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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The Balkan War Russian Fleet Arrives, temporary Armistice

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

London, Thursday.—The Russian Black Sea Fleet is near the entrance to the Bosphorus. There is great excitement in Constantinople…

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Aeroplane in War. Gunboat Put to Flight. Mexico City, July 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 3

The efficacy of aeroplanes in actual warfare was proved at Guaymas Harbour. M. Didler Masson, a French airman, believed to have recently been killed,…

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The Balkan War the Stumbling Block. Greek and Bulgarian Claims

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 2

Bucharest, Saturday.- An informal discussion among the delegates preceded the meeting of the peace conference yesterday…

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A Lively Voyage. Miniature Balkan War. New York, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

The steamer Pannonia arrived from Trieste with a large number of immigrants aboard. A miniature war was waged throughout the…

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Britain and America. War Impossible. Quebec, Aug. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. W. Taft, ex-President of the United States, is at present spending a holiday at Murray Bay. In an interview with a press…

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Undocked Army Horses. War Office Supports Humane Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 4

Colonel Secly stated in Parliament that as few docked hordes as possible were purchased for the army, and an Order had been issued that from three years after this date no docked horses will be purchased by the military…

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Wireless in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 8

Last month we published (says "The Wireless World") a report of the siege of Adrianople, and the part that wireless played in that remarkable episode of the Balkan war…

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The Balkans. After the War. Sofia. Aug. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 5

King Ferdinand, crowned with a wreath of leaves, headed the Sofia division of the Bulgarian troops in procession from "the front" to the city. The high officers of the army…

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Miners' Empty War Chest. Executive's Query. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 5

The executive committee of the Northumbereland Miners' Association, in a circular, announces an overdraft at the bank of £10,000. which will shortly be increased…

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The Balkan War. Turks Determined. Horrible Barbarities. London, Aug. 15

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 4

The "Daily Telegraph's" Constan­tinople correspondent had an interview with the Grand Vizier, who declared that if the Bulgarians were to…

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Defaulting Citizen Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 5

About sixty members of the Citizen forces pleaded guilty at the police court to having failed to render the personal service required by the Defence Act. The Magistrate…

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Shooting Case in Brisbane. Max and Woman Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 5

A sensational shooting affray took place on Tuesday evening in a boarding-house in Peel-street, South Brisbane, Kept by Mrs. Mary Ann Geary, widow…

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War Vessels Trials. Vienna, Thursday. During the [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 5

[?] trails on the Pola an accident occurred to the branch of the 30½ centimetre gun. Three officers ware killed, and several offices and others injured, two…

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Wireless in War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 15

Last month we published (says "The Wireless World") a report of the siege of Adrianople, and the part that wireless played in that remarkable episode of the Balkan war…

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After the War. Sofia, Aug. 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 3

King Ferdinand; crowned with a wreath of leaves, headed the Sofia division of the Bulgarian troops in procession from "the front" to the city. The high officers of the army…

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Threatened Tobacco War. London, Aug. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 2

The "Daily Express" states that the American Tobacco Products Company, with a capital of £10,000,000 is about to make a bid for the English marker, which is now…

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Britain and America. War Impossible. Quebec, Aug. 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 3

Mr. W. Taft, ex-President of the United States, is at present spending a holiday at Murray Bay. In an interview with a press…

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Ireland. Insuring Against Civil War. London, Aug, 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 5

Insurances to the amount of £7,000,000 have been effected in Belfast against the risk of civil war. At the inquest on the body of the man…

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Indian Census. Tribesmen Suspicious. Must Be Prelude to War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 7

The report of Mr. Denys Bray, I.C.S., containing the [?]tatisties for Baluchistan obtained in the census of India in 1911, has just made a rather belated appearance in print…

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War Horses. Mounts of Famous Generals. "Copenhagen" and "Marengo."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 4

James Grant Wilson tells about the favorite war-horses of famous generals in the "Century." Washington was considered to be the best horseman of his age. He lost…

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