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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 4 of 132

Cause of the War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The following passage is reproduced from the leading article in the "London Times" of Saturday, November 21st, 1914:—…

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The European War. Wednesday Morning

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

The Russians are cannonading the German positions in Galicia. The German papers have entirely ignored the Turkish defeat in…

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A Military Forecast. Duration of the War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The London "Daily Mail " of November 9 printed the following:—We are able to state that a high French military authority has given…

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Great Sea Fight. Incident of the American War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 7

Mr. Edgar Stanton Maclay, an American naval writer tells in the "New York Herald" the story of a great sea fight between a British…

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The War the American Note British Reply Received. State Officials Disappointed. Washington Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

Tim State officials are disappointed at the British Note, chiefly because Britain refuses to give any general rule of method in dealing with alleged…

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War Notes. Slowly Moving

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

IF we look at the fighting day in and day out in the western theater of the European inferno, neither army seems to have progressed or…

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Japan Still at War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

In a recent interview the Premier, Count Okuma, declared that Japan was still at war. The fall of Tsing-tao did not mean that Japan could now sheathe the sword, for…

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The War. SYDNEY

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

It has been officially announced that a Russian cruiser and destroyer crrgaged Turkish transport steamer near Trebizons in the Black Sea. The Turkish cruiser…

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The War. SYDNEY

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

The Russlans are cannonading the German positions in Galicia. German papers have entirely ignored the Turkish defeat in the Caucasus…

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Progress of the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

The debate in the House of Lords is chiefly remarkable for Lord Haldane's contribution to the discussion. His Lordship, who, as Minister for War, was largely responsible for the…

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The War. Earlier Wires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

Petrograd reports that dating the past week the German offensive was confined to a zone 10 miles wide, 30 miles from Warsaw. Two army…

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General War Notes. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 9

British authorities at Cairo consider that an attack on Egypt cannot be long deferred. Germans are concentrating large forces in Syria in the hope of distracting Britain's…

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Can Germany Last? Lord Sydenham's Views. Not Prepared for Long War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 8

Lord Sydenham of Combe—better known perhaps to most Australians as Sir George Sydenham Clarke, the title he [?]ore while Governor of Victoria from 1901-4—enjoys a world-wide…

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American Verdict on the War. a Reply to the German Professors. Spirited Indictment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 9

Ninety-three of the most prominent men of Cermany, distinguished in varoius branches of science, art, education, and literature, have recently circulated broadcast throughout…

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Told in Five Minutes. the Story of the War for Children and Grown-ups, Too. Greatness for a Dream

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 11

Out of all the alleged histories of the war that have appeared in volume or in newspaper form, what single one is it that produces the clear, resultant impression of the following…

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"After the War!"

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 3

Said the little fair boy to the flabby fat man: "Dere is somedings I gan't onnerstand, Der changes dot's gome to both modder…

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The War Earlier Messages

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 4

According to a Russian newspaper statement Major Gestenkorn, German commandant at Lodz, ordered the shooting of six boys, aged from…

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Austria's Sorry Plight. Food Famine and Anti-war Riots. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 3

News received in Rome from the Austrian frontier shows that the situation there is daily becoming more dangerous. Food is at famine prices…

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A War of Chivalry. Defence of the Weak. Mr. Lloyd George S Burning Appeal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 4

A notable speech was delivered by Mr. Lloyd George to a big meeting, under the auspices of the National Council of the Evangelical Free…

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The War in France and Flanders. Fighting in Floods. Washed Out of Trenches. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 3

The mists are hampering operations in Belgium. Floods in the Aisne Valley (France) destroyed several bridges,…

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