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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Bruges Lady's Story City Full of Wounded. Germans Literally Weeping London, November 3

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Mme. Van Damur, the wife of a prominent fur dealer, arrived last night in London from Bruges with a vivid description of the German…

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Eton Well Represented. College's Contribution to War. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The war spirit pervades Eton, whence 110 pupils over the age of 17 years have departed for the front. Six hundred younger boys are now in training. The…

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Wellington on War Princisles That Ruled Ris Military Policy

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

At this time, when war is being waged on such a gigantic scale, and on one side with brutal ferocity, it may be well to ponder some of the…

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British War Questions. Consideration in the Lords. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The House of Lords will spend Wednesday in considering the question of the German raid on the east coast, the precautions which should be taken…

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M0st Formidable of the War. Fighting in Alsacelorraine. Paris

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Figihting at Cernay has been the most formidable of the war. The guns did not cease for three days. The valleys were filled with bodies of…

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Heavy Cannonading Renewed. Account of War in West. London, Tuesdav

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Amsterdam reports that the Germans east of Ypres opened an unprecedentedly heavy artillery fire on the Allies' forces. The enemy secretly…

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Italian War Loan. the £40,000,000 Over Subscribed. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Messages from Rome state that the Italian war loan of £40,000,000 has been over-subscribed…

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£40,000,000 for Italy. War Loan Over-subscribed. London

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

Messages from Rome state that the Italian war loan of £40,000,000 has been over-subscribed…

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To-Day's War News. Reminiscence of the Chili Fight. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

A German chaplain who was with the fleet in the action off Chili, states that on his ship the casualties were 136, not six as officially stated. He says the seas were not…

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The War In France Ailled Galns Important Height Captured. Further Progress Elsewhere

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

A communilue states:— We seized several points supporting Perthes and Mesnilleshurlus and made further pogress at Lepetro Wood and…

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German Endurance How Long Can the War Last ? Exhaustion of the Man Supply

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

"By following out the consequences of the natural shortage of food supplies, etc., and the artificial excess of paper money, we see that with the…

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War News Making a Fuss. British Business Man on American Note. What Might Happen. London

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

A business man, In a letter to the "Times," says that it is considered that the United States is making more fuss than is justifiable, as far as the…

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WAR In France Capture of Stelnbach French 3-Inch Guns Useful. Germans Abandon 2300 Men. Paris

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The expulsion of the Germans at Steinbach was largely due to the French 3-inchers. The enemy abandoned 2300 dead and wounded…

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Tongues Cut Out. Russian Soldiers Mutilated

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

Two stories of atrocities were told in Petrograd on October 18 by wounded Russians who had just been allowed out of hospital. One, with his wife, who…

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The Soldiers' Rations

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

In a lecture on the subejct of "The Soldiers' nations" delivered at the Institute of Hygiene, Dr. Gastineau Earle (according to the "Morning…

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Soldiers From Superintend. Ents Office

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The following members of the Australian Imperial expeditionary forces graduated in the Orange railway Superintendent's office, having been…

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War Coincidences

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Some remarkable coincidences have been recorded in connection with the war. A married couple living at Avercynon, in South Wales, went to…

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First War Peer

Leader · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. Walter Cunliffe, upon whom a peerage has been conferred, is Governor of the Bank of England. The honor is in recognition of his services…

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German Wounded at Strassburg. 62 Hospitals Full. Paris

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

A fugitive reports that 62 hospitals at Strassburg are full of wounded…

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War Items London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

In the Belgian frontier villages, fresh troops consisting of old German reservists, are replacing the cavalry, which has departed for the front…

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