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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War. Day By Day. a Notable Advance. Aircraft Destroys Railway Way Junctions. London March 11

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

The official press bureau issued the following statement this evening:-- The Fourth Army Corps and Indian…

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The Latest. the War. the Dresden Sunk. Another Menace to Commerce Gone. Caught Near Robinson Crusoe's Island. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that the Dresden has been sunk. Later. The Admiralty report that the cruisers…

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Bathurst Soldier's Story

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

Writing from Rouen, Private Johnson, of Bathurst, says that, as far, he has escaped injury at the [?]ring line. The weather has been very severe, and be often has to wear…

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Guard Our Soldiers. the Dangers From Disease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 1

The Australian White Cross League appeals for funds to enable booklets warning men against the dangers of sexual immorality to be distributed freely among our Australian soldiers. These…

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The War. Country Press Special to the Witness. The Dresden Sunk. Off Coast of Chili. Fighting Only Lasts Five Minutes. No British Casualties

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

London March 15—The Admiralty has announced that the Dresden has been sunk. Later particulars of the sinking of…

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A New Zealander Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Cecil Humphries, of N.Z., who joined the Army Service Corps on the outbreak of war and later exchanged into the lot Manchester Regiment, and who was recently awarded the…

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The War

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

The Allies have firmly established themselves on newly-won ground in the Champagne. The British in France have…

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The War. German Attacks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

Paris, March 17.—German night attacks at Notre Dame do Lorette and Vauquois were repulsed. Three attacks at Bois le Pretre (near Pont-a-Mousson) were also repulsed…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Paris, March 16.—A communique states: French infantry, by a brilliant attack, captured three lines of trenches on a spur at Notre Dame de Lorette, and reached the edge of the plateau…

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Keeping Abreast of the War

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 6

“ Life,” the popular Australasian magazine, continues to provide a more comprehensive view of the progress of the war than any magazine…

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Output of War Material. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Lord Kitchener states that since the war the output of war materials has increased three hundredfold…

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German War Loan. Children's Help Sought. Amsterdam

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

The schools have been circularised and the pupils asked to devote all their savings to the war loan. Berlin scholars are urged to raise nine million marks…

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South Africa. Plans Before the War. Capetown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

General De Wet was prostrated with grief at his daughter's illness, and was allowed to visit her. Mr. Brown, speaking in the Assembly, quoted…

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Government and Labour. Control of War Material. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

A national conference of Labour representatives in the engineering, ship-building, coalmining, and transport industries has been summoned by the Government to discuss the…

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Telegrams. the War. The Western Front. Still Progressing. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

A communique states:—Further progress has been made north-east of Souain. Our mines shattered the site of the German defences at Bois lo Pretre…

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The Latest. the War. The Blockade. Submarines Active. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

The liner Cameronia eluded a submarine off the Mull, Galloway, the southernmost point of Scotland. A quarter of an hour later two submarines appeared on either side of the…

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A Huge German War Order. Frustrated by the Allies' Navies. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

La Matin says that Germany when preparing for war ordered 8000 motor waggons from an American company for the purpose of transporting troops from one front to another, but…

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Clothing For [?] Soldiers. The 2nd B[?]ttaites

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 6

Those with friends or relatives in the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Australian Expeditionary Force will be particularly interested in a movement…

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How Wounded Are Made Well

The Young Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

Few people have any idea of the wonderful process by which wounds heal. Stitching, dressing, etc., are important operations, but none of…

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War Sermons

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

The Rev. C. Wilder-Clarke, rector of St. Bartholomew's, Crookwell, began a series of sermons on the great European war on Sunday night to a crowded…

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