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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

2,623 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 132

Egypt Threatened. Where the Germans Erred. Why the Attacks Failed. Leaders Wounded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

The advance of the Turks on Egypt was well-planned by the German officers, but a mistake seems to have been made in filling the soldiery with…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Mutton in England

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 4

The secretary of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative of a gift of meat from the War…

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The Wastage of War. British Losses: 104,000. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

Mr. H. H. Asquith (Prime Minister) has announced that the British losses in France and Belgium since the commencement of the war up to February…

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Duration of the War. Prussian Militarism, and Now It Has Been Built Up. Concluded from last issue

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

When this fatuous king died be left behind to his son, Frederick the Great, a rich treasury, a flourishing Kingdom with six million of…

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Late Wires. a Chinaman Murdered. Ex-soldier Committed. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

At the Coroner's Court to-day Owen Hegarty, a powerful looking young man, who at the time of his arrest was a member of the…

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The War Russia's Advance. German Resistance Smashed. Great Russian Victories. Thousands of Men Captured. Enemy Retreat in Disorder. London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

There has been fighting along the whole front on the Carpathians, and the Russians have shattered the Germans' resistance at three fortified…

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Advance in War Risks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Melbourne reports that the Underwriters' Association confirmed the report of the Victorian office concerning the advance in war-risk insurance…

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Senator Pearce and the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 2

When Senator Pearce was speaking of the exertions of the naval and military forces of Australia at the A.N.A. banquet in Melbourne, his speech was marked by the two qualities…

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General War Notes. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

A Bloemfontein report says that the trial of the rebel Conroy and 11 others has been opened. The evidence disclosed that De Wet appointed Conroy…

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War Experiences. an Australian in Berlin

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 2

The Misses Drummond, whose parents resided at Ballina and Ulmarra, where their father was at one time Mayor, were in Berlin when the war broke out. Both sisters went to the…

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Result of the War. Luncheon Addresses

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Lord Mayor's luncheon on Monday in Melbourne, the Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, said there was yet in Germany a reserve of…

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Six Months of War. Review of the Position

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 8

The war has now completed its sixth month, and Lord Sydenham (whose knowledge of his subject no one will dispute), summing up the results, says: "The Allies have…

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The War in France and Flanders. Wounded Germans. Trainloads Pass Liege. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

A message from Liege states that, judging by the number of wounded passing through the city, the fighting in Northern France must be…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Mutton in England

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The Secretary of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative of a gift of…

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The European War. Very Latest. Fierce Fighting. Hand-to-hand Conflicts. Great German Slaughter. Thursday Morning

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

The Germans, in a determined attack along the Bzura front, lost ten thousand men. Hand to hand fighting took place…

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War Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4
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It is laid that the heterogeneous mob of Turks, Bedouins and Syrians futilely attempt[?] to take Suer Cabal and effect a crossing is the rabble of the Turkish…

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This Cursed War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4

An extraordinary thing happened between us and the Germans (writes a British Tommy from nothers France) We are so close in our…

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Wine and War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 11

At last Australian wine appears to be coming into its own. The war has had a stimulating effect, for it has to an extent broken down prejudice, and has caused a demand for our…

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About the War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 6

We shall not know for some years to come the secret history of what brought about this war We know the simple outside facts— the simple surface facts…

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