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

The wars & local soldiers, 1909

68 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Aerial Navigation. If War Should Come

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 6

It is, perhaps, not without significance that we should all of us been "sleeping quietly in our beds" when M. Biceriot swooped out of mid-air on the…

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The War with Cancer. Is Victory at Hand?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 6

In consequence of some important work which has now been begun and is being continued in Germany (writes a London "Mail" correspondent), the time…

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Aeroplane in War, Etc

Western Champion · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 7

The Wright brothers, in a talk about the future of the aeroplane, have stated that they believe the air machine will not only be developed as a vehicle of sport,…

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Army Officers' Duel. Both Wounded

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 3

Two army captains fought a duel with swords for twenty-three minutes in eight engagements this morning (wired the Paris correspondent of the "Daily…

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Canada and America. Impossibility of War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

The "Toronto Globe," in an article dealing with the defence of Canada says:—"The notion that Canada is in need of defences along her 3000 miles…

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Lessons of the War. Importance of the Bayonet

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

Mr Taft, Secretary for War, in the United States, having referred to the General Staff the question of the style of bayonet which should boused in…

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Modern War. Some of Its Exigencies

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 4

More than once in the "Daily Mail" during the past few weeks I have suggested that the British public have little knowledge of the exigencies of…

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War

Western Champion · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 8

The cava[?]ry rode in first. Thery might have been down from the clouds with the last drops fo rain, so sudden was their appearance. The men were very wolfish…

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