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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

3,253 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 163

Fighting in Northern France. in the Bethune-la Bassee Region. Two Trainloads of Wounded. Paris, Saturday. [?] Heavy fighting has again taken place in the Bethune-La Bassee triangle. Two trains of wounded have arrived, including 400 Germans. French Liner in Danger. German Passenger with Dynamite Bombs. Paris

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 1

Consequent upon a wireless warning received while at sea, the captain of the Transatlantique Company's liner Champagne arrested a German…

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Echoes of the War. Facts About the Fighting. February 4,1915. News We Do Not Get

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 3

Naval raids, submarine piracies, and American complications loom far larger in the public eye than the land campaign. We hear more about a scratch…

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A Soldier's Feelings. the Trenches Before Anattack

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 1

A French officer has described the feelings of a soldier the moment before an attack is delivered. He was one of a company of infantry which had been…

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Broken Hill Soldier's Letters. From Egypt

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 1

Corporal Keith Probert, of Broken Hill, son of Mr. J. Probert, of the Silverton Tramway Company, the writer of the letters from which the following…

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

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 2

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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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Allites' Airships Bomb Zeebrugge. Zeppelins on a Speed Trial. Rotterdam

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 2

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

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Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Operations in Egypt. Arab Attack on Toussoun. Enemy Routed by Sikh Regiment. French Warship Silences Heavy Guns. Progress in Northern France. Severe Fighting in La Bassee-Bethune District. Two Trainloads of Wounded. The Battle of Borjimoff. Ghastly Slaughter of the Enemy. Failure of German Onslaught. Third Invasion of Servia Contemplated. Recent German Naval Losses Said to Include Eight Destroyers and a Cruiser. The Merchant Shipping Threat Alarm of Neutral Powers. Dutch Call it a "Display of Temper." French Liner in Danger. German Passenger with Bombs. Turkish Ex-Sultan Advises Peace. Official Communiques. French Progress. the Enemy Repulsed. Paris

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 February 1915 · page 1

An officail communique states:— "We progressed north of Beausejour, and repulsed the enemy north of Masniges and south of Altkirch."…

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A Financial War. "As Important As the Military War." to Achieve Final Victory. Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 2

The three Powers' joint finance agreement is regarded as a corollary of, and as important as, the joint declaration agreed to in September, and…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communique. a British Capture. Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

An official communique states:— "The British, have captured a brickfield a kilometre east of Guincby, which the enemy has always held hitherto."…

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Soldier Falls Down a Cellar. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 3

Yesterday (Sunday) a constable found a soldier named Thomas Rowland, 24 years of age, a member of the Morphettville camp, lying in Phillips'…

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Sending Money to Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

The postmaster has been advised by the Money Office that approval has been given for messages from banks in the Commonwealth, containing…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. In Egypt. an Official Cable. Australians Not Yet Engaged. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

The following cable has been received from the Commonwealth's official correspondent with the Australian troops dated—…

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Massacre of Wounded Frenchmen. Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

A German non-commissioned officer, now a prisoner of war, avows that he witnessed during August the massacre of 20 wounded Frenchmen by German…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, February 9, 1915. Racial Divisions and War Alliances

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

THE map published in Sunday's Special "Miner," showing the homes of the different "races" of men inhabiting the Continent of Europe, is specially…

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A Titanic Struggle. in Russian Poland. Soldiers Fall in Thousands. Rome

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

The Petrograd correspondent of the "Messagero," Rome, says that the conflict on the Vistula and the Rawka is titanic in character. The…

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A Chinaman's Death. Ex-soldier Charged with Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 4

The city coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Wong Kee. a Chinese gardener from Tamworth, which occurred as the result of injuries…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. in Australia. Trading with the Enemy Alleged. Proceedings in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 4

Five charges of attempting to trade with the enemy and one of trading with the enemy came before the Police Court this morning…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office. 3 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communiques. Dukla Pass Battle. Austrians Claim a Victory. and That Russians Were Put to Flight. Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 4

An Austrian official communique states:— "The battle of Dukla Pass ended in our favor. The Russian artillery was…

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The War and Metal Contracts. Federal Government Still Moving. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 2

Further representations have been made by the Federal Government to the Imperial authorities regarding the position of contracts between…

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A Chinaman's Death. Ex-soldier Charged with Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 1

The city coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Wong Kee, a Chinese gardener from Tamworth, which occurred as the result of injuries…

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