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

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

150 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 8

Land of Morroco. Holy War Crusade

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 9

The risks of a holy war in Morocco are now so imminent that a few facts upon the administration and physical character of the country may not be…

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Old Soldier Honored. Recognition Op 66 Years' Service

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

Sergeant-Major Robert E[?]ott, of Octavia street, Battersea, who claims the longest continuous service of any man. still serving in the Army, has been the…

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Bishop Long on War. a New Year's Sermon

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

A sermon delivered last Sunday night by Bishop Long of Bathurst, in St. Barnabas' Church, South Bathurst, has attracted general…

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Race War in America. Martial Law in Oklahoma

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 3

It is seldom that many days elapse in the United States without the embers of the racial strife which is always existing between whites and…

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Spoils of War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 4

A company of the 3rd African French Battalion stationed at Ker (Tunis) has just enjoyed the most gigantic omelette ever made. At the request of the farmers in the…

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War for Warmth

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

There are various ways of keeping one[?] from becoming [?] by the cold, but perhaps not the least remarkable is that adopted by two soldiers of the first…

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A War Photographer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

A war photographer must have the nerve of a soldier. James Ricalton, who is described in Richard Barry's "Port Arthur" as an "obscure great man," has…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

From New York [?] correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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Aviation in War

Forbes Times · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 5

An aviator with the Italians at Tobruk, in Tripoli, flew over the Turkish lines and dropped bombs into their ranks. The Turks replied…

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Peace aud War. Curious Views

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4

A good deal has been [?]that the present war followed so quickly upon the slops of the Peace Conference at The Hague. Unfortunately this is no…

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Rose Water War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

A very charming method of making war, remarks a writer in "St. James's Budget," has been discovered by a Hungarian. He has invented a shell which…

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"War" in the Rockies. Where Women Shoot. to Guard Their Rights

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

Another " war" in the Rockies (writes the "Daily Mail" on 7th December) is threatened by Mr Roosevelt's despatch yesterday of…

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The Cost of War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 3

The "Army and Navy Gazette" calls attention very appropriately to this subject. The war of 1870-71 cost France 12 milliards of francs,…

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Mr Shaw on the Book War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

Mr Kipling's idea is that Mr Moberly Bell will gradually ruin all the booksellers, extinguish nil the libraries, and buy up all the newspapers in England…

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For the Service. He Is Intended. a Soldier's Letter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 4

A gentleman, evidently a soldier, writes in the London "Daily Mail" under the signature of "i," which is admittedly an unkniwn quantity:—…

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Snakes As War Weapons

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 3

When Hannibal, the great Carthaginian, was fighting Eumenes of Pergamos with a fleet of very inferior strength he hit upon an artifice which would scarcely be…

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The Fate of a War Balloon

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

During the siege of Paris in the France-German war no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this number only two "came to grief." One…

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Souvenirs of War. The Marechale MacMahon

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

The marriage of Mme. de MacMahon, who died the other day in Paris, was a made-up one. Her uncle was, in the early years of MacMahon's career in Algeria, his…

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The Suppression of War. a Medical Congress

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

The war in the Far East, with its attendant horrors, suggested to Dr. J. Riviere, editor of the Paris "Journal et Annales de Physicotherapie," and several…

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In Case of War. the Anglo-french Alliance. How It Would Act

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

In an article entitled " The Advantages of the Alliance with England," the " France Militaire" says that in case of war England could render…

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