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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 9 of 111

The War Wednesday, 3-2-15

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

A Reported air raid on London has proved to he unfounded. Germany has abandoned all hope of keeping Italy and Roumania out…

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WAR German Leader's Death. Saturday, 9 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

The "Courant" says that Colonel von Seydebrack, commander of the German South-west African troops, died of wounds, caused by…

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The War. Germans using a Hew Missile. London

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

The Germans are using a new missile about the size of a champagne bottle. It is supposed to be filled with liquid air or liquid carbonic acid. They are…

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The War Day by Day. Monday, 1-2-15

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 8

A German submarine torpedoed and sank three coasting steamers in the Irish Sea on Saturday. All the crews were rescued. Another…

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The War Day by Day Thursday Morning, 28-1-15

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

During the attack on Yivehchy, 25,000 men on each side were engaged. The Germans advanced in a dense mass. For a while they…

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Soldiers Mentally Deranged

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

Thousands of soldiers mentally deranged, but otherwise perfectly well, continue to return to Berlin…

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Too Much Tipperary. Soldiers Sick of It. Present-day Favorites

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 9

Lance -Corporal v. Russell Warren says mat the songs our soldiers sing have been a constant source of astonishment to our French and Belgian Allies. The French…

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Shot and Shell. Notes and Comments on War Events

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 6

Civilisation declines to be Germanised! But it is hopeless to expect Germany to be civilised? Among the recent oddities in the…

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Russian Successes. Relief of Przemysl. Bombardment of Thann. Anti-war Rising in Turkey. Sydney, Saturday 7.30 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 14

The Russians repulsed the Germans north of Tilsit, the former advancing into the districts around Filkolen. Several German batteries were…

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The War Francis Joseph Abdicating. the Russian Aggressive. Turkish Advance on the Suez. Sydney Friday 7.45 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 14

A Paris paper says that Turkey failed to settle the Hodieda incident, and that Italy threatens to take action…

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War Wastage

Forbes Times · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"Oh! If we only had men now. They will have to send Territorials at once, I think. I doubt whether people at home really realise the wastage. We…

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The War German Threats. Kaiser's Council of War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

Copenhagen messages report that the Kaiser held a Council of War in Berlin, at which the whole of the military staff and a number of…

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The War. London

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

The British and Turkish outposts in the vicinity of the Suez Canal are now facing one another. Copenhagen is responsible for the…

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The War— and After

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 1

In order to satisfy the German Socialists the Kaiser has assured his subjects that there will be plenty of land and plenty of food for all of them when the war is…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

The battle in the Borjimoff district continues with unabated violence. The fighting in the Carpathians…

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Home Rule. Effect of the War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 1

Speaking at a picnic of the United Irish League, Melbourne Dr. N. M. O'Donnell, president, said that six months ago Home Rule had been the…

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The War. [Cables since last issue]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

The officers of the Tokamara sighted the periscope of a submarine a, few moments before the torpedo struck. The torpedo penetrated the coal…

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Horses and the War. How Britain Stands

Forbes Times · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

A military authority states that 136,000 horses are required for the mobilisation of our forces. He estimates that in six months time the wastage…

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