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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1914
Page
3
World War update reports German forces pressing toward Paris with overwhelming numbers. Strategic operations intensify as Allied units pull back under sustained assault. Reports emphasize German momentum and the looming capital city engagement.
The report notes German advances in France despite Belgian positions and British help. It cites Paris Forts orders to residents to destroy houses within four days, signaling fear of a German strike on the capital. Russian advances are praised while naval and colonial troop movements, including Indian divisions, are being prepared for France.
The report notes passage of measures addressing Christian curacy and banking matters, with government action on German patents in Britain. The currency and foam terms appear misrepresented in the text, but the core update is approval by Parliament and assent received from the crown.
Paris reports August 30 that Konigsberg is fully invested and fighting rages between Lemberg and the Vistula over about a thirty mile front. The Russian advance in West Prussia presses on steadily as German anxiety grows.
On Friday night 160 railways trains heading north eastward withdrew from Meuse an army corps with full equipment to meet Russian advice in Prussia. German troops around Brussels reduced to minimum. many soldiers withdrawn from the city. Peasants at Mons commandeered to dig trenches to prevent cavalry approach.
London datelined report says allied forces hold a crescent shaped line from Abbeville to Amiens. French positions at Charleville command three Meuse bridges and hidden machine guns fatally strike German troops before retreat to Guise.
In 1870 reports say Napoleon's forces were enclosed with 300,000 cavalry and infantry deployed to envelop two British corps as one division. Allied troops faced tremendous odds throughout Wednesday as German lines allegedly stretched from Cambrai to Hirson and toward the Sorbonne River meeting the Meuse at Mezieres.
Count von Bernstein the German Ambassador declares in a letter to the Press that German troops have been falsely accused of cruelty. He argues German army traditions keep troops above civilians, yet if civilians join fighting as in Belgium, killings of women and children become unavoidable. He cites alleged shootings of German soldiers and mutilation of wounded, and says retaliation is sometimes unavoidable.
Northam district site reports 140 applications for volunteers and selects ten men to bring total to 16. Named are Artur Baggs, A B Weymouth, William Hamilton, Roy Harburn, Herbert Anderson, Cahill, Charles Condon, Thomas Edward Cummins, Francis John, Herbert Hearle, John Kittson, Stanley Reynolds. Remaining volunteers depart camp. 88th Infantry parade cancelled due to Trades Gata. Augustus issue notes Milner urged knitted mittens for expeditionary forces.
A letter from H C Josephine Hansen in Southern Brook argues against state charity for the aged and disabled, urging independence and warning of mothers bearing the burden under federal policy. The writeup cites labor, nationhood, and the need for workers to rise through their own vitality. An electric brush promotion closes with local salon use.
British and French forces withdraw from Boulogne as German advances press toward Amiens and Lille. reports say 50 Uhlans raided Dowai, blew railway bridges, while a new French army forms to stem the German wedge toward the coast. Allies seek reinforced measures for wounded transport and reinforcements.
Namur was besieged August 28 by thirty German howitzer batteries. In ten lines of concentrated fire the city held. New York reports on August 30 that British forces, facing tremendous odds on August 8, fought hard and extricated themselves in orderly fashion.
A brilliant engagement unfolded as General Chatwoode’s Fifth Cavalry division fought in a bunk on August 28. The 12th Lancers and Scots Greys engaged German cavalry, with actions described amid the chaotic frontline conditions on the dates noted.
London reports that since August 26 British forces have faced only occasional cavalry raids, were rested and reinforced with double the losses and replaced guns. German advance is checked as French armies halt the German advance, signaling a favorable turn in the war.
Antwerp reports a growing retreat of German troops moving from Courtrij toward the east. Trains convey forces as the retreating action expands north of Malines and Aerschot, part of the Lumenberg operations, according to dispatches.
A Paris telegram reports the Military Governor has ordered all residents in the forts defending the city to evacuate their homes and destroy them within four days.
Paris reports German forces advancing in columns toward Longwy and Montmedy as three army groups move along the Meuse and Sambre valleys. French defense centers include the Montmedy fortress, with British forces aiding to cover the left flank. The narrative notes French responses and anticipated maneuvers amid evolving battlefield positions.
British casualties in the North Sea fight centered on the light cruiser Arethusa and destroyers Liberty and Camel. The action involved significant naval losses and highlighted the perilous engagement in northern waters.
London reports during four days of fighting from August 23 to 26 the British gain between 5000 and 6000 prisoners. German losses described as colossal by The Times correspondent. Germans show numerical superiority in men and air forces with Zeppelins and motor carrying machine guns. Paris notes allied fronts at Somme and Vosges shifting, with both sides suffering heavy losses. Anomalous client banking update and promotional copy included.
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