The Biggest Soldier
The Ulster Volunteer Force, unbeaten in its record of giving recruits and money since the war began, is also unbeaten in the record for big men…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
4,965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 249
Soldiers' Midnight Carol
"A story runs that on Christmas Eve, while Prussian and French lay entrenched against each other in the war that lost France the two fair provinces she may recover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
It is reported in Berlin that a Turkish general was murdered in Constantinople at the instance of the Government. It is suspected that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. Brook War Distress Relief Fund
Amount previously acknowledged: £1495/0/5/. M.Brook Race Club Propty. Ltd., £5/; George Clark (monthly instalment) 5/; C. Garrett…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Friends May Imperil Prisoners of War
M. Balleidier Cousul-General at Gensva, requests newspapers to warn readers sending parcels or letters to prisoners of war in Germany through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Bombardment of Dardan. Elles. London
The Admiralty states that the forts of Capeselles, Seddulbasr, Orkanichtobia, Kum Kilossitagia. which were armed respectively with two 9 15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tired of the War. German Deserters Sluis. Dec. 29
When I saw before me a civilian with a blue jersey and a suit which evidently was not made for him, and with a face not usual in these parts of the country, but of rather a German type…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Welcome Home
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Galton and family are to be welcomed home after their trip to Europe by members of the Central Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon next. Members…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wounded. Free Cable Messages
It is notified for general information that free cable messages will be despatched by the Defence Department to ascertain the condition of members of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maximilian Harden. His Views Upon the War
Maximilian Harden, the well-known German pamphleteer, made a speech on January 20 at Frankfort-on-the-Main. The language he employed is bost described as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Eastern Front Germans Thrown Back Austrians' Heavy Losses
Petrograd, Tuesday.—A communique states: Operations at Prasnysz have concluded. Two German army corps were thrown back to the frontier. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Squeezing Germany Sinews of War. Britain's Vast Share. The Alleged Blockade
London, Monday.—In the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Asquith, in moving the votes of credit for naval and military purposes, announced last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Soldiers Want More Zam-buk. Remarkable Letters From the Trenches
Letters received from the firing line in France and Belgium prove how indispensable Zam-Buk is to our galiant soldiers, not only for mending the cuts and bruises…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Soldiers Want More Zam-buk. Remarkable Letters from the "Trenches
Letters received from the firing line in France and Belgium prove how indispensable Zam-Buk is to our gallant soldiers, not only far mending the cuts and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War
The Prime Minister, in submitting the war votes to the House of Commons, announced that the average daily expenditure for the British Army was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Notes
JUST now, the most serious phase of the war, probably, so far as the Allies are concerned, is the possible attitude of the United States regarding the threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brave British. Murder of Wounded. Germany's Last Hope
On October 31, when 2400 Scots' Guards, South Wales Borderers, Welsh and Queen's regiments, held hastily-constructed trenches in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War and Supplies
No phase of an army's operations is more important than that by which the troops ,are supplied with food. "An army marches…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Methodists and the War
The Methodist Conference sitting in Sydney considered what pronouncement it should make regarding the war. In a lengthy resolution, it unanimously recorded its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War—then and Now
A little more than a century ago Britain, with a population of about a third its present size, was maintaining an immense army, scattered over the…
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