German Advance Checked. Grave Situation in Turkey. Porte Expected to Declare War. Stern Warning From Britain. Destruction at Louvain. British Treatment of Prisoners. Publication of War News. Action by the English Government. Frenzied With Fear. Aged Inhabitants of Malines. Waiting to Be Killed by Germans. London
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2
The Antwerp correspondent of the London "Chronicle," who returned from Mcchlin, states that the reports of damage to the city were greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Battle of Mons. Wounded Soldiers' Stories Gallant British Actions. Munsters' Heroic Feat. British Wounded Killed by Germans. Treacherous Guide Shot. London
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
A wounded Highlander, in a description of the lighting at Mons, says "the Germans bluffed the French into the belief that the attack would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
The war is the all-absorbing topic, and each day the latest news of doings at the front are anxiously watched for. It is to be hoped that old England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Sergeants Story. Germans Ruthlessly Slaughtered. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
Writing from the front Mr. Donohue relates that a sergeant of the Middlesex regiment was wounded at Mons and lay helpless whie the German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Publication of War News
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
Mr. Asquith has announced in the Commons that the Government is taking steps to supply for publication a narrative of events at the front in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War and Superphosphates
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
Although the great war in Europe is seriously affecting the supplies of various commodities, the farmers of New South Wales need have no apprehension…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What the War Means
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
There are probably still thousands of people in Australia who fail to realise what is involved in the present war or to [?] the magnitude of the task with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fats for the War Fund
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
Stock buyers usually enjoy the reputation of being keen for bargains. But, at Homebush last Monday operators bid with an open hand for a draft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Austria's Colossal Defeat Tens of Thousands Wounded. Regiments Wiped Out. Rome
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
Bucharest messages state that Austrian defeat in Galicia wa colossal, Trains are transporting tens of thousands of wounded. Numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lists at the Hague. Occupy Six Newspaper Pages. Killed and Missing Outnumber Wounded. the Hague
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
The German casualty lists received occupy six full pages of the "Reichsanzier." The killed and missing outnumber the wounded. The dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women and the War. Balaclava Caps Not Wanted
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
Balaclava caps, since they are apt to interfere with a soldier's hearing, have been rejected by the Defence authorities. The Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prime Minister's Speech War Something to Be Paid for
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 4
The speech delivered by Mr. Cook at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Tuesday night was listened to with close attention by the big audience. The Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canada's War Basis. Three Hundred Thousand Men. Ottawa
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
Mr. Hughes, Minister for Defence, announced that the militia proposed to train one million Canadians to shoot straight at a thousand yards range…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Fever in England. Boom in Recruiting. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
There are many indications of a boom in recruiting. London's recruits on Monday were a record, whilst hundreds at Manchester were unable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death Duties Remitted. on Estates of War Victims. London
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
The House of Commons has passed a bill to remit the death duties on the estates of those killed in war, or who die from wounds or disease resulting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Not Wanted in Germany. Peace Meeting Appeal to the Kaiser
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
A Berlin correspondent, writing to the London "Daily Telegraph" under date of 30th July, stated that while the German press as a whole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Premeditated War England Knew Three Months Ago. Why the Fleet Was Mobilised
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3
The New York "Evening Post" states that it has received information that Britain knew three months ago that there was a possibility of war breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mons Battle Like Shooting Rabbits. the Boer War a Game of Skittles. Paris
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
The wounded soldiers state that the war in South Africa was a game of skittles as compared with the battle of Mons. The Germans came in g[?]t…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Liner Escapes. Informed of War by Wireless Secretly Alters Course. Was Bound for Australia. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
At Brisbane to-day the mail steamer Houtman, with passengers stranded from the German mail steamer Roon, arrived. The captain of the Roon, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Allies' Defence. Great Rattle Begins. Germans Direct Full Force on the British. the Russians' Progress. Austria's Supreme Effort. Turkey Remains Neutral. the British at Mons. a Soldier's Account of the Fight. Turkey's Assurance. No Intention of Fighting. London
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2
The Ottoman Embassy in London has declared that Turkey has no intention whatever of going to war, and has denied the reports that German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →