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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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2nd Edition. Muner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Fighting in Egypt. Battle Near Ismailia. on the Suez Canal. Enemy Forced to Retreat. Several British Wounded. Cairo

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 4

The British troops met the Turkish enemy yesterday in the vicinity of Ismailia, on the Suez Canal, about 80 miles from Cairo. The enemy's ardor…

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War Items. Interesting Anecdotes and Information. Krupp's Works

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 4

Could the Allies only succeed in crippling Krupp's works (says the "Dundee Advertiser") more than half the battle would be won. That the…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Mutton in England

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

The secretary of the Seamen's Hospital Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative of a gift of meat…

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A War Relic Exhibited. From the Battle of Mons

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

The battle of Mons, in August last, when the British, under Field-Marshal French, and their French Allies, retired before the advance of the…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) the Attack on the Asturias. a "Wanton Outrage." London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 4

The Right Hon. T. J. Macnamara (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty) said in the House of Commons last night that the Government would…

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Archduke Ferdinand's Assassination. Execution of the Perpetrators. Deed "Only a Pretext for War." Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

Cubrilovic, Janovic, and Illie, Prin[?]ep's accomplices in the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, have been executed at Sarajevo…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communique. Strong Attack Repulsed. Recovery of a Position. Paris

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

An official communique states:— "Our artillery repulsed a strong attack at the Notre Dame Delorette, and destroyed several blockhouses in the…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) a German Threat. Will Destroy All Hostile Merchant Ships in the British Seas. Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

The German Admiralty has warned the neutral Powers that after February 18 every hostile merchant ship in the British seas or the Channel will be…

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Fashion Notes. The War's Dictum

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 7

Black! It is the latest decree, legion voice, Paris, from now on till further notice. Of course anyone can see why—the war. Gay colors have…

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At the Close of the War. a Vivid Picture

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

We had come to the end of May, when the eyes of the whole Americans continent turned towards Richmond. On the 31st Johnston assaulted the…

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War. Heavy Fighting in Poland Quiet Al[?] Suez Canal. Wednesday [?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

Officers on the [?] sighted a peria[?]pe and a destroyer, a few mo[?]ments before the [?] struck the ship. The [?] pen[?] the…

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Fighting Near the Canal Britains Part in the War. Russian Eulogy. Friday afternoon

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

A Red Book published in Vienna furnishes fresh evidence of Russia's early warning to Austria and Germany that their method of pressing Sevia…

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Nun's Story of Atrocities. War on Old Men and Women. Aged Couple Burned to Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 7

There is in a London convent (says the "Daily Chronicle" of December 12) a nun who has a most vivid story to tell of atrocities…

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3rd Edition. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Allies' Airships Bomb Zeebrugge. Zeppelins on a Speed Trial. Rotterdam

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 8

The Allies' aeroplanes bombed Zeebrugge, on the coast, but the damage caused is not known. Two Zeppelins flying from Emden…

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War. Earlier Wires. Fighting in Favor of the Russians on the Vistula. German Spy Captured Near Suez Canal. Saturday morning

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 1

The Russians repulsed the Germans to the north of Tilsit, destroying the railway station. They also silenced several batteries at Gunbinnen and inflicted…

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Burial Place of 1000 Soldiers. "Died in Hospital."

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 8

The social correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" in North-east France, under date December 20, gives the following touching story of how…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Borjimoff Battle. Six Hundred German Guns. Impetuous Russian Charge. Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 8

The Germans for two days and nights swept the Russian position at Borjiinoff with 600 guns. Many of the shells emitted suffocating gases,…

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War Items. Attending the Wounded Orgain of the Red Cross

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 1

Among the many activities with which Australians have, been associated since the outbreak of the war no[?]e have been more enthusiastically taken…

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War Rumors and How They Arise

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 4

When in the failess of time our most learned professors begin to produce their historical studies of the Great War. they will, if they are wise,…

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War Items. Fighting for Us. Experiences Under Fire

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 4

Thousands of men are fighting and hundreds are dying in France and Flanders that we may retain our liberty under the Union Jack (says the…

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