General War Cables
The Americans made a successful surprise attack south of Bichecourt Washington has received an earnest appeal from France for more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
2,167 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 24 of 109
The War. Belgian Front Active
A Belgian communique states:—Our troops gained a footing in the German trenches south east of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Loan Bullets Pith of Our Position
So that everyone may be seized with the salient facts of the financial position of Australia to-day—and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Loan. Advances by the Commonwealth Bank
By a special announcement in to-day's issue it will be seen that the Commonwealth Bank is prepared to make advances to approved parties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12,000,000 Tires. U.S.A. War Needs
The following is taken from a resume by H.S. Firestone, President of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., of how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News (Country Press Association Message.) SYDNEY
Three enemy airships made a raid on Yorkshire. One dropped bombs on Hull, as a result of which one woman died of shock. The other machines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. Japanese Intervention. Question Still Dragging On. London
A Belgian communique says our troops gained a footing hi the German trenchcs southeast of Lombartzade after a violent bombardment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Many Air Raids Paris Bombed. (Reuter's and London "Times" Cables)
It is now reported that four Gothas were downed in the raid on Paris on Monday night. Reuter's Paris correspondent says:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interesting War Notes Shell Dodcinc in the Air. Sensations of a Famous Pilot
Second-Lieutenant McCubins, the daring young British flving-man who felled imeiman, the "star" German their describes his sensations under fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Forbes Times. Friday, March 15, 1918. Local and General. America at War
No on can watch the Pathe American Gazettes screened at the local picturc palace without feeling convinced that America is throwing her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Free Cables About Soldiers
Mr. Langer Owen is in charge of the Red Cross Information Bureau, 115 Pitl-street, Sydney. This bureau is anxious to answer any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Letters How They Should Be Addressed
The following examples of how letters to soldiers on active service should be addressed have been issued by the Assistant Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters From Soldiers
Letters were received from many of our lads in Palestine and France dining the week. All were well at time of writing. Both the boys in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seed Wheat for Soldiers an Appeal to Farmers Within Jemalong Shire
Mr. Moses Brown, ex-Councillor and President of the Shire Council, who is a member of the local committee for the settlement of returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers. How the State Will Help. Conditions to be Observed
The Minister Lands, Mr. W. G. Ashtord, has approved of the publication of a memorandum by the Director of Soldier Settlements, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rates on Soldiers' Land
At the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, Mr. T. J. Reid wrote, asking whether rates were payable on the land owned by men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier's Letter
PRIVATE JIM LAWSON. writing to his father from " somewhere in France," says : We have just finished a big march, and arrived at our destination yesterday—out of the firing line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrors of War
"Wot's Tommy swearin' so 'orrid about?" "E's orf of the bloomin' bodies an' bloody well mad, too." "Wot's kick?"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America in the War
A BIG country, that takes on a big job that it has not trained for, is bound to make many messes in the doing of it. The wonder here is that in spite of blunders, so much has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Graveyards. Cemetery of Our Race. a Sacred Place in England. (Copyright reserved by the Crown). London, July 10
Those who are killed in tattle in France lie for the most part exactly where they fell. Little rows and clusters of crosses on the grcon slope opposite La Boiselle mark the…
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