There seems now to be little doubt that the first of the groat battles which will decide the fate of the war on land has been begun, or is at this moment beginning. A ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 wordsThe German forces have "driven the Belgians back from Diest and Tirlemont, and have occupied those towns, despite a desperate ...
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Article : 61 wordsWhen the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau were in the Dardanelles they threatened to sink the French steamer Saghalien. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Belgian army now lies extended over a front of at least 40, and possibly, 50 miles. To the south, just above Namur, at Gembloux, it [?]oins the French army, which stretches, ...
Article : 139 wordsA man named Keith Brnden has been sentenced, to a month's imprisonment at Bow-street Police Court on a charge of improperly wearing an army uniform. ...
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Article : 63 words"Gaulois," a Parisian daily newspaper, states that the Austrian cruiser which was sunk off Antivari by the French was the Zenta, of 2400 tons. The Zenta was ...
Article : 59 wordsWhen the notice appeared in the press that employers generally were asked to keep and take on as much labour as possible at the present time in order to minimsise ...
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Article : 166 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons last night, Sir. Wilfrid Laurier,leader of the Opposition, said: "When Great Britain is at war, Canada is at war. No other at. ...
Article : 256 wordsAt a meeting of several hundred persons at the Trocadero yesterday, it was decided to form an Australian War Contingent Association. Sir George Reid ...
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Article : 93 wordsA renewal of confidence in financial circles is apparent. There is a considerable inflow of gold into the local banks from which it was withdrawn on the ...
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Article : 143 wordsIt is officially announced that at the battle of Shabatz, in which the Austrians were badly defeated by the Servians, the Austrian forces numbered 80,000. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 wordsThe latest messages state that a strong force of Germans on Tuesday shelled and captured Dlest and Tirlemont. The Exchange Telegraph Agency asserts ...
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Article : 259 wordsThe Labour Council last evening took the first steps in a scheme whereby the Government will be asked to co-operate with the trades unions in coping with the distress and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 wordsWhen the French troops entered Blamont, l8 miles east of Luncville, they found German posters had been displayed notifying that the Mayor and other ...
Article : 36 wordsThe mobilisation of the forces in Holland has been completed. The military authorities are administering the railways. ...
Article : 27 wordsReuter's Agency states that on July 30, the British, French, and Russian Consuls' telegrams at Danzig were stopped and their telephones cut off. ...
Article : 143 wordsOne thousand Italian volunteers, fully armed, have arrived" from America under Commander Riceiotti and Giuseppe Garibaldi, and have offered their services to ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is no secret amongst those who are in a position to know that one of the really good pieces of work that have been done in Australia since the outbrenk of the war was ...
Article : 185 wordsMuch relief is expressed in official circles regarding the Japanese attitude as explained in despatches from London. The United States feared Japanese ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 350 wordsThe result of the mining conferencn at Melbourne yesterday was received most favourably in Broken Hill, and it i hoped the arrangement agreed to will be quickly put into ...
Article : 168 wordsCavalry conflicts have taken place at Turnhout, about 27 miles north-east of Antwerp, and at Herenthout, 25 miles east of Antwerp. ...
Article : 48 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister (Sir R. L. Borden) said that the Canadians had no quarrel with the German people, who were ...
Article : 108 wordsEighty Japanese students who had been expelled from Germany, and have arrived in England, report that they received much ill-treatment at the hands of the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe "Financial Times" states that holders of large stocks of frozen meat have rejected the offers of speculators, and allowed the Government to have first pick ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Navy Office at a moment like this is naturally fully occupied with the all important duty of keeping the, fleet and the fieet of transports supplied with everything they ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Allies are now in a vast somi-circle, curving from Diest, about 30 miles east of Brussels, by Quatre Bras, and Wavre to Givot, about 25 miles south of Namur. ...
Article : 348 wordsThe "Daily Mail" states that British soldiers on the Continent will not be allowed to write to relations, excepting on postcards,and then only to say whether they ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Government is asking the House of Commons to sanction a war vote of £10,000,000. which will be raised by loan. It is regarded as certain that the House. ...
Article : 103 wordsHaving sufficiently recovered from the injuries sustainde in his recent aeroplane accident at Ascot, M. Guillaux, the noted French ariman, will immediately return to France to ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 21 Aug 1914, Page 9
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