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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

5,658 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 250

General War News. London

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Major B. Hankey, of Worcestershire, formerly Aid-de-Camp at West Australia, has been wounded. The Board of Trade is allowing the…

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Cure for War Time. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 21

Sir,—Your paper has for nearly four years voiced my claim to a fair and impartial trial of my remedy for dysentry and typhoid by the…

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Police Promotions. Policy to Persist, Despite the War. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Cann states that promotions in the Police Department are to go on despite the war. A scheme is being prepared as a result of Inspector…

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At the Front Fun and Frolic. the Lighter Side of War

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

The panorama of war is painted in such [?] and lurid colors that one [?] to forget that even its worst horrors and hardships have their relief in…

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WAR In Frame More Trenches Captured Weather Still Bad. Paris

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

The latest communique states :— We captured a quarry on Monday night near the junction of Rouvrois, St. Mihiel, and Maizery roads; also…

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The Contemptible Turk Mr. Lloyd George's Denunciation. War Justified to the Free Churches

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George has set himself to arouse the Nonconformist cous[?]nce to a clearer realisation of the jus[?] and chivalry of the action of Great…

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War News Enemy's Offensive. Austro-german Move Pending in Poland. Russian Victory in Caucasus. London

Leader · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Petrograd admits that the Germans occupied Russian positions at Bollmow near Warsaw. Later on they were driven back. abandoning six machine…

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A Soldier's Step

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Soldiers are marching across Europe but thy do not keep step. They vary both in the length of step and rapidity of their pace…

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Suffering Soldiers. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

It is reported that Berlin lacks copper petrol, chlorofrom , Opium, and morphine. Most of the minor operations are…

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Stricken Nation. Soldiers Equip Themselves

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 15

According to messages from Berne, considerable significance is attached to the issue of Austrian proclamations calling out the last line of…

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Soldiers Escape From German Camp Narrative of Three Frenchmen. Thrilling Story of a Ruse. British Badly Treated. London, October [?]

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 1

The first full account of life in a war prisoners' camp in Germany, showing how the prisoners, especially the British, are treated by the Germans,…

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Latest War Wires. Turks Demoralised Russia's Advance. Position in the West. the Russian Roller. Smashes Onward. No Fear of Stopping. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 22

It is rumored that Germany has sent half a dozen army corps from Poland to try to stop the Russian invasion of Hungary. Hundreds of…

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The War In France Cains in Alsace. Progress on Belgian Dunes. German Batteries Silenced. Mortars and Grenades Stop Enemy. Trenches Lost and Retaken. Paris

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

A communique States that despite the condition of the ground the infantry progressed on the dunes facing Nieuport. We won 200 to 500 metres…

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War Items

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

Recruiting in Canada is proceeding amidst much enthusiasm. There are now 125,000 troops in training. Indignation has been manifested in all…

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War Items. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Violent fighting is reported from the environs of Rheims, where the French, by sudden attack, approached close to some German 42-cm. guns…

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General War News. London

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. P. McBride (Agent-General for Victoria) has arranged for the distribution of Victorian butter-cheese and the manufacturers gi[?]t of 305 boxes…

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A Wife's Letter to Soldier Husband. Harrowing Incidents of the War in the V0sges. Paris, November 3

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 7

A remarkable letter from a Lorraine peasant woman is published here today. It is written from a village in the Vosges to her soldier husband. who is away at the western…

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Cost of War to Great Britain

Leader · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

Figures relating to the expenditure which the war will entail were given to the House of Commons on November 17 by the Chancellor of the…

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The War. Heavy Cannonading Renewed. London

Molong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

Amsterdam reports that the Germans east of Ypres opened an unprecedentedly heavy artillery fire on the Allies forces. The the French rafts on the river, which were…

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Birds in War Carry Messages and Take Pictures

The Bathurst Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

Thousands of carrier pigeons are being used as bearers of despatches for he armies at war in Europe. In Germany some 8000 of these aerial…

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