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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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A Shot From the Bush a Boy Wounded. Inverell

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 4

Three boys were out hare hunting with dogs on the common yesterday when the report of a pea rifle was heard a short distance away in the…

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Cables. the War. London

Leader · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

The fall of Adrianople is predicted to take place within a week…

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The War. Armies on the Move. Will Adrianople Surrender? Foreign Warships. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

The railway from Mustapha Pasha to Charlui is now in the hands of the Bulgarians, with the exception of a part near Adrianople. Salonika has been…

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Earlier War News Blunder at Kirk-kilisse. Turks Fired at Own Men. German Officer's Story. a Tribute to Muhktar Asha. Constantinople

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 3

A German officer with the Turks at Kirk-Kilisse asserts that the Moslems half won the battle, whom, for an unknown cause, they began to retire…

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To-day's Cables. Latest War News. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

It is stated by the "Neue Frie Presse" (Vienna) that in diplomatic circles the view is held that the British naval measures in the Near East are a possible prelude…

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The Balkan War. Collapse of Turkey. London

Leader · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

A vast, unrest, fills Europe. The Turks' sudden collapse hats left diplomacy far in the rear, and the request for mediation has taken the…

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The War. Turkey Suing for Peace. Terrible Carnage at Lu[?]e Burgas. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

It is announced that the Turkish Government has applied to the Powers for mediation to secure peace. In Berlin' it is understood the French proposals meet with…

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Earlier War News Terrible Slaughter. the Losses at Lule Burgas. [?]Th Sides Suffer Heavily. Vienna

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 1

The newspaper correspondents at Chorlu state that the consensus of opinion estimates that at least 20,000 [?]urks were killed or wounded at Lule…

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The War. the Belligerents' Losses. Turks Mown Down. Appeal to the Powers. General European Unrest. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

Grave unrest hills Europe., Turkey's sudden collapse has left diplomacy far in the rear, and the request for mediation has taken the French Government…

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The B[?]an War. LONDON

Leader · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 2

A Turkish [?] with artillery attempted a [?] Adrianople on Saturday, but [?]lgarians forced them back, an[?] heavy siege guns…

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The War-Bird. Armed and Armor-Plated Aeroplanes. Opinion of Their Master

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 34

A man in a dusty black uniform got out of a motor car and climbed the steep bank overlooking the road. "The Grand Duke is on the hill…

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Earlier War News Lull Before the Storm. March on Chataldja. Sofia

National Advocate · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 3

The lull in the operations at Chorlu is due to the Bulgarian army, after four days and four nights' fighting, being given a two days' repose. The…

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The War. Awful Sufferings. the Turks' Plight. Women and Children Bayoneted. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 2

A division of Turkish artillery attempted a sortie from Adrianople on Saturday, but the Bulgarians forced them back, and the heavy seige guns,…

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War. Turks Lose 40,000 Men. Fearful Carnage. Tie "Sick Man's" Cry for Mediation

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 20

It is announced that the Turkish Government has replied to the Powers for mediation to secure peace. In Berlin it is understood the…

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The War. European Navies Active. the Allies and Peace. Armies of Wounded. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

The European navies are secretly commissioning. Four British battleships and two cruisers under Rear-Admiral Milne are…

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Demented Passenger. Thirteen Persons Wounded. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

A passenger on board the trans-Atlantic liner Catalina suddenly went mad and attacked his fellow passengers with a knife. He wounded 13 of them…

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The War. London

Leader · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 3

The Turks are sending train loads of bread along the railway line in an attempt to arrest the famished troops. It is believed that if they reach…

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Earlier War News 36,000 Wounded Arrive. If Constantinople Is Invaded. What Government Proposes to Do. Flight Across the Bosphorus. London, Wednesday evening

National Advocate · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 3

Thirty-six thousand Turkish wounded have reached Constantinople. Advices from Constantinople state that the Porte has warned local Kurds…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. War's Grim Roll

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 7

Suppose that each soldier killed in the last hundred years had represented a family --wife and three children--what would be the total of the bereft ? No fewer than…

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To-day's Cables. Latest War News. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 4

The defeated Turkish troops have arrived in Constantinople in desperate plights. They had been travelling for three days Terror prevails at Stambool, and the…

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