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

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

849 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 43

The New Battle Front. Allies Repulse Germans Prince Louis of Ligne Wounded. Sydney, Tuesday 1.50 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 14

It is officially announced at Bordeaux that a general action has taken place between the Germans and the Allies. The scene of the fighting…

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"K of K." Britain's War Lord. a Study of Earl Kitchener

Western Champion · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 28

Though it is seldom that the true proportions of a man's greatness are appreciable by his own countrymen and contemporaries, it is often…

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A Comparison. the War of 1870 and That of To-day

Western Champion · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 7

The Franco-Prussian War began in the last week of July, 1870. The present war began in the last week of July, 1914…

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The War Allies Great Victory. British Crush Enemy's Right. Imperial Guard Decimated. Further Austrian Losses. Germans Streaming From Liege. Sydney, Wednesday 7.30 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 15

It is officially announced at Boulogne that the Allies had a great victorly at Crecy and Surbise, fifteen miles north of Paris…

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The British Soldier in War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

MAKING due allowance for exultant feeling exhibited in hysterical cables, as much to be deprecated as the silly, vulgar swank…

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War "Specials."

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

A number of townspeople have re[?]usitioned this paper to supply them with war news as it comes to hand. They are paying 1/- per week each for…

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A War Tax

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

In the West Australian Parliament, the Premier moved a War Tax Bill, to provide for a tax of 1 per cent. on over £100 and soon, to 14 per cent…

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The War. Germany's Savagery. London

Forbes Times · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Sheffield in connection with the recruiting, said that a day of reckoning will come, when Germany…

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The War. [Cables Since Last Issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

IT is officially announced that a big engagement is in progress along the line from Meaux to Verdun. The allies compelled the enemy to retreat, they…

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The War. Remarkable Russian Re-inforcing. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 3

A Russian army of 72,000 was transported last week from Archangel, Russia's northern seaport in the White Sea, to ports in Scotland…

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The War. (Earlier cables on another page). Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 9

The latest news from the front states the Allies have forced back the Germans twelve miles. It is officially announced that the…

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The War Allies on Top. Germans Retreating From France. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 3

It is officially stated in Paris that the left wing of the Allies, of which the British form the centre, is making progress without much opposition…

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Home-Sewing in War-Time. a Free Pattern Catalogue of 250 DESIGNS

Forbes Times · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 8

In these days of war and anxiety countless women throughout Australasia are industriously making clothes for themselves and the…

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The War To-day's Wires How Things Fare in Germany. Kaiser "Haggard and Worn." Great Four Days' Battle. Sydney, Friday, 10 a.m

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

An official report from Bordeaux states there are indications that the Germans are retreating along the whole line…

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The War. Day by Day. Allies' Left Wing Falls Back. German Corps Broken. French Fleet in Action. Russians Take 70,000 PRISONERS. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 7

The Allies' left wing has fallen back towards the south-west in consequence of the continuation of the German enveloping movement…

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War Food Fund

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

The following letter has been received from the Produce and Dairy Sections War Food Fund, which is under the contol of the Sydney…

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The War. Great Russian Victories London

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

Thousands of deserters from the Austrian army are in Roumanian territory, which may be accepted as an indication that disaffection amongst…

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The War Sydney, Wednesday. 250,000 Russians in France

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4

The following cable message, dated London, Tuesday night, has been received from Sir George Reid:—…

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Soldiers' Comforts Dance

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

The Social in aid of the Wyalong Branch of the Red Cross Society, held in Robinson's Hall on Tuesday night, was a very successful…

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Drought and War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 4

OUT of the melting put of war Australia must come purer metal and stronger than before the European trouble forced her…

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