The General Staff of the Belgiun Army reports that the position of the German troops has hardly changed since Saturday. Their advance cavalry has retreated ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Admiralty states that German submarines yesterday attacked one of the cruiser squadrons of the main fleet. No British ships were damaged, but the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsThe news that Liege is in the hands of the Germans comes through Amsterdam. Official information from Brussels, ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Africanders at Aliwal North have cabled to the British Government:—"We can be depended on to defend the Union Jack to our last cartridge." ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is stated in official quarters that the Germans at Mulhausen showed the same want of dash as characterised their fighting before Liego. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Austrian steamship Bayern has been ordered to leave Naples owing to her cargo containing dynamite and live projectiles. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Russians have penetrated the valley of the Styr, and have driven back the Austrian advance guard. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe "Daily Mail" says the British fleet holds the North Sea firmly, and all maritime approaches to Germany are now closed. ...
Article : 37 wordsThirty German merchantmen are taking refuge in the Tagus. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Austrian cavalry are reported to have occupied Olkusz, a town in Russian Poland, 23 miles west-north-west of Cracow. They have now come into touch ...
Article : 36 wordsFourteen German warships passed through the Great Belt, and departed in a northerly direction. German warships have laid a line of ...
Article : 43 wordsTwo Austrian army corps are proceeding to the assistance of the Germans at the Rhine. One has reached Basle, and the other Lake Constance. ...
Article : 94 wordsPrince George, a nephew of the German Emperor, is a prisoner at Brussels. ...
Article : 22 wordsTen thousand Germans have entered Liege between Evignes and Fleuron. They are now living in the University and schools, and public buildings.They ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is announced that the Eighth Russian Cavalry Brigade attacked the Germans near Soldau, a town in East Prussia, on the Polish frontier. ...
Article : 28 wordsHeavy siege artillery has resumed the bombardment of Belgrade. ...
Article : 15 wordsSemaphore messages from the South Coast report that the German cruisers Goe ben and Breslau are steaming towards the Adriatic. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. Donohoe, war correspondent for the "Daily Chronicle," writing from Brussels, says that Fort Boncelles, at the extreme south of the line of forts around Liege, ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Servian mobilisation is completed. The Servians have entered Bosnia, near Priboja, and cut off the retreat of a body of Austrians. ...
Article : 225 wordsFour British tars from the cruiser Amphion, and four German sailors from the Konigin Luise, were burled in a common grave at Shotley. ...
Article : 89 wordsTroop trains were fired on from both sides at Crowhurst, Surrey, to-day. Several windows were broken. The police are searching for motor cars ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Austrian fleet is off Pola, the chief naval station of Austria-Hungary. A message from Ancona states that a battleship has been sighted a fire and ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Norwegian-Australian steamer Tysia (4676 tons) struck a mine off the Dutch coast and sank. Three passengers and three stokers were drowned. ...
Article : 43 wordsOfficers who were wounded at Liege state that the Belgian artillery was remarkably effective, and created indescribable panic. "We observed indecision on ...
Article : 97 wordsRefugees from Namur who have arrived at the Gare-du-Nord report that the Germans are starving. No arrangements were made to feed the troops, the ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is officially stated that a French brigade reached Altkirch, in Alsace, at nightfall. The place was defended by strong earthworks, which the French immediately ...
Article : 268 wordsThirteen Germans, members of the crew of a German tramp steamer, have been arrested on a charge of interfering with wireless communications between the ...
Article : 32 wordsThe best estimates show that the Germans lost 15,000 men. The Liege accounts of the fighting state that the Germans were gloomy and ...
Article : 291 wordsEight Germans who were wounded in the sinking of the Konigin Luise have died in Shotley Hospital. It is believed that the Konigin Luise ...
Article : 43 wordsThree Japanese, who were caught sketching the fortifications at Tsing-Tao, were shot by the Germans. ...
