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

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The War Deaths at Sea. Expeditionary Force Wednesday morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 4

Privates H. V. Kendall and J. S. Lowe, of New South Wales, and F. Courteney, and C. W.Power, West Australia, died at sea…

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Tanned Sheepskin Clothing. For Our Soldiers at the Front

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 4

The Tanned Sheepskin Clothing Committee draw attention to the fact that at the European winter is near at hand, it is important to…

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General War News

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

Sergeant Harry Burton, of London (Ontario), who recently returned from England, asserts that he saw a Belgian boy there whose arms were…

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The War Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

General de Wet, accompanied by six of his men, crossed the Vaal river last night. After the remnants of his commando had been beaten…

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The War. [Cables since last issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

Speaking in the House of Lords, the Earl of Meath hinted that a German minefield off the north-east coast of Ireland had…

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The War Is Germany Exhausted? Enemys Retreat Predicted. Sydney, Friday, 4 p.m

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

It is reported in West Flanders that an impression exists among the officers and men in the trenches that the German attack has spent itself,…

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The War Sultan's Life Attempted. Fall of Prezmysl Imminent. Sydney, Monday, 2. p.m

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 3

It is reported that an attempt has been made to assassinate the Sultan of Turkey. As a consequence, arrests are being made daily…

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Sheepskins for the Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

We understand that the managers of the local, branches of the Bank of New South Wales and Commercial Bank have received a circular in…

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Broula War News

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

A correspondent writes from Bronla under date of Monday, November 16th, 8 p.m.:—Rumours of an engagement which nearly ended in a serious disaster…

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"Go to the War."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

In an interview with some unemployed from Broken Hill the Minister for Works bluntly stated that single men who could not get work…

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The War. London

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 3

The wounded and survivors of the recant engagement between the Emden and Sydney, have been landed at Colombo…

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The War Wednesday Morning, 25-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 6

The British fleet, bombarded Zeebrugge, causing a great fire. The Germans battery fired on the warships, but were soon put out of…

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The War Russians Driven Back 50 Miles. Friday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

General Hendenberg's array has pushed the wedge into the Russian centre, driving the Russians back 50 miles from the frontier…

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The War Day by Day. Thursday Morning, 19-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

Direct communication between Holland and Berlin has been suddenly interrupted. This is interpreted to mean that a great movement of…

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The War Day by Day Friday Evening, 20-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

General Von Hindenberg's army pushed a wedge into the German centre driving the Russians back 50 miles from the frontier. The…

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The War Day by Day. Monday Morning, 23-11-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 8

The Italian Ambassadors stationed in London, Paris and Petrograd are proceeding to Rome to confer with the Italian Government relative to…

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Laws of War. What Civilisation Demands. "Cultured" Germans Don't Always Obey

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 4

What does being in a state of war with another country-involve? What are the laws of modern warfare? What are the rights of private citizens? These important…

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General War the Tennessee Incident. America Urged to Take Action. Washington, Friday Night

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 1

Ex-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in an address before the Republican Club criticised the acts of the administration in connection with the…

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War and the Woman. Book Ii. the Players. Chapter I. a Race for an Emperor. I.

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 4

THERE were two yachts on the Adriatic Sea waiting for an emperor. One lay in the harbor of Fiume; the other at Trieste. The emperor himself…

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Soldiers Sheepskin Clothing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 11

A committee has been formed in Sydney for the purpose of obtaining sheepskin vests for our men at the front. The movement is an…

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