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

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

2,382 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 26 of 120

The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig reports further suceesses at Bapaume.The French also continue to progress, notwithstanding…

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The War Revolution in Russia

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

Reported that the Executive of the Russian Duma has accomplished a successful revolution in Russia, and now controls the Government, besides…

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The World War the Russian Revolution

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

Received just after our going to press on Friday last, an urgent telegram Hint the Czar bad abdicated and the Russian people had broken out in…

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The War. Russian Revolt Big Gains on West Front. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

In the House of Commons, Mr Bonar Law, announcing the abdication of the Czar, said that the soldiers had taken sides with the Duma…

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The Ashburnham Fight. Mr. Grimm's Address. a Soldier and His Grievance

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Grim[?] the National candiate for Ashburnham, addressed a large and orderly gathering in the Forbes Town Hall on Friday evening…

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Country Papers for Soldiers Abroad

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Sydney, write:- You will be interested, we know, to learn that we, acting upon a request…

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A Soldier's Letter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

NORMAN BUTCHART, writing his father from " somewhere in France," under date 5.1.17, says : Am back here again after ten wonderful days in London…

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Effect of War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 3

"If there were not more cohesion and enterprise among the allies over the war than there has been among the respective partners in the Tamar improvement…

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A War Programme

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 3

"The National Government of the Commonwealth met Parliament and declared its policy. In the House to which Ministers are responsible the…

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Little Points of War Law

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

"Smith is a Hun. His real name is Schmidt, and his father used to make sausages in Frankfort." That is libel, In ordinary times. Now you can say that, and worse, but…

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A Dramatic Aspect of German War Chemistry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

IF Germany had not succeeded in utilising any of the nitrogen-fixation processes for making synthetic nitric acid, observes Doctor L. Baekeland, the chemist member of the U.S.A…

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"Blatchford" on the End of the War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 9

It is too commonly assumed by civilians that an army driven out of one strong-position can fall back unshaken upon another, and make as good a fight. That is an error…

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Help to Win the War. Patriotic Lending Explained

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 3

Under the new arrangements made by the Federal Treasurer every man, woman and child in the Commonwealth can help to win the war for Britain and the…

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The Sea Must End the War. Tenderness for the Enemy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

"Our Government and our Foreign Office have from the beginning of the war shown an incomprehensible tenderness for the enemy. The Germans think that the English…

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"Do It Now!" in the Balkans. Speeding Up the War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

Dr. Seton-Watson, who has devoted ten years to a study of Balkan history and politics, and is Hon. Lecturer on East European History at King's College, London, writes…

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Country Papers for Soldiers Abroad

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 12
Also in Cowra Free Press

John Bridge and Co. write us as follows:--You will be interested, we know, to learn that we, acting upon a…

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Win the War League I Serve Why Do They Call?

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 29

What will you lack, sonny, what will you lack, When the girls line up in the street, Shouting their love to the lads come…

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The War Russian Revolution. Sydney, Friday 1.17 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 34

The Czar of Russia has abdicated the throne and the Grand Duke Alexandrovitz has succeeded. Rodzianko has been appointed head of the…

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The British Advance. Excitement in America. Will Wilson Declare War? Sydney, Tuesday 9.23 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 34

The correspondent of the "Daily Post" says that practically no opposition or delay has been experienced by the British in their advance on the…

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