Article : 24 wordsAn armistice had not been granted up to a late hour on Friday night, but there had been no fighting for several hours. Thousands of wounded Belgians, most ...
Article : 43 wordsThe German version of the conflict at Liege says the German advance guards penetrated the entire Belgian frontier. A small detachment tried a ...
Article : 87 wordsThirty-four German vessels were seized at Antwerp on Friday. Much confidence is expressed at Antwerp, where the forts are considered to be impregnable. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe "Gazelle" publishes an urgent telegram from Germany stating that Germany is threatening vigorous reprisals in future. The Spanish Embassy is curing for ...
Article : 31 wordsCanada has offered the Government 98,000,0001b of flour as a gift from the people of Canada. The first instalment will be sent in 10 days' time. Mr. Harcourt has ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is reported that the Hungarians crossed the Danube, but were driven baok, losing 500 men. Many were drowned. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsCivilians around Liego fired on German doctors. Troops also fired on the patrols opposite Metz. It is announced that if Franctireurs— ...
Article : 40 wordsEarl Kitchener has issued an address to the Lords-Lieutenants of the counties, and to the Chairmen of the Territorial Associations, asking them to use their influence ...
Article : 132 wordsPresident Polncare has telegraphed to the King of the Belgians that the Government has decided to decorate the valiant city of Liege with the Legion of Honour, ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Germans detached the third Army Corps, known as the Iron Corps, from the advance towards the Ourthe for the attack on Liege. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe King and Queen have given orders that plain, simple living is to be the daily rule at the Royal table. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is officially announced from Berlin that the Germans have been successful at Liege. The messags says:—"We hodl Liege fast in our hands, The enemy's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 wordsThe Government has notified that cinematograph theatres are not allowed to show war pictures in any shape or form, otherwise their license will be instantly ...
Article : 328 wordsThe Ministry of War at Paris desires that the importance of the Mulhausen engagement should not be exaggerated, the fight being one of advance guards, consisting of ...
Article : 36 wordsA skirmish occurred between French and German cavalry in German Luxembourg. The Germans were defeated a number being taken prisoners. ...
Article : 69 wordsAt the sight of steel many Prussians run; others held up their hands and surrendered. Others were courageous enough, but were beaton by bad leadership. The ...
Article : 487 wordsLively cavalry engagements have taken place in the south, the French showing superiority. A German patrol officer and 22 Uhlans ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Montenegro has declared war on Austria. The Austrians commenced the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 wordsDr. E. J. Dillon, telegraphing to the "Daily Telegraph," says:—"During the night the entire Seventh Army Corps made [?]tremendous assault, but the Belgians ...
Article : 152 wordsThe French army crossed the Alsatian frontier, and after fierce fighting pursued the enemy. The Alsatians were delirious with joy ...
Article : 174 wordsThe first rush of military mobilisation is over, and more trains are now available for civilians. The Government is setting about organising agriculture and ...
Article : 101 wordsInformation from official sources states that Liege is invested, but that the Belgians hold the forts. The bombardment of the city is very ...
Article : 94 wordsThe French staff at Dede-Agach, the terminus of a branch of the Belgrade-Constantinople railway, and Ferejik, 15 miles east-north-east of Dede-Agacb, report a ...
Article : 39 wordsSeveral speakers in the House of Commons urged that special endeavours should be made to secure the return of Britons from the Continent. They stated that ...
Article : 66 wordsFifty German spies have been captured, and it is statea that they have been ordered to be shot. ...
Article : 23 wordsThree German army corps remain in position before Liege. An important movement of German troops towards Huy is in progress, which ...
Article : 120 wordsThe morale of the Seventh find Tenth German Army Corps was seriously shaken by the withering Belgian fire, which mowed them down like corn. ...
Article : 79 wordsM. Schneker, the Crensot gunmake., recently contracted to furnish [?]6 batteries of 105 millimetre guns, but when the war broke out he forfeited his contract ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 11 Aug 1914, Page 7
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