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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 28 of 43

The War. Further Severe Fighting. Naval Battle off the South American Coast. H.M.S. "Monmouth" Lost. 1500 Germans Killed at Pervyse. Germans Establishing a Naval Base at Zeehrugge. The Allies Capture Ranscapelee. Appalling Losses on Both Sides. London

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 3

The New York "Herald" correspondent at Valpariso describing a naval battle off the South American coast says the British fought…

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"War Illustrated"

Forbes Times · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

Pictures of the great war couvey a vivid impression of the terrible happenings in Europe during the struggle now in progress. It seems…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

There has been three days' fighting at Ypres. The carnage is fearful. The British bayonetted their…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The British patrols are within three miles of Bruges. The Germans have removed their heavy guns from various strategical…

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The Fleet in the War Our "Silent Victory."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

THE sounds of battle arising loudly from the fair fields of France have dulled the public sense to a full recognition of the…

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The War Tsing-tau Taken. Germans Surrender. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

It is officially stated that Tsingtau has surrendered. General Youshimi led several companies of Japanese Engineers…

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The War Round Ypres. Germans Absolutely Beaten. Casualties 100,000. Sydney, Monday, 2.30 p.m

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 3

Twice the Germans broke through to the south-east of Ypres, only to be [?]ung back again. Whole columns of the Germans were wiped out, the…

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The War To Blow Up Suez Canal Contemplated Raid on London Sydney, Sat., 9.30 a.m

Forbes Times · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

The Allies have progressed slightly east of Nieuport, on the right bank of the Yser. The German attacks were…

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Letters to the Editor. The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents Winter Clothing for Our Soldiers. To the Editor

Forbes Times · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

Sir,—Mrs. Langtree and Mrs. Arthur Onslow are making and collecting warm shirts, socks, mittens and caps to send to the…

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Winter Clothing for Our Soldiers the 4Th Battalion

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

Mrs Langtree and Mrs Arthur Onslow are making and collecting warm shirts, socks, mittens, and caps to send to the men of…

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The War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 6

How the war keeps calling Our bravest arid, our best ! Leaving wives and sweethearts And patents sore distress'd;…

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The Dogs of War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 4

"The dogs of war have been unleashed," said a man reading the war bulletins--and when he made the remark perhaps he little knew how very true this statement was…

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War and the Woman. III.--Continued

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 4

They had told him that John Faber was tall and Saxon-haired--a cheery, businesslike, unobtrusive fellow, very generous, farseeing beyond his epoch. He had founded…

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Europe's Past War Lord. Napoleon in Defeat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 3

Napoleon fled from Waterloo aghast. He left his army without counsel or direction. It was a characteristic course, characteristic alike of his almost brutal…

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The War Wednesday Morning. 11-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 6

The Minister for Defence has received a message from the Commander in Chief of the China Station, to the effect that the Austrailian…

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War in Naked Horror. Stories From the Front

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 4

The two sides of the war--stories of its terrors and its picturesqueness--are graphically portrayed in messages from special correspondents of the Times. How the…

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The War Japanese Sink the Konisberg. Friday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

It is unofficially announced that Japanese war-ships sank the German cruiser Konigsburg in the Indian Ocean…

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The War by Wire. Tuesday, Morning; 10-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 12

It is estimated that the enemy's losses in Poland during recent fighting were. 300,000. The Kaiser, much affected by…

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The War (By Wire.) Saturday Afternoon, 7-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 12

It is estimated that the Germans lost 50,000 at the,battle of Yser. The Germans in the trenches had thrown out corpses in order to make…

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The War Day by Day Thursday Morning 5.11.14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

A squadron of the enemy's ships tired on the gunboat Ha[?]eyon near Calais, then retreated British cruisers were unable to bring about…

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