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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

2,776 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 24 of 139

Laborites As Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

"There are those who associate the Labor Party with everything that is bad—disloyalty, anarchy, and the rest—but Lord. Kitchener, the Minister of…

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Another Missing Soldier

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 1

Signaller A. R. Loomes, of the 1st Battalion headquarters, took part in the first landing at Gallipoli on April 25 and was officially reported…

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Our Soldier Boys. Eugowra Boy Writes Home

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

Mr. [?]. W. T. [?], of Park [?] Marrickville, has received the following interesting letter from Private V. M[?]Millan, written from Abassia, in…

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Back from the Front Welcome Home To Lance-Corporal King and Private Grimes

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Lance-Corforal W. K[?]g and Private Grimes were tendered civic receptions at Wyalong ana West Wyalong on Tuesday last. Private…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 3

Honorary Secretary.—C. A. Le Walker, Esq., 113 Pitt Street, Sydney. The Citizens' War Chest Fund…

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WAR. Wednesday, 10 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Salonica reports state that antiwar meetings are being held in the streets of Bulgarian towns. The police are powerless to…

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News Recarding a Dead Soldier. a Letter from Brigadier General Smith

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

The relatives of the late Lance Corporal Lee are in receipt of the following letter from Brigadier General Smith and the Defence…

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Letters for Soldiers

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Steamers leaving Sydney for London, via Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be posted at Cowra on…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

According to French officers six German companies were pounded to death by their own artillery daring the attack.dment con-…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

Reports from Washington state that press despatches assert that a British cruiser captured the German raider Moewe in the South Atlantic…

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General War Gables

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

German papers declare that a great victory can prevent Roumania from joining the Allies. Portugal has seized all German…

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Forbes and the War

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

Thus the Parkes "Examiner":—Under the above heading, the "Sun" publishes the following, as coming from its correspondent at Forbes:—"The…

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The Way To End The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

In the September number of the "English Review " Dr. E. J. Dillon writes a trenchant: article on the war. He seems to hold that the Allies are a trifle…

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Th War Western Fighting. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

The attack at Vaux was bloodily repulsed. There was a desperate combat at Douaumont…

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The War Douaumont. French Regain Ground. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

A Paris official message, issued at midnight, says:— "Hot fighting continues north of Verdun, near Douaumont village…

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Latest War News. a Russian Revenge. Germans Evacuate Lida. the Verdun Battle. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

It is reported that the Russians took a terrible revenge against the Turks at Bitlia for the Armenian casualties. An awful slaughter followed the…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 1
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Steamers leaving Sydney for London, via the Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be…

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A Soldier's Letter

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. Fred Rout, of Burrawang, has received a letter from his son, Private L. H. Rout, written from Tel-el-Kebir on the 28th January. The soldier says:…

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Should Married Men Enlist

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

At the recruiting meeting in Dubbo on Saturday night (says the "Dispatch"), one of the speakers, Private Thompson, said that married men had…

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