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

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

117 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 6

How I Train My War Dogs

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 8

Perhaps the article among a galaxy of splendid articles in this month's "Peanson's Magazine" is a paper by Major E. H- Richardson, F.Z.S., on the…

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The Empress Eugenie and the War of 1870

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

Eugenie, we are told, was all-powerful at the Tuileries; her phlegmatic husband was in constant fear of her turbulent temper. He was willing, it was said, to set…

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What the War Was About. Little Things That Have Led to Big Battles

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

What are they fighting about? That is a question that could be truthfully answered, in nine wars out of ten, by some variation of…

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The War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

It is expected that the Balkan allies will consent to mediation but will insist upon an indemnity from Turkey…

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Our Citizen Soldiers

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 19

The Parkes contingent of the Citizen Forces, numbering 22, left for the encampment at Liverpool on Friday last, under the immediate command of…

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An Incident of the War

Western Champion · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 9

The Greek soldiers at the front in the Balkan Peninsula are a motley crowd. Numbers of them have been fish and oysters sellers in Australia,…

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Mrs Jelland. Her Welcome Home. the "Lady Bountiful."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

In the picturesque little Bedfordshire village of Potton, a lady with trembling hands and tearful eyes sat looking yesterday, March 28th, from the windows of…

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Press in War Time. Functions and Responsibilities?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 10

A war correspondent operates merely at the front, or as near as he can get to it, and only after hostilities have actually begun. He has it in his power…

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Cost of Italy's War. £30,000,000 Required

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 10

The Italian Minister of Finance presented yesterday to Parliament [?] detailed report on the financial situation, showing that the…

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Soldiers and Liquor

Western Champion · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 14

The military camp at Gawler, South Australia, where 1600 men, mostly raw soldiers, are under canvas, is not proving a complete success from a…

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Soldier's End

Western Champion · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 11

A sad story was disclosed at the inquiry at Melbourne on Saturday touching the death of a man between 50 and 53 years of age, whose name was…

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Spray. a Ruse of War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

It is not always policy to acknowledge a defeat. A little coolness at the critical moment sometimes caves the day, as it the case described in Mr. Ripley's "Story…

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A Quaker Soldier Who Would Not Fight

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 6

When the question of courage is once settle, it hardly makes a difference what kind it is, whether it is on the battlefield or in the tent. In 1861 (says…

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Balkan War. London

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

Turkish General Staff fired the barracks at Adrianople, spiked their guns and blew up Maray bridge. Bulgarians fired 30 batteries for three…

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Aeroplanes in War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

Colonel Cody has invented a method of destroying Zeppelin air ships by aeroplanes equipped with fire bombs. The aeroplanes are equipped with steel hawsers bearing…

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"Silent Doctor." Butcher and Soldier. Big Colliery Practice

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 10

More details of the extraordinary career of the man calling himself Richard Henry Barber, but whose real name is said to be Harry Virtue, were…

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A Bloody War. London

Forbes Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

Bulgaria lose during the war in killed and wounded 84,000 men, Servia 22,000, Greece 11,000, and Montenegro 6,000…

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No War This Year. Remarkable Analysis of European Situation

Forbes Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 4

"There can be no doubt that there is at the present moment a good deal of uneasiness among thinking men in England in regard…

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The Balkan War, an Ultimatum The Powers Move London

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 3

The Powers have sent Montenegro an ultimatum to withdraw from Scutari, otherwise they will[?]iland tropps at Antwari, Dulcigno, and San Giovani…

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A Weird War Story

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 6

A weird story is told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Rifles who was wounded and disabled on the slope. A sergeant of the regiment lay…

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