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

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

2,211 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 111

A Soldier

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

"Kneeling by a wounded soldier in a little tent lighted by a candle flickering in the wind, the chaplain was addressed thus: 'Am I dying, sir [?]…

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War Horses

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 16

Messrs. Moore, Brooke and Co., auctioneers, Forbes, will have a buyer operating for Government war horses at the following centres on…

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The War Food Fund

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 21

The secretary of the Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative of a gift…

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Iodine for Wounded. Austrian Aeroplanes at Antivari. Use of Neutral Flag. Sydney, Tuesday 9.8 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 9

Ten thousand iodine outfits have been ordered by the New Zealand troops in Egypt, at a cost of £450. It is suggested that the Australian…

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The War the Toll of War. the Casualty List. All Quiet on the Canal. Sydney, Tuesday 1.32 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 21

It is officially announced that the British casualties since the commencement of the war up to February 4th, have been 104,000. The Germaa…

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The Russian Advance. Affairs in the East. German Socialists for War. Sydney, Thursday 9 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 21

The Petrograd correspondent of the 'Morning Post" says that the Russians are firmly holding their own in East Prussia, and are…

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The War Heavy Fighting Carpathians. the Turks Make a Feeble Effort. Five Hundred Rebels Surrender. Sydney, Friday 9.10 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 9

The battle in the Borgimoff district continues with una[?]cated violence. The fighting in the Carpathians is…

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British Wounded. Sixty Per Cent Recover

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

Mr Asquith states that 60 per cent, of the wounded men belonging to the expeditionary force have recovered. The British Government is…

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War Winner

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4
Also in Forbes Times

"The side which can raise the last hundred millions is going to win."— Mr. Lloyd George…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 1

The German newspapers are astounded at neutral nations condemning the proposed blockade…

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Latest War News Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

The Wilhelmina put into Falmouth, and is badly damaged. One wave struck the vessel with such force that those on board thought…

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The War. [Cables since last issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

Neutral countries are exchanging pourparlers concerning Germany's blockade threat. The German memorandum declared…

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The War Inferno of Shells. the Great Yser Battle

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

A "Daily Mail" correspondent has written a detailed story of the great battle of the Yser at the end of October, when out of 150,000 the…

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The War Desperate Germany. "Death to the Kaiser!" Hungary Wants Peace. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

A prominent politician in Rome received a letter from a friend in Berlin, who, on the inside of the envelope, in invisible ink, wrote:—"The…

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The War Russia's Bill of Costs. Australian Meat Surplus. Wanted by Britain. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

The war is costing Russia £1,400,000 daily. The French have captured an important hill dominating the whole region…

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British Soldiers. German Officer's Admissions

Forbes Times · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

An editor of the 'Berliner Tageblatt,' who is taking part in the battle in Flanders, as an officer of the Reserve, has sent a letter to his paper, in which he…

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WAR. Official CasualtiEs. Tuesday, 3 p.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4

It is officially announced that the British casualties since the commencement of the war up to the 4th February were 104,000. The…

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Notes on the War. The Bad Man at the Front

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 2

Something is said about tha weeding-o[?]t of "undesirable"—drunks and gamblers, and soldiers who howl at night, and fellows who haunt the back streets of Cairo…

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