The first steps towards the complete vacation of the Kensington Racecourse, where Colonel Maclaurin's 1st infantry Brigade is encamped, will be taken to-day, when the ...
Article : 809 wordsAntwerp is being bombarded by the Germans. The Belgian defenders have been driven back in places, and the enemy ...
Article : 133 wordsMAP SHOWING THE REGION TO WHICH THE EXTREME NORTH OF THE FIGHTING LINE HAS PENETRATED, AND ALSO THE POSITIONS AGAINST WHICH THE GERMANS ARE OPERATING IN NORTHERN BELGIUM. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 35 wordsAs for Antwerp itself, the German force advancing on that city is close enough for the great siege guns to drop shells into the streets, and the bombardment, with all ...
Article : 145 wordsThe authorities at the Zoological Gardens have shot the dangerous carnivorae lest the bombardment should break their cages and release the animals. ...
Article : 76 wordsAs the war goes on we are getting into truer perspective some of the stories that flooded the English press as to the condition of the German army in the days following ...
Article : 280 wordsThe Germans, under cover of a fog, crossed the Scheldt between Schoonaerde and Eegenem. After their previous repulses they ...
Article : 151 wordsBut the facts? Mr. Richard Harding Davis, an author and war correspondent, whose reputation is his guarantee, writing for an American paper cordially disposed towards the ...
Article : 345 wordsA communique states:—The enemy is not progressing on our left, and has fallen back at certain points, particularly north of Arras, where the action is developing ...
Article : 150 wordsReliable: Fighting is proceeding on the northern and southern frontiers of Rus[?] Poland. The Russians admit that the enemy is contesting the battle with ...
Article : 178 wordsThe "Temps" publishes extracts from a diary which was found in a dead German's pocket, and shows that extreme hunger and suffering existed in the trenches ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is officially announced that attacks by fresh German troops from Wirballen and Filippowo, north of Suwalki, were repulsed with great German loss. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe agents of British shipping companies plying from New York to South America and the West Indies have been notified from London that the regular sailings ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that General von Kluck is still being reinforced, and troops are being hurriedly conveyed from East ...
Article : 31 wordsLloyd's Hongkong representative states that the German steamer Tannenfels and the American steamer Rio Pasig have been captured. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Amiens gives details of a struggle on a plateau north of Soissons. Some French regiments had 2000 ...
Article : 241 wordsThe Russian heavy artillery is ceaselessly bombarding Przemysl, and gradually destroying the forts. Attempts by Austrian troops to relieve ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Norddeutscher Allegemeine Zeitung" has published a copy of President Wilson's reply to a telegram from the German Emperor, sent early in September, as ...
Article : 133 words"I have quite sold out," said the Attorney-General yesterday when asked how matters stood in connection with the seized wheat. "I am, however," added Mr. Hall, "having ...
Article : 206 wordsEarl Kitchener has accepted one hundred members of a contingent in Shanghai for service at the front. The British community is paying the passage money. ...
Article : 143 wordsThe account of the duel between the auxiliary cruisers Carmania and Cap Trafalgar should carry with it a special thrill for the sea-loving Briton. There is an old-time ...
Article : 203 wordsA communique states that the general situation is stationary, the positions being unaltered, despite violent combats, particularly at Roye. ...
Article : 28 wordsOctober 9.—Official: The War Office and the Admiralty have ascertained that six years ago Germany established a system of espionage in England. To thwart its ...
Article : 73 wordsDesperate lighting raged about Arras from the 1st to the 4th of October, the whole region being a veritable inferno. Shell and shrapnel fell without ceasing, ...
Article : 231 wordsThe "Matin" publishes a telegram from Petrograd stating that after a desperate conflict, lasting six days,, the Russians have occupied Marmaros (or Sziget). ...
Article : 49 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the German Government, especially the German Emperor, is intensely exasperated by the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Japanese have occupied Tsi-nan-fu. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe official news to hand regarding the posttion in France must be regarded is quite satisfactory. There was apparently some terrific fighting, with advances and retreats on ...
Article : 201 wordsIt was the development of steam in shipping that brought to an end the thrilling history of the privateer, and the Declaration of Paris saw the adventurous craft formally ...
Article : 241 wordsFugitives from Antwerp state that a violent bombardment took place throughout Wednesday night, heavy guns having been brought across the Nethe. The first ...
Article : 166 wordsIn the Senate to-day, the Minister for Defence Senator Pearce moved,—"That, in the opinion of this House a sum of £100,000 from the Commonwealth revenue fund should be ...
Article : 390 wordsThe newspapers admit the loss of destroyer S. 126. They state that the majority of the crew were saved. ...
Article : 33 wordsA fortnight ago the Germans occupied Fort Conde, to the east of Soissons, an excellent strategic position. The trajectory of the British guns was ...
Article : 120 wordsA message from Berlin from the Director of Royal Museums, declares that the Government does not intend to retain works of art which are brought to Germany for ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Anglo-French fleet at Cattaro, brought down an Austrian aeroplane with shells. The aeronaut was drowned. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is said that the density of the German forces north of the Aisne, which is towards the left of the main battle front, seems to have decreased, and if the reports that the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe passengers by the Union liner Moana state that the French gun-boat Zelee, which was sunk at Papeete on September 22, had previously captured the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe agents General of the Dominions and colonies attended the inauguration of the Institute of Industry and Commerce, which is the outcome of Sir Edward Grey's ...
Article : 99 wordsDuring the German bombardment of Arras the belfry of the town was destroyed and several projectiles crashed into the cathedral. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe cables this morning tell us of the exasperation of the German Government, and especially of the Emperor, at "the sympathy that is being displayed on all sides in America ...
Article : 217 wordsThe pocket-book of an officer of a Saxon regiment was found to contain particulars of outrages. A cyclist at a village pretended that he ...
Article : 78 wordsKing Albert of Belgium left Antwerp yesterday, and has arrived at Selzaete. ...
Article : 17 wordsWith reference to the statement by Mr. Lloyd George that the cotton trage had broken down, inquiries at Manchester show that although the trade is badly hit, about ...
Article : 52 wordsThe fact that the Germans are feverishly rushing reinforcemens into the north of France—we are told that many are coming back post haate from Eastern Prussia— ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Germans continue to bombard Reims daily. Half of the town is destroyed, and the remaining population is suffering terribly in cellars. The ...
Article : 34 wordsThe bombardment is terrible. Incendiary shells have been fired into the city between South Antwerp and the Law Courts. ...
Article : 131 wordsAn officer of the armed merchantment Carmania, which sunk the German armed merchantman Cap Trafalgar in the Atlantic, states that after a chase the ...
Article : 225 wordsMessages from Cologne state that an aeroplane threw a bomb on to a Zeppelin hangar without doing any damage. The airman was driven off with a ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Agent-General has cabled the Premier that some of the passengers by the N.D.L. steamer Zieten, including three Western Australians, arrived in London by the ...
Article : 51 wordsThere has been a sharp decline in bills of exchange on Berlin. This is believed to be due to holders fearing the impairment of Germany's credit and gold supply, which ...
Article : 62 wordsA Taube aeroplane dropped bombs on St. Denis-anber-Villiers, but did little damage, though three persons were injured. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 10 Oct 1914, Page 13
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