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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War Eastern Front Fierce Battle Austrians Driven Off

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

Petrograd, Tuesday,—A communique states: After a fierce battle we captured Edvakno, near Lomza. After the conflict the enemy were in considerarab?…

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German Soldiers. Reduced to Half Pay

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

Paris, Tuesday.—The "Matin" states the German officers and men have been reduced to half pay…

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What War Develops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 5

"War develops the highest virtues, for at every moment, constancy, pity, magnanimity, heroism and mercy shine forth in it; every moment offers an…

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The War Italy Pro-war Meetings. Rome, February 22

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 10

Pro-war demonstrations have been organised by the Nationalist Association, and counter demonstrations have been arranged…

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The Cost of the War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

The figures adduced by Mr Lloyd, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating the cost of the war to the Allied Powers,…

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Very latest War News SYDNEY

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

It now transpires that the mail steamer, Maloja, was not fired at by the enemy, but that a British cruiser fired a Blank shell upon…

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Housewives and the War. German Professors' Advice

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The professors of economics at the University of Berlin have, according to the "Glasgow Herald," issued an appeal to the German nation to frustrate…

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Late War News Rheims Again. Heavy Bombardment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

A communique states that 1500 sheila were fired into Rheims on Sunday and Monday. The interior of the roof of the…

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The War. Among the Heroes. London, Feb. 20

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

Lance corporal O'Leary, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, is a crack shot, and formerly belonged to the mounted police in Canada…

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Germany in War Time. "Only Begun to Fight." X.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

What do the Germans really say and think about the war now?" is the question which has been levelled at me in England not once but a hundred times since my…

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Soldier Shot. Committing a Felony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

An inquiry was held by the Melbourne city coroner into the circumstaces attending the death of John Moran, 19, a private in the Expeditionary Forces, who died on…

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Correspondence. Our Duty to Our Soldiers. (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

Dear Sir,—At the present time many are asking how they can help their country. The answer is simple—if they are fit they should enlist, but if not then…

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Riviera in War Time. Entertaining the Wounded Monte Carlo, Jan. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 11

The one topic uppermost in the minds of everyone during the past week has been—what can we do for our soldiers? Of entertainments there has been no limit in honour…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 2

The Germans continue to pursue their campaign against merchant shipping and more victims are reported. The steamer Oakley was sunk in the…

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War Cartoons

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

From the "Stock and Station Journal" we have received a copy of war cartoons by D. H. Souter that have been a feature of the "Stock and Station…

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War in the Air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 2

Kurther evidence of the success of the recent British air raid on the Belgian coast is given by the Amsteidam paper "Tijd " This journal states that during the raid a…

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Germany in War Time. "The Anglo-german War." No. II

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 10

If the Germans have their way Armaged don will be known to history as the Anglo-German war. Inaugurated in the ebbing hours of July as a war to stem the…

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Germany's War Zone. Amsterdam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 3

It is semi-officially intimated in -Berlin that the Orkney and Shetland islands are included in the war zone, and the passages to the Faroe Islands excluded…

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Deaths in War. a Comparison

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

Official lists of casualties have been so incomplete or non-committal, and unofficial estimates so patently exaggerated, that an effort to compute the mortality of the…

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Italy. War Demonstrations. Milan, Feb. 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 3

Several thousand persons made a demonstration in favour of war. They smashed the windows of the "Avanti." a Socialist newspaper, and wrecked a German shop…

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