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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 2

Seven captured Prussian officers state that the brillian cou[?]rer attack of the French Chausseurs upset the German's carefully laid plans for the capture of…

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The War French Winning. the Verdun Struggle. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 4

The London "Times" correspondent writes from Paris: — "The opinion of the very highest authority is that the French remain…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund. Will You Help?

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 4

This patriotic fund which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with the Honorable Sir W. P. Cullen, C.J., K.C.M.G., as President,…

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The War Turks Full Up. Want Separate Peace. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 2

An Athens newspaper says that 75,000 Turks in the districts of Adin; Drouisse, and Konish, petitioned the Crown Prnee asking him to compel…

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A Soldier's Letter

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Sergeant J. P. Thomas writing from Egypt to his parents at South Forbes, tells of some narrow escapes: —"Now that we have left the…

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The War. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced in Bucharest that Generals Averson, Gotesen and Presnan have been nominated as Commanders of the three Roumanian…

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WAR. Saturday, 10 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

The Russian victories in Persia will enable the Russians to push forward over the mountains to a point 25 miles from the…

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War News. Tuesday, March 14, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 7

Seven captured Prussian officers state that the brilliant counter attack of the French Chasseurs upset the carefully laid plans for the…

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The War Day by Day. Thursday, March 9, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

Paris critics are searching for a reason for the German great effort at Verdun. The Temps thinks that events in Turkey are sufficient. These…

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The War Day by Day Saturday, March 11, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

Russian victories in Persia will enable the Russians to push forward over the mountains to a point 25 miles from the Mesopotamian border…

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Back From the War. Private H. O. Northwood Welcomed by his Fellow Railway Man

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

An enthusiastic greeting was extended to Private H. O Nortlmood at the Royal Exchange Hotel on Monday evening by the Per. Way Department, Cowra branch,…

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Returned Soldiers' Fund

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the General Committee of the above was held at the Shire Chambers on Friday night. The chair was occupied by the…

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Sobriety Among Soldiers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 3

"The matter of limiting the possibilities of their getting drunk was a concern of the Federal Government. We did not create the soldiery, and are…

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Farewell to Anzac

Western Champion · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 26

Oh! hump your swag and leave lads, the ships are in the bay, We've got our marching orders now, it's time to come away;…

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The war Canadian Soldiers Protest. German Fleet at Sea. Roumania Seizes Cereals. the Verdun Butchery. Sydney, Monday 8.6 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 21

Two hundred Canadian soldiers secured seats and ridiculed and stopped a silly melodrama entitled "Lover and Thief" at the Queen's Theatre,…

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The War Enemy Subjects Leave Roumania. American Fake Oats. Sydney, Thursday 9.27 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 19

The third act of the Verdun struggle is beginning. The enemy's whole efforts yesterday were directed to a section fronting Mort Omme. The…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 1

Further details of the Verdun fighting show that the assaulting force at Vaux grew tired of climbing over the bodies of fallen comrades, the assault…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 1

The German—losses in earlier Douaumont fighting pale into insignificance compared with those sustained in the fighting…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 5

Swiss travellers declare that all German warships are under steam. Five enemy submarines of 1000 tons burthen, have entered the…

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