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

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The War. Attack on Scutari. Attempted Assassination of Enver Bay. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 2

The general attack on Scutari has not been resumed. The Servians require heavier artillery and more troops…

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Anti-air Craft Guns. Experiments by British War Office. London, Tuesday evening

National Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 3

The War Office is experimenting on the Isle of Wight with the newest anti-air craft guns…

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War Clouds. Russia and Austria. an Easier Feeling. England and Germany Intervene. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 2

The Russo Austrian crisis has diminished by the intervention of England and Germany, and the trouble between Bulgaria and Roumania has also been…

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Porter's Retreat. War Against Rabbits

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. H. Hailey, rabbit inspector for the Carcoar Board, has completed a tour of the district, and instructed almost every landholder, to take immediate steps to…

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Rumors of War. German Naval Minister. What He Really Said. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The text of Admiral von Tirpitz's recent peace speech shows that he said:— " There cannot be any question of our desiring to proceed aggressively…

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The Daily Leader and Stock and Station News. Friday, February 21, 1913. Prisoners of War

Leader · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 2

We have been informed from time to time by cablegram of the horrible atrocities committed on prisoners of war during the present struggle in…

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A Hardy Old Soldier

Leader · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 1

Some of those old British soldiers are as [?]ough as granite. To outward steming Roberts of Khandahar is only a frail wisp of a man, but at 80 he is…

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Latest War News. Bulgaria Wants an Indemnity

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 3

The Bulgarian Minister for Finance declarers that the payment of an indemnity by Turkey is an essential factor towards the conclusion of peace. This has been…

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Frauds on the War Office. Dead Men Impersonated for 35 Years. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 4

An audacious fraud in connection with the payment of army pensions has just been brought to light by the authorities at the War Office…

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A Peace Speech President Taft and Mexico. No War Over Panama Canal. New York

National Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

President Taft, speaking at a peace banquet last night, said that the United States would exercise every effort to avoid intervention in Mexico. He…

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The Balkan War. London

Leader · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 3

Acording to Turkish official Information 6,000 Montenegrins and 4,000 Servians perished at Scutari in the recent battle and the town of Barden…

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The War. Awful Slaughter. Russia and Roumania. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

According to Turkish official information, 600 Turks and 4600 Servians perished at Scutari in the recent battle. The town of [?] has been re-taken…

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The War. General Suffering. the Wounded. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

Montenegro is sadly depressed by the war. There is hardly a family in the whole country that has not suffered loss…

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In Event of Franco-german War. Comment on a New Book. London, Monday evening

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 4

The "Pall Mall Gazette" comment, on the statement in Bernhardi's new book, that in the event of war between Germany and France,…

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The War. Constantinople

Leader · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 2

Heavy snowstorms put a stop to operations at Adrianople. Bulalr, and Chatalja, and the war is at a stand still. The Berlin papers assert that…

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The War Suspended. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 3

A heavy snowstorm affecting Adrianople, Bulari, and Chatalja has caused the temporary cessation of lighting…

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Back Again. Rev. J. H. Robertson. Welcome Home

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The Rev. J. H. Robertson, of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Bathurst, who some four months ago left this city to recover his health, was in…

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War Tremors in France

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

France is suffering from war tremors, and the people believe that Germany has something unpleasant up her sleeve…

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Disastrous Explosion. 200 People Killed and Wounded. Families Wiped Out. [?](Spain)

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 3

Upwards of 200 people were killed and wounded in an explosion which took place while a huge crowd was witnessing the demolition of a hill…

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War Tremors. France Affected. Working for Peace. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The "Times" in a leading article says:— The prospects of peace in Europe for the immediate future are gradually…

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