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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Awful Air Fights Possibilities of Future Air War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1912 · page 4

Last March an official telegram from Rome announced the destruction of ten Arabs by bombs thrown from aeroplanes at Benghazi, these…

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CABLEGRAMS. From our Sydney Representative. The Balkan War. Hostilities Commenced

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The relief of Bo= rane by the Turks is officially announced. Reports have reached London that the Montenegrins have…

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Turko[?]Italian War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 2

"La Tribune" (Rome) contained a semi-official announcement on Friday with regard to the negotiations which have been proceeding [?]er…

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Cables. The Balkan War. Peace Impossible. Turkey's Reply to Powers London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 3

Any faint hope of an eleventh hour peace has now been dashed to the ground. The Turks have advanced into Servia and Bulgaria, and…

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Attempted Assassination. Mr. Roosevelt Seriously Wounded

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 5

LONDON. Tuesday.—A cablegram from Milwaukee on Monday reported that ex-President Roosevelt had been shot by a Socialist; wound serious…

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The Balkan War. Austria and Russia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is persistently rumored in Vienna that Austria is mobilising four Army Gorps. Turkish Newspapers report…

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The Balkan War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 4

A division of the Montenegrin army, under General Vukovitch captured Dijlopolje after a fierce fight. Servia has rejected the Powers'…

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Latest Cablegrams. The Balkan War. British Fleet to Move. Berane Captured. Movements of Rival Forces War will Last Two Months. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 5

The British fleet ordered to sail to the Mediteirranean at the end of the month will be the biggest fleet England has ever sent there. The…

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War Declaration Delayed. Greeks Fired on by Turks. LONDON, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 5

The long expected declaration of war by Bulgaria, Servia and Greese has not yet been made, but it is reported that hostilities have…

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Welcome Home to Arnst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Arnst was given an enthusiastic welcome home last night. Mr. Beach said that he felt sure that had Arnst been well…

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Roosevelt Wounded

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

ON Tuesday we received the news by wire that ex-President Roosevelt bad been shot at by a Socialist at. MilwauKee and seriously wounded…

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The Balkan War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—The relief of Berane by the Turks is announced. The Turks have reoccupied the Heights of Gusinje. The…

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CABLEGRAMS. From our Sydney Rapresentatives. War in the Balkans Turkey's Declaration

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The incompleteness of mobilisation is supposed to have caused delay in the formal declaration of war by Turkey and…

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Late Cables From Reuter's Telegram Company Latest War News. LONDON

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 9

Greece has declared war. Pomaks, supported by Regulans, penetrated into Bulgaria several miles, and the Bulgarians are…

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Cables. The Balkan War. Heavy Fighting. Success of the Allies. LONDON, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 3

There has been heavy fighting in the region of Kirk Kilersch, northeast of Adrianople. Thousands of Greeks and others…

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Late Cables From Reuter's Telegram Campany Latest War News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The latest from Sofia states five Turkish battleships reappeared at Var[?]a. On Sunday it was semi-officially…

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The War in the Balkans. Turkey Looks to Britain for Maintenance of the Powers' Neutrality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 5

LODNON, Sunday.—The Turks opened hostilities in the Black Sea by blockading Burgas, a Bulgarian seaport. Another fleet bombarded…

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The Balkan War. Attack on Adrianople. Turkey Has a Full Hand. Battles with All Four Allies. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 3

The Bulgarian forces are concentrating in the Maritza and Tundja valleys. It is estimated that there is a total of 250,000 men and 70 guns…

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Latest War News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 5

A Bulgarian column larger than that of Mustafa's crossed the wooded mountains of Jamboli and Tirnovo and attacked Krik Kilisse,…

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CABLEGRAMS. From our Sydney Representative. the War. Alleged Turkish Atrocities

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday—A third Servian army advanced to the Plain of Kossovo, where they were opposed by forty thousand Turkish troops…

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