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  2. THE GREAT WAR IN EUROPE

    An official communique issued here this afternoon says:—"The general situation is unchanged. The opposing cavalry are still operating ...

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  3. ART TREASURES REMOVED.

    All the chief art treasures in Antwerp have been removed. The suburbs of Borgerhout, Zurinburg, and Berchem, are almost ...

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  4. ANTWERP HOLDS OUT.

    Antwerp is still bravely holding out. The Germans are in strong foce round Lokeren and Zele, which lie near Ghent and Termonde ...

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  5. PLIGHT OF FUGITIVES

    The boats leaving Antwerp for Ostend were dangerously crowded with threefold the usual number of passengers. The fare was ten ...

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  6. FIERCE BOMBARDMENT

    When the first shell boomed in the city the dark empty streets suddenly became alive with people, women and children crying and flocking in ...

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  7. FIGHTING ROUND ARRAS.

    A communique issued last midnight says:—"On our left there has been heavy fighting round Arras, and on our right the enemy has made ...

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  8. GERMANS ENTER ANTWERP

    The "Chronicle" publishes an unconfirmed statement that the Germans have entered Antwerp and that the inhabitants are calm. ...

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  9. CONSUL'S STATEMENT

    Mr. Diederich, the American Consul at Antwerp, who remained in the city the first night of the bombardment, says he was aroused ...

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  10. POSITION AT SOISSONS

    During the operations north of Soissons the Germans were strongly posted in fortified positions called "Mushroom Beds." Since the ...

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  11. POSSESSION OF ANTWERP.

    A Marconi wireless message from Berlin headquarters states that the town of Antwerp has been in the possession of the Germans since ...

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  12. HORROR-STRICKEN FUGITIVES.

    Numbers of women fainted in frantic efforts to reach the trains. The fugitives clung to every available part of the railway coaches ...

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  13. REFUGEES EVERYWHERE.

    The Dutch are behaving with fine generosity. Rotterdam, Maastricht, Tilburg, Middleburg, Amsterdam and Dordrecht are all ...

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  14. SHIPS IN HARBOUR

    The capture of Antwerp imposes additional duties on the British fleet to see that Dutch neutrality is not violated. ...

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  15. BRITISH CAVALRY

    During the battle of the Aisne the British cavalry, tired of inaction, petitioned General Allenby to allow them to serve in the trenches. As ...

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  16. HEAVY GERMAN GUNS

    A correspondent describes the firing of the German 42-centimetre guns, each of which fired a shot every ten minutes. A flame, he ...

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  17. FALL OF ANTWERP

    Advices from Ghent last midnight say that during Thursday shells constantly fell in Antwerp, including the Place Verte. Many ...

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  18. FORTY HOURS' BOMBARDMENT.

    Refugees state that the end came with unexpected suddeness. Antwerp surrendered at nine o'clock on Friday after a forty hours' ...

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  19. KING OF THE BELGIANS

    Some refugees state that they saw the King of the Belgians with one of his arms in a sling. A Belgian officer states that ...

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  20. GERMAN MISCONCEPTION.

    A Belgian staff officer states that the forts of Woevre and St. Catherine, to the south of the city, offered the most stubborn resistance. A ...

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  21. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.

    Fifteen German spies masquerading as Frenchmen were found in a large factory near Lille. They took shelter on lofty chimneys. All were ...

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  22. MINISTERS LEAVE ANTWERP.

    In the bombardment of Antwerp the Germans are using two hundred guns of 28, 30, and 42 centimetres. The British, French and Russian ...

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  23. SHARP FIGHT AT ROYE.

    An official communique issued here late last night says:—"There has been further sharp fighting in the Roye district, between the Oise ...

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  24. ACTION AT LENS.

    On Wednesday, the 7th, the French artillery came within a few kilometres of Lens, about ten miles north by east of Arras. They fired ...

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  25. BRITISH IN ANTWERP

    A cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated yesterday, gives the following official statement issued by the Admiralty:— ...

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  26. HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS

    While the main German force were attacking the fortifications in the neighbourhood of Lierre on Thursday heavy bambardment was ...

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  27. FIERCE FIGHTING ROUND LILLE

    On Sunday, the 4th inst., a few German shells fell in the centre of Lille, a strong fortress town close to the Belgian frontier, about 40 ...

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  28. ADVANCE OH INNER FORTS

    The Germans in their advance to the inner forts literally filled the dykes with their dead. Owing to their close formation the Belgian ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. REFUGEES' STATEMENTS.

    Fugitives state that the Germans held the inner forts near Lierre on Friday. Shells fell into the prison and the warders liberated the ...

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  30. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION

    The "Handelsblad" says that the possession of Antwerp may prove of satisfaction to Germany, but the German object has failed, for the ...

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  31. ACTION AT ARRAS

    Two French divisions, with a tertitorial division, held their positions at Arras for several days against overwhelming odds until ...

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  32. CORRESPONDENT'S STORY

    The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, Mr. Martin Donohoe, says that crowds of wounded men are pouring into Ostend. The ...

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  33. NEW YORK JOURNALS.

    The "New York Tribune" has a scathing articvle upon Germany concentrating her rage and revenge upon Belgium. ...

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  34. BURGOMASTER'S PROCLAMATION

    It transpires that the burgomaster of Antwerp issued a proclamation a week ago, in which, quoting the Kaiser's assurances of ...

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  35. BRITISH NAVAL BRIGADE

    It as officially stated that the British Naval Brigade with heavy guns participated in the defence of Antwerp. ...

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  36. BATTLE OH LEFT WING

    Am official communique issued here this afternoon says:—"This battle continues in our favour. Our whole front has been maintained despite ...

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  37. LILLE AGAIN ASSAULTED.

    On Tuesday the Germans renewed their attack on Lille, and a gallant fight raged between the French and a big German army stretching along ...

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  38. RETREAT OF THE DEFENDERS

    The Belgian field army retired from Antwerp in good order. Their retreat, which began several days ago, was completed under the best ...

    Article : 164 words
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