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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

136 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 7

War Talk in Germany

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 6

The threats of a simultaneous war with France and England, which are so openly made in the press of the latter country, need cause no alarm in…

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An Army's Jam. Soldier's Coffee When Fighting

Western Champion · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 13

An interested listener when the Wa Stores Commission was sitting on to 26th of July, in the Lord Chaueelinr Court, was Viscount Kuntsford…

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Balloons and War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 4

Experiments are being made in France to ascertain the uses to which balloons may be put in time of war. A steerable balloon hag been used,…

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A Soldier's Revenge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 3

During the South African war the censor-ship of. soldiers' letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always sent an account of the doings of the regiment, which account was…

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Butcher's Bill of WAR

Western Champion · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 20

Dr. Louis Elkind has an interesting article in the "North American Refield." His conclusions bear out view" on Losses on the…

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Famous Soldier's Suicide. I Colonel Wardrop, C.b. Distinguished Career

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 7

Formerly an officer in the 12th Lancers, Colonel Frederick Meyer Wardrop, C.B., was found dead at his home, 10 Sussex square, W., and at the inquest…

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Russian Horrors. General Strike in Russia. Three Hundred Killed and Wounded. a Rabbi Burned to Death

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

The incend[?] and [?] at Vladivostok was begun by reservists, who were dissatisfied with not being disbanded. The part of the town has been burnt…

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A Soldier's Foolish Act

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 7

Durban William Frederick Cooper, 26, a sergeant in the Army Service Corps, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court on September 14th, for shooting…

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Heroes Begging . Pitiable Plight of Wounded Russians

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" wrote at the end of August:—There is great and growing…

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In Love and War. Chapter I.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 4

It was Sunday night. The service over, the congregation was slowly dispersing, and the last notes of the organ were still reverberating on the air. The…

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The Soldier's Lot. Mr Forster's Bright Picture. a New Era

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 4

Mr Arnold-Forster, Secretary of State for War, who at Norwich laid the foundation stone of new cavalry barracks to be built there, was entertained at a…

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A Fish War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1905 · page 3

No doubt shoals of herrings, garfish, and other small species are often attacked by kingfish, salmon, and other foes, but generally at some…

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A Brave Soldier's End

Western Champion · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 22

Regarding the death of Trooper James Finnegau, who enlisted from Forbes with the Australian Bushmen, and was killed at Valkfontein, near…

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Basque Soldiers Used the First Bayonet

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 3

It is not generally known that the British bayonet, feared the world over, is not an English invention, but comes from France. was one of those numerous instances of…

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The Ancient Roman Declaration of War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 5

Ultimatums and declarations of war being very much discussed just at present, it may be appropriate to recall the ceremonial which was observed in the days of the…

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Gallant Little Soldiers We. a Drill Song for Children

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 5

Gallant little soldiers we, Ready for the mimic fray, Disciplined and twined, you see, Smart and trim, in bright array…

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