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

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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War Secretary's Joke

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 9

Sir W. Byles asked in Parliament why troops took part, in a welcome to Lord Roberts at Leeds, when the visit was undertaken to promote a controversial political object (national service) opposed to the policy of the…

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The Horrors of War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 10

The "Times" prints a hitherto unpublished letter written by the late Lord Wolseley to Mr. James Baker, author and journalist, in acknowledge…

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Marvels of Europe's War Machinery. and Glamouring for More

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 3

At the present time it may be investing to get a brief and clear view of the vast war machine of Europe which is ready at any moment, should…

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War Cloud Looming

Western Champion · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 14

Bulgaria has declined the Czar's invitation to a conference, and insists upon the maintenance of the anti-war treaty, with a preliminary condition…

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Soldiers in the Making Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 2

Through Australia to-day there will be a forward move in the compulsory defence scheme. All lads born in 1895 are now due to take,…

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Soldier with Axe. Wrecks Railway Station

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 9

A private of the Welsh Regiment, named Cox; escaped from the guard-room at Bordon Camp, Hampshire, where he was awaiting court-martial, and lay hidden-for a day in a small wood between the camp and the railway…

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Latest Cablegrams. Latest War News. London

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 4

The Servian army is reported to have crossed the frontier and is marching on Sofia. The Servians drove the Bulgarians right through…

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Soldiers' Chances in Battle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 7

From the official list concerned with the statistics of the war of 1870, it is possible, says the "Hamburger Nachricten, to estimate the…

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Latest Cablegrams. the Horrors of War. London

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 4

Authentic information from Vienna indicates that Bulgaria's situation is grave. Her armies are retreating before the Greeks and Servians,…

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King Among Soldiers. Reviews Veterans of Old Regiment Testing the New Rifle. Gallops with Princess Victoria

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 9

The King, accompanied by the Queen, Princess Mary, and Princess Victoria, spent Whitsun among his soldiers at Aldershot, watching the smart work of the Regulars for…

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Bees As Messengers in War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 2

It is being urged as a practical plan that bees be used to carry messages in time of war, instead of carrier pigeons. By the aid of photography it is now…

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Latest War News. Bulgarians' Barbarity. London

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1913 · page 2

A war Correspondent declares it is almost impossible to exaggerate the Bulgarians barbarity towards the inhabitants of Seres. He adds that the…

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Cost of War

Western Champion · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 26

Colonel Kenke, of the German Great General Staff, a well-known authority on war and economics, publishes in the General Staff quarterly a…

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Cable Clipping. Three Soldiers Stabbed

Western Champion · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 34

A serious disturbance took place at Seattle on Friday. A woman agitator was talking at a street corner to a group of Women Industrial Workers…

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Soldier and Sailor. Two Strings to Her Bow. a "Good Sheet."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 3

Meeting by chance, a soldier and an ex-naval engineer discovered that they had been courting the same young woman unknown to each other. There was a sequel at the Marylebone Police Court, London, when Frank…

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Random Readings. the Kaiser As A' Soldier

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 7

How personal is the interest the Kaiser takes in his great army is shown in an article by Baron von Dewitz in "Munsey's Magazine," from which we…

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Frenchwomen in War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 9

Madame Jane Dieulafoy has (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express") addressed a letter to the Minister for War begging, him to grant her the privilege of being the first woman to participate in national…

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Strikers and Soldiers

Western Champion · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 9

Further serious rioting has occurred in Milan, where the general strike organised by the syndicalists is now in progress. The disturbances…

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Things Forbidden in War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

It is not generally reahsed that the game of war is hedged round by as many restrictions as a boxing contest under Queensberry rules. These…

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Undocked Army Horses. War Office Supports Humane Campaign

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 10

Colonel Seely stated in Parliament that as few docked horses as possible were purchased, for the army and an Order had been issued that from three years after this date no docked horses will be purchased by the military…

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