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  2. ENEMY'S BACKWARD MOVEMENT.

    It is understood that on Sunday the Germans evacuated several villages on the line from Poeleapelic (five miles north of Ypres) to Couckelacre (five ...

    Article : 153 words
  3. AUSTRO-SERVIAN WAR

    Reuter's correspondent at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, says there are reports that the situation in Servia is critical, and that it is believed the ...

    Article : 104 words
  4. THE CAMPAIGN IN POLAND

    The war news to hand to-day is of special to the people of the Commonwealth. The Australasian army of 28,000 men has landed safely in Egypt, and will there continue its training prior to proceeding to Europe. It may, however, find itself engaged against the Turks. White our men were being landed in Egypt the German Imperial Chancellor was making the statement that the Turks had joined Germany in the war in order ...

    Article : 337 words
  5. WAR IN AFRICA

    It is officially stated in Capetown that General Christian De Wet has been captured by the Union forces which had been hotly pursuing him. ...

    Article : 1,002 words
  6. ADMIRALTY'S PRECAUTIONS.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that the British Admiralty has forbidden Grimsby trawlers to employ aliens on their vessels. Fifteen hundred men, chiefly ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. HALF-A-MILLION GERMANS ENGAGED.

    Twelve German Army Corps (nearly 600,000 men) are now involved in the struggle in Middle Poland, between the Vistula and the Warthe. Five of these ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    The news from the front continues to be exceedingly scanty. The official reports speak ot sporadic fighting at various points along the line, in ...

    Article : 374 words
  9. BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGGE.

    The "Algemeen Handelsblad" states that the harbour works at Zeebrugge have been severaly damaged, and the sluices are unworkable. The harbour ...

    Article : 97 words
  10. THE LOSS OF THE BULWARK

    Stoker Duffy, who is in the hospital at Gillingham, states that he was at breakfast when the explosion recently occurred on the British battleship ...

    Article : 141 words
  11. CHOLERA AMONGST AUSTRIANS.

    The outbreak of cholera among the Austrian troops continues to cause grave concern among the authorities in several localities. ...

    Article : 30 words
  12. A FATAL CAROUSE.

    Seventy-five Prussians took refuge in a wine cellar in Flanders to escape being harassed by the French artillery, and spent the night carousing. So ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY

    The controversies which have arisen between the European belling[?] and the South American [?] lies are about to be submitted to ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. SYDNEY-EMDEN FIGHT.

    It is now known pretty definitely that the German cruiser Emden was taken completely by surprise by the presence of a British cruiser near the Cocos ...

    Article : 1,728 words
  15. PRZEMYSL'S DESPERATE PLIGHT.

    The Archbishop of Przemysl describes the position of that city as a desperate one. There is an enormous mortality amongst the garrison, and the stores of ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. GENERAL VON MOLTKE.

    Advices received in Rome from Berlin state that the Kaiser has intimated that the return of General Von Moltke, the Chief of the Staff, who was recently ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher), in the House of Representatives to-day made the following announcement:—I am pleased to be able to announce that ...

    Article : 373 words
  18. LATEST FROM THE FRONT

    The German reinforcements advaneing eastwards from Kalisz have been engaged by the Russians near Lask, and repulsed after a desperate encounter. ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.

    American exporters, chiefly beef packers, have protested against the British authorities examining cargoes on route to Europe, and Sir Cecil Spring ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. THE GERMANS NEAR YPRES.

    The Germans are cutting down trees for the purpose of constructing bridges by which to effect a passage across the inundated districts near Ypres. ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    The violation of the neutrality of Chili by the German warships has resulted in anti-German riots here. Crowds stoned the German Consulate ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. INCREASED ACTIVITY IN FLANDERS.

    Though official reports in London do not confirm thw Amsterdam statements that the Germans are making a new onslaught on the Allies in Flanders ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. ALLEGED CONCEALMENT OF MISHAP.

    The "Morning Post," in a leading article on what it describes as "a certain British naval mishap now a month old," declares that this mishap is being ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBMARINES.

    Owing to reports that the Bethlehem Steel Corporation of the United Staes in about to build numbers of submarines for the belligerents, Mr. W. Jennings ...

    Article : 144 words
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  26. THE BATTLE IN MIDDLE POLAND.

    The attempt of the Germans to relieve the pressure on their forces, which are now on a line from Lodz to a point near Plock, on the Vistula, by a flank attack on the Russian left wing, has no far met with little success. German reinforcement from Kalisz crossed the Warthe, but have been defeated with great slaughter at Lask, a few miles to the south-west of Pabanice. The Russians have retaken Strykow, between Zgiers and Lowiez, and are making good progress with their attempt to envelop the German forces between Lowiez and Plock. The enemy made a violent night attack on the Russian position ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 120 words
  27. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    It is stated that the German forces now fighting in Middle Poland amount to half a million men. They are divided into three armies, one of about 200,000 ...

    Article : 354 words
  28. MORE REBELS CAPTURED.

    It is officially announced in Pretoria that the rebel commando under General Wessels on Sunday last attacked Commandant Emmett, but the rebels were ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. MARKETS AND MONEY

    Mr. Waters, president of the Dominion Trades Congress, says that the letting of British Army contracts in Canada is an admirable feature of the ...

    Article : 47 words
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