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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

237 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 12

Spain and Morocco. Spaniards Attacked by the Riffs. an Artillery Officer Fatally Wounded. Riffs Repulsed with Great Loss. [Reuter's Message.] Madrid

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Dunne the Riffs' daring attack on the Spanish position at lmarufen, near Melilla (Morocco), General Ordonez one of Spain's most brilliant artillery…

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Stirring Times in England. Sir John Quick Interviewed at Fremantle. England on the Verge of War, Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 4

Sir John Quick is returning from England by the Otway, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday. In an interview regarding the…

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Australian Defence. No Cadet Camps Fou Easter. Soldiers As Personal Servants. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 4

According to returns received by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), no cadet camps bare been arranged for Easter…

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Paris Letter. Paris, September 15, 1911. Will There Be War?

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 6

We continue to live in the midst of fears not knowing from one day to another whether Germany means to declare war or not. The "awful"…

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France and Germany. on the Verge of War. Remarkable Article in the "Daily Express." [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 8

The "Daily Express" publishes a remarkable article alleging that a few weeks ago Germany's attitude on the Maroccan question was so insistent that…

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Cable News The Tripoli Trouble. Italy and Turkey at War

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 3

Four Italian aeroplanes have been sent to Tripoli. It is intended to drop bombs therefrom into the Turkish encampment…

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Learning to Be Soldiers. General Gordon's Address to Cadets. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

Brigadier-General Gordon, C.B., addressing the parade of about 400 lads of the 31st Battalion of Senior Cadets at Federal Park, Annandale, yesterday…

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Soldier Shoots Comrade. How He Would Act on Strike Duty

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 7

Several members of the Army Service Corps gathered in their barrack-room were discussing how they would act when they got on strike duty for…

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Welsh Coal for War Purposes. Ordered by Italian Government. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

The Italian Government has ordered 150,000 tons of Welsh coal for war purposes…

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Disaster Im Pennsylvania. Men Killed and Wounded in Explosion. Others Imprisoned in a Coal Mine. [Reuter's Message.] Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 8

Nine men were killed and 10 wounded by the explosion of a keg of powder, also by the caving in of a coal mine at Harisburg, Pennsylvania, to-day…

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Negro Lynched in Oklahoma. Race War Threatened. [Reuter's Message.] Coweta (Oklahoma)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 8

A negro was lynched at Coweta, Oklahoma, to-day on a charge of insulting a white woman. The negro shot the City Attorney…

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General and Soldiers Killed by Bombs. Canton

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

The new Tartar general, whilst landing at Canton, had bombs thrown at him, killing him and several soldiers…

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Imperialists Outflanked by Rebels. Their War Chest Captured. Establishment of Repubic Predicted. Hankow, Thursduy

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

It is reported that the rebels outflanked the Imperialists 180 miles north of Hankow, and captured their war chest, containing £250,000, leaving the…

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Pay of Our Soldiers. Statement by Senator Pearce

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 7

Statements made in the House of Representatives during the debate on Thursday on the pay of the permanent forces are contradicted by the…

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Cable News The Tripoli Trouble. Italy and Turkey at War

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

A force of Turkish and Arab horsemen made a fierce attack upon Tripoli and hurled themselves on the Italian line with great determination and…

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A Holy War. Expected to Be Waged

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 4

Enter Bey (the Turkish Commander) is reported to hate traversed Egypt to visit the Semissi, who are expeoted to wage a holy war in the Hinterland…

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Censorship of War News. Italian Newspaper's Discontent. Rome

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 4

The Italian newspapers express discontent at the Government censorship, thus depriving the public of war news…

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Shot by Comrade. Young Soldier Shows How He Would "Deal with Strikers."

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 7

A barrack incident, in whick a man was gravely wounded, occupied the Woolwich Police Court on Tuesday, (reports "Lloyd's " of August 20) when…

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Taltax Casualties in Tripoli. a Statement From Malta. Italian Soldiers Stabbed. Bed Cross Men Killed. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 8

The Central News correspondent at [?] states that the Italians in Tripoli sustained 400 casualties on Monday, and Tuesday and that trouble in the…

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Revolution in China. Several Hundreds Wounded. [Router's Message.] Pekin

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 2

It is officially declared at Pekin that 6000 rebels westward of Hankow offered little resistance, to 10,000 Imperialists and abundoned their main position…

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