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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Colossal Task. Britain Conserving Strength. Conscription Only in Crisis. Lords Explain War Office Reticence. London

Leader · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

When the House of Lorus met Lord Middleton greetea the representative of the Miniser of War with a number of questions regarding tie war and…

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Tired of it Austria and the War. Complaints Against Germany Reported Eagerness for Peace. Paris, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 6

According to the well-informed Rome correspondent of the "Petit Parisien," Aus[?] is complaining more and more that she is being sacrificed by Germany…

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The War In France Struggle in the Argonne. Some Progress Elsewhere. Effective French Artillery. London, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 6

The following communique has been issued at Paris:— French infantry captured a hillock at Lombaertzyde, and made progress…

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Enthusiasm in Victoria. Rushing to Enlist. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 1

Nearly nine hundred men were enrolled in Victoria during the week for the Expeditionary Force. Yesterday about seventy passed the examinations…

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Kit Bags for the Soldiers. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 1

The Defence Department requires 41,000 sea-bit bags for the Expeditionary Force, and has asked each metropolitan city to contribute a certain…

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Ridges of Dead. German Soldiers Sacrificed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

[?] Chronicle's" Poland correspondent, speaking of the fighting from Cracow to Rawki, says that for 36 hours the battle shifted like…

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When Compulsory Enlistment Would Be Necessary. Lord Rosebery Emphatic. London

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 6

Lord Rosebery, in a speech, at Dalkieth, said Britain and Germany were [?]ng with their backs to the wall. Unless sufficient recruits were…

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Truth from the Germans Letters Found on Wounded German Soldiers. London, November 24

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

The following extracts from letters found on wounded Germans and brought home by a British officer back from the front are a glaring…

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German Women and the War

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

An article written by a correspondent of "The Daily Mail," who managed to spend a month travelling through Germany, gives some idea of the…

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Miscellaneous War News. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

Industrial Life Offices have already paid ,£225,000 on eleven thousand claims from the relatives of soldiers and sailors killed in the war…

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The Two War Causes Britain's Contrasted with Germany's. a Striking Article by Mrs. Besant

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 1

Mrs. Annie Besant, who has a world-wide reputation as a vivid writer, thus refers to the war in the November issue of the "Theosophist."…

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WAR In France Heavy German Losses. Entire Brigade Wiped Out Heavy Fighting in Alsace. Paris

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The French entered Burrhaupt in order to inflict the maximum loss on the Germans, who thereaf[?]er retired from their original position. The…

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The War In France Futile Assaults Enemy Fail at Soissons. Allied Artillery Effectively Utilised. Paris

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Notwithstanding numerous attacks the enemy are unable to recapture the trenches in the Soissons region. The enemy again bombarded S[?]issons. Our…

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Footballers' Battalion. 600 Players Enlist. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Six hundred have joined the Footballers' Battalion, including many wellknown amateurs and professionals…

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Terrible German Losses 70,000 Wounded

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 4

Great secrecy is being maintained as to what is happening in Belgium (wrote the London "Daily Telegraph's" special correspondent from Rotterdam…

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War Miscellany

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

The Russians state definitely that women are fighting in the German ranks. The German aeroplanes dropped 50…

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War Items

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 1

A Zeppelin and three aeroplanes flew over Calais on Saturday night in the direction of Dover. Sixteen aeroplanes were seen over the Channel on Sunday, travelling towards…

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War Items

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

No more publicity is to be given to the actual number of recruits that are enrolled in Australia. A conference of military commandants…

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The War and the Church Is War a Purge?

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 4

Canon Scott, in a sermon preached in Oxford, said: "We talk freely of war purging ing and purifying people; and so it may, and so, pray God, if is doing…

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Feeding the War Machine

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

Germany is organising a system of saving petrol. All kitchen refuse is being collected, and being used as swine fodder. Thousands of motors…

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