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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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Women and War. Amazons, Past and Present

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

Miss X, who has seemed as English as can be, except for her un-English name, left last week for Servia. Mrs B. and her sister start to-night for…

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Six Soldier Sons. Mother of Warriors

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

Middleton Hall, two miles from here, a beautiful country sent in the midst of a 9000-acre estate. will to-morrow be the scene of a remarkable family…

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Lieutenant Wagner. Great War Correspondent

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

It is to an adventurous young man of 32, Hermenegild Wagner, that the world is indebted for the most complete, vivid, and accurate messages from the…

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Slums of War. the Aftermath

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

It Is to be hoped that not too many "hospital stories" will limp their way back from the front. They may be true enough, and even if untrue cannot be…

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War's Ravages. Brave Girl As Soldier Servian Advance

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

Developments in the Macedonian theatre of war are proceeding slowly for the moment. The Servians are engaged in consolidating their hold on…

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Various Verses. in Drfence of War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 7

What! warefare can't be reconciled With modern thought ? Why, man, you're wild. Come back to reasoning and sense…

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A War Scare and Its Sean

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 2

During one of the many wax Stares in which we have indulged any time these twenty years a couple of her Majesty's gundboats were watching the…

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Worse Thas War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 7

The numbers of those stain in the present South African war are insignificant war compared with the numbers of those who, since the war began, have died in Great…

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Dogs Trained For War

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 7

The training of war dogs In Prussia his ' reached *n Interesting stage. There are genetally thirty dogs of various breeds in course of education at Po[?]slam. They are…

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Press in War Time. Functions and Responsibilities

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

A war correspondent operates merely at the front, or as near as he can got to it, and only after hostilities have actually begun. He has it in his power…

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Cost of Italy's War. £30,000,000 Required

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

The Italian Minister of Finance presented yesterday to Parliament [?] detailed report on the financial situation, showing that the…

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"Silent Doctor." Butcher and Soldier. Big Colliery Practice

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

More details of the extraordinary career of the man calling himself Richard Henry Barber, but whose real name is said to be Harry Virtue, were…

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Spray. a Rose Of WAR

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 7

It is not policy to [?] a defest A little coolness at the critical moment sometime saves the day as it the case [?] in Mr. Ripley's "Story…

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A Quaker Soldier Who Would Not Fight

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

When the question of courage is once settled, it hardly makes a difference what kind it is, whether' it is on the battlefield or in the tent. In 1861 (says…

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A Weird War Story

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

A weird story is told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Rifles who was wounded and disabled on the slope. A sergeant of the regiment lay…

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"Half-baked" Soldiers. Lesson of the Balk[?]n War

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

"The shrapnel—it is hell!" The young Turk, his eyes like saucers, his dress dishevelled, ran like a hunted hare along the permanent way, caught…

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Greek Army in War. Campaign in Epirus. British Officer's Views

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

Captain A. H. Trapmann, of the 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, the London Regiment, who has Just returned from the front, having…

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Soldiers Break in Shoes by Water Treatment

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 3

A simple, although effective, way of "breaking in" shoes is that employed in the United States army. After the shoes have been fitted to their feet the…

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Soldiers Break in Shoes by Water Treatment

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 3

A simple, although effective, way of "breaking in" shoes is that employed in the United States army. After the shoes have been fitted to their feet the…

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War Secretary's Joke

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

Sir W. Byles asked in Parliament why troops took part in a welcome to Lord Roberts at Leeds, when the visit was undertaken to promote a controversial political object (national service) opposed to the policy of the…

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