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

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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De Wet Wounded. German Attacks Fail. Heavy Rain Contines. Sydney, Wednesday 1.28

Western Champion · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 18

General De Wet is reported to have been wounded during the fighting in South Africa. A violent bombardment has been…

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The War German Victory Over Russians. Outposts Isolated by Floods Allied Warships Bombard Bruges Canal. Sydney, Thursday 9 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 17

The Germans claim a great victory for General Hinderberg over the Russians in East Prussia. The streets of Berlin were decorated is…

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The War Died at Sea. Awful German Losses. Part of Cracow Invested. British Defeat Turks. Sydney, Wednesday 7.55 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 18

Privates H. V. Kendall and J. S. Lowe, of the New South Wales Expeditionary force died at sea. The "Daily Mail' 'correspondent…

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The War Efforts Against Allies Ineffectual. the Russian Bar Still Plodding On. Plot to Dynamite Suez Canal Sydney, Friday 7.35 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 4

The enemy continues their efforts against the Allies in Northern France without result. Their counter attack on Lombraitzyde has been…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

The search for survivors from the cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth has been abandoned The cruiser Glasgow has…

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Problem of the Wounded Australian Field Hospital

Forbes Times · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 8

A "Times" correspondent in the North of France reports that the problem in the treatment of the wounded is to solve the question of…

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Kaiser's Personal Appeal. Battle in Northern France. De Wet Wounded

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

Sydney, Wednesday, 4 p.m. The Germans have been compelled to evacuate their trenches at Nieuport, owing to floods…

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War Puzzles Made Plain

Forbes Times · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 8

To the reader who likes to get an answer to the queries that arise daily from the war news we strongly recommend the four sixpenny…

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The War Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

Fighting has been renewed along the Yser, between Nieuport and Dixmude. The Germans are making a new…

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General War News. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

A detachment of 80 British soldiers became isolated in a wood near Ypres, and bivouacked there for the night. At daybreak a German force…

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The War. Death of Lord Roberts

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

London, Saturday.—It is officially announced that Earl Roberts is dead. At the time of his death he was on a visit to France, where had gone to…

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The War the Kaiser. Anxious and Taciturn

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday, 4 p.m. The Kaiser has returned to Kol [?]. He appears anxious and taci[?]n…

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War Costs England £1,000,000 Daily Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 6

Mr. Asquith, in asking for a £,000,000 war issue in the Commons, said that the cost of the war to England was between…

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The War Handsome Buccaneer. Von Muller Half English. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

The R.M.S. Malwa arrived at Fremantle yesterday morning. Her passengers were not acquainted with the news of the defeat of the Emden…

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The Forbes Advocate Friday, November 20, 1914. Current Topics. War Horses

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

In to-day's issue Messrs Moore, Brooke & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, in conjunction with Messrs Samuels and Moulder, Condobolin, advertise a…

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The War Germans Claim Victory. Against the Russians. Sydney, Thursday, 10 a.m

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 3

The Bank of England has practically guaranteed that war loan stock will not fall below 95. The Germans claim a great victory…

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To-day's Wires Britain's Credit. War Loan Over-subscribed Earl Roberts' Funeral. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

Thousands of Germans have been buried at Namur. Many were only partly covered, and their protruding limbs present a ghastly spectacle…

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Plight of Wounded

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 1

Rotterdam newspapers announce that many trainloads of wounded are passing towards Germany from the western front. It is reported…

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War Puzzles Made Plain

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 5

To the reader who likes to get an answer to the queries that arise daily from the war news we strongly recommend the four sixpenny…

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General War Notes. a Million More Men War Vote of £225,000,000

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 1

The House of Commons on Monday agreed to a war vote of £225,000,000, and also to the provision of another million men for…

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