruction of the Emden promises to give an impetus to commerce. A Calcutta telegram says that the destruction of the cruiser has given a ...

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  5. GERMANS BADLY BEATEN.

    A telegram from Petrograd says that the Germans have been badly beaten to the north of Kalisz, and had many men killed. They also lost twelve big ...

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  6. FILLING THE RANKS.

    The "Daily Telegraph says it understands that the Government on Monday next will ask the House of Commons to sanction the raising of an ...

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  7. APPROACH OF THE RUSSIANS

    Advires from Berlin state that the continued retreat of the Germans in Poland and the approach of the Russian forces is causing a panic in the eastern ...

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  8. ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON.

    The members of the Baltic Exchange passed a resolution yesterday. amid loud cheering, thanking the allied navies for their work, and particularly ...

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  9. CANADA'S TROOPS.

    The reception in Canada of the announcemcnt that Great Britain is raising another million men has led the Militia Department to state that it ...

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  10. AUSTRIANS CUT OFF.

    While a small Russian force made a frontal attack on two Austrian divisions on the River Pruth, the main Russian force concentrated at ...

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  11. THE EMDEN'S SURVIVORS.

    The Sydney correspondent of the "Daily Mail" cables that the survivors of the German cruiser Erndon are likely to be the recipients of much hospitality ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

    General Swartz, with a body of Union troops, engaged a rebel commande on Thursday near Bloemhof, 95 miles to the north-east of Kimberley, and captured ...

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  13. HUNTING SUBMARINES.

    It is stated by naval wireless message from Dover that two German submarines which recently have been carrying out daring reconnaissances in ...

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  14. FOOTBALLERS AND THE WAR

    Mr.H. J. Tennant, the Under-Secretary of State for War, says that the military authorities consider it would ba[?]more desirable for professional ...

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  15. GERMAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung," a leading German newspaper, says:—"We readily acknowledge that the attitude of the English respecting the Emden ...

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  16. THE DEFENCES OF THORN.

    For several weeks the Germans have had 6,000 workmen engaged day and night in perfecting the defences of Thorn. The armament of the place ...

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  17. THE BRITISH FORCES.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that from the beginning of the war till the 31st of October the British ...

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  18. THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE

    In financial circles in New York it is believed that Austria has asked the United States to approach the Allies unofficially, and ask what terms will ...

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  19. THE SYDNEY'S CASUALTY LIST.

    Unofficial information has been received by the Navy Office from the manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, Cocos Island, to the effect ...

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  20. CANADIAN NAVY.

    The Canadian Department of Marine states that no action has yet been taken in regard to the Naval question in Canada, despite contrary statements ...

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  21. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    The developments at the front during the last two or three days are officially summed up in the four communiques, two issued on Friday and two on ...

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  22. DE WET SURPRISED BY BOTHA.

    It is officially stated that General Botha, by a forced night march from Marquard, to the east of Winburg, in the Orange Free State, surprised De ...

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  23. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    The Cocos Island correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," continuing his account of the visit of the Emden to the island, says the party of Germans ...

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  24. CAPTURED GERMAN STANDARDS.

    It is officially announced that the French Commander-in-Chief (Marshal Joffre) has sent to the British Commander-in-Chief (Sir John French) two ...

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  25. WAR IN WEST AFRICA.

    A French non-commissioned officer who took part in the Anglo-French expedition which captured Edea, in the Cameroons, at the end of August, ...

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  26. GERMANS AT ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Germans, who have conveyed the different pints of a submarine overland to Zecbrugge, have succeeded in putting the vessel together. ...

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  27. THE TURKISH WAR

    Serious riots have broken out in Constantinople, and there is widespread disagreement over the Government's war policy, and the Germans have ...

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  28. THE KONIGSBERG.

    The Press Bureau states that two men were killed and one officer and one man wounded in the sinking of the colliers to block the German cruiser ...

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  29. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Aviators from the Allies' lines yesterday dropped two bombs which set fire to the petrol tanks at Bruges. The Germans are preparing to blow ...

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  30. FIGHTING ALONG THE AISNE.

    A cable message, from the High Commissioner, after quoting the French communique, says:- "There have been a number of actions ...

    Article : 99 words
  31. A BLACK DAY FOR GERMANY.

    The "Cologne Gazette" states that Monday was a black day for Germany. To get the two cruisers in one day was beyond the dreams of Englishmen. ...

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  32. RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON ERZE ROUM.

    The Russians are advancing on Erzeroum, the chief town in Turkish Armenia, on three sides. The road is practically open to within a few miles ...

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  33. THE KAISER.

    A telegram from Berlin states that the Kaiser is now at Coblentz, in Rhen ish Prussia. Two Zeppelins are continually circling over his residence ...

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  34. APPALLING GERMAN LOSSES.

    The fighting in Belgium and northern France is really for vantage points, usually some detail of ground, such as a wood, or quarry, which enables a ...

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  35. GERMAN AVIATORS' MISHAP.

    Two German aviators were forced to descend yesterday at Rypin, in the north of Poland. They were captured by Russian dragoons, after a fight ...

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  36. THE ACTION OFF CHILI.

    The British Admiralty announces that in the absence of information as to the cruisers" Good Hope and Monmouth While the German forces in the centre and south of Poland have fallen, or are still falling back, on the frontier, the German forces from the great frontier ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  37. GALLANT FRENCH GUNNER.

    Details of the capture of Vailly (on the northern side of the Aisne. east of Soissons) show that the Germans unexpectedly dragged up heavy ...

    Article : 151 words
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  40. LAYING OF MINES.

    Lowestoft fishermen report that in a single night 34 mines exploded around fishing-boats in the North Sea. ...

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  41. BOMBARDMENT OF YPRES.

    The Germans are furiously bombarding Ypres, and throwing an avalanche of shells into the town, but the artillery of the allied forces defending the ...

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  42. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    The following communique, summing up the position at the front, was issued last night:- "The German forces from the great ...

    Article : 203 words
  43. ESPIONAGE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. McKonna, the Home Secretary, replying to an amendment moved to the address in reply, angrily ...

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  44. SIGNALLING ALONG THE COAST.

    The English newspapers give remarkable stories of night signalling along the Yorkshire coast. Many questions in Parliament relating to this ...

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  45. ENEMY'S ARMOURED TRAIN.

    In the fighting round Ypres the Germans, for the first time, brought an armoured train into action against the British. This train carried 6-inch guns, ...

    Article : 254 words
  46. THE FIGHT FOR DIXMUIDEN.

    The detailed accounts of the capture of Dixmuiden by the enemy state that a German Army Corps was thrown against the place. The German commander ...

    Article : 357 words
  47. THE GERMAN SECRET SERVICE.

    The trial was concluded at the Old Bailey to-day of Karl Ernst, a hairdresser. who was charged with espionage. Ernst, who is a British subject ...

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