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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Cost of War to Britain. Sydney, Thursday 2 p.m

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

It is believed that the allied forces have manoeuvred in such a way as to have rendered it impossible for reinforcements to reach the Germana…

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War News—day by Day. Sydney, Saturday 9 a.m

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 3

The British cruiser Hawke, 7350 tons, Was sunk by a, German submarine in the North Sea. Fifty-two of the survivors were landed at Aberdeen. The…

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Latest War News. Germans Hurled Back by the Russians. Now Lost All Islands. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

The Russians resolutely hurled hack the Germans towards their main position westward of Warsaw. It is reported that the Germans are…

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War News. Portugal to Send 90,000 Men to Frange. Fierce Fighting Near Warsaw. Russians Still Command the Position. Allies Making Excellent Progress in Belgium

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.—The Lisbon "Seculo" and "Republica" state that Portugal is sending 8000 infantry to France, also 4000 marines and artillery men. The…

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The War Fighting in France. Wounded in France. Estimated at 500,000. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 2

It is estimated that there are hal[?] a million wounded in France today…

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War[?]notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 3

In connection with the bombardment of Yap by the Allies, it is reported that 13 shells were dropped, destroying the wireless station and…

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Tragedy in Camp. Machine Gun Runs Amok. Three Soldiers Shot. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 3

Through the accidental discharge of a machine gun at one of the military camps in Sydney this afternoon, Private Cyril Walker, aged 19, residing…

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The Tin Alarm. French Soldiers' Ruse. Paris, Friday Afternoon

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 2

Advices from the battlefield at Verdun tell of a simple but highly effective ruse employed by the French troops to repel a night attack…

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General War Notes. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 5

Austrians were repulsed by a force of Montenegrins and Servians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with heavy losses. The fight was terribly fierce and stubborn…

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Kaiser's Troops War on Women

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 8

English files to hand publish a letter, which a London vicar sent to the "Times": The letter was received' by the vicar from his sou, an officer now serving with the Expeditionary…

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Little War News to Report. Battle Raging Near Ghent

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.—There is very little news from the seat of war. On Wednesday the Allies drove the enemy back six miles after one of the severest lights in the…

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The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton: Tuesday, October 27, 1914. the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 4

The optimistic tone in regard to the operations of the war in France and in Belgium is daily growing. The cables of last week bear this out, and those of Sunday and…

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Portion of 60 Tons of Biscuits in Process of Shipment by the War Food Fund to London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

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War Notes. Facing Both Ways. 1914 "Christians As Well."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 3

"Almighty and merciful God, lead us to victory, and give us grace that we may show ourselves to be Christians towards our enemies as well."--A…

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The War Devastated Belgium. a Sanguinary Engagement. One of the Worst of the War. German Armies Forced to Retreat. Calais

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

Sir Ashmead Bartlett and Philip Gibbs penetrated Dixmude and saw the fighting on Wednesday. They state it was one of the bloodiest…

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The Excuse for the War. Prinzip Found Guilty. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 3

Prinzip, who shot the Archduke Francis, was found guilty, with the others who were arrested at accomplices…

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Fighting in France. a German Leaflet. Appeal for Ending of the War. Paris

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 3

A leaflet, dropped over the French lines by a German aviator, declared that French commerce, industry and agriculture would be ruined by the…

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Pan-slavism. Why Austria Went to War. National Preservation. a Greater Servia or a Lesser Austria?

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 4

Interesting light is thrown on the causes which brought about the present great war, in an article by Charles Reger, published in the…

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America and tie War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 5

Mr. P. E. Quinn, Acting-Commissioner for N.S.W. at San Francisco, who returned to Sydney after residence in America for a number of years, said that no doubt there were…

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General War Notes. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 5

All Germans in the Straits Settlements and adjacent British territories have been ordered to be interned. In connection with the Czar's offer to…

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