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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 167

Late War News. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's aviation corps vigorously bombed billets, dumps and aerodromes, while low flyers machine-gunned enemy troops…

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"War with Roumanian." Troops in Bessarabia. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 5

"The Times" Petrograd correspondent says Russian troops have been rushed to Bessarabia. The Roumanians are advancing from Kishinoff. An early battle is…

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War Savings Groups. Conference of Secretaries. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 5

A conference of secretaries of war savings groups, which have been organised throughout the State, will be held in Sydney shortly. Up to the present over…

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The Question. "How Long Will the War Last?" Gourko Optimistic

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 7

Provided the Allies suffer no further untoward set back like the Russian revolution, I think the war will be over in the autumn of 1918…

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Civil War. Russia Dismembered. Fighting in Finland and Bessarabia Bed Guards in Helsingfors. a Reign of Terror. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 5

"The Times" Stockholm correspondent states:— The Finland Government has gone north. Finland has organised and…

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A Soldier's Letter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

Mrs. Mackerras, of Coffa, received the following letter, dated 12-10'17. from her brother Harold, now in France:—…

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Escaped From Germany. Local Soldier's Experience

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

Sergeant F. W. Peachey, son of Mr. Peachey, of South Grafton, who served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, and was taken prisoner at Reincourt last year,…

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Soldier Jumps Off Steamer. a Plucky Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

A police report states that a soldier named William Martin jumped off a ferry steamer in the harbor yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Richard Morgan, of the…

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Post-war Settlement of Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The ex-Premier of New South Wales, who, as plain Mr. Wade, shook off the political dust of this State to take up the duties of Agent-General in…

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Our Wounded in France. Cheerful Under Suffering. Wounded Men in Boxing Ring. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

The special representative of the Australian Press Association, who has made a tour of the principal Australian convalescent depots and hospitals in…

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Battle in Berlin. Many People Wounded. a Military Threat. Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

The Berlin newspapers show that thousands of men and women from the Mosabit quarter of the city surged along the streets, overturning the…

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Allies' War Aims. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Sir,--In your leader in your issue of Jan. 25th, is the extraordinary sentence "That the Allies did not desire to dismember Austria-Hungary…

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Employing Germans. Brandt Bros. Charged. War Precautions Prosecution. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Two city business men, Ernest Brandt and Arthur Brandt, were before the Police Court to-day, charged under the War Precautions Act with having informed…

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Millers and Bakers. Preventing Boycott. War Precautions Regulations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Regulations under the War Precautions Act, for the purpose of preventing millers from boycotting bakers who may decline to conform to certain conditions of sale,…

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The Civil War. Bolshevik Successes Claimed. New York, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

A message from Petrograd says: The Bolsheviks have captured Orenburg and Odessa…

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Russian Chaos. War with Roumania. Latest Foe of Bolsheviks. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

A report from Petrograd states that the Bolshevik newspapers claim a big success against the Cossacks. They state that General Kaledin has been…

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War in Finland. Government Troops Winning. Red Guards' Excesses. Stockhold, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

General Mannerheim (leader of the Government army) continues his successful march southward through Finland. He disarmed the Red Guards and…

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The War Earlier Messages the London Air Raids. Scene of Indescribable Horror

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

One of the worst tragedies of the raid on London on Monday night was caused by a bomb, dropped on a large establishment used as a raid shelter, in…

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The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Crisis of the War. Next Three Months. British Minister's Opinion. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Lord Robert Cecil (Minister for the Blockade) says he agrees with President Wilson that this year will be the culminating crisis of the war, but…

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General War News. Emden's Skipper Complains. Account of the Sydney Fight. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

Captain Muller, the commander of the German raider Emden, when she was destroyed by H.M.A.S. Sydney, who was included in a batch of…

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