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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The War. LONDON

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

THE Turks have agreed to the cession of all territory west of Adrianople, also to the autonomy of Albania. They are prepared to leave to the…

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The War. Peace Prospects Disappearing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

There is great military activity in Turkey. Over six thousand fresh troops are camped near Constantinople…

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The Horrors of War. Servian Cruelty. a Shocking Indictment. London, Dec. 31

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 1

The Budapest correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," after seeing reports obtained from Austrian, English, Italian, and Norwegian war…

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London Shooting Sensation. Chief of Police Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 7

An attempt to shoot Sir Edward Henry, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police caused much sensation in London recently, Just before seven o'clock in the evening Sir…

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A War Romance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 10

Referring to the pluck of Sophie Lobitza Stepane[?] a Belgrade typist, who is fighting by the side of her sweetheart, [?] special correspondent of the "Daily Mirror" says:—!…

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Constantinople and the War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 8

The disturbed, over-crowded, and unsettled state of Constantinople during the later stages of the surprising war in the Near East can hardly be realised by those who…

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How the War Affects Jerusalem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Visitors to Jerusalem this Christmas are likely to miss many of the picturesque features of the Holy City. No Russians, Greeks. Armenians, Bulgarians, Montenegrins will…

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Horrors of the Balkan War. Ravages of Disease

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

The "Times" war correspondent writing from "The Larches" on November 15, states: —The address requires some explanation. My colleague and myself are in hi[?]. We are…

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The Balkan War. Powers' Conference. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 5

The conference of Ambassadors of the Great Powers resumed its sittings yesterday. In consequence of the conference recog[?] the principle of Albanian autonomy,…

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The Balkan War Turkey Giving Way. Settlement Now Probable

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

London. Thursday.—The Peace Conference resumed its sitting yesterday. The Turks announced slight modifications in their programme, and the…

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The Balkan War. Peace Proposals. London, Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

The Turks proposed a boundary starting near Adrianople, leaving the city in Turkish territory, thence following the river Adra westward to Lasos Bay, and eastward…

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The War. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 3

The Balkan Allies suspended the peace conference in London, but without breaking off negotiations having hopes that Turkey would…

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Turks Hold Council of War. Constantinople

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

A council of war was held at the Porte yesterday. The German military attended remaining a long time…

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War in the Balkans. Behind the Scenes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

In a three-horsed carriage, with bulls that jingled like marriage chimes, I drove along the winding white road from Mustapha Pasha to Adrianople to see the…

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The War. Position Very Uncertain. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

THE Allies have announced that unless all their demands are conceded on Monday, the war will be resumed in four days…

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The Balkan War. Final Turkish Proposal. Constantinople, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 5

The peace delegates have privately submitted the final Turkish conditions, namely:—A western frontier following the Maritza and Tundja rivers, giving the…

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The Balkan War Position Very Uncertatn. Turks Willing. State of Adrianople. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

The Allies hare announced that unless all their demands are conceded on Monday, the war will be resumed in four days…

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War News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

On the 7th and 8th February war Will he declared by the band contest on all the worries of life. It will be, the greatest feast of high-class music ever offered to the Maitland…

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Montenegro in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 5

Even in time of peace, Montenegro is one of the most picturesque and interesting corners of Eurpoe; during the recent war against the Turks the country of the Black Mountain…

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The Balkan War. Peace Conference. Negotiations Suspended. London. Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 5

When the Peace Conference assembled yesterday Reschid Pasha handed the Balkan delegates a declaration to the effect that the cession of Adrianople was impossible…

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