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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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The War. Charge and Counter-charge. Turin (via Frontier), November 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 4

The "Stampa's" correspondent in Tripoli witnessed several executions during the recent killing of Arabs in the oasis outside the town. One man and his wife, who were sentenced for…

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The War. Italian Atrocities. Worse Than Armenian. a Tale of Horror. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. McCullagh, the correspondent of the West-minister Gazette, has returned his papers to General Caneva as a protest against the atrocities. Mr. McCullagh photographed scenes of horror…

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The War. Italians' Critical Plight. Truth About Tripoli. Crushing Italian Defeat. Malta, November 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Tripoli, who has arrived here gives a sombre picture of the situation in Tripoli. The Italians are practically besieged, and the Arabs hold four-fifths of…

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The War. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

An Italian brigade has occupied an advanced position in the oasis. The Italians have also occupied the Hamidich fort after slight resistance. The enemy was driven back. The…

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The War. "Blood-crazed Fiends." Malta, November 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. M'Cullagh, the war correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette." states in reference to the massacre of Arabs by the Italian troops in the oasis, near Tripoli. "Parties of Italians,…

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The War. Scenes of Horror. Further Turkish Successes. Rome, November 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

The Tripoli correspondent of the Turin "Stampa," referring to the massacre of Arabs, states that the Italian soldiers became inebriated with the lust of vengeance. He narrates that…

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A Time Expired Soldier. a Pathetic Incident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 3

He was the only other occupant of the humble third-class smoker, in the northward-bound train. He was in plain clothes, but “soldier” was…

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German View of the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 4

Lieutenant-Colonel von Ruedgisch, German instructor of Turkish cavalry under Abdul Hamid, who has also trained a large proportion of Arab troops in Tripoli, informs the "National…

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The War. Minor Fighting. Tripoli, Nov. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 6

General Caneva, on being interviewed by the Daily Mail war correspondent in regard to the oasis massacre, said that the Arabs had been paid so much each for every rifle surrendered,…

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[Reuter's.] the War. a Merchant's Account. Vienna

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 6

An Austrian merchant in Tripoli writes that the Italians fed the hungry and were vilely betrayed. It is true that Italians shot some women, who, under cover of their sex, carried…

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The War. Cholera in Tripoli. Berlin, Nov. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 4

The "Frankfurter Zeitung's'" Tripoli correspondent states that there have been 200 deaths from cholera, and that 100 fresh cases are being reported daily. There are 50 deaths daily from…

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The War. German Defence. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 4

The Tripoli correspondent of the "Giornale d'Italia" reports that Major Wilkens, the German military attache, declares that Italy's retributive measures were justified and…

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The War. Turks Repulsed. Tripoli, November 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 1

The Turks have been repulsed, after a desperate attempt to recover Fort Hamidich. The fighting lasted for seven hours. EFFECT OF THE WAR…

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The War. Turkey's Determination. Fierce Fighting. Constantinople, November 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The Austrian Ambassador yesterday inquired of the Grand Vizier whether Turkey was inclined to submit to Italy, adding that the latter intended to extend her operations to the Aegean…

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The War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 2

Dr. Marane, the Italian Consul in Sydney, on Wednesday evening received the following cable from the Italian Ambassador in London:—"Tripoli, Nov. 13.—The enemy last night seem…

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The War. Tripoli

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 2

The Arabs in the oasis cannonaded Fort Hamidieh all dav. LONDON, Wednesday. THE THAMES IRONWORKS…

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[Reuter's.] the War. Tripoli

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 4

The sentences on Arabs vary from a few years to life confinement. The prisons are so full that the Arabs are being sent to the Lipari Islands…

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The War. European Turkey Threatened. Rome, November 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 4

Italian official circles consider that Italy has given proof of her forbearance in refraining from attacking European Turkey, but her patience is now becoming exhausted and the fleet in the…

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The War. Tripoli Position Too Strong. Constantinople, Nov. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 6

The newspaper "Tanin" admits that the Italian position on the Tripoli coast is too strong for successful attack, and Turkey has therefore adopted a guerilla campaign in the…

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"The Verge of War." Britain and Germany. London, November 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 6

In the House of Commons last night Mr. C. S. Goldman (Unionist), asked that further light be shed on the recent statement in the Reichstag by the German Imperial Chancellor, Herr…

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