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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 2 of 111

The War the Formidable Disaster. Russians Pouring Into Hungary. Sultan Leaving Constantinople. Attack on Egypt Abandoned. Prisoners Held by Germany. Sydney, Monday 7.20 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 19

Two hundred and one were rescued from the Formidable. Many of the survivors died from exhaustion. The explosion occurred at 2 o'clock…

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Motor-cycle in War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4
Also in Forbes Times

For the first time in the history of the world the motor-cycle may be called upon to take no unimportant part in what may prove to be the greatest…

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Off to the War

Forbes Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. "Snow" Nelson, who is now in camp at Liverpool as a volunteer for the war, wrote his father, Mr. A. D. H. Nelson, yesterday as…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

The Vatican is without information concerning the arrest of Cardinal Mercier by the Germans. In Vatican circles the opinion is that…

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The War. Battleship Sunk. London

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 11

The battleship Formidable was sunk in the Channel yesterday morning, but whether by mine or submarine is not yet certain…

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The War. [Cables since last issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The fighting at Carnay near Mulhausen has been formidable. The roar of the guns has been unceasing for three days. The valleys are filled with…

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The War the Formidable. Story of the Disaster. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

When the explosion occurred on H.M.S. Formidable, a missile missed the magazine by ten feet. It entered the dynamo room, and rendered…

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Battle of the Unseen. a soldier at the front writes:—

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 11

"The trenches are awful places. [?]our feet deep in water. Imagine an incessant drizzle of fine rain and acres of ploughed fields averaging a foot…

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War Code Telecrams

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

With the outbreak of war all kinds of messages are naturally sent in code or cypher, and present very puzzling cryptograms. The ordinary solver of…

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Italy's War Loan

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

Rome, Tuesday.—The war loan has been over-subscribed…

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The War. London

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Earl Crewe in the House of Lords stated it was the Admiralty's definite opinion that the Formidable was struck by two torpedoes from a submarine…

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The Laws of War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Even in war there is a method of "playing the game," and there are certain things formulated by military law, written or unwritten, among civilised…

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General War Notes. In Africa. British Bombardment

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

Two British warships bombarded Dar-es-Salam, in German East Africa, and disabled all the enemy's shipping. Fourteen Europeans and…

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America and the War. The Contraband Question

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

The Government has decided to certify as to the exact contents of American cargoes before leaving port. This is expected to simplify…

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The War Cardinal Mercier Arrested. The Pastoral Letter. Wednesday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The Ge mans have arrested Cardinal Mercier at Malines. The Germans were angry at the Cardinal's recent pronouncement, and…

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After Steinbach. Germans Shoot Irresolute Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans shot 30 of the Landsturm in the public square at Steinbach because they were irresolute…

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Latest War News Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

A report has been received at Buenos Ayres that the German cruiser, Von der Tann. was sunk by a British warship. The Von…

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The War. [Cables since last issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The Turks suffered appalling losses during the fighting around Sarykamish-Ardahan. An army corps, fleeing from the frontier, is still losing…

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The Next Ally China and the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 1

In the Herald recently it was stated, according to Berliner Tageblatt that China would be Germany's next ally. It was also said that, doubtless, German secret…

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