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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War!

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

The Austro-German forces are developing a movement in Galicia apparently with the object of relieving Prazemysl…

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The War. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

The auxiliary cruiser sunk by the Australia belonged to the Woermann [?], and the staking occurred off Patagonia…

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Late War News. Italy and the War London, Feb, 2

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

The General desire is to know if, or when, Italy will join in the war has been stimulated by a statement published by the Press Association…

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The War Sydney, Friday, 5 p.m

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

A Red Book published at Vienna furnishes fresh evidence of Russia's early warning to Austria and Germany, and that their method of…

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What Women Are Going in War Time

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

While the big charits funds are certain to do a great deal to alleviate the sufferings and hardships of those who, in one way or another are victims of…

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War Map 221-3 GeorgeStreet SYDNEY. Copyright

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 1

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The War. Day By Day. Lively Work Heavy Fighting in Flanders. London, Feb, 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

A Paris communique states:-- There has been livley artillery duels with the enemy. They have taken place along most of the front…

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The War Food Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

The secretary of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce no follows, appreciative of a gift of meat from the War Food Fund:—"The…

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Telegrams the War. Fighting in Egypt. Turks Resume Attack. "More Like Ragamuffins Than Soldiers." Turkish Attacks Repulsed. Heavy Turkish Losses. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

The Evening News' Cairo correspondent, telegraphing on Thursday, says that the Turks resumed the attack on Wednesday, bringing up ammunition and trying to construct trenches…

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The War. H.m.a.s. Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

London, Feb. 5.—An officer of H.M.A.S. Australia, in a letter, referring to the sinking of the Woermann liner reported yesterday, states: "We sighted the steamer off the Brazilian coast…

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New Zealand War Contingents' Association. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the New Zealand War Contingents' Association it was announced that £8000 had been subscribed, and, £1000 had been expended in comforts for the New…

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The War. H.m.a.s. Australia. Sinks Merchant Cruiser

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

London, Feb. 4.—Reuter's Buenos Ayres correspondent says the Australia sank a Garman auxiliary cruiser of the Woermann line off Patagonia…

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More Evidence. Russia's Warning. a Pretext for War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

A Red Book, published in Vienna, gives fresh evidence of Russian's early warnings to Austria and Germany that their methods in pressing Servia meant a big war…

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The Latest. the War. The Western Front. Allies Slowly Progressing. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

A communique states:—We mined a trench westward of Arras and Lille. Every occupant was killed or captured. We also recovered a lost trench at Bagatelle and progressed beyond…

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10,000 Men. in Addition to Monthy Reinforcements. Accepted by War Office

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday.—The Minister for Defence has announced that the Commonwealth has communicated with the War Office offering a new contingent of 10,000, to be made…

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The Bath Train. How the Russian Soldiers Enjoy It

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 6

Petrograd.—It stood on a railway siding, light green and mysterious, steaming like a kettle on the boil. Soldiers buzzed around and in or t out of it. They looked at it with wonder, with…

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The War Fighting In Egypt. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 3

12,000 Turks with six batteries at tacked the Suez Canal. Repeated sallies were repulsed by British, whose losses were slight. The…

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A Patriotic War

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

The Burnside Orphnage Homes, situated at Parramatta, are engaged in work which must commend itself to all citizens. The Homes were inaugurated in 1910, and…

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The War Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

German newspapers are astounded at neutral condu[?]ning the proposed blockade. A Berlin message states that the Government will…

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The War. Victorious Russians

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

Petrograd, Feb. 8.—A communique states: After a successful night's attack at Rypin (40 miles north-west of Plock), our artillery routed a column marching towards Bolimow. A…

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