The War Very Latest. Heavy Fighting. London, Wednesday afternoon
Belgium is offering unexpected resistance, and heavy lighting is taking place against the German advance along the River Mouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
2,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 102
—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle Saturday, August 8, 1914 War Declared
Nearly all the leading old world nations are now fighting and Great Britain is at war with Germany. These facts may be productive of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge German War Vote. £250,000.000. BERLIN
A bill has been introduced in the Reichstag for an extraordinary credit of two hundred and fifty million pounds. Authentic reports have been received that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Armies. Emperor Supreme War Lord Berlin, Aug. 4
Army chaplains yesterday held an open—air service, the soldiers marching in full kit around the B'smarck monument. There was a huge attendance of the public, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany Declared War on France. War Broken Out Between Great Britain and Germany. French and German Fleets in Combat. Later
A German cruiser bombarded fona, a fortified seaport on the Algerian coast, and afterwards departed at full speed in a westerly direction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War. Fierce Fighting in Belgium Big German Reverses Success of Belgians Heroic Exploits. (By Cable.) London
It is stated that 250,000 Belgian troops are now mobolised to defend Belgium's neutrality. Belgium is offering unexpected resistance to Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Germany, Russia and France Involved. Belgrade Bombarded. Belgrade Bomarded Eight Hundred Servians Killed. Vienna July 30
After a heavy bombardment by gunboats on the Danube the Australia troops occupied Belgrade. Early on Wednesday morning the Servians…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Veterans Enlisting. Frenchmen Cheer Dead King's Photograph
The hon. secretary of the South African Sldiers' Association advises that there have been many applications for enrolment at the headquarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Britain and Germany War Declared. Germany's Ultimatum to Belgium. France Excited. a British Ultimatum. (Continued From Page 12.) Britain's Attitude. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon
It is officially announced that war has broken out between Great Britain and Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War on Sea and North Sea Battle Denied. Heavy Fighting on French Frontier. Germans Want Armistice. British Cruiser Am I'll Ion Strikes a Mine. .130 Lives Lost. 25,000 German Casualties
The report of (lie naval engagement in the North sea stating that 10 Germen war vessels had been sunk has been officially denied how ever, that the Germen casualities in the frontier fighting have been 25000 and the Germens are asking for and armistice of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Volunteers for the War
The Light Horse authorities in Maltland state that instructions have been received from headquarters that volunteers are required for the expeditionary force to be…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Dream of War, in the Air. a True Record
This is the true record of a dream, and not an artificial product of the imagination. Many details are omitted, but the fantastic inaccuracies of dreamland remain…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Federal Campaign. Senatorial Candidates. Remarkable Demonstration of Loyalty. Politics and War
Senator Millen, Minister of Defence, war expected to be in Maitland on Saturday night to deliver an address in connection with his candidature for the Senate, but…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The War. Mr. Asquith's Speech. What We Are Fighting For. London. Aug 9
Further details of Mr. Asquith's speech in the House of Commons, in moving the vote of £1,00,000,000, show that the prime minister said:-"Posterity will pay Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Royal Soldier. Brussels, Aug, 9
King Albert of Belglum is in command of the France-Belglan troops, with the combined French and Belgian staffs. Before leaving for the front, the King…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The North Sea. German Fleet Chased. Wounded Sent to England
London, Saturday.—The Admiralty, according to the Press Association, have informed Tyneside shipowners that they may send vessels anywhere in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Montenegro. War with Austria
The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Montenegro has declared war on Austria. The Australia commenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sinews of War
The question whether or not Europe was to be converted into a huge shambles depended, fortunately, on other factors than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items. Exaggerated News
We must again warn the public against taking too seriously, accounts of preliminary fighting both on land and sea during this early stage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Hospital War Fund
By a recent issue of the Brisbane "Daily Mail," we notice that the Mayor of Brisbane has received from Mr. Edward Platt-Ruskin, manager for the Cherniavsky Bros…
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