Council of War
LONDON, Tuesday,—Copenhagen messages report that the Kaiser held a council of war at Berlin at which the whole military staff and a number of admirals and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
2,623 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 132
Six Months' War
M. Ribot, Minister for Finance, speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, said that the Government proposed to raise the limit of the Treasury bonds to £140,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Progress of the War
We have two different versions of the Russian progress in the Carpathians. The first, from Vienna, claims that on the western slopes the Austro-German troops have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Character and the War
A large gathering was present on Thursday at the fortnightly luncheon of the Millions Club. Mr. Rickard explained that Mr. Simons was in charge of 35 boys of the Young Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General War Notes. London
The crew of the Parseval captured at Libau include two men formerly employed as hairdressers at Libau; also Lieut. Schenk, a large landowner in Russia, where he conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparations for Spring Campaign. Munitions of War ready
LONDON, Tuesday.—Canadian correspondent in Northern France declares that tremendous camps have been erected by the Allied Forces at various places between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senior Soldiers at the Front. Human Food for Cannon
LONDON, Tuesday.—Hand-to-hand fighting took place at Borjimoff on Friday and Saturday. An attack by four German regiments resulted in a loss of four-fifths of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bishop's Welcome Home
Active preparations, inspired by the Right Rev. Monsignor McGuire (Lismore), are in progress throughout the diocese to give Bishop Carroll…
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Tuesday's war news stated that the steamer Tokomaru, which was conveying gifts to the Belgians from New Zealand, was blown up by a German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Food Fund. Further Contributions Wanted
In a recent speech, Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain, said: "Every man among us, old or young, rich or poor, busy or leisurely, learned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Parliament Re-opened Only War Business. Opposition Concurs. London
The notice paper in the House of Commons contains 257 questions relating to the war--to both the naval and military operations, to financial,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Egypt Threatened. Turks' Huge Preparations. Troops Not Enthusiastic. London
A Swiss who has arrived in London from Jerusalem, says the Turks' preparations for the expedition into Egypt were made on an enormous…
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The Russians repulsed the Germans in the north of Tilsit destroying the railway station, and also silenced several" batteries at G[?]mbinnen. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Early Wires
Monday's communique stated that lively artillery duels are in progress on most of the front. Germans during the morning of Feb. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lessons of the War
At the Millions Club luncheon in Sydney last week Mr. Percy Hunter, who has just returned from England, spoke most interestingly about the war in various phases. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wowsers" and the War
The Rev. F. Colwell, president of the New South Wales Methodist Conference, paid an unofficial visit to Inverell. During the course…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Food Fund
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 Food Fund:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Late War News. Sydney
It is officially anounced that a witness with the British forces, describing the fighting about La Basse on January 29th, Bays 600 Germans made two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War Notes. London
Lord Northland, of the 2nd Coldstream Guards, only son of Earl Ranfurly, died from wounds received at La Bassee. Lord Lucas stated in the House of Lords…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →This Cursed War. Friend and Foe Fraternise
An extraordinary thing happened between us and the Germans (writes a British Tommy from northern France). We are so close in our trenches that we can talk to the…
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