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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
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The official commentary on the Declaration of War declares that Austria has drawn the sword for political honesty, justice, and mortality in life. It states: "This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Aubrey Herbert, in a letter to the "Times," quotes the statement of an eyewitness that hundreds of the Greeks, commanded by Greek officers, are exterminating the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Martin Donchoc, war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," telegraphing from Semlin, a frontier town of Hungary, at the junction of the Save and the Danube, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is officially stated that war with Servia has been declared. ATHENS, Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The closing week of July, 1914, will no doubt, long be remembered as the time when the war clouds which for so many years threatened the Continent of Europe, burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The cutlook in Europe is gloomy, and any moment may see the beginning of the greatest calamity in the world's history. That a general war, if it does come, should last long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The war rates were raised with such unprecedented suddenness and large business was offered, that the underwriters deemed the gamble too great, and generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany has formally declared war against Russia. A Berlin message states that the German Emperor, at a quarter past 5 o'clock this afternoon, ordered the mobilisation of the entire forces. Germany intimated to Russia that if the latter did not stop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Edward Grey was received in audience by the king at midnight on saturday The king held an audience with Mr. Asquith at Buckingham palace at 2 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand government have offered to send a contingent of men to England if required. Can ada also offers to send 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A French avaitor in a military biplane reports having dropped bombs in suburbs of Narenberg. Berlin is greatly incensed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In view of the critical situation in Europe, the warships of the Australian Fleet were ordered to return to Sydney. The battleship Australia was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paris, Saturday Morning.—M. Jaures, the well-known Socialist, writer and politician, while dining last night in a small restaurant near the office of "La…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany, in an official manifesto issued to the world, claims that Russia began the war with acts of hostility, Which, says the German Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, Saturday.—Mr Asquith the Prime Minister,in the House of Commons yesterday stated that the proclamation of martial law by Germany was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable has just been received, stating that Germany had declared war against Russia. (By Cable.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Sunday.—The German Foreign Office has handed to the "Westminster Gazette" a declaration showing the efforts and sacrifices Germany made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All minor considerations are overshadowed by the probable imminence pf a great European war, the consequences of which would be simply incalculable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is roported that that Germans lost 25,000 men while digging trenches fronting the German-French positions. A French aviator has been dropping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A partial mobilisation of the Australian troops has become necessary to supplement the permanent forces by citizens, to the number of 1000…
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