The Austrian warship Taurus, which was pursued by British destroyers, has taken refuge at Brindisi. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe army is being inoculated against typhoid fever. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W[?] Churc[?], speaking in the Commons on Friday, said there had been no British loss or fighting other than the loss ...
Article : 350 wordsTwo French boys, each 15 years, have been executed by the Germans. The boys warned the French gendarmes of the presence of a scouting party of ...
Article : 66 wordsIt is considered that 2000 German steamships and 5000 sea vessels arc available for capture on the high seas. Over 20 boats have been captured ...
Article : 43 wordsThe House of Commons has passed a bill subjecting to court-martial without the death penalty any person communicating with the enemy or interfering with ...
Article : 29 wordsSimultaneously shots were fired from houses behind the Germans. The German soldiers thereupon indiscriminately massacred all the inhabitants and fired on the ...
Article : 34 wordsAnother batch of 300 Germans has reached Harwich, many being seriously wounded. Probably they are the victims of more ...
Article : 31 wordsScotland Yard is issuing regulations that Austrians and Germans are to register their names with the police. Aliens are prohibited from having ...
Article : 39 wordsM. Jules Cambo[?], the French Ambassador at Berlin, has managed to reach the Danish frontier. Germany withheld facilities for his ...
Article : 30 wordsA small German steamer Kron Princess Cecilic and another the Prinze Adalbest, which were lying at Falmouth have been seized. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe brutality of the Germans in Belgium has shocked the people of Holland, where it is stated that the Germans advancing on V[?] shot non-combatants, murdered a gi[?] ...
Article : 81 wordsThe German steamer Koeningen Luise ap[?] parently laid a line of mines prior to being sunk, probably extending from Aldeburg towards Felixstowe, on the English ...
Article : 58 wordsA number of British correspondents ac companied Sir William Gosehen, the British Ambassador, from Berlin. Several correspondents were arrested as spies, but ...
Article : 70 wordsThe French Army has been place under the supreme command of General Joffre, who enjoys great popularity throughout the nation. The greatest confidence is ...
Article : 59 wordsThe captain of the Koeningen Luise has been imprisoned. He is not [?]rt, and he has expressed astonishment at the accuracy of the British gun fire. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Belgians are reported to have destroyed two regiments of German Lancers at Spa. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe merchant ship Vaterland (56,000 tons is being watcher by the American authorities to determine whether she has any contraband of war on board. ...
Article : 37 wordsTrawlers at Aberdeen report heavy firing in the North Sea. They stated that they saw two cruisers flying the French flag. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Germans continue to shoot Alsa[?]ans suspected of giving information to the French. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe "Daily News" states that the Government has decided to send an expeditionary force to the continent. Preparations have reached an advanced ...
Article : 34 wordsA division of German cavalry forded the River Meuse, and was annihilated. Seven German regiments surrendered. [A German cavalry squadron consists of ...
Article : 71 wordsIt is estimated that 400,000 German troops arc likely to attack France through Belgium. It is possible that the German attack on ...
Article : 63 wordsTwo hundred trawlers have returned to Hull from the North Sea. They report that they did not see any hostile war ships. ...
Article : 33 wordsA wireless message announces that a vessel is making for Aberdeen with, wounded men aboard. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is officially announced that the Gold Coast troops have seized Lome, on the west frontier of Togoland, German West Africa. The Germans surrendered a large area in ...
Article : 38 wordsA inessaga from New York states that the trans-Atlantic liner Olympic (British) is under orders to hold herself at the disposal of the British Admiralty. ...
Article : 31 wordsAn English cruiser has captured the liner Tubantia, of 14,000 tons, and is taking her to Plymouth. It is stated that many German reservists ...
Article : 51 wordsThe French are sending help to Belgium at Namur. ...
Article : 18 wordsIntelligence has been received that the French cavalry captured a patrol at Nomeney, 14 miles north-east of Naney. The infantry captured another patrol. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Portuguese Parliament has derided to support England. ...
Article : 16 wordsThere is tremendous excitement as the result of the successes of the Belgian army. Despatches state that the British are eagerly awaited by the Belgians. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe cruiser Essex responded to the Mauretania's wir[?]less message. that it was being pursued, and convoyed the Mauretania to Halifax. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe forts at Liege afforded admirable resistance to the German shells. One fort in action all day finished absolutely unharmed. ...
Article : 33 wordsIt is reported that a crowd at Berlin, influenced by the press, raided the British embassy, broke windows, and attacked and mauled English people. ...
Article : 33 wordsPresident [?]ineare sent a message to the King of the Belgians culogising the gallant defence of Liege. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Press Association states that the Admiralty has informed British shipowners that they may send vessels anywhere in the North Sea in daylight. ...
