The European War. Early Messages
Sir Douglas Haig reports that after a heavy bombardment the enemy entered some saps, which were soon recovered. There have been further…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,871 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 144
General War Cables. Suicide of a Prince. London
Advice through neutral channels from Constantinople tell of a tragedy in the Imperial Ottoman House. Prince Yussuf Izzed-din Effendi, heir Apparent, committed suicide in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commonwealth War Loan. Nearly Twenty-two Millions Subscribed a Magnificent Response. Sydney
The second Commonwealth War Loan Had a magnificent reception Nearly twenty-two million pounds were offered, and all subscriptions will be accepted by the Commonwealth. The Bank of Australasia, Bank of New South Wales, Commercial Bank of Sydney, and A.M.P. Society each subscribed one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War German Raider in the Atlantic. the Appam Captured. Taken to America. Several Others Sunk. London
The mystery surrounding the Elder Dempster liner Appam, which is long overdue from West Africa, and which was supposed to be lost in a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldier[?] Sydney
Charles Lee, a returned soldier, was sentenced at the Sessions to five years' penal servitude for an attempted serious ofrence on a girl. Judge Docker said that if the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the Front. Soldiers' Letters. More Impressions of Egypt
Privates S. V. and R. C. Eggins write to their sister, Mrs. Ald. Gerrard, of "Clarenceville," Grafton, as follows, under date Cairo. 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Most Sensational Story of the War. British Spy in the Near East. What the Enemy's Plans Are. London, January 28. Spied on by Germans
The disclosures of the traveller who travelled through enemy countries in the Near East have been further published in the London "Daily Mail."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Month's War
With the exception of the Russian of [?] in the Caucasus against the Turks, and a certain amount of liveliness in Mesopotamia, the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Loan
A Melbourne telegram states that Mr. Higgs, Federal Treasurer, has announced that the second instalment of the war loan attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Grim, Red War. Cossacks and the Germans
John Morse, the Englishman who served with the Russians when war broke out, and survived to write a book about his experiences, tells of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →America and the War
Nothing further of any importance concerning America and her entrance into the war has come to hand since we last commented on the cable message from Chicago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Earlier Wires
The London " Daily Mail " urges the Government to acquire a fleet of 25,000 aeroplanes to make great raide on Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Sydney
The Berlin War Office announces that a fierce attack was made on the Allied positions at Neuville on Thursday (the Kaiser's birthday), 600 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Loan. Sydney
There were over 2000 applications in South Australia for the second war loan, the total subscriptions reaching over one million pounds. The number of applicants in West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General War Cables. Fighting on Western Front. London
A Paris official message states that French infantry and artillery beat off a German attack at Bois and Butte, on the River Aisne. Germans claim that three aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Enemy in War Time. Food Problems. Impressions of a Month
As a Swede resident in London since 1908, and sufficiently known to the British authorities as a pro-Ally (doubtless owing to their private examination of letters I had written…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →20,000 Miles to Enlist
Led by patriotism, Private E. C. Edwards has travelled more than 20,000 miles to enlist to the Australian Imperial Force. He gave up a position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Who Should Enlist. Incident at Wagga
Ald Oats, Mayor of Wagga, was up on a recruiting platform at Wagga last Saturday night when a voice called out to him. "You have two sons,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Fatally injured
Private Walter Brook, aged 43, died at his residence, Sydney, on Wednesday morning, from injuries alleged to have been received on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Rioters Convicted. Sydney
Three soldiers were court-martialled at Melbourne in connection with the recent St. Kilda riots. One was ordered to be imprisoned for 180 days, and discharged with…
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