Fully 400 men volunteered their services for active warfare before the enrolling officer, Major Timothy, at the Barracks yesterday. About 350 were accepted. This constituted a ...
Article : 626 wordsThe Germans are evacuating Lodz ([?] miles west-south-west of Warsaw). ...
Article : 23 wordsAn alliance of Liverpool and New York shipowners have subscribed the capital for a fleet of at least 20 big cargo steamers flying the United States flag in order to ...
Article : 69 wordsAn officer, writing to the Parisian journal, "Liberte," describes the fearful slaughter which took place in the Argonne district. ...
Article : 130 wordsThe two great battles on the Franco-Belgian front and in Poland are still raging. The Germans crossed the Yser, ...
Article : 101 wordsCount von Moltke, chief of the staff of the German army, who is reported to be dying, is 66 years old, and a nephew of the famous von Moltke. He served with distinction as ...
Article : 338 wordsThe R.M.S. Ophir, which returned to port on account of having sprung a leak, was damaged through striking a buoy. She is expected to resail in a few days. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe War Office has ordered a million and a half shirts from Canada. The order is enough to keep every factory in the Dominion busy for several months. An ...
Article : 77 wordsThe principle of British preference was affirmed by the electric light committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon. Several tenders for electrical supplies had ...
Article : 346 wordsThe occupation of Melzicourt by the French has frustrated the German Crown Prince's attempt to join forces with the other German army operating in the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Orient Company's R.M.S. Ophir (6942 tons), which left London on October 23 for Australian ports, has returned to port leaking. The leak is not serious. ...
Article : 54 wordsAs it was impossible to clear the cold stores at Antwerp, the Belgian engineers destroyed the refrigerating machinery, leaving hundreds of thousands of carcases ...
Article : 64 wordsSir George Reid cables under date of October 24, 11.45 a.m.:- Official: A further account from general headquarters, dated October 17, deals with ...
Article : 1,675 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts, addressing the Canadian troops at Salisbury Plains, said:—"We are fighting the nation which regards the British as the barrier to its ...
Article : 85 wordsA correspondent ("J. F.") asks who went to war against Germany first, France or Russia? Germany declared war on Russia on August 1, four days after the outbreak of war between ...
Article : 117 wordsThe "Times" correspondent in France attributes the escape of the main Belgian army largely to the heroism of a few thousand who held up the Germans at ...
Article : 67 wordsIn a despatch dated September 11, a "Times" correspondent says: The German advance on Paris was pushed with tremendous speed and force. It seems the plan of the invaders ...
Article : 325 wordsCaptain M. B. Carbery, of the Irish Fusiliers, who accompanied the Imperial Contingent to Australia in 1901, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 79 wordsIn view of German reports of the rapid construction of airship sheds in Belgium, and that the German Emperor has ordered 25 ships to be ready by the middle of ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Municipal Council at its last meeting decided not to purchase German pipes for the extension of the water supply to East Goulburn, but to use lap-welded pipes. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe City Council to-day discussed a report of the Electric Supply Committee recommending that authority be given for the purchase of plant and materials required for the ...
Article : 147 wordsThe appointment of Lieut.-Colonel J. M. Antill as Brigade Major of the Third Light Horse Brigade of the Australian Imperial Forces, which was notified in the "Herald" ...
Article : 265 wordsThe great battle on the northern front, extending from Nieuport on the coast to Courtrai on the river Lys, is still in progress, and the fighting would appear to be of the most ...
Article : 273 wordsTwo German aeroplanes were shot down in the Montdidier district, a third at Reims, a fourth at Gravelines, and a fifth at Amiens. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is stated that the German Crown Prince narrowly escaped being killed by a bomb dropped by a French airman at Hovigny. The exploson killed 15 men and ...
Article : 40 wordsSince the outbreak of the war in Europe, business here has been at a comparative standstill. The British in Vila, emulating the French, ...
Article : 206 wordsEight-hour Day was celebrated at Armidale to-day. The proceeds are to be devoted to the Patriotic Funds. In the procession, friendly societies, military, and other bodies ...
Article : 385 wordsAn official communique states: Lowiez and Skierniewice, westward of Warsaw, were taken by the Russians with the bayonet. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Great Public Schools of the State will in all probability furnish from among their old boys many members of the contingents which are being raised to serve the Empire. ...
Article : 245 wordsA communique issued last midnight states: A very violent, battle is proceeding between Nleuport and the river Lys. The Germans crossed the, Yser, ...
Article : 189 wordsIt may be remembered that after the evacuation of Antwerp the cabled information was not at all clear as to the movements of the Belgian army, though the indications ...
Article : 219 wordsBerlin messages claim that after heavy fighting the Germans crossed the Yser. ...
Article : 15 wordsOn Saturday morning at about 20 minutes to 3 o'clock the sentry on duty on a warship which is moored in Hobson's Bay, near Port Melbourne, observed a boat approaching under ...
Article : 230 wordsSeveral buildings at Ostend, in addition to the Hotel Majestic, have been damaged by the naval bombardment. The battle between N[?]euport and ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Governor-General of Galicia, by order of the Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian Commnnder-in-Chief, announces that anyone offering spirituous liquors to ...
Article : 36 wordsA private cable was received in Sydney yesterday, stating that Lieutenant Malcolm Chisholm, a son of Dr. Chisholm, of this city, who was attached to the East Lancashire ...
Article : 105 wordsDetails of fighting at Vieille Chapelle show that the British artillery bombarded the German position from dawn until 3 p.m. The British troops were then ...
Article : 156 wordsLloyd's report states that the German cruiser Karlsruhe captured, but did not sink, the steamers Indrani, Farn, and Condor, as previously reported. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe fact that we are likely to view things in faulty proportion in a war such as this, in which the correspondents are not allowed openly at the front, is, perhaps, emphasised ...
Article : 288 wordsA patriotic entertainment, given at Picture Land, under the auspices of the Red Cross Society, attracted an immense attendance. Although there was no charge made for ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. John Hoowarth, who is employed in the State Civil Service, went through the Bo[?] War with four of his sons. Three of the sons, John, Harold, and Cyril, who are also ...
Article : 151 wordsA notification states that the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Federal Executive Council, has approved of authority being given for the purchase of motor cars, ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Government has published the text of the treaty which was drawn up between Colonel Maritz, the rebel leader in South Africa, and the Governor of German ...
Article : 78 wordsA local firm of engineers recently received a communication from a London firm to the effect that, under instructions from the British Admiralty, no shipments could be made ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. Ashm[?]d Bartlett and Mr. Phillip Gibbs, two English war correspondents, penetrated as far as Dixmude on Wednesday last, and witnessed the fighting ...
Article : 797 wordsThe State B[?]ery at Stanmore has been kept busy providing bread for the various military camps. At the outbreak of the war the bakery management offered to supply the troops ...
Article : 121 wordsThe search of Sydney premises occupied by German firms and organisations was carried out last week by one officer, three sergeants, two corporals, and 21 men, assisted by the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 27 Oct 1914, Page 7
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