The War. Fierce Fighting on the Yser River. Paris
A communique issued at midnight states:—The German infantry unsuccessfully tried to come out of their trenches southward of Vixschoote. We carried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
860 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 43
Prize of War. Steamer Running Contraband. Halifax (Nova Scotia)
A British warship convoyed the Norwegian steamer Sandejerd, bound from New York for Copenhagen, as a prize of war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German War Loan. a Large Vote. Amsterdam
Advices from Berlin state that the Borla Reichstag has passed a war credit of £150,000,000. Herr Liebknecht was the only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Searching of Ships. for Contraband of War. Washington
The American exporters, chiefly the beef-packers, have protested against the British authorities examining cargoes on route to Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. Germans Move East. Evacuating Belgium. Cannonade Desultory. Dunkirk
The German efforts to prevent leakage of news, from Belgium to Holland are now more stringent. The frontier patrols have been increased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A German View. the War Uncalled For. America May Mediate. New York
Herr Dernburg, the ex-Colonial Secretary for Germany, addressing the Economic Club, alluded to the war as stupid, unnecessary, and uncalled for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Artillery Duel. Allies Do Most Damage. Progress on the Frontier. London
An official communique issued at mid-night states: There has been a violent tobardment at Lampernisse, westward of Dixmude…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prussian Soldiers. Drowned While Drunk. Paris
Seventy-five Prussian soldiers, who were harassed by French artillery, took refuge in a wine cellar in Flanders. They spent the night in carousing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our War Contingent
Cable messages have come from the Imperial authorities intimating with regard to New Zealand's agreement to dispatch the equivalent of 5 per cent. of the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Budget
The proposals of the Federal Government to finance its needs and those of Australia during the current twelvemonths cannot be subjected to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners of War. Question of Treatment
In view of the self-evident fact that many Australians are under the impression that German war prisoners are being treated with undue lenity in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Contraband of War. British Notification Washington
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambassador at Washington, has delivered a Note to the State Department announcing that Great Britain will not delay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duration of the War. American Expert Opinion
That the war in Europe will last "from nine to eighteen months," and that Germany, "unless she is superhuman, will be defeated," is the consensus of opinion of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Defences of Cracow. Key to Eastern War
In the eastern theatre of war, in the western part of Galicia, the colossal fortress of Cracow is attracting the attention of all the strategists of the world (writes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War. Flanders Battle. Germany's Last Effort. First Attacks Repulsed. Paris
The following communique has been issued:—"We occupied Lesmenil and Dexon, the signal station, on the right bank of the Mosell[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney's Wounded. Melbourne
The Navy Office advises that the wounded British and German sailors who were injured in the Sydney-Emden fight are making progress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lights on the War
The announcement made by the Italian Premier leaves little room for doubt that that country will shortly be found among the belligerents in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War and Industry. Position in Britain
"War is associated in people's minds with misery, ruin, and starvation, says the "Times," "and it was assumed that because we were at war these evils must…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Effect of War. a Richer Nation
"We shall be a poorer peopl[?] wealth is measured, but we shall be a richer people," says the "Nation," "if the sincere emotions of the war have become…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False War News. Published in Turkey. Cairo
An Englishman who has escaped from Constantinople, states that the war news published there shows that the English forces and their allies have been…
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