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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Settlers who go to the War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., writes: "Settlers who volunteer for service with the Expeditionary forces during the war still write to me anxiously…

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Naked War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 6

WAR is just this—a struggle in which guns and powder and bayonets are used on both aides to kill as many men as possible. The horrors of mutilation are of no…

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War News

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 6

It is estimated that the Germans have 250,000 men between Nieuport and Dixmude, and 100,000 more in reserve. Although the enemy's attacks on this part of…

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Latest War[?]ables. FRIDAY 3.30 p.m

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

The Admiralty are unable to accept the reported naval engagement off Valparaiso because the battleship Canopus, which had been specially…

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The War. From Day to Day. Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

The war indemnity levied by the Germans upon Brussels has been reduced to £1 800 000, payable £100,000 weekly…

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The School of Arts and the War. To the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

Sir—I have read your severe criticism of my colleagues and myself regarding our withdrawal as guarantors for School of Arts. I take it…

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The War. Fearful Fighting in Belgium. the Germans Hurled Back. Heroic British Achievements

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 4

TUESDAY. Friday's fighting on the Flanders battle front was extremely savage. The battle was the bloodiest in the history of the war…

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War Going Settlers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

Mr. Trefle, Minister for Lands, has informed Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., (says the Macleay Chronicle) that in the cases of all settlers joining the…

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Cost of War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 1

The famous German socialist, Herr Bebel, is said to have calculated that every day of mobilisation would cost Germany, from two millions and a…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

Viclent fighting continues on the Franco-Belgian battle line, and details of further progress by the Allies are published…

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The War. Wednesday, 7.13 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 3

The attacks of the enemy between the North See and the Oise are lese violent. The Allies have progressed southward of Dixmade and have held all other positions…

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Notes on the War. Belgian Light Railways

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 1

A characteristic and striking feature of Belgium is her system of fight railways, which is unique in the literal, sense of that much-abused word. Since…

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Latest War Cables. Tuesday, 7.45 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 4

It is estimated that the German forces now operating against Ypres equal those of the Allies lines, and the opposing armies are unlikely to be…

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Winter Clothing for Our Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

Mrs. Laugirce and Mrs. Arthur Onslow are Making and collecting warm shirts, seeks mittens and caps to send to the men of the 4th infantry…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 6

A naval engagement off the South American coast was fought by Admiral Craddock's fleet against powerful German odds. The cruiser…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 4

Details of the recent fighting at Ramscapelle show that when superior forces of German marines, with naval guns, forced the Allies to evacuate…

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Civil War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 2

Avlona in the region of Albania is in a State of Civil War. The Government has been forced to haul down the Turkish flag. Berat has been…

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War News

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 3

A message from the High Commissioner for Australia says that, owing to hostile acts committed by the Turkish forces under German officers, a state of war exits…

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Notes on the War. Flying Magchine in War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 3

"The present conflict is not the first in which the flying machine has figured, but it is the first in which there have been real a[?]ial…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 2

Senator Pearce received a despatch by cable yesterday to the effect that the German cruiser Emden had been caught…

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