The spirits of the French soldiers have been grotty strengthened by the confident knowledge that their artillery is superior to that of Germany. ...
Article : 30 wordsTho Colonial Office has put forth a suggestion to hold an exhibition in London, soon after the close of the war at which manufactures and natural products from ...
Article : 81 wordsApproximately 600 of the men who bad been enrolled and examined medically on Monday and Tuesday reported themselves for duty at the Morphettville camp on ...
Article : 493 wordsBritish soldiers are at the front! Last Friday the ex-peditionary army had safely crossed the Channel and landed in France. Their Commander-in-chief is Field-Marshal Sir John French. ...
Article : 358 wordsIn Paris the police authorities have forbidden the drinking of absinthe. They are even searching private cellars and confiscating supplies of the spirit. Several cafes ...
Article : 55 wordsAn official message published at the Muscovite capital states that the Russian vanguard has occupied five points in the enemy's territory. ...
Article : 74 wordsIn regard to operations in the Norm Sea, the Imperial Press Bureau states that desultory fighting occurred on Tuesday between a British patrolling squsdron and ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Exchange Telegraph Company states that numbers of Gzech soldiers (Austrian Slays) have been executed at Prague for mutiny. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Prince of Wales's War Relief Fund amounts to-day to £1,250,000. LONDON, August 18. The Prince of Wales's Relief Fund has ...
Article : 38 wordsFIELD-MARSHAL SIR JOHN FRENCH, SUPREME HEAD OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsAn Austrian torpedo boat struck a mine and sank Pola Harbour, the chief naval station of Austria-Hungary. ...
Article : 28 wordsCitizens of the United States, who are still in Europe in thousands, are displaying a desperate anxiety to return home. At Genoa 400 wealthy Americana, who have ...
Article : 59 wordsAn excellent system of, Ked Woes work has been established by the Preach, war department. The first line of hospitals is located two miles from the fighting line. ...
Article : 174 words'The French and Belgian cavalry passed a series of villages, the bouses in which the Germans had destroyed by fire, having set them alight with petrol. The soldiers of ...
Article : 115 wordsThe French forces at Fenetrange cut one of the German railways which served the town of Saarburg, at the right wing of the enemy's position in Upper Alsace. The ...
Article : 88 wordsNews comes from Paris that a detachment of French soldiers, which was landed at Scutari, the Montenegrin town, has been ordered to proceed to Cettinje, the ...
Article : 75 wordsCol. S. Price Weir, V.D., has his camp potched on the western side of the property, [?] Glenelg, and he has sample space for forming up his battalion ...
Article : 220 wordsThe Imperial Press Bureau has issued a warning, to the British public that the enemy is attempting to spread, false reports of disasters to British arms. It adds that ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Czar attended a great procession of devotees in the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin at Moscow, where a solemn act of worship was held to mark ...
Article : 65 wordsA treacherous incident is reported from near the lower Alsatian border. A German monoplane appeared over the French town of Luneville, flying the French ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the methodical advance of the French troops is becoming more definite. The Germans are retiring in disorder in Upper Alsace, some ...
Article : 62 wordsLater reports received from Brawls show that the fitting at Dinant was much more important than was at first realized. The losses on both sides were heavy. It ...
Article : 145 wordsForty guineas per cent, has been paid at Lloyds against tie outbreak of war between England and Turkey or France and Turkey within the next three months. ...
Article : 38 wordsFrench troops bold a belt of territory in alsace, in advance of the frontier, varying from four to 14 miles in width. The northern extremity of the belt is at ...
Article : 262 wordsCo. J. J. T. Hobbs, V.D., and A.D.C. to the Governor-General, was a passenger to Adelaide by the Wandilla from Fremantle on Wednesday. He caught the ...
Article : 143 wordsH.H. the Duke of Teck and his brother Prince 'Alexander of Teck proceeded to Buckingham Palace to-day to bid farewell lo their aster, Her Majesty Queen Mary ...
Article : 89 wordsM. Paul Doumer, who was once a candidate for the Presidency of France, has just returned to Paris from the fighting line in Belgium. He states that three German ...
Article : 62 wordsThe British Red Cross Society has registered the names of more than 2,000, trained nurses, who have volunteered for service in connection with the ministry ...
Article : 45 wordsA conference took place in the Prime Minister's room to-day to consider the whole question of censorship. There were present, the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) ...
Article : 401 wordsThe Horse Purchasing Board reported on Wednesday night that 202 head suitable for transport work had been secured up to date, so that another 250 draughts and ...
Article : 73 wordsOfficial assurances have been given that all continues well with the Belgian Army. German cavalry patrols have been sighted to the north of Antwerp. ...
Article : 68 wordsAt a late boar on Wednesday night it was ascertained from the District Headquarters that 400 men of all ranks and arms of force, were accepted at the ...
Article : 86 wordsGen. Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief, in his report referring to the advance made in Upper Alsace, states:—"The Germans have established a fortified ...
Article : 201 wordsOn Wednesday approximately 200 men who are on the active Bat, or who have seen precious service, were passed as fit by the medical examiners, Further ...
Article : 50 wordsThe French Embassy states that despits all the henry assaults made upon them, the Liege forts are still holding out against the Germans, and that not one of the ...
Article : 42 wordsCapt, Gacenagh-Mainwaring, the well-Known Adelaide surgoon, has been selected to accompany the Light Horse Regiment, and the recommendation of the Principal ...
Article : 39 wordsAn English officer who was recently at Brussels interviewed some of the gallant defenders of Liege and its farts. A Belgian officer recounted to him the story of ...
Article : 223 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Australian Jockey Club held to-day it was [?] resolved, on the motion of Mr. Adrian Knox (Chairman of the Club), that ...
Article : 53 wordsLieut, Col. R. M. Stoddart has been appointed to the command of a light horse regiment from Queensland in the [?] forces, with [?] ...
Article : 21 words[?] AND THE FOREIGN AMBASSADORS, HAVE WITHDRAWS FROM BRUSSELS TO ANTWERP. THE STEEN IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURES IN EUROPE. IT WAS REBUILT IN THE SIXTEENTH, CENTURY, AND USED AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION FOR THE ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Thu 20 Aug 1914, Page 7
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