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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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"The Human Aspect of War."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 7

Bazeilles stood on a promontory to the south of Sedan. During the great battle of the September of 1870, in which fell the French Empire, it had formed the extreme…

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The Franco-prussian War. a Long Imprisonment. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 5

The "Schwarziat Zeitung" gives details of a tragedy connected with two Germans who were captured in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and forgotten. They…

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How It Feels to Be Shot. Wounded Man's Description

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 3

One of the most remarkable human documents ever published in a New York newspaper is Mayor Gaynor's account of the attempt to assassinate him after he had embarked on the…

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Soldiers Hard to Get. Recruiting for the Artillery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 3

For some time the Royal Australian Artillery has been endeavouring to get recruits to fill up vacancies in the various companies in New South Walls. There are…

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War and Private Property

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 3

Mr. F. E. Smith is one of the members for ship-owning Liverpool. The fact should, perhaps, be remembered in connection with his arguments, before the Birmingham Chamber of…

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Flying Machines in War. New York

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 3

The United States Secretary of War, Mr J. M. Dickinson, believes that the aeroplane will have a wider value in war than the established methods of…

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The Next War. Berlin

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 3

In opening the Eensburg Naval College the Kaiser declared that the next war would be won by the nation with the smallest liquer bill. All we' want,"…

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"A Disgrace to the Empire." Member for Mudgee on the Boer War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 5

There was a lively episode in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night when Mr. Dunn, the new member for Mudgee, was speaking on the censure debate. He made a casual…

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Gorse Hall Mystery. Soldier Arr[?] Priso[?] Unique D[?]

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 4

A development [?] modern criminal [?] the Gorse Hall [?] (said "Lloyd's Ne[?]…

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How It Feels To Be Sho[?] Wounded Man's Description

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 16

One of the most remarkable human documents ever published in a New York newspaper is Mayor Gaynor's account of the attempt to assassinate him after he had embarked on the…

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War and Private Property

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 13

Mr. F. E. Smith is one of the members for ship-owning Liverpool. The fact should, perhaps, be remembered in connection with his arguments, before the Birmingham Chamber of…

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Corse Hall Mystery. Soldier Arrested at the Prison Gate. Unique Development

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 4

A development rarely met with in modern criminal history came about in the Gorse Hall mystery on Tuesday (said "Lloyd's News" on September 4)…

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The Horror of War. a Tragic Incident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 November 1910 · page 1

Under the title of "Sedan, and the Human Aspect of War," a graphic article by Caption Bernard Molloy (formerly of the new number of the "Nineteenth…

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"Feather-bed Soldiers."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 4

All the talk by the stay-at-home critics about "feather-bed" soldiers is just as much silly nonsense. I had lunch with the Duke of Teck about…

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The War of Secession

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 3

Andrew Johnson possessed two qualities useful for a public man-magnetism and fearlessness. A writer in the "Century Magazine," tells an incident which…

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A War. Correspondents Story

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 3

Should you ever be called upon to assist at an operation an the leg of a fellow creature under circumstances in which chloroform is not obtainable, insist on…

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War Correspondent Dead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 5

Mr. Emil Dumais, who was a war correspondent in India, and South Africa for the London "Times," died in the Washington Hospital. Mr. Dumais was found overcome…

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Shooting Case at Naremburn. a Woman Wounded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 3

Shortly after 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a young married woman named Ruby Riddle, who lives in Grand Viewstreet, Naremburn, was shot in the head…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. Man Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

A shooting affray occurred last night at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn streets, Sydney, as the result of which Frederick Riordan, living in Bellevue-lane,…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. Man Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 6

A shooting affray occurred on Tuesday at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn streets, Sydney, as the result of which Frederick Riordan, living in Bellevue-lane…

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