The War. Bombs at Revigny. Stationmaster's Action. Paris
A Zeppelin flying over Revigny enbeavoured to bomb 70 waggon loads of munitions, but the station master and two assistants coupled them to a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
2,505 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 24 of 126
The War Day By Day. Western Front. Verdun Battles. Regiments Mown Down. London, March 7
The following account of the operations at Verdun appears in the newspaper, "La Petit Paristen":-- The Germans are held up on a…
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MR. S. G. Hughston, of Burrowa, has received the following letter from Private G. Bell:— Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt…
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Pte. Ted Piddington, writing from Egypt to Mr. H. Webb, Young, says: I am still in camp and doing, drill, and marching, and pretty solid. You…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. German Fleet. Fifty Warships
London. March 8.—A telegram from Ymuiden (Netherlands) states that a trawler reports having sighted off Terschelling on Monday after noon a fleet of at least 50 German warships,…
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Paris, March 10.—The latest communique is as follows:—We have continued to 'progress in Corbeaux Wood. After several fruitless attacks on the village…
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The German Consuls have advised Germans to quit Portugal immediately. A rupture is regarded as inevitable. NEW YORK, Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. the War. Verdun. French Bombardment. Paris
A communique states: We continued bombarding the communication lines in tile Eastern Argonne. TWO GERMAN ATTACKS STOPPED…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. the War. Verdun. Meuse Situation Unchanged. French Wreck German Trenches. Five Enemy Aeroplanes Brought Down. Paris
A communique states: The situation east and west of the Meuse is unchanged. During Thursday night the bombardments of both banks continued violently. We wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Letter. Pte. Alf. Taylor
Writing to a friend from Tel-el-Kebir camp, Egypt, Jan. 15, Pte. Alf. Taylor says:—you will note by the above-named camp that I got off in the evacuation of the…
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A special general meeting was held on Friday night at the club, for the purpose of making ararngements to entertain the 220 men who will be leaving the local camp for Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marulan. Return of Wounded Soldier
One of our boys has returned from the front— Private Stanley Jeffery, who was one of the first 200 who enlisted. He was in D. Company, 4th Batt. He disembarked at Suez, was at Gallipoli,…
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Oh, hump your swag and leave, boys, the shins are in the-bay, We've got our marching orders now, it's time to-come away;…
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Members of the above have dealt with about 3600 cards sent in in reply to the recruiting appeal. Mr. A. M. Barton, secretary of the subcommittee, had previously carefully arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. British Front
London, March 12.—Sir Douglas Haig reports:— We exploded three mines eastward of Vermelles with satisfactory results. The artillery on both sides is active about Albert,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn and the War
A pleasing little ceremony and presentation took place at Christ Church Sunday-school, West Goulburn, on Sunday afternoon last, when an ex-scholar and teacher, Corporal Edwin…
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Paris, March 13.—The German losses at Donaumont pale into insignificance compared with those of last week. German artillery for nine hours searched Vaux Plateau with a deluge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Earlier News. London
The Paris Matin quotes a German official statement which admits, that the German dead numbers 1,400,000, and states that the misery in German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Portugal. Why She Is at War
Lisbon, March 11.—An historic scene took place in Parliament following upon Germany's declaration of war. In the presence of the President of the Republic and the Allies':…
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