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13/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS. Belgians have defeated Germans: 800 wounded Germans brought into Brussels . British Fleet operating on German side of North Sea. H.M.S. Amphion has sunk a German liner engaged in laying explosive mines. Lord Kitchener becomes War Secretary.
	13/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS. Terrific cannonading was heard at Maastricht yesterday. The Liege forts were heavily engaged, and it was believed that the expected great battle was in progress. All along the lines in Belgium as along the French lines, the rival armies are in close touch. The Goeben and Breslau, having entered the Dardanelles, are reported sold to Turkey . Great Britain is in a state of war with Austria . The declaration of war will be gazetted as soon as possible.
20/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS The British warships have taken effective action against the invaders of the Coast towns. It is stated that they have accounted for 1600 of the Germans. LAST NIGHTS OFFICIAL NEWS PARIS , Wednesday. An official communiqué issued at 11 p.m. states :- On our left from the North Sea to La Brusse a violent battle has been in progress during the day. According to the last news the Allies are holding their own every where.
	20/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS THE German general advance in Belgium has commenced but there is no information of collision between the main armies. Several British casualties are reported from France , tow being killed by an accident and several inured. The Liege forts are still intact. The Austrian cruiser Zenta of 2400 tons has been sunk by a French warship, and another has been seriously damaged. About 200 men lost their lives. The Czar is expected to arrive at the front within the next week.
20/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS The Germans have not yet arrived Ostend , and there is an indication that an engagement is taking place between there and Ghent . The British, on their left, have met with success, pushing the enemy back on his flank.
	27/8/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS It is officially announce that on Tuesday the French on the Southern Frontier were attacked in force by Germans. The attack was repulsed and the enemy retired all along the line. Russia is advancing rapidly into German territory, driving irresistibly before it all the German and Austrian forces. The Russian General Staff report that the Tsar's troops are now in occupation of the whole of the Southern and Eastern half of Eastern Prussia . It is reported that a German aeroplane has been brought down in the Quesnay district. It fell into British lines, and was totally destroyed while the officers in charge were killed. News is still coming through of the magnificent bravery shown by the British troops at Mons , and a soldier describes the scene as “a veritable hectacomb of German corpses.” The Kaiser's nephew is a prisoner.
1/10/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS The general situation is satisfactory, and more especially so on the Allies' left, where a great sweeping movement has been advanced further north. The Germans made violent attempts to stem the Allies' victorious career, but were severely repulsed. The French have also made some slight progress on the German right, but in the centre there has been a lull in the hostilities.
	29/10/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS The Press Bureau announce that the situation of the Allied troops on the Yser is improved, and that the enemy's artillery fire has slackened, being subdued by the guns of the Fleet, the latter inflicting heavy losses on the German's coast flank.
12/11/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS. Another desperate attack on the Allies' lines between Armentiers and the Cost, but the efforts of the Germans to break the lines were unavailing, and they were repulsed at all points, excepting Dixmude, where the Allies were forced to yield a little. The captain of the Emden and the Kaiser's nephew are both prisoners, and unwounded.
	17/12/1914 STOP PRESS FOR WAR NEWS THE ESCAPE OF THE RAIDERS. Press Bureau, 9.20 p.m. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement:- “A number of the fastest ships were engaged in shelling the East Coast. They were engaged by the patrol vessels on the spot. “As soon as the presence of the enemy was reported a British patrolling squadron endeavoured to cut them off. On being sighted the Germans retired at full speed, and favoured by the mist succeeded in making good their escape. “The losses on both sides are small, but full reports have not yet been received.