German armies Which have been driven northward from the Marne are reported to be making a stand against their pursuers near the Aisne and in country above 'Rheims, Elsewhere the retreat is being continued. From two independent sources on Wednesday ...
Article : 406 wordsAn official telegram from Berlin states that 15 vessels of the German Baltic Fleez were in action on Monday. The result of the conflict is not known, ...
Article : 54 wordsA torpedo from a British submarine has sunk the German cruiser Hela. The Yessel is a complete loss, but the majority of the crew have been saved. ...
Article : 182 wordsAn urgent telegram has been received by the Central News Agency reporting that Gen. von Kluck has surrendered with 14,000 men of his shattered centre army. Another report from an independent ...
Article : 146 wordsLast week's battle was fought in the fruit country of France, where even, the open roads are lined with avenues of pear and' apple trees. Under cover of a ...
Article : 320 wordsAn official communique issued on Tuesday midnight says that on the allies' left the armies are in close contact with the enemy along the whole front marked by ...
Article : 124 wordsThe plains of the champagne district offer no natural positions for defence, It is probable that the present fighting is only a rearguard action to cover the retire ...
Article : 248 wordsMany British Red Cross motor cars traversed the Amiens and other districts and picked up the numerous wounded, irrespective of nationality. French doctors ...
Article : 178 wordsBrig.-Gen. Neil Douglas Findlay, C.B., one of the best British artillery officers and Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery. First Division bas been killed in ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Antwerp correspondent of The Daily Chronicle states that on Tuesday the military conditions in Belgium were completely altered. There are now 100,000 ...
Article : 86 wordsRefugees from East Belgium are streaming into Holland for safety from the excesses of the German soldiery. They tell harrowing stories of the butcheries ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of The Morning Post states that Gen. Rennenkampf, the Muscovite leader in East Prussia, has ordered an advance into Prussia ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Russians, in crossing the River San, immediately behind the retreating Austrians, avoided the upper and shallower reaches guarded by the Jaroslav and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 191 wordsThe Brandenburg troops slaughtered 182 civilians at Soumagn, near Liege, on the ground that rifles were found in some of the houses. The Germans would not ...
Article : 77 wordsNewspapers at Berlin publish a number of letters from the field complaining bitterly of the reports that German Women and girls had received French and ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Council of Ministers in the Russian capital has decided to increase by 5 per cent the customs tariff to States which refuse henceforth to grant to Russia "most ...
Article : 40 wordsIt is officially announced that the Russians have crossed the lower San River without opposition. They have occupied Gorodek (in lower Galicia), and are now ...
Article : 48 wordsDetails have been received of the Russian victory at Krasnek, which followed the failure of the Austrian attack on the entrenchments at Dedjvitze (11 miles from ...
Article : 304 wordsThe Royal Exchange will roopen tomorrow, and will resume foreign business. The Imperial Government has agreed to compensate the railway companies to the ...
Article : 65 wordsReports received from Austria state that wintry conditions are setting in early, and that intense cold is being experienced, particularly at night. The soldiers are ...
Article : 136 wordsTelegrams from Valona, on the Albanian coast, state that famine, malaria, and smallpox are raging there, particularly among the refugees from the villages ...
Article : 79 wordsThe German Charge d'Affaires at Pekin has notified the Chinese authorities that his Government reserves the right to deal with China in the present ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 156 wordsMr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State fox the (Colonies), in reply to Mr.H.T. Barrie (member for North Londonderry in the House of Commons), said that the ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, today promised to make an enquiry, as to the statements that the condition of some of the British ...
Article : 126 wordsTheir Majesties King George and Queen Mary visited Netley Hospital. They addressed comforting greetings to the British wounded. The King also spoke kindly ...
Article : 89 wordsThe investment of Maubeuge, in France, 13 miles south of miles, was commenced on August 26, when the first shell was fired. On August 27 the main attack was ...
Article : 101 wordsIt is officially admitted at Trieste that 15,000 soldiers from the Trieste and Trent districts—mostly Italian-speaking men—who were fighting the first line of the ...
Article : 105 wordsBrig.-Gen. C.-F. Beyers (Commandant General of the Citizen Forces of the South African Union) has resigned. Gen, Beyers, who was a prominent member of the Boer ...
Article : 54 wordsGeorges Andre, the famous sprinter and international footballer, has been promoted to the rank sergeant for gallantry in the field. German troops surrounded his ...
Article : 70 wordsAdvices just received from Nish, the temporary Servian capital, state that the Servian troops have occupied -the town of Visegrad, in Bosnia. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Daily Mail states that it is probable that zine smelting works will be opened in Great Britain very shortly, capable of producing 50,000 tons of spelter annually. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe following cable has been received from the High Commissioner:— London, September 16, l2.45 a.m.—Reliable.—The Rurssian's progress in Galicia ...
Article : 262 wordsThe Prime Minister has received the following cable message from the High Commissioner:—Official.—The enemy now occupies strong positions north of the River Aisne. ...
Article : 96 wordsCol. S.Price Weir, who commands the infantry battalion of the South Australian Expeditionary Force, was given a cordial send-off on Wednesday evening by those ...
Article : 665 wordsA military reporter has no easy task to perform at the present juncture. The public are asking all sorts of questions regarding. the date of embarkation of the 1st ...
Article : 1,621 wordsThe board appointed by the State Ministry to regu[?]te the price of foodstuffs and other commodities during the war took evidence today Mr. William Henry Peters, ...
Article : 287 wordsImportant evidence regarding the action of certain holders of wheat in Sydney was given the Necessary Commodities. Royal Commission today, Mr. L. Rossell ...
Article : 336 wordsIt is reported tonight, on what is said to be excellent authority, that the Government proposes to commandeer stocks of Wheat in Sydney under the emergency ...
Article : 102 wordsIn the Assembly today, in reply to question, the Minister for Mines action had been taken to relieve the distress prevailing in the Cloncurry district. ...
Article : 84 wordsAs a number of produce commission agents have expressed doubts as to the meaning of the circular issued by the Necessary Commodities Commission, the ...
Article : 107 wordsToday the Necessary Commodities Control Commission sat in camera to take evidence from the Secretaries of the Australian Gasight Company and the North ...
Article : 85 wordsNews was receive this afternoon from Melbourne that the Zinc Corporation had decided to close down the South Blocks mine and mill indefinitely.- The Sulphide ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Thu 17 Sep 1914, Page 7
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