Article : 36 wordsRotterdam despatches state that Liege is burning. The shells of the German puns ignited St. Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of St. ...
Article : 45 wordsWhen the Canadian liner Mauretania was warned by wireless by the cruiser Essex to make for the Essex, the liner turned with such suddenness that the passengers ...
Article : 75 wordsAfter surveying the zone of contention the special correspondent of "The Times" says that a France-German battle will be fought between 16th and 23rd August. The ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Belgians blew up villages, churches, and other buildings that were in the line of fire of the Liege forts. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe London Automobile Club has received offers of thousands of motor cars for military purposes. ...
Article : 23 wordsA German squadron of 19 vessels passed twice between Memel and Liban, in the Baltic Sea, and has disappeared northwards. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe 10th German Army Corps, which was reinforced by cavalry, attacked Liege on Wednesday night. They crossed mined zones, which were exploded by the ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is stated that the Germans have abandoned the attack on Liege, and returned to the left flank of the Meuse, where they have encamped, after losing 10,000 men ...
Article : 55 words"The Times" says the Americans are beginning to appreciate the fact that Germany's rise to power and the loss of the influen[?] [?]therto enjoyed by Great Britain ...
Article : 78 wordsA Paris message states that French mobilisation Has been finished, and proceeded like clock-work. ...
Article : 22 wordsBoy Scouts are replacing the police in Brussels, where excessive volunteering is embarrassing the authorities. Political differences hare been healed in ...
Article : 40 wordsA Lowestoft trawler reports that a German destroyer was chased by British cruisers, which sowed the sea around it with shells. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe wireless station at Long Island report having heard heavy firing at sea on Friday. It is believed that an engagement is ...
Article : 53 wordsOther reports state German casualties in A[?]ace number 30,000, and that the German and the French had about equal num bers. The Germans retreated in disorder. ...
Article : 62 wordsAn account published at Berlin of the fighting at Liege says it was not a defeat, but a unique act of heroism, totally unaffecting the main war operations. ...
Article : 43 wordsFollowing Germany's example, mines have been sowed in Danish waters. A German destroyer has already been blown up. ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, 6th August, 3.15 p.m. A White Paper, containing Sir Edward City's correspondence with the European Powers before the outbreak of war, has been issued. ...
Article : 274 wordsAnti-German rioters sacked the German restaurants and tore the escutcheon from the Consul's door. The Military Governor has ordered the ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Germans again attacked Liege on Thursday morning, and the fighting lasted till midnight. The Belgian troops were unswerving in ...
Article : 49 wordsAmerica declares that she will prohibit foreign merchant ships which are being used for war purposes or carrying reservists from clearing her ports. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe White Star Cedric, bound from Liverpool [?]o New York, has taken refage at Halifax, Nova Scotia, feating capture. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe heavy rains will retard the German advance, as the rivers are swelling fast, and bridges are destroyed. Prisoners state that the struggle at Liege ...
Article : 36 wordsA lady who has returned from Germany states that the Russion occupation of Eydtkuhnen, a German frontier station in Eastern Prussia, has caused ...
Article : 52 wordsThe newspaper "Echo du Pe[?]ple" reports that among the wound prisoners taken at Liege was a nephew of the Kaiser, commanding the German cavalry. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Allan liner Mongolian, 4838 tons, from Glasgow, was struck by a shell at the entrance to the Mersey River The shell passed through her bows. ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Asquith, in proposing in the House of Commons for a vote of £100,000,000 for the credit of the country for the conduct of naval and military operations, the ...
Article : 522 wordsFierce fighting continues. The Germans have sustained enormous losses. ...
Article : 15 wordsFrench airmen who were reconnoitring near Liege have arrived at Brussels. They report that the German artillery to the north-east and south-east is bombarding the ...
Article : 66 wordsExcitement was created throughout Great Britain to-day By the report from two sources of a great British naval victory in the North Sea. It was stated that ...
Article : 69 wordsThe German China Squadron, which was reported to have been bottled up by the British fleet at Psing Tan, the port of Kain Chou, is said to have departed northwards. ...
Article : 36 wordsBelgian soldiers state that some of the trenches at Liege were piled four feet to five feet high with German bodies. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt the German Embassy a large quantity of firearm was discovered, and a seditious proclamation suggesting that the Embassy had been utilised as The centre of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Russian cruisers have departed from Vladivostock. ...
Article : 12 wordsThe defence was a triumph. General Lieman, who was formerly an engineer officer, had several guns mounted on the rise against German air craft. ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is stated in Brussels that a German aviator flew over Liege. A Belgian aviator threw himself against the German machine, cutting it in two. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe United States Government is closing the German wireless telegraph stations at Tucker's Beach, New Jersey and Sayerville, which are said to have been advising ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Russian Duma meets to-day. Among the bills is one granting Poland municipal self-government and the use of the Polish language. This recognition is due to the ...
