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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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King Albert's Army. Wounded Eager to Return

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8

A correspondent writing to the London "Daily Telegraph" says:— While walking from tho pier of Deal to the railway station I met a young Belgium soldier…

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War Food Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 4

An appeal for further subscriptions to the War Food Fund is being made by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. The committee is anxious that regular shipments of Australian…

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War in the Air. London

The Scone Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau states that Squadron Commander Davies and Flight Lieutenant Piesse, on Friday, dropped 27 bombs at Zeebrugge…

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Blame for War. Alleged Austrian Admissions. Rome, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 5

A correspondent at Venice states that the Vienna newspapers for the first time frankly acknowledge that the war was planned last spring between the German Emperor and the…

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The War. "Australia" Sinks a German Liner. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

IT is officially announced that the battle cruiser Australia, on the 6th inst., sank a German liner acting as a supply ship to German cruisers…

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The Kaiser Unmasked. Amazing French Disclosures. War Plan's Cut and Dried

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 6

A masterly study of the bellicose influences in Germany under which the Kaiser "completely changed" and from being "the champion of peace" came to think that war…

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Deaths of Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 4

It was announced by the Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Jensen) on Saturday that the following members of the expeditionary forces had died:—Private…

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British Soldiers' Grit. Italian Tribute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8

The Giornale d'Italia" on December 4 published an article entitled British soldiers keep smiling," by Signor Diego Angeli, one of the best known translators of Shakespeare…

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War Items

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 4

A son of Mr McRae, manager of Wolstenholme's saw-mill, Dingadee, leaves for the front shortly, and young Stowe, of…

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War Rhyme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 7

"Every thread a sorrow, every straud a prayer. Oh, where sleeps my dear one or how does he fare?" there are women knighting everywhere."—"Country Life."…

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Late War News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

Fishermen report that a Zeppelin has foundered in the North Sea. Allied airmen dropped bombs at…

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Blame for War. Alleged Austrian Admissions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

Rome, Saturday.—A correspondent at Venice states that the Vienna newspapers for the first time frankly acknowledge that the war was planned…

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Sayings of the Week. the War. New Subaltern's

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 7

"The best and most significant symptoms which has marked the raising of the new troops has been the rush of young men of the educated class to become second…

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Aviation in War. Less Risk Than in Peace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

In a conversation with one of the best known French aviators, a representative of the "Echo de Paris" learned the curious fact that the proportion of deaths from…

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Four Months of War. French Official Account. Paris, Dec. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 4

Under the title "Four Months of War," the Bulletin des Armees" publishes a report on the whole of the operations from Aug. 2 down to Dec. 2…

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Very Latest War News Sydney, Monday, 12.15 Another North Sea Fight German Cruisers Sunk

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announce that a naval engagement took place an the North Sea on Sunday morning, when the German…

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From a Soldier's Letter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 7

"I brought a cemera out with the intention of taking photographs. I have taken practically none; it seems such a sacrilege to take them. To take…

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War in the Air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau states Squadron Commander Davies and Flight Lieutenant Piesse on Friday dropped 27 bombs at Zeebrugge. It is believed they damaged a submarine…

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"Wowsers" and the War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 4

The Rev. F. Colwell, presided of the New South Wales Methodist Conference, paid an unofficial visit to Inverell. During the course of an address on Tuesday night…

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The War. Big German Battlecruiser Sunk. Two Others Badly Damaged London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that a naval engagement, occurred in the North Sea on Sunday morning. The German cruiser Blucher was…

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