War News in Brief. London
The British press is indignant at the report that the British Museum has been commandeered as offices for the Air Council…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1918
4,987 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 250
A War of Initials. Use of Abbreviations
When Dr. Page gave his lecture at Grafton, on his return from France, he told his audience this was a war of initials. The following fragment from a letter from France…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's Part. Clearly Defined. Allies' War Programme. Vancouver
United States troops are to be rushed to Europe in as large and as constant a stream as is humanly possible. The allied nations will so arrange their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Civil War Japanese May Act. The Chinese in Manchuria
London Tuesday.—It is reported from Tientsin that the impression is growing that the Japanese will be forced to take drastic measures in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War German Attacks on Cambrai Front the Majority Repulsed
London, Monday.—Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:— The enemy made powerful local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News Splendid Air Work Young Leader's Great Record. (Australian Cable Assn. Messages.) London, Tuesday Night
A report from, British headquarters seys: A certain air squadron brought down 99 enemy machines. The leader of the squadron was responsible for 30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Thanks
Privates S. J. Mears, G. J. Kiem, R. Bridge, W. A. Mears, and R. Hewitt write from the front, under date November 6, to thank members of the Allandale-Kienbah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier's Testimony to His Mother
Another brilliant young life, full of high promise, has been sacrificed for his country in the person of Second-lieutenant, the Hon. Denis Buxton, Coldstream Guards, only son…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Psychology of Fear. Shell Shock Among Soldiers
A learned paper on "The Psychology of F[?]ar and the Effects of Panic Fear in War Time," was read before the Medical Society of London by Sir Robert Armstrong-James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by Wire. Returned Soldiers. Sydney
Another batch of over 400 sick and wounded soldiers reached Sydney to-day. Amongst the number is Sergeant Samuel Bond, who although 60 years of age has seen two and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Soldiers Sensible." Dr. Mannix "Finished with the Question."
Archbishop Mannix, in a speech at Melbourne on Saturday night, said it was very satisfactory to know that the soldiers by their votes had shown that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of Memory. Returned Soldier Found Wandering
A man who was found wandering about on Saturday in Flinders-lane, and admitted to the Melbourne Hospital, suffering from loss of memory, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
THE interest centred in the west front is keener than for a long time. This has always been the theatre of the war from which would come the deciding blow in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes
Mrs. Perry, of Gundy, has been officially notified thai her husband, Sergeant H. D, Ferry, is returning to Australia, Sergeant Ferry, who has seen much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News
Reported that peace negotiations between Russia and Central Powers. have been broken off owing to the German attitude in regard to Po[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's Mighty Effort. Men, Money, War Machines, and War Material
On April 6 the President's signature completed one of the decisive acts of all history. The United States had entered the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost of War. an Enormous Sum
Up to the 1st August last the cost of the war to all the belligerents of America, was reckoned at approximately £2,000,000,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After the War. Labour Designs. London
The Labour party has lssued a draft report outlining Its .policy or after-war reconstruetion, which will be Considered by the'Party Conference in Juno. It says that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Western Front. Lessons of Cambrai
Mr. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," says that the lesson of Cambrai has been of the greatest value to the British command. Ludendord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Situation. ?British Expert's View. London, Wednesday Night
General Maurice, Director of Military Operations, in his weekly review, after stating that the enemy s efforts to get the ridge on the right flunk of the Cambrai battle…
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