Wonderful Escape. Soldiers Who Defied Bullets
There is a story told of an old veteran of the First Napoleon who lived until 1865 in the French village of Savary, and who owned a wooden leg, a wooden arm, a glass eye, a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
849 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 33 of 43
The War the Vistula Retreat Fighting in Flanders. Rebels at Rondefontein. Sydney, Thursday 7.40 a.m
A naval squadron, in conjunction with land forces, bombarded Neiuport and two German batteries were silenced. The warships withdrew after…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The War Renewed Fighting Along Yser. Bombardment of Libau. Big Russo-german Battle Impending. Sydney, Friday 7.30 a.m
Fighting has been renewed along the Yser between Neiuport and Dixmude. The Germans are making a new effort to cross the river…
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"The burning of the Cathedral (Reims) is a useless act of barbarism, a lunatic outburst of wounded vanity and curbed pride. In 1870 Queen Victoria…
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A British patrol vessel has rammed and sunk a German submarine off the Scottish coast. Turkish forces at the head of the…
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A British patrol vessel same a German submarine off the Scottish coast. The crew were rescued by British blue jackets…
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Snow is falling heavily in Northern France and Belgium, impeding operations. Ypres violently bombarded on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Edinburgh in War Tine. Germany's "Fixed Post."
Edinburgh is very near the seat of war. Leith is about 30 hours' vogage from Antwerp, within the sound of the German guns, and that fact might be quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edinburgh in War Time. Germany's "Fixed Post."
Edinburgh is very near the seat of war. Leith is about 30 hours' vogage from Antwerp, within the sound of the German guns, and that fact might be quite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Prospects. an Englishman's Point of View
Mr C. G. Cooper, of Clifton, near Bristol, England, writes most interestingly concerning the war to his. son, Mr T. M'K. Cooper, of Forbes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Union Jack at Basrah Sydney
It is officially reported that the Union Jack has been hoisted at Basrah, on the Persian Gulf, the British victory being acclaimed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Carnage Near Nancy. "The Hole of Death."
A force of 3000 French infantry held a village near Nancy against 12,000 Germans, who sowed the place with 4000 shells in three days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Wires a Prisoner of War. Sydney
Eberhard Focke, late German Consul at Wellington, N.Z., has been arrested, and detained as a prisoner of war, on the ground that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Remarkable Prophecy the War of 1914 Predicted in 1854
This prophecy, made ab Mayenee, announces the Fall of Germany and of Austria-Hungary in 1914. There is in Germany a famous prophecy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War [?]Mden Fight. [?]Nded at Colombo. [?]teresting Story. Sydney
[?]tement was shown at [?] the landing of the men [?]ney, who were wounded [?] engagement with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War How the Sydney Won "Went So Fast You Could Not See Her
Just after going to press on Tuesday last we received the information that the H.M.A.S. Sydney had arrived at Colombo with her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers for the Front
Sub-Inspector Whitfield has kindly supplied the names of the following volunteers for the front, in addition to the names already published:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mocking the Australian Soldier
Recently some members of D Company were returning from a patrol by a route which led them past the German Glub (says the Herbershoe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wounded Vanity
"The burning of the Cathedral (Reims) is a useless act of barbarism, a lunatic outburst of wounded vanity and curbed pride. In 1870 Queen Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Wounded Killed
Paris, Tuesday.—A German aeroplane dropped a bomb at Baillieu and killed three British wounded, who were in an…
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