Miscellaneous War News Sweden Defends Her Neutrality
The Swedish Riksdag has unanimously adopted a credit grant of 55,000,000 kroner (about £3,055,556) for the purpose of defending the neutrality of the kingdom…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
2,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 104
How War Will Affect Prices. Lower-not Higher
Many people have become imbued with the idea that war will cause a smart advance in the price of foodstuffs, but from information collected in Sydney it would…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Motors in War If Fighting Came to Australia
If the present European War extended to Australia, the motor vehicle —cars, lorries, and cycles—would play a big part in its defence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. Erroneous Messages. Another Contradiction. Submarine U15 Destroyed
Early on Monday night a cable was received stating that the Admiralty had officialy announced the sinking of 15 German vessels without a single…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late War News. at Liege. Offigial News. Paris
It is officially stated that only small groups of German troops have entered Liege…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →General War News. Money Market Easier. Control of Trade Routes Stronger
Arrangements have been completed with the Bank of England, whereby the present deadlock in the money market will be terminated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Lee-azh." Picturesque Country Dis. Turbed by War. Description by an Eyewitness
To Rev. Canon Pike, who travelled through Germany and Belgium in 1909, we are indebted for the following picturesque description of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr Asquith on the War. Asks for Half Million More Men London
Mr Asquith, Prime Minister, speaking in the House of Commons, said England was not fighting for progression or for their own selfish ends, but for the maintaining…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Theatre of War. Severe Fighting. Heavy German Losses. By Telegraph. LONDON, Friday morning
A naval engagement took place in the North Sea between the British and German ship., in which the former were victorious. There were no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Various War Items. France and Austria Withdraw Their Ambassadors. Austrian Vessel Fired on by British
The Prince of Wales Fund now totals half a million. Freights from London to Australia have advanced by 25 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Urana Independent Published Every Friday. Telephone Number, 23. Friday, August 14, 1914. Exaggerated War News
We notice that our great daily newspaper's in Melbourne and Sydney are warning the public against taking the various reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Fight at Liege. Bulgarians Magnificent Defence. German Attack on France Frustrated. 2,000 Killed. 20,000 Wounded, 9,700 Prisoners. the Advance on Liege Expected Movements. London
Details from all war centres are meagre. The reconaisance in force has temporarily ceased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Latest Telegrams. How the Submarine Was Destroyed. Wholesale Cremation. Lord Kitchener’s Gratitude. Sydney
The captain of a Norweigan steamer reports having seen the fight between a British and German cruiser, 2[?]8 miles north of San…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Enlistments
Five hundred men have already enlisted with the English Foreign Legion, including three Russian princes and several Italian officers. Danish residents are also…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →French Deputies Enlist
Many members of the French House of Deputies and. several ex-Ministers have rejoined the army as privates, officers, and subalterns. These include M. Caillaux…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Australia's Sound Financial Position. Labor Council Urges Industrial Peace Concessions to Landholders Who Volunteer. Proposed War Gift of a Million Sheep
At yesterday's conference between the Federal and State Ministers it was emphasised that the first shock of the announcement of war was passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. British Government with Holding Information. 23 Submarines Sunk. 1½ Million Germans. Keavy Cavalry Engagements. Sydney, Thursday, 8.10 a.m
The British Government Press Bureau states that at this period of hostilities no important news can be expected of the movements of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great War. The Whole of Europe in Arms. Invasion of Belgium. Stout Defence of Liege. Tremendous Losses. French Victorious in Alsace-Lorraine. British Troops for the Continent. Montenegro Attacks Bosnia. Italy Must Fight. New York, August 5
Rear-Admiral A. T. Mahan, one of the greatest naval authorities in the world, when interviewed in New York, said that Germany's naval hope is to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Germans in West Africa The Port of Swakopmund Evacuated. The North Sea and Mediterranean. An Admiralty Notification Reported Roumania Joining Germany. The Effect of the War in America. Shipping Resumed in Eastern Waters. Reported Accident to the Kaiser. How the Amphion Was Sunk. Later
Two Germans, who were caught liberating pigeons to carry messages from England to Germany, were shot. The Germans have demolished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain and Austria at War Germany Unprepared Her Plans Miscarry Australians Leave Next Week to Fight on the Continent. Belgian Superiority at Skirmishing. Germans Beaten in All Minor Engagements Their Advance Checked Russia Scours Baltic Sea Belgium and Germany. the German Advance. Liege Forts Still Hold Out. Bombardment Recommenced. LONDON
There is much indignation in Belgium at the action of the Kaiser in decorating General von Emmich for capturing the forts surrounding Liege, as the forts are…
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