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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War

The Yass Courier · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

[?] Thursday afternoon. The [?] have car [?] to [?] [?] for the[?]…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Paris. Jan. 5.—A communique states: Violent fighting continues in the region of Cernay. Last night we lost and then recaptured the Church quarier of Steinbach (Alsace). To-day (Monday)…

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The War. the Turks. Severe Defeat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Petrograd, Jan. 6.-The Turks eastward of Erzerum fought bravely, and held Sarykamish desperately. They made frequent bayonet sorties, and even the wounded continued firing…

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The Latest. the War. Lord Kitchener. Reviews the Situation. Triumphant Issue Predicted. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Lord Kitchener, speaking in the House of Lords, reviewing the ebb and flow of the battle tide for the past weeks, said that the French army, despite unfavourable weather, had made…

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War Pictures

Young Witness · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2
Also in The Young Chronicle

The Lyceum Picture Coy., in addition to a star drama, will show to-night the latest War Gazette, which includes the German attack on…

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War!

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

The Russian offensive in Western Galicia continues with success. Farther German attacks in Poland have open repulsed…

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The War Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

Sixty two hospitals at Strasburg are full of wounded. German sappers buried 10,000 dead near Duffel. Hundreds of Hungarian soldiers…

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Latest War News Cardinal Mercier's Arrest. the Pope's Neutrality. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The Vatican is without official information as to the arrest of Cardinal Mercier in Belgium, and believes that the communication on the subject has…

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The War. Situation Reviewed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

London, Jan. 7.—Earl Kitchener, in his speech in the House of Lords, said that Sir John French's forces had been increased by Territorial units and now divisions, including a fine…

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Truth About the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

We have been asked to publish the following letter, which appeared in all the most important newspapers of the United Kingdom on Saturday, November 21st, 1914:—…

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Railway Officers' War Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The New South Wales Railway and Tramway Officers 'War Fund now stands at £4583 3'3. This is made up as follows:—Officers on yearly salary, £3,519 19/11; officers on weekly or…

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The War. German Attacks Repulsed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Paris, Jan. 8.—A communique states: Violent German attacks are reported in the region of Lassigny in the Argonne and at the junction of the reads from Tour-de-Paris to Varenne…

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Why the Turks Made War. PARIS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Sherif Pasha, in an interview, said the Turks did not wish to join Germany, but had no alternative, because they were at the mercy of Talast Bey and nine other of the Committee of…

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What War Is. Men Become Mere Machines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Of the long, long fight in the north of France the Times correspondent writes from Chalons— Some impressions given me by a motor cyclist dispatch rider, who for the last fortnight or so has…

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"Eye Witness." a War of Attrition. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

"Eye Witness" at headquarters reports that an officer and 25 men on the British right centre attacked a trench on the evening of the 3rd, surprising the sentries, and bayoneting 90…

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Telegrams. the War. Outgeneralled. the Big Russian Victory. Petrograd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The Turks in the Caucasus fought bravely under German orders; but the Russian leaders outmanoeuvred the Germans, who planned the battle on their favourite text book tactics and…

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The Latest. the War. The Western Front. Progress in Many Districts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The communique states.—French infantry captured a hillock at Lombertzyde. We progressed at La Boiselle, Avenly, near Arras, and also in the Rheims, Thann, and…

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After the War

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. Philip Snowden, a member of the British Independent Labor Party who was in Sydney a few days ago, in a press interview said it was arrant…

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The War

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans endeavored unsuccessfully to recapture Soissons. They bombarded the town and destroyed the cathedral, but suffered terribly from the French artillery,…

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