Article : 42 wordsOn Wednesday eight Uhlan (German) officers passed between two forts and entered Liege wearing German Grey Company uniforms. It was thought that it was the ...
Article : 62 wordsNaval reservists practising gun firing in the North Sea have given rise to highlycol[?]ed rumers of sea battles. ...
Article : 32 words[?] newspaper re-published the story of the [?] naval battle and sinking of [?] ships. Mr. M'Kenna, speaking in the House of Commons, strnely ...
Article : 106 wordsGermans are using siege artillery in the endeavor to silence two forts near Liege. They are advancing through gaps, but Belgium is preparing to defend Liege, where ...
Article : 54 wordsUpon going to sea again after her return on Wednesday the light cruiser Amphion (3440 tons) struck a fleating mine, and was sunk. ...
Article : 59 wordsLondon newspapers state that Holland should take care that she has Great Britain on her side if she is drawn into the war. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe British fleet got into tonch with the German high seas fleet south of the Dogger Bank. After an engagement, the British fleet ...
Article : 41 wordsThe net result of the fighting so far is that the Germans have not gained one inch in the conflict, which has raged over a very wide front along a bread expanse of open ...
Article : 156 wordsRussia's determination to fight to the bitter end is indicated by the fact that the whole pop [?]ation capable of bearing arms is now called to the colors. ...
Article : 74 wordsFrom present indications it will take a fortnight to capture Liege, instead of three days, as the Germans expected. Between 150,000 and 200,000 men will be ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is reported from New York that all America and Canada reports are. agreed that Britain's preparedness has furnished a fine vindication of the Pritish War Office. ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is stated in London that the consular and press despatches from Brussels confirm the reperts of German reverses in the vicinity of Liege. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe British light cruiser Amphion struck a cable connecting two mines and these converged on her, and exploded. The noise was not great. ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is officially announced from Brussels that the Germans have asked for a 24 hours' armistice. It is stated that the Belgians refused to ...
Article : 77 wordsA statement has been issued by the Admirally confirming the press reports that the German warships had been chased towards the Dutch coast. ...
Article : 46 wordsField-Martial Lord Kitchener has been sworn in as Minister of War in place of Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister. The appointment of Lord Kitchener as ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Kaiser has called up all Germans capable of bearing arms. His order says: —"We have to defend our most ...
Article : 76 wordsThe German battleships Geeben and Bres[?] have left Messina. British ships are waiting for them outside the Straits of Messina. ...
Article : 39 wordsMessages from the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent confirm the statement that the third torpedo fleet went into action immediately after leaving on Wednesday, and ...
Article : 36 wordsLady Reid, wife of the High Commissioner, is calling a meeting of Anstralian women to determine how best to assist Great Britain. ...
Article : 103 wordsNews has readied London that early on Saturday morning the Belgians surprised and routed German cavalry, which was crossing the Mouse. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Liege defences consist of six for[?] and six fortins (or little forts) forming a ring five miles outside of the city, whereof Bar[?]hon, Devegnell, Chand Fontaine, are ...
Article : 96 wordsNaval experts are inclined to the be[?] that Admiral Von Terpitz, head of the German navy, will not risk everything immediately in a decisive action unless ...
Article : 125 wordsNews is expected at any time of a fight between the German warships Geeben and Breslau, which were chased by British cruisers into the port of Messina, and the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe battles which may take place on the Franco German fro[?] during the [?]ext ten clays will not be struggles between the main masses of the opposing ...
Article : 82 wordsFurther fierce fighting has taken place between the Belgians and Germans. The Germans made a desperate effort to take the Liege fort. A fores of 120,000 ...
Article : 134 wordsOne hundred thousand men are required immediately for the regular army. Lord Kitchener is confident that the appeal will meet with a prompt and hearty response. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe fortifications at Namur and Antwerp completed the Belgian defence scheme. As Brussels is indefensible, the Government has arranged to retire on Antwe[?]. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Kaiser has issued another pro[?] mation, in which he states:—"In the midst of perfect peace the enemy surprises us. Therefore ...
Article : 71 wordsBritish destroyers captured the Austrian steamer Laconia off Deal last night. Two shots were fired across her bows before the Laconia stopped. ...
Article : 33 wordsAn eye-witness affirms that a squadron of prussian cavalry moved towards [?] where the Belgians had made a breach 60 metres wide. ...
Article : 50 wordsFrom Buenos Ayres a message has come [?]ing that a German liner reached there on Saturday carrying more guns than usual. During the night the guns were transferred ...
Article : 47 wordsThe water supply in London and the provi[?]ial towns is strongly guarded owing to the discovery of many bombs upon arrested persons. ...
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