The New Westminster News
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alternative: [New Westminster Daily News]
issued: 2016-06-14
issued: 1914-08-21
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nwdn/items/1.0316082/source.json
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note: ��� Volume 9, Nutr' -_>vt> NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21,1914 Price Five Centa. iUPY BRUSSELS NO RESISTANCE OFEERED FLEW HIGH OVER METZ Inconfirmed Report That a German Warship is Approaching Prince Rupert to Secure Coal���Order Isued to Refuse Even in Face of Bombardment. Immense Number of German Troops Pouring into Belgium and Gradually Forcing Back the Allies���Desperate Stand Will Be Offered at Antwerp and Advance of the Enemy Will Be Opposed at Other Points by Large Forces of the Allies���French Troopa Make Advance in Alsace and Re-occupy Mulhausen��� Russia Reported to Be Successfully Opposing Austrian Army. Vancouver, Aug. 20.���A dispatch just received from I'rince Rupert states: "All banks have been notified by Hon. J. D. Hazen of the near approach of a German warship, stated to be coming to secure coal. Authorities have been notified not to give aid to the enemy even under threat of bombardment of the city." There still is no intimation here or at Prince Rupert of the presence of a German cruiser off the British Columbia coast. - BRUSSELS OCCUPIED BY GERMANS. Paris, Aug. 20 11 pin. Tlu- Herman cavalry have occupied Brussels, Tii,' official announcement was made tonight Strong columns are following un this move. The llelgian army is retiring on Antwerp without having been engaged hy the Germans. Along with the announcement of the fall of Brussels the official statement says: "Our troops have met with brilliant success in Alsace, especially between Mulhausen and Altkirch. The Hermans retreating on the Rhine, left in our hands many Germans and 24 guns, six of which were captured by our infantry after a sharp struggle. "In Lorraine, the day was less fortunate for us. Our advanced troops 'mind themselves faced by exceptionally strong positions. They were forced by a counter attack to fall back in a body, which is solidly established on ���the Sellle and along the canal from the Murne to the Rhine. 1 A French Aeronaut Works Havoc on German Fly…
note: Titled The Daily News from 1906-03-06 to 1912-04-24; Westminster Daily News from 1912-04-25 to 1912-12-04; and The New Westminster News from 1912-12-05 to 1914-09-04. Published by The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited from 1903-03-06 to 1912-04-24; and The National Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. from 1912-04-25 to 1914-09-04.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0316082
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster, B.C. : The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text