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

The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Attack on British Soldiers. London, Nov. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night Col. J. B. Seely, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, promised to see if it was possible to remove from the Commission of the Peace Wilfrid…

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The War. Torrential Rains. Paris, Nov. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 4

Advices from Tripoli state that torrential rains destroyed the Italian trenches near the Bumeliana Well, forcing the troops to establish new posts nearer the town…

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[Reuter's.] the War. Mutilations Confirmed. Arabs Deserting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

Private letters received in France and Italy indicate that many wounded Italians were horribly mutilated prior to the oasis massacre. ROME, Monday…

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Cable News. Another War? Russia and Persia. Teheran, November 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

Russia has ruptured diplomatic relations with Persia. The latter has appealed to King George of Britain to mediate, in the hope of a suspension of Russian measures until the new Persian…

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[Reuter's.] the War. Unfortunate Refugees. the Tripolitan Massacre. Vienna

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 4

Hundreds of refugees from Tripoli, transported by the Italians, have not been allowed to land at Trieste as the Turkish Consul is without funds to defray their journey to Turkey…

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War Cloud Spreading . LONDON

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

Russia has ruptured diplomatic relations with Persia, and the latter has appealed to King George t mediate in the hope of a suspension of…

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The War. the Oasis Massacre. Italian Denials. London, November 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 4

Mr. M'Cullagh, the war correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette," who has just returned from Tripoli, delivered a lecture on the war in the Memorial Hall last night. Several Italians…

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The War. Rome, Nov. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

Six-hundred Arabs attacked the trenches at Tripoli yesterday, but were repulsed, with 40 killed and 100 wounded. In a sharp attack upon Derna by the Turks, the Italians lost 12 killed…

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The War. Turkish Officers Shot. Constantinople

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 4

Indignation is felt because two Turkish officers were court-martialled and shot at Tripoli. They were captured within the entrenchments carrying plans of the Italian positions and…

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The War. Severe Fighting. Turkish Losses. Tripoli

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

There was fighting all day Sunday. The Turks and Arabs were strongly entrenched in the oasis, but the Italian troops gained ground garden by garden, and house by house…

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The War. Paris, November 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 4

The first day's sale of the jewels of Abdul Hamid, ex-Sultan of Turkey, realised £107,091, including £36,800 and £24,944 respectively for two necklaces. Scores of gendarmes guarded the…

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The War. Lord Roberts in Defence. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

Lord Roberts, replying to a correspondent, says it is totally unfair to criticise the Italian Commander-in-Chief without adequate information. No soldier, adds Lord Roberts, can credit…

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Democracies and War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 7

The free and enlightened democracies of the world are beginning to realise that war is a relic of barbarism, and should have no place in the civilisation of the twentieth century. Militarism…

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The War. Red Sea Bombardments. Perim, Nov. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

The Italians bombarded the town of Mokha, in Yemen, on the Red Sea, 52 miles north of the Strait of Bab-el-mandeb, and the fort of Sheik Said, Arabia…

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The War. Atrocities. Charges Against Arabs. London, Nov. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 6

English correspondents in Tripoli detail a visit paid to El Henni, the oasis near the town, which was the scene of the Arab atrocities on October 23. They state that the bodies of 28…

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The War. Journalist Murdered. Tripoli, Dec. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

An alleged emissary of the Young Turks stabbed M. Jean Carrer, the correspondent of "Le Temps,' supposing him to be an ltalian who recently reported that the Young Turks…

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[Reuter's.] the War. Turks Driven Back. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 1

The Italians at Tripoli drove off a large force of Turks and Arabs by bayonet charges, while the artillery shelled the fugitives. It is believed the Turkish losses are heavy. The Italians lost…

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The War. Heavy Fighting. Rome, Dec. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 2

Several hundred Turks and Arabs were killed in yesterday's fighting at Ainzara. The Italian casualties are reported to have numbered 100. [The Italian Ambassador's cable says:—…

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[Reuter's.] the War. Italian Victory. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 1

The Italians captured Ainzara after several hours' heavy fighting. Eight thousand Turks, and Arabs fled, abandoning eight guns and ammunition…

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A Great War. Ominous Possibilities. London, Dec. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 4

Colonel William Walker, Unionist member of the House of Commons for Widnes Division, Lancashire, in opening the new headquarters of the King's Liverpool Regiment yesterday,…

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