Our Note Book. The War
The war still continues foremost in topics of the day, although the excitement that prevailed during the first week or two of hostilities has given…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
2,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 102
The War. Russians Approaching Berlin
Latest reports regarding the war intimate that the Russian troops are approaching the town of Posen, which is 158 miles from Berlin…
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Latest reports regarding the war intimate that the Russian troops are approaching the town of Posen, which is 158 miles from Berlin…
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Mr. W. M. Hughes and Mr. M' Gowen, M.L.A.,addressed a large meeting at petersham Town Hall on Tuesday night in furtherance of the…
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Four French guns shelled the Germans at Chaleroi, sweeping the column away. The French army cerps…
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The servians appear to be carrying on the campaign against. Austria with surprising vigour, especially considering the great losses of soldiers which they susthined in the recent Balkan wars. Austria's announcement of the abandoment of the aggressive against Servin is received with amusement by their pertinacious and pag pacions little neighbour. Small as Servia is numerically compared with the Great Powers it is evidently determined not to be regarded as a negligible quantity. Out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Food Supplies. Canadian Gifts. Ottawa, Aug. 27
Ontario Province has made a gift of 250,000 bags of flour, this being supplementary to the Dominion's great gift of Hour recently announced. Already most of Canada's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Fuller Particulars. Has Namur Fallen? Conflicting Reports. London
The French Embassy in London asserts that the forts at Namur have not been taken, but only the town. Namur was protected by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. British Forces in the Thick of Fight. Behave with Great Galantry. Lose Over 2000 Men. London
The British throughout sunday afternoon were engaged between Mons and Binche, ten miles to the east of that place. An eye-witness, writing to…
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"The Secretary of State for War (Lord Kitchener) desires me to convoy his grateful and special thanks for the splendid help promised by Australia, and…
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Prince Ernest of Saxe Meiningen has been seriously wounded, and is lying in hospital at Manbouge…
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It is officially announced that the British forces after their fight with the Germans reached a now and well protected position despite continuous…
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A big battle is raging between Maubeuge and Dinain on the Allies' left wing. It is officially announced that the allies in the north have moved…
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"A symposium on the madness of war at this crisis would be about as sensible as a symposium on the danger of damp sheets if London were on fire. If war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Japan Declares War. London, August 23
The Japanese Embassy expect that Japan will meet with resistance from the Germans in the Far East, as Kiao-Chao is well defended by several thousand Germans. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Tribute. London, Aug. 24
The Cologne "Gazette," in justification of the fines imposed by the Germans on Brussels and Liege, states that the war tribute exacted is a punishment for the bad…
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Vienna, Wednesday Afternoon.—Austria has declared war on Japan. London, Wednesday Afternoon.— Router's Agency announces that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Tribute. London, Aug. 22
Dutch papers state that the Germans have demanded £2,000,000 tribute from Liege. The Liege tribute comprises £2,000,0Q0 from the province, and the remainder from the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Finance. War Stock Foreshadowed. London, Aug. 24
The "Evening News" states that the Government placed Treasury bills to the value of £15,000,000 last week, and that it is about to issue another £15,000,000 worth next…
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