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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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The War on Rats. a World-wide Campaign. What It Means

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

The meeting to be held this afternoon (writes W. Boelter in the "Daily Mail" of 10th January), at the Hotel Metro[?]ole under the presidency of Sir James…

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The Soldier's Conscience. Killing on the Battlefield

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 6

In reference to the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, in which he took part, Lord Tredegar has raised the question of the soldier's conscience…

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Hints for War Correspondents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 7

Archibald Forbes is one of the celebrities of whom some traits are recalled in the interesting article which Mr. W. H. Rideing writes for the…

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At War with Society. Clapham Common Murder. Searching for "S."

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

The police, in their search for the murderer of the French Jew, Beron, whose dead body was found on Clapham Common, with both cheeks…

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End of the Abyssinian War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

On April 13, 1863, the British war Against Abyssinia terminated by the fall of Magdala, its capital, and the suicide of Theodore, its Negus, or…

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Submarine in War. Important Experiments by the Admiralty

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 9

Important experiments with the object of ascertaining accurately the effect of gun-fire on submarines under war conditions, and the risks to which…

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Volunteers and War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

The alteration of modes of combat by mechanical and scientific inventions does not alter the fact that it is the soldier and not. the machine…

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A Tale of the Boer War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

During the operations which resulted in the surrender of Prinsloo, with all his commando, our corps of Colonial Irregulars occupied a range…

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John and the Dutchman. a Passage in the Sooth African War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 7

John and another member of the Intelligence Department, "Seaman," had been out one day when the column was resting ; but towards…

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Airships in War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

We must reckon with the fact that in favourable weather like dirigible soon will, if it cannot already, outstrip the fastest warship afloat. So…

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Murderous Assault. Woman Severely Wounded Brother in a Demented State

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 7

A murderous assault was made on a woman, Maggie Spring, at her home at Bochara, about eight miles from Hamilton, Melbourne, on Tuesday…

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For War. the Roberts Ideal. Grave and Growing Concern. British Readinees. Prepared for a Bolt From the Blue

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Roberts, V.C, proposed:— "That in view of the altered strategic conditions on land and sea in…

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A British Soldier's Adventure Ture in India

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 8

The scene was at Muree, a hill Sanatorium situated on a spur of the Himalayas; of the dramatis personae men of all branches of the Service…

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Soldiers Death in Melbourne. Serious Allegations

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 5

The death occurred in Kilmore camp on Saturday morning of Private William Davern, a lad of 18, who had just joined the 5th A.I.R., and had…

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Too Slow for a Soldier

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 2

In a room on the top floor of a large factory a boy was amusing himself by going through the bayonet exercise with a long-handled brush in…

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A South African Fight. Cavalry in the Boer War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

In the action of the Zand River in Hay, 1900, during the Boer War, when I ordered a brigade which had been dismounted and were being…

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Every Soldier to Learn Cobbling the New Boot

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 2

The Government of the United States will shortly inaugurate an improvement in its army boot, which it is thought will be Of great…

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First Flight From Shore to Ship. This Makes War Aeroplanes Practical

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

To Mr. Eugene Ely, an American, belongs the credit for the first attempt to fly from shore to a warship and alight thereon. Ely's Curtiss…

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War on Harem Skirts. A £10 FINE

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 3

Some curious subjects for legislation are now being oonsinered by the Illinois and the Texas Legislatures. A telegram from Springfield, Illinois,…

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From War to Peace. Sad End of a Crimean Veteran

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 3

A Crimean veteran named William Tregay, aged about 80 years, died suddenly and peacefully in a city, hotel, Newcastle, on, Friday…

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